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Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Ph.D.,

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Toronto Canada/Sydney Australia. Activist, author, researcher, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto helenlenskyj.ca My next book: *THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SPORT* Emerald Publishing, 2025

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'They honestly saved my life': The bikers helping abused kids feel safe BACA members accompany kids to court, stand guard outside their homes, and provide a sense of safety with burly presences and deeply rumbling motorbikes.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

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Thousands of Americans are calling for Hegseth to be removed.

Movements like this grow fast when people realize they’re not alone.

Sign here:

calltoactivism.info/firepetehegs...

14.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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UN Human Rights Council raises concern over Olympics sex testing The United Nation's Human Rights Council has questioned the Olympics approach to sex testing saying it raises "serious concerns".

The United Nation’s Human Rights Council has released a statement questioning the Olympics approach to sex testing saying it raises β€œserious concerns”.

www.outinperth.com/un-human-rig...

14.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small businesses in Inglewood face uncertain future head of 2028 Olympics The city of Inglewood plans to take over the Inglewood Plaza property to build a transit center designed to support bus service and parking as part of infrastructure upgrades ahead of LA28.

This is similar to what is happening in Inglewood, as local businessesβ€”who officials promised would be the beneficiaries of touristic developmentβ€”were the first on the chopping block.

Mega events destroy local communities. Period.

12.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran’s sports minister says football team will not play at 2026 World Cup Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the US killed their leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the sports minister has said

Full story:

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

11.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

The organization is committed to exposing the feminization of poverty, structural violence against sex workers and drug users, and gentrification efforts that function as erasure.

The Sidewalk Project is honored to join NOlympics LA in the shared demand ~ Cancel the Olympics!

10.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This myth is weaponized to drive funds to the carceral state, and sanitize the horrors of stings, sweeps, and raids against street-based communities.

10.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Welcome to the Nolympics Coalition The Sidewalk Project!

Welcome to the Nolympics Coalition The Sidewalk Project!

We'd like to welcome The Sidewalk Project to the NOlympics coalition!

The Sidewalk Project (TSP) is a lived-experience, women- and queer-led harm reduction and arts organization serving unhoused and unstably housed people in Skid Row and MacArthur Park.

10.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok this is a very petty grievance but I irrationally resent PROJECT HAIL MARY bc it published the same year as my book, HAIL MARY, & the former was a massive bestseller that completely destroyed the SEO for my little women’s football book. And now it’s been adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster!!

10.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary Contact Congress today!

Markwayne Mullin backs the "unlawful" expulsion of American citizens and refuses to hold the regime accountable.

The Senate votes soon. Send your letter NOW:

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Trump Keeps Losing: New York Crushes His Retaliation Plot, Democrats Smash Turnout Records, and Americans Rally Against The Regime’s Lies Don’t let Trump bury this great news for the resistance

πŸ’ͺEven a Trump-appointed judge just said NO: Regime's unlawful attack on NY crushed in court.

Another regime overreach blocked. Full story + more wins today:

10.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 449 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6
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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Markwayne Mullin for DHS Secretary Contact Congress today!

🚨URGENT: Trump's UNHINGED DHS pickβ€”Markwayne Mullinβ€”confirmation hearing tentatively set for next week!

He defends ICE fatally shooting citizens, backs expelling US-born kids, objected to 2020 election results.

Tell your Senators: BLOCK this nomination!

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Help a toad across the road – and five more ways to save these endangered amphibians Britain’s toads have begun their spring migration, putting them at even greater risk than usual. Here’s how – and why – we should look after them

Help a toad across the road – and five more ways to save these endangered amphibians

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Remembering Yanar Mohammed – News – Women and Gender Studies Institute

wgsi.utoronto.ca/remembering-...

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The moment I knew: He stepped out of the shower and into a robe – he looked pretty handsome Paul Heath knew the rice-cooking David McLean was his sort of guy. Then one humid morning, he reached for the camera to capture a post-shower moment * Find more stories from the moment I knew series * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email We met in 1998, at a health and relationship course run back then by the Gay Men’s Health Centre in Melbourne. I saw David across the crowded room at a drinks session afterwards and slowly made my way around to talking with him. We were both in our mid-30s, and I’ve always gone for those tall skinny guys. We chatted easily and before he left I scribbled down my number. He rang a few weeks later on a Saturday night, apparently figuring I wouldn’t be home and that he’d just leave a message. When I picked up, I think he was a little thrown. He said something like: β€œHi, um, hang on a sec, oh fuck, I’ve gotta turn the rice down!” And I thought, this is my sort of guy – Saturday night at home cooking rice, what’s not to love. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

The moment I knew: He stepped out of the shower and into a robe – he looked pretty handsome

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The pivotal riot that shaped modern LGBTQIA+ rights, you don't hear about enough Before Stonewall, Pride, or the rainbow became a symbol for the queer community, a group of trans women started a revolution that history almost forgot

Before Stonewall and Pride, trans women of colour taught us what resistance looks like πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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Roger PielkeJr Making Complete Sense of the Debate Over Transgender Athletes.
Roger PielkeJr Making Complete Sense of the Debate Over Transgender Athletes. YouTube video by Kirsti Miller30

A must watch here πŸ‘€

@RogerPielkeJr clearly shows there was no trans athletes problem.

So why did Trump go so hard on it? It’s simple gutter-level, dog-whistle politics, & @rileygaines624 was tapped as the torchbearer of it.

youtu.be/2-ohQiLWWwA?...

07.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Deeply annoyed that German tv seems to be showing zero Paralympic content. Just let me watch my murder sports on ice!

07.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say β€œSend me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

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Trans men effectively blood dope and trans women experience a polar opposite experience. The changes occur in just 3-4 months. This is huge.

Trans women have less delivery of oxygen to their working muscles which produces a higher rate of metabolites and consequently results in muscle fatigue.

07.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trans women are showing muscle mass and muscle strength loss and also cellular dysfunction in the muscle of trans women was suggested in Alvares et al., (2022). This is why Kg for Kg trans women are weaker than c1s women by around 19%

07.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Trans Women in Sport with Kirsti Miller - GenderGP Podcast
Trans Women in Sport with Kirsti Miller - GenderGP Podcast YouTube video by GenderGP

Trans Women in Sport with Kirsti Miller - GenderGP Podcast.

youtu.be/yd9TlcuAsJU?...

05.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trans Girl Scouts Sell 330,000 Boxes Of Cookies In Public Outpouring Of Support The total boxes sold is the highest in the history of EITM's trans girl scout cookie list.

1. In an incredible public outpouring of support, trans girl scouts on our girl scout cookie list have sold over 330,000 boxes of cookies.

Parents report to us that they are in tears from the support.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

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after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

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Antisemitism royal Commission fails at first hurdle Virginia Bell has shut the door on a broader examination of racism, Janet Parker argues, confirming that antisemitism will be exceptionalised in this royal commission.

We are right to fear that this royal commission will be weaponised to silence criticism of the genocide. This is precisely the expectation of Zionist organisations. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1448/an...

03.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually owe Trump and Hegseth an apology. I mocked them for renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War, but they’ve sure made that new name an accurate one.

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Critical reporting from ground level. Do it!

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The number is now 40. Imagine the response to a mass shooting that killed 40 kids at school.

But this is an act of self-defence.

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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

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