Grant Neufeld

A poster for a rally on Trans Day of Remembrance reads: “WE NEED EVERYONE TO SHOW UP! No excuses. The house is on fire. WE NEED YOU. Trans Day of Remembrance. NO TO BILL 9! No to Notwithstanding! Save Trans Rights! Rally With Us!!! Thursday, November 20, 5 to 7 PM” on the left, and “McDougall Centre, Calgary” on the right. A circular QCU logo appears near the bottom center.

NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.

McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg

I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been

"I’ve done it before, like fistfuls of other queer and trans writers, and where did that get us? A world where anti-trans moral panic and anti-trans legislation are more virulent than when I first started..."

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From our new episode...

We sat down with members of the Alberta Students Association, and what they had to say about the UCP invoking the notwithstanding clause should be required viewing for every member of the legislature right now.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Trans lives matter and Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 2025 written on the colours of a trans flag.

November 20 is Trans Day of Remembrance. This day exists to honour & remember all those lost to transphobic violence.

If you would like to help us in our continued battle against the harmful and cruel legislation that will take lives, please donate to our legal fund.

www.skippingstone.ca/legalfund

I am truly and genuinely so glad you asked!

This site is a one-stop shop for reasons why ULINE sucks ass, and a massive link list of handy alternative companies AND a short blacklist of ULINE-alikes to avoid!

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“There is something special about being in close proximity to so many types of services, supports and ideas.”

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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Why is female joy so terrifying to weirdos and losers?

Seems so simple, and yet so clever. Thank-you for sharing!

The rumors are true: scrolling through Zohran’s transition website and seeing that his co-chairs so far are eminently qualified women of color is a great way to feel like better things are possible

Now I want to see that video… do you still have a link for it that you could share, please?

Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.

But not impossible.

Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇

November's Free E-Book! Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices Against State Violence Edited by Shreerekha Pillai. University of Illinois Press.

Get your *free* e-book of CARCERAL LIBERALISM: Feminist Voices against State Violence edited by Shreerekha Pillai!
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#CriminalJustice #CulturalStudies #WomensStudies

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Finally, the single-most prescient writer: Octavia E Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” and “Parable of the Talents”. Published in the 90s about our present time. The only dystopian fiction I’ve seen that presents a meaningful path through the dystopia.

Not a book, but: the TV series most relevant to the current state of the world is the late 90s b-list sci-fi series “Babylon 5”. It takes some getting into (the first season was a bit rough), but the series as a whole is completely worth it. Politics, media, conspiracies, revolutionary underground…

“Reflections of a Siamese Twin” by John Ralston Saul, for Canadian political history.

“Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree” by John Goddard. For many reasons, but especially how colonial powers are structured to optimize exploitation and oppression.

“The Autobiography of Malcolm X” as told to Alex Haley. Many lessons, but especially his strong example of the value of being open to learn and change—especially when in positions of leadership.

“Feminist Theory: From Margin to Centre” by bell hooks, had a massive impact on me. But I’d probably recommend her later works these days. E.g., “Feminism is for Everybody”.

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I’m a straight cis white male Canadian of christian heritage, and I don’t expect to voluntarily set foot in U.S. territory again in my lifetime. Too risky.

How much of that disparity is due to the racism and sexism of voters here?
How much is due to the rampant abuse against candidates who are not white men, which keeps many good people away from running as candidates in the first place?
What other factors contribute?

When was the last time Calgary City Council had such a low percentage of non-white members (just 1 of 15, if the current vote leads hold), and such a low percentage of women members (just 2 of 15)?
#YYCVote #YYCCC #YYCPoli

One might start to think they could be trying to find ways to violate each section of the Charter, like some sort of twisted scavenger hunt.

"purity tests" "circular firing squad" "the left eat their own" are such bullshit phrases.

people disagree on politics! that's how it works.

deal with it instead of whining about marginalized people correctly pointing out that certain "compromises" only strengthens fascism

"No Kings" Organizers: Make Your Activism Last Beyond the Protests Teen Vogue speaks with a “No Kings” organizer on leveraging change even after the protest.

there are lessons from No Kings' scale that serve us all.

if this is the sum of your protest experience, what's next for you?

if you are someone plugged into movement and direct action outside electoral politics, can this be an opportunity for you to radicalize someone and bring new resources in?

Proposing marriage to someone in front of a crowd is coercion and a “yes” is not freely given consent.

Here’s a block list:

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Ableism teaches us to abandon each other.

Racism will disable you.
Transphobia will disable you.
Long COVID will disable you.
Genocide will disable you.
Climate change will disable you.

Do not obey when told to abandon the vulnerable.

Resistance & communities must be rooted in disability justice.