Written by Olivia Fischer This piece was co-written and supervised by my partner, J, who has given me full permission to write about her experience. I am a white, queer, middle-class woman. I am also healthy and able bodied. I

Content Note: Hate crime, homophobia, transphobia, sexualized violence, victim blaming   Violence scares me. The way we talk and think about violence scares me even more. In early February 2016, the rainbow flag raised by the Pride Collective at UBC

Written by Rachel Garrett  Here’s a confession. Sometimes I cringe when I hear someone calling themselves an ally. Not because the communities experiencing oppression that I am a part of don’t need or want support from those not a part

Written by Clay Roth In 1983, profound changes started to shift the Canadian legal framework for sexual assault. In addition to expanding the definition of rape to include male victims, rape no longer had to be reported within hours of