Tonya Callaghan (She/They)
@tonyacallaghan.bsky.social
Professor of equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-oppression education, and transdisciplinary scholarship in democracy, justice, and sustainability at University of Calgary (Treaty 7).
A perfectly chosen book makes a great Christmas gift! Anton Hur, author, translator, and International Booker Prize 2025 judge recommends the Giller Prize winning novel The Sleeping Car Porter written by my wife, Suzette Mayr, as a great book to give this X-mas!
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December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A perfectly chosen book makes a great Christmas gift! Anton Hur, author, translator, and International Booker Prize 2025 judge recommends the Giller Prize winning novel The Sleeping Car Porter written by my wife, Suzette Mayr, as a great book to give this X-mas!
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EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland.
The court said member states are not allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in the way they recognise foreign marriages.
Love is love!
The court said member states are not allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in the way they recognise foreign marriages.
Love is love!
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland.
The court said member states are not allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in the way they recognise foreign marriages.
Love is love!
The court said member states are not allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in the way they recognise foreign marriages.
Love is love!
Major medical and mental health organizations worldwide have denounced “conversion therapy” as ineffective, harmful, and unethical.
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Dad Made National Headlines When He Came Out and Denounced 'Conversion Therapy' He Led. Now He's in Love (Exclusive)
Six years after former "conversion therapy" leader McKrae Game came out as gay and apologized for his role in pushing the practice, the 57-year-old South Carolina man is opening up about his life sinc...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Major medical and mental health organizations worldwide have denounced “conversion therapy” as ineffective, harmful, and unethical.
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Our Halloween dog Rio says, “Witching you a spooktacular Halloween! Have a fang-tastic night!”
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our Halloween dog Rio says, “Witching you a spooktacular Halloween! Have a fang-tastic night!”
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Anthropologist, Margaret Mead
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Tributes paid after death of Mary McGee, who helped end Ireland’s ban on contraception
Mother-of-four brought legal case against government after customs seized her contraceptives package from UK
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October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Anthropologist, Margaret Mead
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My hero:
“I wanted to take a stand on it and try to put up a barrier from it happening to other librarians,” Terri Lesley said Thursday in an interview. “I thought, ‘If I don’t do this thing, it’s just going to keep happening.’”
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“I wanted to take a stand on it and try to put up a barrier from it happening to other librarians,” Terri Lesley said Thursday in an interview. “I thought, ‘If I don’t do this thing, it’s just going to keep happening.’”
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Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county
Terri Lesley, a former library director, said she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to bow to county officials’ demands for censorship.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My hero:
“I wanted to take a stand on it and try to put up a barrier from it happening to other librarians,” Terri Lesley said Thursday in an interview. “I thought, ‘If I don’t do this thing, it’s just going to keep happening.’”
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“I wanted to take a stand on it and try to put up a barrier from it happening to other librarians,” Terri Lesley said Thursday in an interview. “I thought, ‘If I don’t do this thing, it’s just going to keep happening.’”
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Conversion “therapy” has included a range of techniques including talk, hypnosis, electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea to try to change sexual orientation, gender identity or behavior. It has been soundly discredited by every psychological assoc.
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Christian therapist seeks right to counsel gay teens to change attraction
The Supreme Court will consider whether therapists’ free speech rights outweigh a law that bans therapy that seeks to change sexual identity. Almost 30 states have such bans.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Conversion “therapy” has included a range of techniques including talk, hypnosis, electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea to try to change sexual orientation, gender identity or behavior. It has been soundly discredited by every psychological assoc.
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"What I want is that when girls play with this, and they see my Barbie and the broad shoulders and the big arms, that can kind of shape their views of beauty as well."
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Rugby star Ilona Maher is a Barbie now. She insisted the doll have broad shoulders, strong arms | CBC News
American Olympian Ilona Maher is taking the leap from the rugby pitch to toy-store shelves, as the bronze medallist was honoured with her own signature Barbie doll on Monday.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"What I want is that when girls play with this, and they see my Barbie and the broad shoulders and the big arms, that can kind of shape their views of beauty as well."
