"At [American First Policy Institute], we care about this issue from no matter what age you are. I think sometimes in policy, we pick the low-hanging fruit and we get the win where we can so that we can keep forging ahead… We’re not going to quit until we see [trans human rights policies] totally and completely overturned…"

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/children-gender-affirming-trans-care-trump

"Canada's Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he's prepared to establish guardrails around its use as the document turns 44…"

Charter at a turning point as it turns 44 | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/charter-rights-freedoms-turns-44-9.7166036?cmp=rss

"The study authors make no effort to describe how Finland treats patients with gender dysphoria, or highlight the differences between their model and mainstream practices in the field. Instead, they present their findings as relevant to outcomes of medical gender reassignment writ large…"

Finland is Incredibly Bad at Treating Transgender Young People — Assigned
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/finland-trans-study-kaltiala-bad-science

Mark Carney taking in an anti-vax, anti-trans, Christian Nationalist, Islamophobic, far-righter to get his majority government says everything you need to know about his cynical drive for power, commitment to principles and care about anything but money.

Former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-mp-marilyn-gladu-crosses-floor-to-liberals-9.7156167?cmp=rss

"It’s not just that the right disagrees with the complexity of identity and gender; it’s that they really want to make it impossible for trans and nonbinary folks to live the full lives that we deserve…"

Red States Are Quietly Making Lists for Tracking Trans People | Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-are-quietly-making-lists-for-tracking-trans-people/

So there's no excuse if FEMA doesn't respond to disaster sites fast enough.

FEMA head claims he “teleported” to Waffle House - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/05/fema-head-claims-he-teleported-to-waffle-house/

"The economic and political grievances expressed by the movement’s leaders obfuscate what’s really going on… Alberta separatism, at its heart, isn’t motivated by equalization policies, Senate seats, carbon taxes or oil. These tired complaints may ride shotgun on independence, but bigotry drives the truck…"

Among the Separatists | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/04/01/Among_Separatists/

"What the right cares about here are the messages these laws send… These messages include the idea that sexual orientation and gender identity can’t be intentionally changed… and that heterosexuality is not the default state for all people…"

The right knows conversion therapy bans don't stop them. Here's why they fought to repeal them. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/the-right-knows-conversion-therapy-bans-dont-stop-them-heres-why-they-fought-to-repeal-them/

"The elasticity of Liberal ideology right now poses an existential threat to the NDP, but it isn’t the only threat… Where the Liberals are threatening would-be NDPer-lefties… the Conservatives are eating their lunch… among the working class…"

The Elephant in the NDP race - Nora Loreto
https://noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-ndp-race