This is Bill M-240 - the full text of the bill wasn't available until early this week as a result of the long weekend. Note that this bill is also designed to effectively push organizations off social media by requiring a 82 characters of text and a hyperlink on "any" social media page.

Vancouver Trans Folks - Coming up Saturday!

"Marilyn Gladu voted against the ban on conversion therapy. She’s publicly questioned trans inclusion in women’s spaces. She’s backed policies that make life harder for immigrants, for low-income parents, ..." www.thesarniajournal.ca/columnists/n...

Signal has a setting to stop this (Settings > Notifications > Notification Content). It's likely not an issue limited to just Signal, but more fundamental friction between secure chat apps and phones. Very interesting data point when talking about forensics www.404media.co/fbi-extracts...

New from 404 Media: the FBI was able to extract incoming Signal messages from a phone even though the app was deleted. Why? Because parts of messages were stored in the iPhone's internal notification database. Shows how secure chat data can come from unexpected places www.404media.co/fbi-extracts...

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Anyone want to wager at least 1 BC Conservative leadership candidate parrots this by mid next week?

Just in case you were wondering the war on trans human beings is continuing unabated and the news media is helpfully providing cover by framing it as a “different interpretation of civil rights.” Trans rights are human rights.

Those attending the BC Conservative Debate have unanimous consensus for following in Alberta's footsteps and banning care transition for trans youth.

Voted against the "conversion therapy" ban, tabled legislation for a "Christian Heritage Month", promoted hydroxychloroquine for covid, etc There have been no prosecutions in Canada for conducting "conversion therapy" - despite her claims that it would infringe on religious freedom.

The legislation is expected to be put forth before the end of the spring legislative session on May 28, 2026 - if it fails, we go to an election. An incredible risk when the BC NDP has a single seat majority and MLAs are using language like “absolute betrayal” in reference to this.

"It is obvious that the parents’ rights movement has never believed that all parents deserve rights, just that conservative parents do. But there is no Constitutional right to bully LGBTQ+ kids out of existence just because they make you uncomfortable…" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/the-...

A private, expensive event whose financial agreement was confidential - we will never see how much the city got for this, or even if the city lost money on it after policing costs, etc are accounted for.

"I allowed myself to be tokenized and cosigned a bunch of conservative propaganda, and now the reactionaries who tolerated me for a little bit have gone back to openly despising me" Womp fucking womp.

FYI, new Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu has quite a track record ... including opposing the federal conversion therapy ban www.thesarniajournal.ca/top-story/mp...

The Alberta government folding anti-LGBTQ2S+ policy into random bills (see: book restrictions in a municipal policy bill last week) means every provincial news release has me reading the fine print ... like what could they have folded into "Investing in community drought and flood protection" ??

Every candidate running for the BC Conservative leadership will end youth transition, the most moderate one has featured the architect of Alberta's conversion therapy mandate on her substack. But now they're fundraising on it, targeting grandparents. Parental rights, but not for affirming parents

Same for Canada.

Oh, this is good. Idaho passed a bill banning local cities from flying the Pride flag. So the cities decided to wrap the poles themselves in pride colors. This is amazing.

Reading proposed Alberta Bill 28 tonight, an omnibus bill introduced by the UCP as denying youth access to sexually graphic material in libraries. Of course, they are lying. The text of the bill does not mention that - it plainly allows for the minister to restrict any books by regulation.

"This legislation presents one of the greatest threats to privacy in Canada of the past two decades." Read our full statement and analysis at iclmg.ca/c-22-superch... Stay tuned for our email campaign! #cdnpoli #Canada #StopC22 #nolawfulaccess

"Miles is a Canadian citizen with no criminal record and is part of the NEXUS program, which expedites entry into the U.S… He’s never had an issue crossing the border, so when U.S. Customs… brought him to a secondary screening, Miles knew something was off…" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/gay-...

To be blunt: I get pissed off when cis people are shocked at the degree to which transphobes hate us. Because we've tried to tell you and you didn't believe us. Because you thought it couldn't be "that bad." Because, sometimes, you thought it was hate in the quiet, polite way that you hate us.

