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Mel Woods

Vancouver

Senior Editor, Audience Engagement at Xtra Magazine

senior editor, audience engagement @XtraMagazine. previously @huffpostcanada (RIP). I also play Magic! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ they/them ✉️: [email protected]

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  • U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

    The United States Supreme Court just issued a landmark ruling that will have resounding impacts on the rights of all trans people across America. In the case of the U.S. v. Skrmetti, the court ruled to uphold a Tennessee law that restricts doctors from providing medical care like puberty blockers and hormones to trans youth—functionally a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.

  • Cole Escola won a Tony. But why are acting awards still so gendered?

    2 weeks ago | xtramagazine.com | Cody Corrall |Mel Woods

    Cole Escola just won a Tony Award and made history doing it. The non-binary writer and actor took home the award for Leading Actor in a Play at Sunday night’s Tony Awards, for their performance in the titular role of Oh, Mary!, which they also wrote. While it’s a win for trans people and fans of the erratic cabaret stylings of Mary Todd Lincoln, it makes you wonder why—in the big year of 2025—are most major acting categories still so gendered?

  • Lorde’s “Man of the Year” and the permission to want

    3 weeks ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

    I have to renew my passport this year. It’s an arduous process of forms and papers, and it’s a task I’ve left on the side of my desk for too long because I can’t decide what to do about my gender. My current passport, initially issued in 2016, features a distinctly woman-looking 21-year Mel with side-swept bangs, a practical bob and a big fat “F” gender marker beside her. The current 30-year-old Mel, on the other hand, has a patchy beard, heavy brows and a hairline creeping dangerously upward.

  • Activist groups reportedly gave Alberta list of LGBTQ2S+ books to investigate

    4 weeks ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

    A right-wing group with ties to the Freedom Convoy is now taking responsibility for the Alberta government’s attack on LGBTQ2S+ books in school libraries.

  • Alberta to create standards for ‘age-appropriate’ school library books

    1 month ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

    Danielle Smith’s Alberta government is taking aim at what books are allowed on the shelves of school libraries in the province. Today, Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides announced a public feedback process around what he called “extremely graphic and age-inappropriate content” in K-12 school library books.

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Mel Woods
Mel Woods @intothemelwoods
19 Nov 24

It's GAY WEEK on Dr. Odyssey?!?!? Bob The Drag Queen is here? John Stamos plays the Captain's gay brother in a throuple with Cheyenne Jackson? Finley from Gen Q declared that Dr. Odyssey is a daddy? The phrase "it's giving cruising" has been uttered!!

Mel Woods
Mel Woods @intothemelwoods
7 Nov 24

Over on TikTok today, I expanded a bit on some thoughts from yesterday, namely: the results of the U.S. election mean we have to be even more ready to call out anti-trans bullshit that is going to keep emerging in Canadian politics https://t.co/TUUT9PB5kh

Mel Woods
Mel Woods @intothemelwoods
7 Nov 24

RT @XtraMagazine: Could Canadian conservatives take a page from Trump's anti-trans playbook? The president-elect’s final multi-million dol…