According to a new report, 70 percent of transgender youth in Canada have experienced sexual harassment. More than one-third of trans youth ages 14 to 18 have been physically threatened or injured in the past year. Twenty to 40 percent of homeless youth identify as 2SLGBTQ+. This comes from a recent report by Halifax group […]
Jessica R. Durling
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Nova Scotia makes changes for non-binary birth certificates
Nova Scotian residents and born applicants can now obtain a new birth certificate or drivers license displaying M, F or X, as well as have the option not to have displayed at all. As of July 9, these changes include the sex indicator X, which will be available for individuals who do not identify exclusively […]
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Nova Scotia opposition parties tackle conversion therapy
Opposition parties in Nova Scotia plan to put an end to conversion therapy. Nova Scotia’s New Democratic Party is putting forward a bill as early as this week to end the payment of medical professionals who bill the province for the discredited and harmful practice. The bill, which will also cover gender identity protections, essentially […]
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Former Sandy Lake Academy student says school preached gay conversion
The author of an online petition against Coming Out Ministries visiting Nova Scotia says the anti-LGBTQ+ group has previously preached gay conversion at one of the Halifax’s private Christian schools. Matt DeMerchant, a former student at Salt Lake Academy in Bedford, is alleging Coming Out Ministries gave several talks at the K-12 school in the […]
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Halifax cosplaying an accepting community
Rae O’Neil is dressed in an outfit based off a mash-up of two Final Fantasy characters. The cosplay is a bit out of the ordinary in everyday life, but at local conventions like the recent Spring Geequinox or Hal-Con it’s a perfectly normal—and fun—mode of creative expression. “I get to build stuff, which I like […]
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Trans exclusionists target Halifax trans women
Over the past two weeks, Halifax transgender women have been experiencing intense and persistent harassment from local trans exclusionists. Readers should note that this piece will discuss acts of transphobia and transmisogyny (discrimination targeting trans feminine individuals) in detail. A trans exclusionist, otherwise known as a transgender exclusionary radical feminist (or “TERF”) excludes transgender people—particularly […]
