Diamond Yao 🌈
@graceofyul.bsky.social
aka 姚蒙恩 | lost 上海人 in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) | transnational Chinese | she, elle, 她, 伊 | freelance journo, journaliste pigiste EN & FR | #VeryAsian | [email protected] | signal: diamondyao.97 | diamondyao.com
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Diamond Yao 🌈
@graceofyul.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Bonjour / Hi new followers!
I’m an Montréal-based journalist who covers environmental justice, social justice, diaspora, sustainability, intersectionality, culture, & Asian communities in English et en français.
Here’s what I wrote about recently dans les deux langues: 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
I’m an Montréal-based journalist who covers environmental justice, social justice, diaspora, sustainability, intersectionality, culture, & Asian communities in English et en français.
Here’s what I wrote about recently dans les deux langues: 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
I’m very sad that the real-life lesbian Heated Rivalry won’t happen at the Olympics. Anna Kjellbin (Swedish women’s hockey team) & Ronja Savolainen (Finnish women’s hockey team) are an engaged couple.
They won’t play against each other because Finland was defeated by Switzerland in quarterfinals.
They won’t play against each other because Finland was defeated by Switzerland in quarterfinals.
February 15, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I’m very sad that the real-life lesbian Heated Rivalry won’t happen at the Olympics. Anna Kjellbin (Swedish women’s hockey team) & Ronja Savolainen (Finnish women’s hockey team) are an engaged couple.
They won’t play against each other because Finland was defeated by Switzerland in quarterfinals.
They won’t play against each other because Finland was defeated by Switzerland in quarterfinals.
Merci beaucoup à La Presse d’avoir mal épelé le nom de la réalisatrice Xiaodan He en publiant « Xiodan He ».
On dirait aussi que la critique n’a jamais entendu parler de femmes queers chinoises de sa vie. Pourtant, on est plusieurs ici-même à Montréal…
www.lapresse.ca/cinema/criti...
On dirait aussi que la critique n’a jamais entendu parler de femmes queers chinoises de sa vie. Pourtant, on est plusieurs ici-même à Montréal…
www.lapresse.ca/cinema/criti...
Montréal, ma belle | Un mélange de tendresse et de maladresses
Il fallait oser. Alors que l’homosexualité demeure un sujet tabou en Chine, généralement censuré au grand écran, la cinéaste montréalaise Xiodan He arrive ces jours-ci avec Montréal, ma belle, une his...
www.lapresse.ca
February 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Merci beaucoup à La Presse d’avoir mal épelé le nom de la réalisatrice Xiaodan He en publiant « Xiodan He ».
On dirait aussi que la critique n’a jamais entendu parler de femmes queers chinoises de sa vie. Pourtant, on est plusieurs ici-même à Montréal…
www.lapresse.ca/cinema/criti...
On dirait aussi que la critique n’a jamais entendu parler de femmes queers chinoises de sa vie. Pourtant, on est plusieurs ici-même à Montréal…
www.lapresse.ca/cinema/criti...
I have been made aware of multiple recent situations where some members of various Montreal marginalized communities who publicly claim to stand for diversity & social justice act the opposite of those values behind the scenes. This isn’t new, but the recent uptick of those situations is concerning.
February 14, 2026 at 7:31 AM
I have been made aware of multiple recent situations where some members of various Montreal marginalized communities who publicly claim to stand for diversity & social justice act the opposite of those values behind the scenes. This isn’t new, but the recent uptick of those situations is concerning.
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In the aftermath of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, the shooter's trans identity has prompted disinformation the BC Human Rights Commissioner called "incorrect, irresponsible and frankly dangerous."
But other rumours have pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt.
But other rumours have pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt.
Experts 'don't buy' online claims Tumbler Ridge shooter a far-right sympathizer
With far-right ideology called into question, what do we know about what drove the shooter to mass murder?
www.nationalobserver.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
In the aftermath of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, the shooter's trans identity has prompted disinformation the BC Human Rights Commissioner called "incorrect, irresponsible and frankly dangerous."
But other rumours have pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt.
But other rumours have pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt.
“Children always bear the worst ravages of society’s ills. It is not surprising at all, to see that Canada’s first mass shooting against children would happen at a time of crumbling social conditions and increasing desperation.“
The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people.
It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.
My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...
It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.
My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...
