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Mikayla Gallant @mikgal1.bsky.social · 4d

@cupescfp.bsky.social convention is always so fun because you don’t know who you’re going to run into! @avilewis.ca and @faejohnstone.bsky.social are spending some time with us this week ♥️

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 11d

Is PM Carney abandoning women, girls, and queer people in his austerity agenda? My latest in the Hill Times.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 24d

Proud to join 2SLGBTQI+ activists like @faejohnstone.bsky.social at the Parliamentary Reception last night.

As an associate member of the Canadian Pride Caucus, I am committed to using my voice as a parliamentarian and ally to defend and protect 2SLGBTQI+ rights in Canada and around the world.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Sep 3

Johnstone: Queers for Palestine was right to disrupt the Pride parade

Writing this was scary and hard, but it felt important. It felt necessary. No Pride in Genocide.

ottawacitizen.com/opinion/quee...

Johnstone: Queers for Palestine was right to disrupt the Pride parade

The Q4P protest focused on social justice and human rights — and I was happy to join it. Pride shouldn't be depoliticized.

ottawacitizen.com

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Aug 11

Ottawa Trans March is happening on August 22nd at 6pm! I'll see you there!!!

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is a critical opportunity for our new PM to show his commitment to gender equality and 2SLGBTQIA+ rights: by pledging new funds in the upcoming federal budget.

Help make it happen: www.momentumcanada.net/cuts

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Aug 8

Local women's organizations and local 🏳️‍🌈 organizations across Canada rely on WAGE funding to advance their work and support the communities they serve.

Now is the time to lean in and bolster our commitment to gender equality. Not to cut vital funding.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Aug 8

This reduction is a result of multiple multi-year past commitments coming to an end (I.e. we shouldn't read *too much* into it). But while those funds are sunsetting, the work to advance equality and human rights continues.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Aug 8

If we don't see new investments (like in the upcoming federal budget) in Women and Gender Equality Canada, the department will see an 80% budget reduction by 2027-2028.

Cuts will jeopardize 🇨🇦's progress towards gender equality & 🏳️‍🌈 rights.

Take action: www.momentumcanada.net/cuts

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 20

I'm listening to Ezra Klein podcast ft Sarah Mcbride and I would encourage all my trans activist pals to give it a listen too.

Feel how you want about either of them. But there are some nuggets of wisdom I think we must hear.

open.spotify.com/episode/1Ryl...

Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights

The Ezra Klein Show · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 18

*whispers* give me ideas !!!!

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 18

Me: I need a new tattoo. That'll ~fix me~>

Also me: unable to make decisions about what tattoos I WANT.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 13

Elect Women, Oust Bigots! Very cool to have met Premier Susan Holt of New Brunswick today.

Shared my gratitude for her support of trans youth and their families, and spoke with her team about opportunities for further action and leadership on 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ issues!

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 10

I dislike the genderbread less, but I think both are rather overwhelming as tools. They're both overly simplistic and complicated at the same time. I also still find it... infantilizing.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 10

She's on a Mission to Fix the Vibes.

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Ashleigh Lodge @ashleighlodge.ca · Jun 5

Fantastic!

Alt: The Manitoba Legislature has passed Bill 43, adding Gender Expression to the provincial Human Rights Code.
This victory strengthens human rights and will create a safer Manitoba for all.

Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Manitoba legislature has passed Bill 43, adding gender expression to the provincial human rights code.

In this doom and gloom climate, it's important to mark victories like this, to remember that despite the rise of the far right, we can still organize and win for 🏳️‍🌈 people.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 5

GUESS WHO JUST ACCEPTED AN OFFER ON HER HOUSE!!!! ME! ITS ME!!!

End of my homeowner era and I am SO HAPPY ABOUT IT (weird I know).

What's next? Who TF knows! But I am feeling FREEEEEE.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 5

Okay gays who educate the heteros: We've retired the gender unicorn. Right?!?! Please?!?!? I hate it. I hate every variation on it. It's infantilizing. It's cringe. It's also ineffective.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Manitoba legislature has passed Bill 43, adding gender expression to the provincial human rights code.

In this doom and gloom climate, it's important to mark victories like this, to remember that despite the rise of the far right, we can still organize and win for 🏳️‍🌈 people.

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Ken (he/him) @justdehydrated.bsky.social · May 30

USA permanently dissolved their national program for HIV/AIDS support & removed themselves from the international group. Globally, they funded 90% of PrEP and 73% of HIV funding.

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Queer Momentum @momentumcanada.net · May 28

Read this: ‘Death Before Detransition’: Trans Americans seek safety in Canada: ricochet.media/justice/poli...

Then, join our call for enhanced asylum access for trans refugees, including those fleeing the Trump regime:

www.momentumcanada.net/pathways

Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees

Sign the petition: Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees

www.momentumcanada.net

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · May 28

The Canadian Medical Association has filed a legal challenge against the Government of Alberta to protect the rights of patients and uphold the integrity of our healthcare system.

Parents, youth and physicians know best - not power hungry politicians.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · May 28

“Canadians are not just cogs in an economic machine, and they want to see their leaders speaking up for their values. That means Prime Minister Carney needs to speak up for us, and continue the work to advance equality and uphold freedom and human rights.”

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Advocates to push accountability for diversity, inclusion after lack of focus in Carney's cabinet, mandate letter

If the Liberals want to uphold their election promise to protect vulnerable communities, it requires ‘speaking up for us’ and not ceding the public debate to their opponents, says Queer Momentum’s Fae...

www.hilltimes.com

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · May 28

She knows the assignment: holding our new government accountable 🔥

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · May 28

If the Liberals want to uphold their election promise to protect vulnerable communities, it requires ‘speaking up for us’ and not ceding the public debate to their opponents, says Queer Momentum’s Fae Johnstone.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Advocates to push accountability for diversity, inclusion after lack of focus in Carney's cabinet, mandate letter

If the Liberals want to uphold their election promise to protect vulnerable communities, it requires ‘speaking up for us’ and not ceding the public debate to their opponents, says Queer Momentum’s Fae...

www.hilltimes.com

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