Elevated Access is a US-based nonprofit that provides free flights for people who need access to healthcare services. Learn how to get involved as a pilot, partner, or volunteer, or find out how to get help with abortion care or gender-affirming care. www.elevatedaccess.org

As the Trump administration continues to relentlessly expand its anti-trans agenda, we must be relentless in supporting the resistance projects that trans people are leading. tiny.cc/transfund

This petition calls on Canadian officials to send the HMCS St. John's, which is already in the Mediterranean, to accompany the Global Sumud Flotilla. The petition is sponsored by the Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies, among others. actionnetwork.org/letters/cana...

Politicians like Danielle Smith are quick to invoke notions of freedom and government overreach when it suits their needs. Meanwhile, they're happy to ram through restrictions on youth accessing gender-affirming care. This conservative libertarianism is so selective. bccla.org/2025/09/tell...

I spoke on a panel last week. In my remarks, I noted that the arts are not inherently a force for good. Right now, the prime example of this is the widespread institutional failure in the arts sector as it relates to the genocide in Gaza. Bravo to these protesters. Encore!

Just a ghoulish, evil attempt to deny Breonna Taylor justice and give a greenlight to future impunity for white supremacist violence.

More novel research: Currently reading the intro of Gemma Lucy Gibson's PhD dissertation "Body Positive Babes: An Exploration of the Contemporary Body Positivity Movement and the Acceptable Fat Woman’s Body." Been a while since I've read fat studies scholarship, and it's great to return to it.

I'm loving the book I'm currently reading. "Caring to Know: Comparative Care Ethics, Feminist Epistemology, and the Mahābhārata" by Vrinda Dalmiya. 🤯😍 I'm hoping this book will inform the ending of my novel.

Gender-affirming healthcare in the US is more in peril than ever. If you want to support but don't know how, here's an option you likely haven't heard about yet. Please support! Spreading the word helps, too. 🏳️‍⚧️🦄🦞 www.gofundme.com/f/fight-back...

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

"It's worrying that a leader of a political party in Canada would try to dictate how research funds will be granted," said David Robinson, CAUT's executive director. "This kind of American-style culture war has no place in Canada." #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Wild. Right after Cory Booker went viral for speaking on the "wretched truth about America," he just voted to keep arming a government that just officially achieved The Deadliest Conflict Ever for Journalists & executed and buried 15 paramedics and their emergency vehicles

Do you have social media and communications skills—and a drive to promote anti-racism in Newfoundland and Labrador? Anti-Racism Coalition of Newfoundland and Labrador is seeking a Social Media/Communications Coordinator. Applications close Sunday April 13. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c9vav...

The NEA's new compliance guidelines are anti-trans, so we aren't applying. Today, we're asking our readers to stand with us. Please donate to help us raise $15K to replace our annual grant by April 15. Read the full statement from Halimah Marcus: buff.ly/PJ0P801

Venus Envy has issued a statement Ongoing Vandalism at VE Halifax venusenvy.ca/blogs/news/o...

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East has assessed each of the candidates in the Liberal leadership race in terms of their commitment to a foreign policy that upholds Palestinian human rights.

History is repeating itself. There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...

A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.

I hear reports both from the early polls and from peers that MANY voting cards did not arrive. You can vote if you bring ID and proof of address, even if you don't have anyone to vouch for you. Elections matter! Vote in Ontario's provincial election on Thursday. ✅

The Trump administration continues to use its many levers to push its transphobic agenda. I agree with Caraballo—this will not just be about sport.

For people in “Australia”: The People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine has been established by a coalition of activists, academics, students, and legal experts. This inquiry is open to the public, and public hearings may be organised where appropriate. apan.org.au/peoples-inqu...

This year’s Trans Rights Readathon will run from March 21st to 31st, ending on Trans Day of Visibility. We hope you’ll join us as we spend 11 days reading, recommending, and celebrating trans+ stories, alongside calls to action to support the trans community both locally and globally.

“The New York Times Editorial Board [has] published an opinion piece decrying the state of transgender rights under the Trump administration…. What the piece conveniently omits, however, is the Times’ own complicity.” www.erininthemorning.com/p/nyt-hypocr...

