Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan government shows empty hands in court, doubling down on suspending Charter rights of trans children — Well, that was downright embarrassing for the Saskatchewan government. But first, a quick recap. Last month, the Saskatchewan government announced that trans students under age 16 must have parental consent to change their names or pronouns. Not legally change them, mind you — just socially within the school.

After jumping on the trendy anti-trans bandwagon, the ruling Progressive Conservatives are now counting on the unrepentant racism of social conservatives to carry the day — The systemic oppression of Indigenous people at the hands of Canada’s institutional racism and colonialism is well documented, and not disputed by any rational person: the Indian Act, the reservation system, unsafe drinking water, disenfranchisement, broken treaties, police violence, over-incarceration, generations of abuses in residential schools, discriminatory treatment accessing healthcare…

Canadian Conservatives appear confused when dreamy thoughts of American-style anti-vax liberty crash headfirst into the reality of medical autonomy for Canada’s children — both cis and trans — In his 1859 seminal work On Liberty, the philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote that people should be free to act in any manner they choose unless their actions cause harm to others. …

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…