Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

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!

I tried to join modern times but lip oil is like the seltzer of lip colour and I want full colour/flavour thanks

It’s 2026. I turn 45 this year. I can remember a White Zombie lyric from 30+ years ago to make a bad joke with. I can not get it together to buy groceries.

I want to set things on fire when moms talk about single-parenting because their husbands are away. And yet I'm on Day 2 of managing a Grade 10 course load while my kid is home sick and 100% believe I am a homeschooler

Another day, another AI generated pitch

Anyone know if The Burbs (new show, not old movie it is based on) can be streamed in Canada?

The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program It pays to have your books in Canada’s libraries! Learn more about the Public Lending Right Program

Canadian authors. The PLR program is open. Don’t forget to register your new titles.
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The invisible toll of caregiving The task of caring for loved ones often falls on women. Over time, it can affect their health, too.

I love working in a nonprofit newsroom and partnering with other local publications & organizations. I published a story about The Invisible Toll of Caregiving in this state, and 3 other newspapers (including my hometown Fort Wayne Journal Gazette!) co-ran it. mirrorindy.org/caregivers-h...

What I want to be doing: analyzing the ANTM documentary to death.
What I am doing: being pinned under the most fever-ridden teen.

We're so excited to have Get Queer joining the great roster over at @harbingermedia.bsky.social ✨🫶

Season 1 of the podcast dives deep into the history and impact of LGBTQ2S+ representation in reality TV.

Subscribe and listen wherever you get your podcasts!

I* am largely offline; Xtra is very much online

Offline today but there is SO MUCH good content @xtramagazine.com this week, whether you want to go deep into the news cycle, read about culture, or something else entirely.

The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me

Saskatchewan's pronoun policy is driving teachers out of the profession | Xtra Magazine Teachers in the province are struggling to choose between protecting children and following the law

“I felt like an elephant in the room.” aliceboyle.bsky.social investigates how Saskatchewan's Bill 137 is pushing some teachers out of the classroom, as school boards and administrators comply with the pronoun policy.