Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Let it be known that Romy and Michelle's High-School Reunion holds up

No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’ | Xtra Magazine Hiding my transness nearly killed me. Let’s work to build a world where trans people’s lives aren’t quite so hard

The accusation that trans kids existing and receiving gender-affirming care is a form of gay conversion therapy has long held sway in gender-critical circles—but the reality of trans lives undoes the argument, writes @katelynburns.com:

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I keep seeing that post about how the best friends come out of having a common enemy. And, like, has the person behind that study not seeing how hating The Atlantic can bond a community?

The Mennonite to trans woman pipeline I grew up in a small, deeply Mennonite, prairie town. If you picked up any Miriam Toews novel and squinted, you could see my house a mile up the road.

Last year, I wrote an article for the premiere issue of Angles, a local queer newspaper (originally published in the 80s and 90s, and now returning as a quarterly paper). That article is now available online, if you don't want to comb through a giant PDF to read it.

www.qmunity.ca/post/the-men...

a much-needed katelyn takedown of the atlantic! always such a pleasure editing her for @xtramagazine.com:

No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’ | Xtra Magazine Hiding my transness nearly killed me. Let’s work to build a world where trans people’s lives aren’t quite so hard

A recent Atlantic column claimed society is allegedly "transing" effeminate boys. For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote a rebuttal using my own experience as a young, closeted trans girl. xtramagazine.com/power/identi...

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

This month, the country’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors for the last time: the number of stories there are to be told and community members there are to speak to its legacy are abundant.

No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’ | Xtra Magazine Hiding my transness nearly killed me. Let’s work to build a world where trans people’s lives aren’t quite so hard

"The idea that most trans people, including kids, were encouraged by others to become trans is simply false. In fact, throughout my coming out process, I was constantly implored by nearly everyone around me to just be an effeminate man."

New @katelynburns.com: xtramagazine.com/power/identi...

Society told me to hate my body. I choose to embrace it instead | Xtra Magazine As I prepare for bottom surgery, I’m returning to the people who have stood by me from the beginning—and myself

As I prepare for bottom surgery, I’m not chasing anyone’s approval or ideals of womanhood—I’m returning to myself

Sold something that was free to me on Facebook Marketplace and felt so smug I proceeded to spend a bajillion dollars on practical and stupid shit

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

Six months ago I heard the AIDS Committe of Toronto was closing and had big feelings. I assigned a writer a community history of ACT and am so pleased with how it came out. Please give it a read and share. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

I heard about the AIDS Committee of Toronto's plan to close in Sept. and had big feelings. I did AIDS Walks through them when I was in high-school in the suburbs. I modelled for two of their campaigns. This story has been in the works for 6 months and I'm so proud. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

The 20th-century journal that challenged the gender binary | Xtra Magazine From 1916 to 1940, “Urania” imagined a world beyond gender—and documented feminist movements around the globe

From 1916 to 1940, “Urania” imagined a world beyond gender—and documented feminist movements around the globe

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

Six months ago I heard the AIDS Committe of Toronto was closing and had big feelings. I assigned a writer a community history of ACT and am so pleased with how it came out. Please give it a read and share. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

I heard about the AIDS Committee of Toronto's plan to close in Sept. and had big feelings. I did AIDS Walks through them when I was in high-school in the suburbs. I modelled for two of their campaigns. This story has been in the works for 6 months and I'm so proud. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Someone is watching the Love is Blind weddings on the bus beside me. I’m bored enough to have not looked at spoilers but apparently that wasn’t enough.

Bless the copy editor who knows k.d. lang should be lowercase

Sorry/not sorry to my coworkers, I am earnestly talking about ~journalism~ at large in the chat

I honestly spell it wrong enough that spellcheck never knows what I am trying to say

Transgender People, “Gay Conversion,” and “Lesbian Extinction”: What the Data Show A couple days ago (on Christmas, actually), The Telegraph ran a piece with the provocative title: “Lesbians facing ‘extinction’ as…

since The Atlantic is apparently reviving the "a was a feminine gay child, but if I was a kid today they would have 'transed' me" trope, here's an essay I wrote back in 2020 explaining why this is not true & there is no evidence to support it: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...

Rummaging around my kitchen like a racoon, trying to find anything unopened I can pretend I am bringing to dinner plans with forethought

Nova Scotia has proposed a budget that would wipe out supports that independent publishers depend on. Fernwood, which has published all three of my books, will take a big hit if this passes. Here are things that both NS residents and the rest of us can do to act in solidarity! #nspoli #cdnpoli

If nothing else, and there is MUCH ELSE, the person I got sperm from is a woman so

I do work at a queer publication, but I sort of miss parenting writing because I have fallen down an Instagram rabbit hole of "a person is a sperm donor to parents, but to children their 'first father'" and I cannot deal and want to say something beyond a comment

I have been working hard on a story that is important to me and it will be published this week. Keep an eye on @xtramagazine.com 👀

Queer farmers are growing better futures | Xtra Magazine For generations, LGBTQ2S+ people fled rural areas. Now, they’re putting down roots, farming with a focus on community and the environment

According to almost a dozen queer and trans farmers, the face of farming is changing.

Working in queer media is a lot, but sometimes also the best. I just had to Slack my boss to ask her if we can show a naked penis if it's for educational purposes. Last week I was earnestly asked how much package was too much for another story.

Fun fact: I am working on assets for a multimedia story going up next week, and in the collected archives have found a) my high-school drama teacher, and b) my own boob

Get Off the Internet YouTube video by Le Tigre - Topic

Evergreen note to self but especially while I am inclined to treat Google (even minus AI) as a doctor. (I am well aware that this is not what this song is about thanks!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHf2...