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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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Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

If you’ve ever wanted a T-shirt repping a racist Canadian group pushing for mass deportations, your purchase is just a few clicks away — all thanks to Shopify. When I reached out to them, they said "we don’t remove merchants over objections to their worldview.” Wow. My latest for @thetyee.ca:

Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee

The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’

thetyee.ca

Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · last mo.

Friends in BC: ACT NOW and let's push @davidebybc.bsky.social to restore funding to the ARC Foundation and safeguard SOGI 123 in BC schools! Send an email: queermomentum.ca/sogi

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Queer Momentum@queermomentum.ca · last mo.

Do you care about queer inclusion at schools? 💖🌈 Then help us flood Premier Eby and the BC Government’s inbox to demand they uphold queer and trans children’s safety at schools! 📧To join us in our pressure campaign, visit www.queermomentum.ca/sogi 🔗

Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · last mo.

In the last 8 days i have been to: Kelowna: ✅️ Kamloops: ✅️ Vancouver: ✅️ Moncton: ✅️ Fredericton: ✅️ Three more cities till I head home (for 3 days!!!) before I set out for a week and a half of meetings and events in Ottawa!! Busiest. Summer. Ever. 🎉😴😅

Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · last mo.

We wrapped up the BC leg of the Trans Canada Tour on Saturday, after tour stops in Kelowna, Kamloops and Vancouver. After BC, I hopped on a plane and headed back east to celebrate Pride in Moncton, NB, where I was honored to speak at and lead their trans march (despite pouring rain!).

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Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If we had let Amy Hamm into our event, she would have taken our words out of context and used them to further malign the trans movement. At least this way, we were able to have a real convo with people genuinely interest in discussion. We had a great event.

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Mercedes Allen@mercedesallen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The groups are specifically pushing for the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee to study the issue, which would put it on the parliamentary agenda and force members of Parliament to directly confront the impact of these laws…" rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/carney-has...

Carney has been silent as Alberta attacks trans youth. Parents and advocates have a plan to change that

Listen now | Carney has been incredibly cozy with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Just today, he joked alongside Smith that the premier has “seen more of me than her husband.”

rachelgilmore.substack.com

Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I truly thought and hoped that, when the attack on transgender rights began in Canada, we would see a real growth in financial support for trans advocacy. That hasn't happened. And idk how to put in words how sad and worried that makes me.

Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a message posted to social media, Fae Johnstone, a prominent transgender activist, said the council should have “reflected the segment of the queer community under sustained attack, i.e., trans people.” halifax.citynews.ca/2026/07/03/r...

Rights council seeks unity that Jewish, Muslim envoys couldn't achieve: Miller

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Marc Miller says the government’s widely criticized advisory council on inclusion is meant to unify Canadians in a way previous federal envoys tasked with tackling antisemit...

halifax.citynews.ca

Fae Johnstone@faejohnstone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“If Pierre Poilievre wants to win, wants to ever have a chance of being prime minister, he needs to … show that he believes in the equality, freedom, and human rights of LGBTQ Canadians,” Johnstone added. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Pride brings focus on ‘two different kinds of Conservatives’

After Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did not take part in Pride events, one of his MPs took to social media to denounce Prime Minister Mark Carney for marching in Toronto's

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