Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there. Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.

Gender-affirming care for youth is just simple medical care. It isn’t political, it’s not radical. It is small-c conservative care that is what is recommended by doctors to protect the health and lives of kids and teenagers. Please protect trans kids.

BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Trans and non-binary people in Canada experience higher rates of poverty compared to their cisgender peers, according to a recent StatsCan report. #canpoli

Overnight, past 2 a.m., the Alberta United Conservative Party passed Bill 9, a bill to **strip away the right to life of trans youth** in order to impose on them a gender-affirming care ban. We’re assisting to the beginning of a humanitarian crisis, in Canada, in real time.

Last night, the Government of Alberta passed legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of trans youth. Today, transgender young people in Alberta are waking up with fewer rights than their peers.

Premier Danielle Smith is a coward, a bully and a hypocrite. Stripping kids of rights and denying them their day in court isn't leadership, it's cowardice. Sure, she's able to suspend their rights. That doesn't mean she should. My latest 👇🏻👇🏻 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

ON OUR POD: Fae Johnstone of @momentumcanada.net on fighting back against Alberta’s 3 anti-trans laws and #Bill9 ‘s attack on everyone’s rights and freedoms @bccla.bsky.social @egalecanada.bsky.social @canadianlabour.bsky.social @celeste.lgbt #canPoli tiny.cc/nryv001

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to pass not one, not two, but three bills to override the rights of Albertans. Take 2 mins to tell her: our rights are off limits! Alberta: bit.ly/46EVnCM Outside Alberta: bit.ly/48whr55

As expected, Alberta UCP members passed a policy resolution at their AGM this weekend calling on the government to ban Pride flags from public property. Now we'll have to wait and see if Danielle Smith's government takes that and tries to make it law. xtramagazine.com/video/albert...

This #GivingTuesday, your donation can help power advocacy for trans youth & their families in Alberta. Last week, Premier Smith introduced legislation to strip trans youth of their charter-protected rights and freedoms. With your help, we can scale the response. www.momentumcanada.net/forthekids

Just participated in a phone zap with @momentumcanada.net to call our reps in Alberta and voice our disapproval of Bill 9 (and thank the MLAs who actually are opposed to it). It was very touching to see people admit they were nervous/anxious but did it anyway. These kids are worth it and more.

December 1st is World AIDS Day, a day to honour those affected by HIV, remember the lives lost, share stories, promote understanding and education about the virus, recommit to the fight to end HIV/AIDS, and combat existing harmful stigma around HIV/AIDS.

Saturday | 11:15 PT Fae Johnstone of @momentumcanada.net on fighting back against Alberta’s 3 anti-trans laws and #Bill9 ‘s attack on everyone’s rights and freedoms @bccla.bsky.social @egalecanada.bsky.social @canadianlabour.bsky.social #canPoli Listen at coopradio.org/listen 100.5 on your FM dial

Great to see some provinces understanding the importance of investing in 2SLGBTQI+ inclusive health care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Substitute out “gender affirming care” with cancer care. Or congenital organ defect repair. Or mental health care. This isn’t about providing fully informed consequence free care, because that simply doesn’t exist. It’s about believing trans kids shouldn’t exist. #abpoli

And we are live! Join @faejohnstone.bsky.social, @karlamarx1917.bsky.social, and @djdynamic.ca as well as reps from @canadianlabour.bsky.social and @egalecanada.bsky.social as we mobilize against #Bill9 in Alberta: www.momentumcanada.net/ab

Trans youth and their families in Alberta need our help. And they need it right now. Can we count on you to chip in? www.momentumcanada.net/forthekids

Sign up now for our next Affirming Fitness Class! We are partnering with Every Body Stronger to offer free classes, open to all trans & gender diverse folks. Get active in a safe & affirming space! Tuesday, December 2 | 5pm to 6pm Every Body Stronger (2501 Alyth Rd SE) www.skippingstone.ca/fitness

Over 600 people have already RSVP'd to @momentumcanada.net organizing calls happening this Wednesday!! Register now to learn more about how you can join the campaign to fight back against Premier Smith's overreach, attack on trans kids, and our charter rights ➡ www.momentumcanada.net/ab

Over 600 people have already registered for our mass organizing calls on Wednesday, including 400+ Albertans, who are ready to take action to support trans youth and their families in Alberta. With your help, we can reach hundreds more - share this post and register at www.momentumcanada.net/AB

New petition: www.stop-smith.ca?recruiter_id... and please follow @momentumcanada.net

Premier Danielle Smith is restricting the freedom & rights of vulnerable young people, intruding on the confidential medical conversations of physicians and their patients, and disregarding the rights of patients to access medically necessary care. Help push back: www.stop-smith.ca

Sunday, Nov. 23 at 10:30 AM, join us at the Alberta Legislature for a Transgender Day of Remembrance rally. We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, & to stand united in the face of harmful legislation & escalating attacks.

