Gender

  • Martha Paynter
Martha Paynter is a nurse, a writer, and an academic based in New Brunswick. Her participation in grassroots political work began...
  • Displacement of Gaza strip residents during the Israeli assault on Gaza, 2023-2025. (Photo: Jaber Jehad Badwan, Wikimedia)
Palestinian survivors of sexual abuse receive tragically little attention in Western media. This includes Palestinian women, who...
  • A hand pointing to a futuristic technology (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Digital tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), are increasingly becoming mechanisms of sexual violence and of other forms...
  • People dancing at a night club. Image: Maurício Mascaro, via Pexel
Every weekend, Toronto’s Church-Wellesley neighbourhood comes alive as one of the largest “gay villages” in North America. Venues...
  • Silhouette of a woman. Photo: Free from Vector Portal.
Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl somewhere in the world is killed by a male family member or intimate partner. These killings...
  • Anti-Fascist Counter Demo
On September 20, 2023, a hodgepodge of far-right forces organized hate fests under the “1 Million March 4 Children” banner in...
Monday July 24, 6pm Metro Parc, Place de la Gare-Jean-Talon, Montrealhttps://www.facebook.com/events/816690203413179 Montrealers...
  • Far-right crowd at Surrey City Hall
On Saturday, June 24, a far-right transphobic mobilization showed up to protest the Pride party in Surrey, British Columbia. The...
Aaron Devor is the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria (UVic), in the territories of the Lkwungen-speaking...
Shawna Dempsey is an artist and the co-executive director of Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA). Scott Neigh interviews her...

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