You’ve heard of Big Pharma, Big Media, Big Retail, and such. In this vital piece, Amanda Crocker writes about Big Book. (My conclusion? Small press forever. 💛 ) btlbooks.com/blog/view/fc...

Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care. Big counter salvo!

If you're a QLD resident please sign and share this petition to protect and expand gender affirming care in our state! 🙏 If not, please share so more QLDers can find and support it www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-...

If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

Australians: Did you know every single major Australian superannuation fund invests in companies that support Israel's illegal settlements? Please take 5 mins to help Australia Palestine Advocacy Network take on the big super funds in Australia. apan.good.do/bdssuper/com...

Hey there, creative people in St. John’s. Every Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm, make time for your creative practice and meet other creative people. (Stay for as little or long as you like.) We meet at Jumping Bean at Atlantic Place. www.facebook.com/share/1612dh...

Journalists! George R.R. Martin funded a summer workshop through the Medill School of Journalism to help mid-career journalists transition to being novelists (like I did!) I'm an instructor, and last year's workshop was mind blowing. The deadline is 1/8! www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2024/ap...

Hey St. John's. I'm starting up what will hopefully be weekly sessions for creative people to focus on our practices and to connect. Come and join me. All desk-based creative practices are welcome. www.facebook.com/events/11532... #ktaqmkuk #newfoundland #stjohns

@blaiseallysen.bsky.social Hi, I was wondering if you could please add me to the BIPOC writers starter pack? Thanks for starting it! 🙏

Trying to find more #qtbipoc accounts I can follow, especially writers and artists. (But at least this platform isn’t as white-dominated as I found Mastodon to be.)

“Australia’s land surface has warmed by 1.5C since 1910, according to the BoM, with the climate crisis making heatwaves longer and more intense and increasing the number of extremely hot days.”

Last month, I completed some anti-racism literacy facilitation training. It means next year I'll facilitate some anti-racism literacy workshops in the province. This work is so badly needed. Thanks to the Anti-Racism Coalition of Newfoundland and Labrador for running this training. #ktaqmkuk

End of the Line Press will award a one-time grant for an emerging Two-Spirit author who has not yet published a book. Applications open Dec 5 and close Jan 5. The grant provides funding of $4,000 (CAD) and a four-month mentorship with Arielle Twist! endlinepress.com/Two-Spirit-E...

The Government has asked MoH to open public consultation on trans kids' right to access healthcare. They know full well the harm it will do. MoH have intentionally excluded both trans lived experience and the best expertise in the country from this work. This is political interference.

LGBTQ+ cultural heritage & artistic freedoms are under attack; supporting us is more critical than ever. Now, we need your support. You have helped us to do our work for the past 40 years, and your support provide for the next 40 years. DONATE NOW: www.tomoffinland.org/giving/ #ToFF40

“The truth … is that GC/TERFs are actively working to ban access to gender-affirming care and to push trans people out of the public sphere. Trans people are not doing anything remotely similar to cis women, despite all the flimsy accusations of ‘erasing’ and ‘silencing’ women to the contrary.”

If you’re in Saskatoon, the Indian & Métis Friendship Centre is open as a warming centre for homeless people and needs the following: - flats of water - food, especially proteins - ready-to-eat food is especially welcome, from cooked dishes to Costco chickens or bagged salads.

At the panel on Friday, the moderator ran out of time to ask her last question: What are you reading now? I would have answered: Refuse to Be Done. This guide, by Matt Bell, is full of practical advice on drafting and redrafting a novel. www.mattbell.com/refuse-to-be...

Another side of the city where I live. 😆 It’s not all whales and icebergs here, let me tell you.

Hey Newfoundland & Labrador, American hedge funds just bought our last daily newspaper. Rotted? Fight back. The Indy is NL's go-to source for local independent news. 🧧 Support us this #GivingTuesday: theindependent.ca/support-us/

Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”

Put God(zilla) back in Christmas

Looking forward to chatting with some great local writers (including @tom-cho.bsky.social ) at this WritersNL panel happening tonight! Hope to see some of yous there 💋

UPDATE: St. John's friends, you're welcome to attend this panel as my guest (or as a guest of any of the other panellists)!

“We can throw a wrench into the war machine”: Why pro-Palestine Canadian authors are boycotting the Giller Prize torontolife.com/culture/canl...