Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

The 20th-century journal that challenged the gender binary | Xtra Magazine From 1916 to 1940, “Urania” imagined a world beyond gender—and documented feminist movements around the globe

From 1916 to 1940, “Urania” imagined a world beyond gender—and documented feminist movements around the globe

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

Six months ago I heard the AIDS Committe of Toronto was closing and had big feelings. I assigned a writer a community history of ACT and am so pleased with how it came out. Please give it a read and share. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

I heard about the AIDS Committee of Toronto's plan to close in Sept. and had big feelings. I did AIDS Walks through them when I was in high-school in the suburbs. I modelled for two of their campaigns. This story has been in the works for 6 months and I'm so proud. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Someone is watching the Love is Blind weddings on the bus beside me. I’m bored enough to have not looked at spoilers but apparently that wasn’t enough.

Bless the copy editor who knows k.d. lang should be lowercase

Sorry/not sorry to my coworkers, I am earnestly talking about ~journalism~ at large in the chat

I honestly spell it wrong enough that spellcheck never knows what I am trying to say

Transgender People, “Gay Conversion,” and “Lesbian Extinction”: What the Data Show A couple days ago (on Christmas, actually), The Telegraph ran a piece with the provocative title: “Lesbians facing ‘extinction’ as…

since The Atlantic is apparently reviving the "a was a feminine gay child, but if I was a kid today they would have 'transed' me" trope, here's an essay I wrote back in 2020 explaining why this is not true & there is no evidence to support it: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...

Rummaging around my kitchen like a racoon, trying to find anything unopened I can pretend I am bringing to dinner plans with forethought

Nova Scotia has proposed a budget that would wipe out supports that independent publishers depend on. Fernwood, which has published all three of my books, will take a big hit if this passes. Here are things that both NS residents and the rest of us can do to act in solidarity! #nspoli #cdnpoli

If nothing else, and there is MUCH ELSE, the person I got sperm from is a woman so

I do work at a queer publication, but I sort of miss parenting writing because I have fallen down an Instagram rabbit hole of "a person is a sperm donor to parents, but to children their 'first father'" and I cannot deal and want to say something beyond a comment

I have been working hard on a story that is important to me and it will be published this week. Keep an eye on @xtramagazine.com 👀

Queer farmers are growing better futures | Xtra Magazine For generations, LGBTQ2S+ people fled rural areas. Now, they’re putting down roots, farming with a focus on community and the environment

According to almost a dozen queer and trans farmers, the face of farming is changing.

Working in queer media is a lot, but sometimes also the best. I just had to Slack my boss to ask her if we can show a naked penis if it's for educational purposes. Last week I was earnestly asked how much package was too much for another story.

Fun fact: I am working on assets for a multimedia story going up next week, and in the collected archives have found a) my high-school drama teacher, and b) my own boob

YouTube video by Le Tigre - Topic Get Off the Internet

Evergreen note to self but especially while I am inclined to treat Google (even minus AI) as a doctor. (I am well aware that this is not what this song is about thanks!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHf2...

Halsey’s ‘Badlands’ soundtracked the rise and fall of my oldest friendship | Xtra Magazine The pop star’s first album let us escape from the suburbs. After a falling out, it brought us back together

"Her hair was electric blue and she sang about sex and drugs and bad men and she was bisexual. Though she only had a couple of years on us, our lives bore no similarities."

Petition for the world to stop bringing back Mrs. Doubtfire

8 Alberta community leaders share their resources for trans youth | Xtra Magazine From summer camps to affirming churches, advocates say trans youth in the province aren’t alone

We asked eight LGBTQ2S+ community leaders and advocates across Alberta to share their top resources for trans youth in the province.

This is what they said:

The joy of high-school course selection week is that is seems like we're talking about Sept-Dec of this year but we're actually talking about the next 8+ years.

For non-binary service workers, the price of authenticity is minimum wage | Xtra Magazine “They/them off, job on” started as a meme. For non-binary service workers, it’s a daily reality

Have you seen the “They/them off, job on” memes? There's a real issue behind them.

I am at the point of having a cold where I am stir crazy. I would like to work from a cafe this afternoon, but I will not, as so not to get other people sick.

I'm 4 hours in, so really hoping this passes soon enough. I think I feel worse medicated than I did in the first place.

Just over here searching "Can cold meds cause heart palpitations?" Everything is fine.

One vampire joke in Season 2 of Shrinking. If there's not one in S3, that'll be the biggest miss.

Every season of Love is Blind is the worst season of Love is Blind (though S5 is the actual hands-down worst)

Just watched a woman get engaged who I swear I have never seen before. So Love is Blind is going how it always does. I am bored. I will keep watching. And there should be a cap on blonde blowouts.

Where do the NDP leadership hopefuls stand on queer and trans issues? | Xtra Magazine Xtra asked candidates about their policies on healthcare, trans athletes’ participation in sports and more

I have to say, regardless of what she's said elsewhere, I am not pleased that McPherson's team promised to get back to us with answers and bailed. I don't pull "as the leading LGBTQ2S+ publication in Canada..." often, but I feel it here.
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Happy anniversary to Democracy Now!