Celebrating FOUR NOMS for Chatelaine, aka the best team in the biz. Love my colleagues fiercely, and so proud of the incredible work of our writers who were nominated: Meagan Gillmore (2x!), Kat Tancock, Tracy Wan

So excited to see the lovely Miranda Newman's new book, Rough Magic, out in the universe today! We have a short excerpt about the joy of BPD in Chatelaine today—a small snippet into the greatness of this book: chatelaine.com/health/joy-bor…

I've decided I will be looking directly at the eclipse today. I have seen enough.

chatelaine.com/living/feature…

'Can we trust our premier to go beyond platitudes, to elevate the work of trans Ontarians and allies? Ontario’s leader has not actively made the situation worse in recent months. But he also isn’t making it better.' — Erica Lenti #onpoli tvo.org/article/symbol…

Symbols matter, but what trans communities in Ontario need is action — by Erica Lenti #onpoli tvo.org/article/symbol…

a scene where women remove the ladder from a pool filled with Hollywood predators

With the rise in both legality and popularity of gambling, more and more people are taking their chances. But even with more women gambling, there’s not much research on them — or support for them. Rob Csernyik 🏳️‍🌈 for Chatelaine explains. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/18/wom…

Every so often I get pitched a phenomenal story that reminds me why I got into journalism in the first place. This is one of those stories. Thank you to Tara McGuire for entrusting Chatelaine with this powerful feature on grief, menopause and microdosing chatelaine.com/health/microdo…

'Time and again, Ontario Catholic school boards have prioritized the values of trustees who refuse to support their LGBTQ2S+ students.' — Erica Lenti tvo.org/article/to-mak… #onted

'Time and again, Ontario Catholic school boards have prioritized the values of trustees who refuse to support their LGBTQ2S+ students.' Erica Lenti #onpoli
To make progress on LGBTQ2S+ inclusivity, Catholic-school students need political allies tvo.org/article/to-mak…

So... I spent this week *literally* chasing Conservative MPs who did NOT want to talk about their leader's position on trans people's access to bathrooms, change rooms, and sport. (Michelle Rempel Garner literally ran away.)

Here's that story, unlocked for 24 h. hilltimes.com/story/2024/02/…

This is especially egregious when you consider there are openly gay Tories (including one who is the Deputy Leader of the Shadow Cabinet).

Queer allyship with our trans community members is more important than ever. If you don't stand with trans folks, shame on you.

This week in “a Catholic trustee did something to harm LGBTQ2S+ kids”:

Now is a great time to review radiyah c. deeply important feature on Islamophobia for Chatelaine: chatelaine.com/longforms/isla…

*Ken Todd voice*
I can't believe Tom Sandoval is on the cover of NYT Mag....... nytimes.com/2024/02/20/mag…

let's go gaymers