Mel Woods
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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1 week ago |
xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods
Canadian musicians Bells Larsen and T. Thomason are cancelling planned performances in the United States in the wake of U.S. president Donald Trump’s anti-trans immigration policies. In a social media post last week, Larsen announced he was cancelling the U.S. leg of his upcoming album release tour, due to being unable to secure a visa.
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2 weeks ago |
xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods
Skip to content If you’re looking for the perfect takedown of the arguments against trans women and girls participating in women’s sports, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight is must-watch TV. The latest episode of the comedian’s satirical newscast took aim at the anti-trans attacks on fairness in sports with characteristic biting humour and rigorous fact-checking.
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2 weeks ago |
xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods
This story was produced in collaboration with The Walrus. There’s an iconic Mariah Carey lyric from 2009 that has echoed in my mind a lot lately while reading the news: “Boy, why you so obsessed with me?”Carey is, of course, singing about a persistent suitor who just won’t quit. But in the news cycle of 2025, the “boy,” in this case, is the conservative media and political machine. And the “me” is, well, trans people at large. Once again, I have to ask: Why are they so obsessed with us?
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2 weeks ago |
thewalrus.ca | Mel Woods
There’s an iconic Mariah Carey lyric from 2009 that has echoed in my mind a lot lately while reading the news: “Boy, why you so obsessed with me?”Carey is, of course, singing about a persistent suitor who just won’t quit. But in the news cycle of 2025, the “boy” is the conservative media and political machine. And the “me” is, well, trans people at large. Once again, I have to ask: Why are they so obsessed with us?
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3 weeks ago |
thetyee.ca | Mel Woods
It’s 8:00 p.m. on a rainy Monday, and I’m trudging up a hill in the rain in Kitsilano, mysterious paper bag in-hand. As I walk, I try to guess what treasures are inside. That frond sticking out the top — what greenery could it be? A leek, perhaps? And the weight of it means there’s surely an apple or two inside. There’s something in there with a flat bottom that seems suspiciously like a takeout container — did we luck out and get another pre-made meal?
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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
RT @XtraMagazine: Could Canadian conservatives take a page from Trump's anti-trans playbook? The president-elect’s final multi-million dol…