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This month, after almost a year of development, we launched a whole new publication! @scripthealth.bsky.social is a brand new platform dedicated to covering LGBTQ2S+ health in a period where our rights and healthcare access are under extreme threat. www.script.health

Honouring the trans women and fems slain by violence used to feel like invoking a lineage of fierce and fabulous ghosts. Right now, it feels hollow, writes @razorfemme.bsky.social

Federal food aid is being restored after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But the SNAP disruption is just the tip of the iceberg in a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans, writes @diaryofafirebird.bsky.social.

We're looking for early-career BIPOC journalists *based in Canada* to work on an editorial package about LGBTQ2S+ people and work in the coming months. Learn how to apply here: xtramagazine.com/ken-popert-m... #CdnMediaJobs

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

The spoken word poet Andrea Gibson died on Monday. @lindsayleewallace.bsky.social reflects on their legacy: "Their work touched thousands of people, so many of us feeling different shades of the same things, and left every single one of us better for it." xtramagazine.com/culture/andr...

Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Six months ago Nour and I were like, “What if I wrote a totally earnest restaurant review of Jack Astors and East Side Mario’s as a way to explore the death of the family style chain and corporate restaurant culture haha.” Well…I’ve done it and you can read it here: maisonneuve.org/article/2025...

📢 NEW JOB POST ALERT! 📢 We’ve partnered with @ricochetmedia.bsky.social to offer fellowships for 2 young BIPOC reporters 👉 jhr.ca/apply-2025-b... Fellows will learn about all aspects of working at a non-profit digital outlet, publish an investigative journalism piece & attend training workshops.

📣 Last chance to apply! 📣 We’re hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow to join us for 12 weeks this summer. Deadline April 25, 11:59 p.m. PT. Please help spread the word! thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...

📣 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! 📣 We've teamed up w/ @indiginews.bsky.social to offer fellowships for 2 early-career BIPOC reporters 👉 jhr.ca/apply-2025-b... Fellows will pitch and write stories under the mentorship of IndigiNews’ journalists and editors + attend workshops led by seasoned trainers.

Exciting news: JHR's BIPOC Youth Journalism Training Fellowship is returning for another year! Funded by the Government of Canada & RBC, the program provides work placements + mentorship to early-career racialized reporters. Stay tuned for job postings, and read more here: jhr.ca/announcing-t...

Toronto's @hotdocs.bsky.social Festival is set to kick off tonight with the world premiere of "Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance." My latest for @xtramagazine.com explores how the film tackles the responsibility of restoring a community's collective memory: shorturl.at/LIyKB