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Which is all to say -- I would particularly love to hear from rural trans folks, BIPOC trans folks, folks living relatively stealth, and other trans people who don't always see themselves in media (and media about trans people)

One last point: I really want to reflect the diversity of trans experience across Canada in this story—in terms of gender, age, location, race, class, ability, etc. Not just white trans masc folks who live in the city like me lol That's one of the reasons I'm doing a public callout like this.

SOURCE CALLOUT 🏳️‍⚧️ ✨ (Please share!) I'm working on a large print feature for later this year that asks a big question: What does it look like when we let trans people thrive? I'm looking to talk to a few everyday trans people from across Canada about what that idea means to them. (Thread...)

Air Canada apparently replaced their quirky safety video featuring safety demonstrations at iconic locations across Canada with a safety video of a family of Canadian air travellers on vacation in the United States

"Death before detransition" Seen on a Salvation Army Corps Center in Ithaca, New York

tbh watching cis people get arrested on trans people's behalf is more heartening than I would have realized. It often feels like it's just us, when the going gets tough. If private businesses risk themselves to continue to allow trans people use of the correct restroom, it'll mean a lot too.

Yet another one of her Thursday bills, but this time it passed first reading with a voice vote. What was missed in the commentary is that there were NO Nays - BY ANY MLAs - to First Reading. Again, NO OPPOSITION. Cropped video here youtu.be/T3U8mZcS-z4?...

Right-wing groups and think tanks had a private audience with Alberta's premier and education minister in February to discuss education policy. Check out what our access to information documents show. zurl.co/P25Fl

archive link You know what's telling about this piece? a piece ostensibly about trans kids? he never once calls them trans kids. He refers to them about a half dozen times and in each instance he avoids affirming them as trans kids and says stuff like "questioning their gender".

Ive had PinkNews on my 'only link minimally' for a couple of years, and a total block since they went 'journalist free' the other week. Always been problematic. Use @wearequeeraf.com, @whatthetrans.com , @divamag.bsky.social or @attitudemag.bsky.social instead.

The UCP government is Alberta proposed even more anti-trans legislation this week. Here’s a summary of what stuff they’ve done so far.

Manitoba denying trans refugee's request for name change because it won't accept her ID Government branch's decision 'discriminatory,' human rights lawyer says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The now-acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, has been the driving force behind the DOJ going after hospitals and schools - and even private businesses - which support trans people.

"Outside, a crowd of more than two dozen people watched as troopers arrested each protestor, then escorted them out of sight. The choir kept singing. “Everybody rise up. Everybody rise up,” they sang. “Everybody shake it up. Everybody shake it up. Everybody here. Everybody here.”"

They're processing ~9 arrests on site, possibly pre-booking. They're being held handcuffed in an office waiting area in the Capitol, supporters are outside the window singing. Live here: www.instagram.com/boiseblackbi...

pacey_speaks has video of the demo and arrests on their IG, video seen below. Their IG here: www.instagram.com/pacey_speaks/

"When we were told the Governor was "unavailable," we chose to wait. We held a peaceful sit in, exercising our right to be heard. In response, Idaho State Police arrested and booked several members of our community-- people who showed up with courage, conviction, and a commitment to nonviolence."

The New York Times rolling up its sleeves to do the hard work of normalizing the idea that women should not have the right to vote.

The Alberta government is now considering some level of book restrictions in public libraries, not just schools. And once again they are taking aim at LGBTQ2S+ books. Don't forget where this focus came from. It was never actually about "concerned parents." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Public libraries, not just schools. There is no possibility of peaceful coexistence.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🤍🩵🩷 We love our trans band, and we love our trans scene. We're gonna keep being loud and visible. And we're gonna keep rocking out with all of you.

I got banned from twitter in 2023 for this drawing. They called it "violent speech". It had over 40K likes and too many comments for me to read before my ban, but I still see it floating around here and there. Save a copy, and use it freely. No attribution needed. Love u #transdayofvisibility #tdov

There is no possibility of peaceful coexistence.

There is no possibility of peaceful coexistence. What humanity had to deal with 90 years ago is here again.