Naming it: Canada's Dunblane
Canada's first mass shooting against children is overshadowed by what terfascists are saying
noraloreto.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Children always bear the worst ravages of society’s ills. It is not surprising at all, to see that Canada’s first mass shooting against children would happen at a time of crumbling social conditions and increasing desperation.“
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UM @info.radio-canada.ca AND @patriceroy.bsky.social YOU PUT THE WRONG WOMAN ON SCREEN AS THE MASS SHOOTER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR SHOW!!!!!
My GOD.
You need to retract and apologize NOW!!!
My GOD.
You need to retract and apologize NOW!!!
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
UM @info.radio-canada.ca AND @patriceroy.bsky.social YOU PUT THE WRONG WOMAN ON SCREEN AS THE MASS SHOOTER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR SHOW!!!!!
My GOD.
You need to retract and apologize NOW!!!
My GOD.
You need to retract and apologize NOW!!!
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@tyolsen.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on what we know so far about the awful tragedy in Tumbler Ridge: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
What We Know So Far About the Tragedy in Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee
Police have identified the shooter who killed eight, then themselves, in the northeastern community.
thetyee.ca
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
@tyolsen.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on what we know so far about the awful tragedy in Tumbler Ridge: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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We stand with Tumbler Ridge.
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
We stand with Tumbler Ridge.
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The shooter’s identity will likely be used in legislatures across Canada to argue against life-saving medical care for young people, inclusive education in schools and the outlawing of harmful conversion therapy practices.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The shooter’s identity will likely be used in legislatures across Canada to argue against life-saving medical care for young people, inclusive education in schools and the outlawing of harmful conversion therapy practices.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
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NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Mounties identified the suspect as local resident Jesse VanRootselaar, 18.
One adult educator and five students around the ages of 13 and 14 were found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, police said.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
One adult educator and five students around the ages of 13 and 14 were found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, police said.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
RCMP identify suspect in Tumbler Ridge mass shooting that left 9 dead, 27 injured | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Mounties identified the suspect as local resident Jesse VanRootselaar, 18.
One adult educator and five students around the ages of 13 and 14 were found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, police said.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
One adult educator and five students around the ages of 13 and 14 were found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, police said.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here:
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here:
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
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"RCMP say 10 people are dead after a mass shooting in the rural community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C.: nine victims and one suspect.
Six people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School"
Six people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School"
10 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. | CBC
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"RCMP say 10 people are dead after a mass shooting in the rural community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C.: nine victims and one suspect.
Six people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School"
Six people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School"
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Multiple friends have caught COVID recently, including some of my more cautious pals. There are a lot of winter germs in crowded places right now, fam. Personally, I never feel that shopping or riding transit unmasked is worth potentially getting sick. You can always renew this practice.
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Multiple friends have caught COVID recently, including some of my more cautious pals. There are a lot of winter germs in crowded places right now, fam. Personally, I never feel that shopping or riding transit unmasked is worth potentially getting sick. You can always renew this practice.
Il semble y avoir un problème de personnes qui s’affichent ouvertement n@zis qui sont membres de gyms à Montréal et qui s’entraînent là.
C’est une tendance inquiétante…
C’est une tendance inquiétante…
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Il semble y avoir un problème de personnes qui s’affichent ouvertement n@zis qui sont membres de gyms à Montréal et qui s’entraînent là.
C’est une tendance inquiétante…
C’est une tendance inquiétante…
Personnes blanches de la francophonie « inspirées » par la culture culinaire asiatique 🤝🏼 Ouverture de commerces « asiatiques » qui vendent des concepts de bouffe et de boissons douteux parce que la culture asiatique est trendy (donc financièrement rentable) en 2026
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Personnes blanches de la francophonie « inspirées » par la culture culinaire asiatique 🤝🏼 Ouverture de commerces « asiatiques » qui vendent des concepts de bouffe et de boissons douteux parce que la culture asiatique est trendy (donc financièrement rentable) en 2026
Je suis de tout cœur derrière les Vietnamien.ne.s en France qui dénoncent collectivement le Viet Coffee à Lille pour appropriation culturelle. Vous m’avez bien fait rire avec vos vidéos parodies.
Ça fait du bien de voir des Asiatiques francophones en Europe dénoncer ce genre de racisme.
Ça fait du bien de voir des Asiatiques francophones en Europe dénoncer ce genre de racisme.
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Je suis de tout cœur derrière les Vietnamien.ne.s en France qui dénoncent collectivement le Viet Coffee à Lille pour appropriation culturelle. Vous m’avez bien fait rire avec vos vidéos parodies.
Ça fait du bien de voir des Asiatiques francophones en Europe dénoncer ce genre de racisme.
