The law of unintended consequences? We were warned this would happen — On September 14 2023, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe publicly mused about invoking the “notwithstanding clause,” or Section 33, of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Why? His conservative government instituted a new rule that requires parental permission for trans or non-binary students under age 16 to use different names or…

The economy takes a backseat to grievance politics — That’s one for the history books. The Conservative Party of Canada held their policy convention in Québec City this past weekend. …

Canada is not immune from U.S. style anti-trans culture wars — The genesis of this article was a comment that was left for me on one of my social media posts. It was a throwaway post of mine on the Bluesky app, cross-posted to Instagram: an observational riff at the expense of the then-upcoming Conservative Party of Canada policy convention in…

All the microaggressions you never wanted — It was New Year’s Eve and we had brought our three kids to visit their granny for a few days. The kids were in bed, and myself, my wife, and my mom had just finished watching Spider-Man: Homecoming. I was clicking through Netflix to see what else caught our eyes. …

I’m not ignoring you! —

Coming out and making sexy time! — See my pinned post for part one of my introduction to Medium. This is a running narrative of my coming out and transition process. A few months after our wedding, I sank into the deepest depression I can remember. It was bad. I mean really bad. I have no idea…

How I tried to bury the real me — I tried so hard, I really did. I stuck her in a box, nailed it shut. I sobbed as I piled on layers of earth. And when I was done, I took a breath, turned around, and she was watching me with a smile. “Hey babe! What are you up…

Nobody warned me it would be this hard — It has been one year since my first girlfriend died. No, not that kind of girlfriend — I’m married with kids. I mean the kind of girlfriend that pretty much every woman has. Actually, she usually has more than one. I transitioned beginning in 2018 while living in Quebec City. I only speak a little French, and I don’t understand…

This is how I traded my uniform for one that fits a little differently — I’m going to talk about what it was like for me to come out as transgender in the military and transition in uniform. This is not new territory for the Canadian Armed Forces, as we’ve been openly accepting of trans members for many years now. …