“The researchers found reasons for detransition were due predominantly to transphobia and ‘challenges related to social acceptance,’ such as not being accepted by friends or family for being trans.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/16/t...

The "No Kings" organizers say that there are more than 1,800 protests planed for tomorrow.: www.nokings.org We'll have journalists at several of them, but you can tag @motherjones.com with your clips and tips.

Bike lanes aren’t the cause of congestion anymore than tent encampments are the cause of homelessness. They are symptoms of larger issues, and removing them won’t solve those issues either.

honestly this is the lamest of times

It is wild to me how often we can have the same conversation, unpack the same things & yet, the needle never moves. Three years ago, the Globe interviewed me & tons of other experts for a big exposé on misogyny in the world of hockey & yet, we're still trying to convince people it's a problem.

Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems

so...cars can just sit in a crosswalk, block the crosswalk & impede & endanger pedestrians while they're sitting in traffic...? and this gets drivers further ahead in traffic, how...?

Oh FUCK this. We're not idiots. We know, from watching our neighbours to the south, exactly how this goes.

Whenever I read comments about male loneliness, I think this is another aspect of life men want women to fix for them. Men, get a hobby, sign up for a class, go outside. You’ll meet people and it may also make you interesting. Stop expecting moms, wives, and girlfriends to create your social life.

If someone posts a story about identity fraud, I don't feel the need to defend the accused because I've never committed identity fraud. Car theft! B&E! Assault! Name the crime, I'm not feeling defensive because it couldn't be me. If you feel instant loyalty to accused rapists, that's on you, babe

“I’m trying to hear Charlie,” said a man in a MAGA hat and a “Filipinos for Trump” shirt who declined to provide his name. “I’m trying to hear a good conversation, and all I hear is, ‘AGGHHH.’” “Yup, that’s the idea,” said Donovan McNitt, a Surprise Privilege fan. sfstandard.com/2025/05/06/c...

"We wouldn’t make that argument with any other type of crime, would we? We wouldn’t say, ‘oh, well, murderers have this urge, so we should make blood-spurting dummies available for them to stab that realistically let them get the urges out’."

“The big headline is that Americans think it’s important to be inclusive, to include LGBTQ people, and to include all people.” – Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO @glaad.bsky.social www.advocate.com/business/pri...

Gender is mostly about doing bits

Elon Musk Announces Plans To Step Back From Fatherhood

anyone taking their frustration out on service workers is a pretty pathetic excuse for a human

"On Tues, Spacey received a “special lifetime achievement award” at a Cannes gala hosted by the Better World Fund, whose mission statement references “the power of entertainment to ignite effective change on women’s rights & child protection". www.vulture.com/article/kevi...

"I’ve been thinking a lot about this and how to counter the overwhelming feelings of darkness, fear & insecurity. We have limited power over the larger events, but it doesn’t mean we have no power at all...there are so many things we can do." reneehartleib.com/an-offering-...

Dakota Johnson has a "no asshole policy" on film sets. “So much of why I wanted to start a production company & make my own movies is because I want more from this industry. I want more from my experience as an artist." variety.com/2025/film/fe...

Bookish friends are great because you can be all "read this, it will absolutely crush your soul and tear your beating heart into a million little pieces and you will literally never recover from it" and they'll be like omg yaaaasssss

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books

"If you were to reverse engineer when a boy comes off the tracks and becomes an unproductive man, the single point of failure is when he loses a male role model...If we want better men, we need to BE better men." www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i11...

“Cinema has always had a mission to inspire, but in the past it has too often done so at the cost of behaviors that can no longer be tolerated today. The conditions under which work is produced matter.” variety.com/2025/film/gl...

inspired inspired inspired engaged & curious engaged & curious engaged & curious grateful grateful grateful

united we stand, divided we fall in this world - equality, freedom & justice for all #IDAHOBIT2025 #transrightsarehumanrights

Halifax poet laureate launches mental health project Story by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...

“That the UK has slipped so far down the rankings for LGBTI+ equality in Europe is an important reminder that we can’t take progress for granted. From the outside, the UK is viewed as a cautionary tale of how things can go backwards rather than forwards.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/14/u...

Message to the legislative committee on health: Nova Scotians need action NOW on intimate partner violence. There’s been enough learning; turn talk to action. Prevention is key. search.app/BxfG9yeaicft...

“It certainly doesn’t make a single woman any safer to do that because the threat to women comes from predatory and abusive men.” Nicola Sturgeon speaks out about the EHRC’s interim advice following the UK Supreme Court ruling. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

last night i heard 2 separate stories from 2 guys about how they wanted to get into dance as kids but didn't because boys don't dance - thankfully they started dancing in middle age - men, get angry at the patriarchal ideology that has sold u a pack of lies instead of blaming women for yr misery

free screening in dartmouth! i love this film by our poet laureate @annaquon.bsky.social

Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

a homophobic insecure actor who doesn't understand acting variety.com/2025/film/ne...

facism is a world trend - approx 71% of the globe currently lives under authoritarian rule - the world has not been more anti-democratic in 35 years please vote today don't look back at this election later & have to remember you couldn't be bothered

these "merit" based hires continue to work out really great

“Cultural conversations are hugely important to how people are perceived and treated in society, and it is paramount that trans visibility, representation and protection be an ongoing and sustained commitment for all arts organisations going forward.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/24/u...