Fae Johnstone
@faejohnstone.bsky.social
Gay trouble, personified. Executive Director of Queer Momentum. Fighting for freedom, equality and rights for 🏳️🌈 people in 🇨🇦 (and beyond). Love solidarity, unions, feminism & my community.
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From the archives:
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors and they shouldn’t pretend to be.
Canada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
From the archives:
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
Politicians aren’t doctors, and they shouldn’t pretend to be. canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/20/p... @faejohnstone.bsky.social
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On a new 🔵BUBBLE POP🔵 @faejohnstone.bsky.social joins @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to explain how 2SLGBTQIA+ rights groups got loud with 175+ of them calling on the government to maintain Department for Women and Gender Equality’s funding in the 2025 budget.
rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/getting-th...
rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/getting-th...
Getting things done despite all the doom (feat. Fae Johnstone)
Listen now | Bubble Pop with Rachel Gilmore | Season 2, Episode 6
rachelgilmore.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On a new 🔵BUBBLE POP🔵 @faejohnstone.bsky.social joins @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to explain how 2SLGBTQIA+ rights groups got loud with 175+ of them calling on the government to maintain Department for Women and Gender Equality’s funding in the 2025 budget.
rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/getting-th...
rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/getting-th...
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@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 ♥️
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
@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 ♥️
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...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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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.
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.
September 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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.
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.
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...
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
September 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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...
Writing this was scary and hard, but it felt important. It felt necessary. No Pride in Genocide.
ottawacitizen.com/opinion/quee...
Ottawa Trans March is happening on August 22nd at 6pm! I'll see you there!!!
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ottawa Trans March is happening on August 22nd at 6pm! I'll see you there!!!
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
Cuts will jeopardize 🇨🇦's progress towards gender equality & 🏳️🌈 rights.
Take action: www.momentumcanada.net/cuts
August 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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
Cuts will jeopardize 🇨🇦's progress towards gender equality & 🏳️🌈 rights.
Take action: www.momentumcanada.net/cuts
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...
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
June 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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...
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...
Me: I need a new tattoo. That'll ~fix me~>
Also me: unable to make decisions about what tattoos I WANT.
Also me: unable to make decisions about what tattoos I WANT.
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Me: I need a new tattoo. That'll ~fix me~>
Also me: unable to make decisions about what tattoos I WANT.
Also me: unable to make decisions about what tattoos I WANT.
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!
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!
June 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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!
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!
She's on a Mission to Fix the Vibes.
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
She's on a Mission to Fix the Vibes.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
June 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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.
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.
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.
June 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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.
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.
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.
June 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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.
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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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.
May 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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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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
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
May 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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
Then, join our call for enhanced asylum access for trans refugees, including those fleeing the Trump regime:
www.momentumcanada.net/pathways
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.
Parents, youth and physicians know best - not power hungry politicians.
May 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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.
Parents, youth and physicians know best - not power hungry politicians.
“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...
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
May 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“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...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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...
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
May 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
How do we (queer advocates and organizations) adapt to a new government and a (painfully) tumultuous landscape?
Come hang out with me and my pals on Tuesday at 5:30 as we share our take and our tips!
Register here: www.momentumcanada.net/webinar
Come hang out with me and my pals on Tuesday at 5:30 as we share our take and our tips!
Register here: www.momentumcanada.net/webinar
May 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How do we (queer advocates and organizations) adapt to a new government and a (painfully) tumultuous landscape?
Come hang out with me and my pals on Tuesday at 5:30 as we share our take and our tips!
Register here: www.momentumcanada.net/webinar
Come hang out with me and my pals on Tuesday at 5:30 as we share our take and our tips!
Register here: www.momentumcanada.net/webinar
I ended a keynote yesterday with the line "Let's make Canada Gay Again" and got a standing ovation from a bunch of (predominately white, older, straight men) workers.
I'm here for the struggle, for the movement, but you better bet I'm gonna have a laugh doing it 🔥😅
I'm here for the struggle, for the movement, but you better bet I'm gonna have a laugh doing it 🔥😅
May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I ended a keynote yesterday with the line "Let's make Canada Gay Again" and got a standing ovation from a bunch of (predominately white, older, straight men) workers.
I'm here for the struggle, for the movement, but you better bet I'm gonna have a laugh doing it 🔥😅
I'm here for the struggle, for the movement, but you better bet I'm gonna have a laugh doing it 🔥😅
Now is the time. Queer and trans people are looking to the Government of Canada for bold leadership. Will they step up in our time of need?
We will organize to ensure they do. Because freedom is for everyone, and hate hurts all our families.
We will organize to ensure they do. Because freedom is for everyone, and hate hurts all our families.
May 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Now is the time. Queer and trans people are looking to the Government of Canada for bold leadership. Will they step up in our time of need?
We will organize to ensure they do. Because freedom is for everyone, and hate hurts all our families.
We will organize to ensure they do. Because freedom is for everyone, and hate hurts all our families.