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		<title>DULF was found guilty of trafficking charges. The legal battle isn’t over</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cody Corrall, Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have mounted a constitutional challenge that could alter Canada’s drug policy ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Quebec’s new anti-trans policy will not make prison safer for women</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OPINION: The new policy announced by Minister of Public Security François Bonnardel is political posturing]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mainstream media paved the way for Trump&#8217;s anti-trans policies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 21:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OPINION: Years of questionable coverage manufactured consent for Trump’s executive order targeting gender-affirming care]]></description>
		
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		<title>Things ‘more intense’ since Alberta policies dropped, says mom of trans kid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From issues at school to considering going out of province for care, parents say things have gotten harder in Alberta]]></description>
		
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		<title>In ‘American Teenager,’ trans youth get to speak for themselves</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nico Lang’s book takes us into the lives of seven trans youth across the U.S.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Young and trans in Canada</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meet the young people and their families impacted by the surge in anti-trans policies across Canada]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does the Canadian Blood Services apology go far enough?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 18:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The apology to LGBTQ2S+ Canadians for a former donation ban is a good step, but more needs to be done to repair harm and build trust]]></description>
		
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		<title>Canada’s right is ushering in a dangerous anti-science era</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OPINION: Provincial and federal leaders like Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith are willing to spew misinformation, take away healthcare and ultimately put trans youth at risk—all to score political points]]></description>
		
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		<title>Are you testing for STIs properly?</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/video/stis-testing-correctly-262027</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lito Howse, Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It can take days or weeks for STIs to be detected]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yes, Palestinian solidarity is a queer issue</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/gaza-palestinian-solidarity-lgbtq-259705</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At protests across the country, queer and trans people are insisting that LGBTQ2S+ liberation and Palestinian liberation are intertwined]]></description>
		
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		<title>Queers tell us why they’re marching for Palestine</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/video/why-queers-march-for-palestine-259558</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lito Howse, Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LGBTQ2S+ people at protests in Montreal and Toronto explain why there are so many queer contingents calling for a ceasefire in Gaza]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kai Cheng Thom’s ‘Falling Back in Love with Being Human’ is an ode to the love letter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cheng Thom discusses her latest book, and how she holds on to love and hope]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ask Kai’s greatest hits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 21:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A look back at some of Kai’s best and most notable columns]]></description>
		
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		<title>What you need to know about conception as a queer and trans person</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author and midwife Kristin Liam Kali weighs in on the significant challenges and transformational benefits of becoming a parent&#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>The year in love and sex</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[2022 was defined by sexual health campaigns, landmark legal shifts—and an online affinity for scissoring]]></description>
		
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		<title>Montreal’s makeshift Pride march was more meaningful than any parade</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/montreal-pride-fierte-228354</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Corporate Pride doesn’t reflect our roots—or a pathway to LGBTQ2S+ liberation]]></description>
		
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		<title>The year in love and sex</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[6 stories that defined the way we loved and lusted in 2021]]></description>
		
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		<title>For LGBTQ2S+ people, the term ‘universal’ health care is a misnomer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ziya Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Zena Sharman’s “The Care We Dream Of” allows queer and trans people to imagine a health care system that actually works for them]]></description>
		
		
		
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