A space for LGBT Muslims

“You have asked God for a trial, so ask him for ease.”

‘Be Gay Do Crime’

Well… since a thread blew up on twitter about me being a lesbian I thought I’d officially just reintroduce myself to those of you who don’t know. My name’s Becky. I created this blog when I was 13 with the help of a few girls. Honestly, it was a joke that kind of blew up. Somehow I brought joy to girls and boys all across the world (”justgirlythings” but literally any man or woman could laugh/relate to this blog) and that’s all I really could’ve asked for when creating this. The above picture is me and my fiancée Chelsi. 

5.) In particular I would really like to see HCPs and in particular GPs being trained to have a basic understanding of trans healthcare needs as "a lack of understanding in how to help trans patients" is something I see a LOT in my research. 6.) The de-gendering of prenatal health care as not only women can be pregnant and not all families are a man, a woman, and children. 7.) The removal of any rules in hospitals limiting visitors to one or two specific people... (2/?)

7.), Explaining that queer families are typically chosen and large and it's difficult to put one person forward as a visitor when we usually do things communally around shift work. I forget point 8.), but 9.) was a suggestion that people read The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care, editted by Zena Sharman, especially if they're in BC as most (but not all) of the stories in the compilation are from the Greater Vancouver Area.

The TL;DR is that cisheteronormativity in our health care system (and every other system) harms us and by removing it, we'll fare better

Sunday afternoon, dozens of non-Indigenous commercial fishing boats continue to surround Mi’kmaw fishers in St. Mary’s Bay, hauling up lobster traps set by the Mi’kmaq.

The Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its moderate livelihood fishery on Thursday in Saulnierville, a three-hour drive west of Halifax. In the days since, there have been confrontations with non-Indigenous fish harvesters on the wharf and on the water.