it appears that yuppie condo dwellers in downtown toronto are waging war against working women who have long called their neighbourhood home. euphemistic groups call for euphemistic meetings: as per their craigslist ad below, weekly 'meetings' - ostensibly a euphemism for transphobic vigilante mob - will be wandering through the streets loaded with ( Read more... )

i just returned to toronto from the 2008 trans health conference in philly. after 2 nights of parties, 3 days of conferences, 1 presentation on providers day, and one workshop on the community days, after countless brilliant conversations, after meeting many amazing people, after being and after 6 hours of sleep in two days i can do nothing but a ( Read more... )

she's a boy i knew is an autiobiographical documentary by B.C. filmmaker gwen haworth, who interviews her family, partner, and friends about their perspective on her transition. her incisive yet inviting narration pilots the film, engaging in both conversations with those in her life but also everyone watching the film. she offers up a measured and ( Read more... )

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now. next comes all the mucky next steps as people are starting to talk about in my previous post....

the ontario health minister spoke today and dropped hints at the ctv, a pretty major new broadcaster (like... the biggest ( Read more... )

another year, yet another flurry of gayness. it's always amusing how the films are typically so clearly divided between boys and girls, each bucket having its own bog of cliche's and formulas that one can see night in night out. this year, there's a helluva lot more lady content, especially with the shorts, where there are count them 6! short ( Read more... )

maybe i'm entering my after having a bunch of bad panic attacks during the week i decided to seriously take it easy this weekend. rented the entire series (but so utterly tragic - as angela chase would say - it was cancelled after the first season) of my-so called life and holed myself up in my house with tammy. refrained from going out, which is ( Read more... )

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feeling optimistic, i will chalk it up to random chance that the big 6'6" over-friendly guy smiling creepily at me on the subway last week was standing in front of my neighbour's house (smiling again) and talking to no one in particular when i came home from the grocery store.

meow.