@celeste.lgbt
(elle • she/her) Québécoise /// 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 rights defender Law nerd (LL.B.). Féministe. Antifasciste. I document anti-trans policy and legislation in Canada (and beyond). Empathy is a human value. Views are my own. web: celeste.lgbt
Le gouvernement du Québec: «on veut empêcher les demandeur.se.s d’asile à envoyer leurs enfants à la garderie!»
Cour supérieure: Non.
Québec: on porte en appel!
Cour d’appel: Non.
Québec: on porte en appel!
Cour suprême du Canada: Non.
Québec: Clause dérogatoire!!
Du racisme pure et simple.
The idea that imperfect victims aren’t worth defending is much bigger than me, and is something I had to speak out about.
What kind of world does it create when only some of us are deemed worthy of institutional support and safety?
La LDL est profondément choquée que des élu·es, dont M. Bernard Drainville, Mme Christine Fréchette et M. Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, envisagent de recourir à la clause dérogatoire pour contrecarrer la décision de la Cour suprême.
liguedesdroits.ca/acces-aux-ga...
I will also say that it’s a bit wild to me that no press freedom organization or professional journalistic association has tried to contact me or even put out a statement here.
I mean Jesus Christ. A little solidarity from institutions would be nice here!
An envelope addressed to Celeste.
Even wasted $6 USD of postage for everything to be chucked into the recycling.
Some fascist sent me 40 pages of printouts of news articles from anti-trans news outlets.
By snail mail.
From the United States (I’m Canadian).
And they wouldn’t even dare to leave a return address or identification.
Fascists are horrible people, but they’re also massive cowards.
Ce gars-là va finir dans un grand média payé 3-400K$ par année pour souiller le débat public et miner notre qualité de vie.
This decision here predates Trump, so it’ll be interesting to see how things evolve in the next couple years.
Turns out there HAVE been accepted refugee claims from trans U.S. citizens seeking asylum in Canada.
Here’s one such example (reported by the Refugee Law Lab):
refugeelab.ca/rllr/2024rll...
Thanks Kirsten! I also post occasional updates — including an anti-trans risk map — via my website (which includes a newsletter): Celeste.lgbt
Indiana is laying the groundwork to follow Kansas in revoking Trans IDs
Hope she lands at The Hague next, never to see the light of day again. She's a criminal against humanity and must be dealt with accordingly.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/k...
Carney dragging Canada into a war it doesn’t want on the side of the US which Canadians view as a bigger threat to world peace than Russia and China COMBINED would be a death sentence for his government. The fact he’s even considering it is appalling.
Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"
anyway back to the mystery of male loneliness
A restaurant in Banff saying “We have the BEST AUTHENTIC CANADIENNE POUTINE!”. Celeste gives it a thumbs down.
Example below.
📍Banff, Alberta
📸: me, 2024
I’ve got a copy! I’ve already read the first few chapters so far (about the history of the NYT prior it engaging in the current wave of organized transphobia), it’s quite insightful
Can’t wait for us to forget his name in five years once Quebec is out of this duplessiste period of government.
The only thing this man knows to do is attack the most vulnerable. What a cruel little government.
www.ledevoir.com/politique/qu...
Hot take: as an anti-cultural-appropriation measure, I’m all for this.
I’m done with people calling poutines “Canadian” when it’s renowned as a Québec food specifically.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
A subway advertisement for “SOVEREIGN MALE - TORONTO’s WELLNESS KINGDOM - Male Enhancement | Erectile Dysfunction | Testosterone Replacement Therapy.”
There’s something so absurd about straight people’s gender-affirming healthcare is advertised.
(Spotted in the Toronto subway.)
…tabarnak. So there are FBI agents in Montréal??
They’ve fucked around. They’ve terrorized local communities and stalked journalists. Now, we’re just behind the “find out” phase.
Nazis are losing their shit over this.
The fact that these fascists will go out of the way to generate an AI caricature of you — then attempt to harass you in person — is so fucking disgusting.
Stay safe, and solidarity. ❤️🩹
This is what regulatory capture looks like. Altman doesn't have to make his own apologies; he has the minister do it for him, after a half-hour video call. Embarrassing. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #CdnPoli
Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue.
I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe.
They also didn’t pay cover 🖕
"La #violencejudiciaire est une forme extrême d’abus des tribunaux. En contexte de #violenceconjugale, il s’agit d’un ensemble de tactiques pour maintenir le contrôle sur une victime (...) Il reste beaucoup à faire pour soutenir les victimes qui font face à un plaideur quérulent." #polqc