Ça fait du bien de voir des Asiatiques francophones en Europe dénoncer ce genre de racisme.
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it's weird to see people complain about Bad Bunny's performance being in Spanish when there have been entire operas in Italian, German and French performed in the US and the top song of the last two years, K-Pop Demon Hunters' "Golden" has lyrics in Korean
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
it's weird to see people complain about Bad Bunny's performance being in Spanish when there have been entire operas in Italian, German and French performed in the US and the top song of the last two years, K-Pop Demon Hunters' "Golden" has lyrics in Korean
People who think Asians aren’t athletic: the Olympics men’s big air snowboarding competition - a discipline that requires you to slide down an extremely high ramp onto a jump and perform multiple tricks midair - has an all Asian podium. Kimura Kira 🇯🇵 won 🥇 , Kimata Ryoma 🇯🇵 won 🥈 & Su Yiming 🇨🇳 won 🥉.
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 AM
People who think Asians aren’t athletic: the Olympics men’s big air snowboarding competition - a discipline that requires you to slide down an extremely high ramp onto a jump and perform multiple tricks midair - has an all Asian podium. Kimura Kira 🇯🇵 won 🥇 , Kimata Ryoma 🇯🇵 won 🥈 & Su Yiming 🇨🇳 won 🥉.
I have good reason to suspect that I caught it from someone who was sick & unmasked during an entire multi-day 400 people event. I have been isolating at home since I tested positive & had to cancel a bunch of very important plans.
People like this should be publicly shamed.
People like this should be publicly shamed.
I spent this flu season complaining about people being sick on public transit unmasked.
I have now tested positive for COVID.
I got my last COVID vaccine in December, mask often on public transit even when I’m not sick, stay away from sick people on transit, wash my hands regularly. And yet…
I have now tested positive for COVID.
I got my last COVID vaccine in December, mask often on public transit even when I’m not sick, stay away from sick people on transit, wash my hands regularly. And yet…
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I have good reason to suspect that I caught it from someone who was sick & unmasked during an entire multi-day 400 people event. I have been isolating at home since I tested positive & had to cancel a bunch of very important plans.
People like this should be publicly shamed.
People like this should be publicly shamed.
ET IL EST MÉDAILLÉ DE BRONZE!!!!
J’ai regardé la ronde préliminaire du Big Air masculin planche à neige des Jeux Olympiques aujourd’hui. Je suis très fière de voir le planchiste chinois Su Yiming, qui a été la cible de commentaires racistes du commentateur sportif Max Hénault à Radio-Canada durant les JO de Pékin, aller en finale!
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
ET IL EST MÉDAILLÉ DE BRONZE!!!!
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I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
Israel just entered the stadium for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games and I am here for the Italians in the crowd booing them.
February 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Israel just entered the stadium for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games and I am here for the Italians in the crowd booing them.
J’ai regardé la ronde préliminaire du Big Air masculin planche à neige des Jeux Olympiques aujourd’hui. Je suis très fière de voir le planchiste chinois Su Yiming, qui a été la cible de commentaires racistes du commentateur sportif Max Hénault à Radio-Canada durant les JO de Pékin, aller en finale!
February 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
J’ai regardé la ronde préliminaire du Big Air masculin planche à neige des Jeux Olympiques aujourd’hui. Je suis très fière de voir le planchiste chinois Su Yiming, qui a été la cible de commentaires racistes du commentateur sportif Max Hénault à Radio-Canada durant les JO de Pékin, aller en finale!
Lululemon (whose founder picked that brand name to be racist towards East Asians, by the way) should have their contract for official Canadian Olympic uniforms revoked.
Someday, the Winter Olympics uniforms will be made by an Inuk designer and showcase their art style.
olympic.ca/2025/11/18/b...
Someday, the Winter Olympics uniforms will be made by an Inuk designer and showcase their art style.
olympic.ca/2025/11/18/b...
Born to explore: Team Canada x lululemon reveal Milano Cortina 2026 athlete kit - Team Canada
In their third Games as Team Canada’s Official Outfitter, lululemon has presented a kit that is at once fresh, functional, and yet familiarly Canadian.
olympic.ca
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Lululemon (whose founder picked that brand name to be racist towards East Asians, by the way) should have their contract for official Canadian Olympic uniforms revoked.
Someday, the Winter Olympics uniforms will be made by an Inuk designer and showcase their art style.
olympic.ca/2025/11/18/b...
Someday, the Winter Olympics uniforms will be made by an Inuk designer and showcase their art style.
olympic.ca/2025/11/18/b...