barbara findlay
@bjfvancouver.bsky.social
Fat old white cis queer feminist lawyer with disabilities, raised working class and christian on the Canadian prairies. Currently in Vancouver, working with Lawyers against Transphobia and making art.
March 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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“It’s a really ugly situation when a sitting Premier is trying to insert herself into the outcome of a federal election the way Ms. Smith appears to be. It’s offensive & wrong.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Opinion: Did Danielle Smith lobby the U.S. to help Pierre Poilievre? Sure looks like it
An interview with Breitbart reveals some troubling partisan actions taken by the Alberta Premier
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“It’s a really ugly situation when a sitting Premier is trying to insert herself into the outcome of a federal election the way Ms. Smith appears to be. It’s offensive & wrong.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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The Trump administration is significantly shrinking the agency that helps state and local officials protect voting systems, Stateline reports. stateline.org/2025/0...
Election officials blast Trump's ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats • Stateline
The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.
stateline.org
February 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Trump administration is significantly shrinking the agency that helps state and local officials protect voting systems, Stateline reports. stateline.org/2025/0...
Disgusting. Transphobic.
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Disgusting. Transphobic.
Great idea
A group of us have formed The Rainbow Sanctuary Movement to lobby the Canadian government to address the needs of vulnerable people that are part of the U.S. 2SLGBTQIA+ community to find safe haven in Canada.
Any donation goes a long way and is much appreciated!
gofund.me/e9952cb8
Any donation goes a long way and is much appreciated!
gofund.me/e9952cb8
Donate to The Rainbow Sanctuary Movement, organized by Ami Kemp
Hi my name is Ami (aka Badger Queen),
A group of us have formed The Rainbow Sanctuary Move… Ami Kemp needs your support for The Rainbow Sanctuary Movement
gofund.me
February 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Great idea
February 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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This is a really useful collection of pieces written in defense of the U.S. Department of Education. Nice work, @newamerica.org
Defending the Department of Education
This page collects research, analysis, and commentary related to the Department of Education and a push by the Trump administration to shutter it.
www.newamerica.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is a really useful collection of pieces written in defense of the U.S. Department of Education. Nice work, @newamerica.org
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1. On Friday, protests erupted at Stonewall National Monument, the historic site of the Stonewall uprisings that ignited the modern gay rights movement, in response to the National Park Service removing transgender people from the Stonewall Website.
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Protests Erupt At Stonewall After Trump Removes Trans People From Monument Website
At least one reporter counted the attendees of the protest to number over 1,000 people.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
1. On Friday, protests erupted at Stonewall National Monument, the historic site of the Stonewall uprisings that ignited the modern gay rights movement, in response to the National Park Service removing transgender people from the Stonewall Website.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Heartening development: transferring transwomen o a male prison violates their right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment
BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from implementing anti-trans Trump orders that would stop trans-related medical care in federal prisons and lead to trans inmates’ transfers. This followed a hearing in DC earlier today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Therefore, upon consideration of the plaintiffs' Motion [ECF No. 13] for a Temporary Restraining Order, the defendant's Opposition [ECF No. 11] thereto, and the entire record herein, it is hereby
ORDERED that the plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED;
and it is further
ORDERED that the defendants are temporarily enjoined and restrained from implementing Sections 4(a) and 4(C) of Executive Order 14168, pending further Order of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that, pending further Order of this Court, defendants shall maintain and continue the plaintiffs' housing status and medical care as they existed immediately prior to January 20, 2025.
Date: February
니, 2025
1:00 p. м.
Royce C. Lamberth
United States District Judge](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibs4aunzjutffbyvuuk5ynhwoqel2zhrbuxfc4ggwqklcqhifk2p4@jpeg)
February 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Heartening development: transferring transwomen o a male prison violates their right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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I was hoping to live my whole life in a golden age with no war fought on Canadian soil. It is looking more and more like Russia and USA are salivating over our resources and land.
February 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I was hoping to live my whole life in a golden age with no war fought on Canadian soil. It is looking more and more like Russia and USA are salivating over our resources and land.
Can't vouch for the accuracy but BE CAREFUL with i.d. documents and assume the worst til you have evidence otherwise, in the US
Dispatch from the front line #Trans #TransNews
VERY urgent update regarding trans/nonbinary people safety & security:
January 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Can't vouch for the accuracy but BE CAREFUL with i.d. documents and assume the worst til you have evidence otherwise, in the US
Canada, here it comes
Asked about his stance on the issue during an interview Wednesday, Poilievre said he is “only aware of two” genders.
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... #Canada #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... #Canada #cdnpoli
‘It perpetuates hatred’: Alberta LGBTQ2S+ community ‘disheartened’ by Poilievre comments on gender
Alberta’s LGBTQ2S+ community says it’s “disheartened” by recent comments on gender by Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Canada, here it comes
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Don't let them gaslight you
January 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Don't let them gaslight you
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Psh, how could you possibly call Elon a Nazi? He only:
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
January 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Psh, how could you possibly call Elon a Nazi? He only:
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Important case:SCC will weigh in on whether governments can escape equality rights obligations through the notwithstanding clause wormhole.
Nothing less than all of our equality rights turns on this case.
Nothing less than all of our equality rights turns on this case.
January 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Important case:SCC will weigh in on whether governments can escape equality rights obligations through the notwithstanding clause wormhole.
Nothing less than all of our equality rights turns on this case.
Nothing less than all of our equality rights turns on this case.
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This is America being great?
December 16, 2024 at 12:08 AM
This is America being great?