Students protest Bill 9. Then, at least 1,000 activists, advocates and supporters rally downtown www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

The most tone deaf and hypocritical statement you wouldn’t believe until you actually saw it. You cannot recognize a day of mourning when your government’s anti-trans discriminatory legislation is causing the incredible harm. The duplicitous double speak is so Orwellian.

From the archives: Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social

From Action Canada: "In Canada, we believe in compassion, dignity, and evidence-based medicine. Personal medical decisions belong to people, not politicians.”

Today, Alberta introduced Bill 9 and invoked the notwithstanding clause to shield three anti-trans laws from constitutional challenge. These laws deny gender-affirming care to youth, erase 2SLGBTQI identities from schools, and ban trans girls and women from sports.

Alberta's trans kids & their families need us. We need to show up for them, now. This is our moment to turn the tide. Join one of our mass organizing calls on Wednesday, November 26th: 5:30 MST - for Albertans 5:30 EST - for everyone else RSVP: www.momentumcanada.net/AB

If trans kids can’t get hormone blockers, their bodies change permanently in ways that are profoundly disturbing to them. It isn’t a “they can decide when they’re grownups” situation. The blockers are what ALLOW them to decide later. Keeping blockers from trans kids is a cruel torture.

From @raghu-venugopal.bsky.social The Canadian Medical Association condemns Alberta's privatization of healthcare. "The evidence from around the world is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse" www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...

Send a message to Danielle Smith about how her personal views are over-riding those of experts at terrible costs to the patients of those experts and to freedom for ALL of us. Using the notwithstanding clause to deny Charter rights and interfere in people's healthcare is dangerous (and cruel).

Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges. NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️ xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Once again, Alberta’s UCP Government plans to suspend Charter Rights of Albertans. First to attack teachers’ rights, now trans youth. The Justice Minister proudly said his voice is the final voice on this matter. It is not. The voice of the people is the final voice. Plz RT #abpoli #ableg #yyc

I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause

Today, the Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 9 which uses the notwithstanding clause to restrict the rights of Two-Spirit, trans & gender diverse people. This legislation is brought days ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance - a day meant to honour the lives lost to anti-trans violence.

“This is one of the most consequential actions our government will take during our time in office,” says the woman who just suspended kids’ right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away. This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.

NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.

Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta. Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.

Our 🏳️‍⚧️ youth, families & communities are under attack. It's time to turn the tide by building our power, organizing in our communities & pushing back against the lies. Join @faejohnstone.bsky.social & @karlamarx1917.bsky.social for a webinar on Wed. Nov 19th at 2PM EST www.momentumcanada.net/webinar

These are six actions you can work towards today to support trans and gender diverse communities and those in your life. With proactive and ongoing allyship, we can create a society that respects and values everyone, ensuring that all members of our communities can be equal, not other.

The AB govt will likely use the notwithstanding clause on 3 laws today & in so doing, obstruct access to gender-affirming health care. "If this is allowed to pass the obvious question is: whose rights or which health care services will they attack next?” www.friendsofmedicare.org/use_of_notwi...

New column from me at @xtramagazine.com: Provinces' cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign #canqueer #cdnpoli

Where do we stand on Budget 2025? Our take: we secured some important commitments, but there are many areas of deep concern. Read our analysis, reaction and next steps at www.momentumcanada.net/budget

Join us today at Fluevog Shoes in both Edmonton & Calgary, and Step Up for Trans Folks! Thursday, Nov 13 | 3pm-7pm 207 8 Ave SW, Calgary 10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton 50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone RSVP: www.skippingstone.ca/fluevog

“For us, if that program goes away, it’s not just that a program went away. We’re taking a great risk of losing a life.” Queer-serving orgs providing mental health services to LGBTQIA+ youth report a massive rise in need, as funding is slashed & political attacks escalate, Adam Rhodes reports.

For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Saskatchewan! We're organizing to challenge Premier Moe's restrictive Bill 137 and ensure all kids have the freedom to be themselves. Join us for an organizing call on Thursday, November 6th, at 5pm Central time, to learn how you can help. RSVP here: momentumcanada.net/call