Category: Opinion

  • Sex, Gender, and the Rule of Law

    I gave an interview this morning to CBC Labrador Morning, reacting to the American presidential executive order on gender. I appealed to the public and to our leaders and prospective leaders, asking them not to follow the order’s example in their own policymaking. I asked our political representatives to continue to listen to their constituents…

  • Pride Week Is Coming Up

    I love how Pride isn’t a fixed date. It’s a special time—a day or a week or a month, depending on where you are—but not a holiday, which I think makes it feel more like part of life’s regular programming, rather than an intermission, if that makes any sense. Somehow this way it doesn’t feel…

  • People Are Dying in Public

    Sometimes you just have to say something. Even better, sometimes you don’t regret it afterwards and are happy to have your emotional outburst stand as an articulation of your beliefs. In November 2022 I wrote an opinion piece for The Independent about community conversations on human suffering in Happy Valley-Goose Bay’s public spaces. Full article…