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Federico, a Biden appointee, said that the Colorado Department of Early Childhood is “a model example of maintaining neutral and generally applicable nondiscrimination laws while nonetheless trying to accommodate the exercise of religious beliefs.”
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Catholic schools sued to exclude LGBTQ+ families but still get state money. A judge shut them down. - LGBTQ Nation
The judge told them that the government has a right to enforce the law equally, even against Christians.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Federico, a Biden appointee, said that the Colorado Department of Early Childhood is “a model example of maintaining neutral and generally applicable nondiscrimination laws while nonetheless trying to accommodate the exercise of religious beliefs.”
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Soon, Alberta teachers will be on strike and students will not be in school. Encourage them to visit their local library and read the banned books the Alberta government wanted to keep away from them.
Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
And everyone and their pet canary wants me to "comment."
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September 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Soon, Alberta teachers will be on strike and students will not be in school. Encourage them to visit their local library and read the banned books the Alberta government wanted to keep away from them.
Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
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Calgary friends and colleagues! Come out to celebrate gender and sexual diversity this Sunday at the Calgary Pride parade (starts at 11:00 AM, goes down 9th avenue to 5th street) and festival (starts at 12:00 PM on Prince’s Island). Happy Pride everyone!
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August 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Calgary friends and colleagues! Come out to celebrate gender and sexual diversity this Sunday at the Calgary Pride parade (starts at 11:00 AM, goes down 9th avenue to 5th street) and festival (starts at 12:00 PM on Prince’s Island). Happy Pride everyone!
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“This is a really, really important decision for the rule of law in Canada,” said Bennett Jensen, legal director for Egale Canada. “Our democracy is set up with certain checks and balances, and a critical check on the government is the court system.”
Source: Global News
Source: Global News
August 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“This is a really, really important decision for the rule of law in Canada,” said Bennett Jensen, legal director for Egale Canada. “Our democracy is set up with certain checks and balances, and a critical check on the government is the court system.”
Source: Global News
Source: Global News
“This week marks the beginning of Pride Fest 2025,” they said. “The City of Charlottetown stands in full support of our diverse and vibrant 2SLGBTQ+ community.”
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‘MAGA superstar:’ Permits revoked for two of Christian singer’s East Coast concerts
Parks Canada has cancelled the permit for a concert by a Christian musician at a historic site in Halifax.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“This week marks the beginning of Pride Fest 2025,” they said. “The City of Charlottetown stands in full support of our diverse and vibrant 2SLGBTQ+ community.”
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Full article: Mind the gap: decreasing disparities in care for transgender patients www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V95TC...
Mind the gap: decreasing disparities in care for transgender patients
The healthcare needs of transgender patients are unique and not accounted for within dominant narratives of medical care. This article explores care challenges faced by two transgender individuals ...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Full article: Mind the gap: decreasing disparities in care for transgender patients www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V95TC...
Today, I had the absolute honour and privilege to be invited into Miss Caitlin Campbell’s Grade 1 classroom as a guest for Pride month. With permission, I was able to take pictures of some of the amazing IDEA work Caitlin weaves into her classroom. What a joy to answer the six-year-old’s questions!
June 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today, I had the absolute honour and privilege to be invited into Miss Caitlin Campbell’s Grade 1 classroom as a guest for Pride month. With permission, I was able to take pictures of some of the amazing IDEA work Caitlin weaves into her classroom. What a joy to answer the six-year-old’s questions!
Register for a free screening of SUMMER QAMP on May 12 at Contemporary Calgary (Doors open @ 6:00 pm). @TonyaCallaghan will host a panel discussion featuring filmmaker Jen Markowitz & camp participants following the film. All welcome werklund.ucalgary.ca/summer-qamp
#IDAHOTB #SummerQamp
#IDAHOTB #SummerQamp
Summer Qamp
A documentary by Jen Markowitz
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May 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Register for a free screening of SUMMER QAMP on May 12 at Contemporary Calgary (Doors open @ 6:00 pm). @TonyaCallaghan will host a panel discussion featuring filmmaker Jen Markowitz & camp participants following the film. All welcome werklund.ucalgary.ca/summer-qamp
#IDAHOTB #SummerQamp
#IDAHOTB #SummerQamp
Liberal government for Canada!
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Liberal government for Canada!