Storyteller 🎙️✒️Lesbian Feminist |🇻🇨Mixed🇩🇪| Columnist: Queer & Now @NowToronto 🏳️🌈| Women & Gender Studies @carleton_fist | Tired of Endometriosis🎗️
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Stories matter — but when those stories are backed by data, they can shape policy. In the latest column Queer & Now, I look at the launch of Black Queer Canada, the first national research &policy lab focused on Black 2SLGBTQIA+ communities🏳️🌈
Read all about it 👇🏼
#Black #Queer voices are powerful, but too often overlooked in policy. Black Queer #Canada is changing that — turning lived experience into research that shapes real change 🏳️🌈
Read more in the latest edition of Queer & Now:
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Ottawa is investing $6 million in Black Canadians’ health — but advocates say short-term commitments aren’t enough to tackle systemic barriers and are calling on the federal government to think long-term. #CDNpoli #BlackCanadians
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#Transgender rights advocates are raising concerns about proposals from OneBC to restrict how sex and gender are recognized in #BritishColumbia, warning that policies targeting #Trans youth could undermine their well-being.
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Transgender rights advocates are raising concerns about proposals from OneBC to restrict how sex and gender identity are recognized in British Columbia, warning that policies targeting Trans youth could undermine their safety, access to healthcare and well-being 🏳️⚧️
#BritishColumbia #Transgender #BC
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The only Black-owned bookstore in Kansas is fundraising to stay open ksn.com/news/wichita-black-o…
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A night of Queer celebration with a purpose. ICONIC: The Big Fun Party is bringing Deborah Cox, Van Goth and Toronto’s Queer community together to raise funds for Sherbourne Health’s year-round 2SLGBTQ+ programs. Here’s why supporting Queer healthcare matters💃🏾 #Toronto #LGBTQ
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We still remember and mourn for the violence and discrimination inflicted on LGBTQ+ people around the world. 💔
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Queer #softball and messy Sapphic drama? ⚾️ #Toronto creator J. Stevens is bringing both to the screen with Crave’s new comedy Slo Pitch. Read the story here: nowtoronto.com/news/slo-pitc…
A new Sapphic comedy with softball? It’s what we deserve 🥰🥎 Read Queer & Now to find out more 👇
Queer softball, messy hookups and lovable losers? ⚾️ Toronto creator J. Stevens tells Queer & Now how their own experiences in Queer sports inspired Crave’s new comedy "Slo Pitch."
Read the full story in the latest Queer & Now: nowtoronto.com/news/slo-pitc…
#Queer #SloPitch #Toronto #QueerTV
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He didn’t just bring the beats; he helped create space for Black Queer Toronto. After more than 30 years shaping the city’s nightlife and ballroom scenes, DJ Blackcatt is keeping that legacy alive with The Almighty Ball. ✨🌈 #BlackAndQueer #LGBTQ #Toronto
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More than 40 #2SLGBTQIA+ organizations gathered in Ottawa today to call on the federal government to invest $450 million over five years to renew and expand the federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan. Read more in the latest Queer & Now:
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Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth who helped make it a national holiday, celebrates her 100th birthday today dmagazine.com/publications/d…
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Delegates from dozens of Queer and Trans-serving organizations across Canada gathered in Ottawa this week to call for a $450 million investment in their communities ahead of the expiration of the 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan.
Here’s why advocates say that funding is needed now. Read more in the latest Queer & Now — nowtoronto.com/culture/canad… 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQ #CDNpoli #Canada #Transgender #Queer @RainbowRailroad @tenoaksproject @queermomentum
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Brasil no eligió a una, eligió a SIETE personas trans para sus parlamentos 🏳️⚧️🇧🇷
Thabatta Pimenta es la primera mujer trans del Nordeste en el Congreso federal, y las candidaturas trans crecieron 45% vs 2022 📈
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Dozens of 2SLGBTQIA+ serving and allied organizations have gathered on Parliament Hill for what organizers are calling the largest Queer Day of Action in Canadian history, calling for a $450 million investment in the community. #LGBTQ #CDNpoli
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Read Queer & Now to learn more about the symbolism behind The Village’s latest display of art ✨🏳️🌈 #Toronto #LGBTQ
Just in time for Nuit Blanche 2026 The 519 has unveiled a new permanent work of art on the front of the community centre.
Read more about the design and the inspiration behind it at NowToronto.com — nowtoronto.com/culture/toron…
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Just in time for Nuit Blanche 2026 The 519 has unveiled a new permanent work of art on the front of the community centre.
Read more about the design and the inspiration behind it at NowToronto.com — nowtoronto.com/culture/toron…
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From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. art aficionados filled Toronto’s streets to check out the 2026 Nuit Blanche installations. From Church and Wellesley to Nathan Phillips Square and beyond, here are some of the projects 🖼️ 🎨 #toronto #nuitblanche
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A study looking at 20 years of health data found that women are diagnosed later than men for more than 700 diseases, with an average delay of four years.
Delays in diagnosis are still a major barrier to equal healthcare.
For example, only 2 in 10 women receive the correct menopause diagnosis the first time they seek help.
Conditions such as endometriosis can take more than 7 years to be diagnosed correctly, leaving many women to deal with unnecessary pain and health problems for years.
Let that sink in.
