June 17, 2013
Will The Canadian Supreme Court De-Criminalize Sex Work?
This past week, sex workers have been holding marches in big cities across the country to support Bedford v. The Government of Canada, which aims to decriminalize activities surrounding sex work.
Posted In News + Politics
Taggedcanada, Daily Fix, international news, sex work
June 13, 2013
A Prairie Homo Does New York: Ten Things I Hate About Mice
New York is more than taxi cabs, street food, and crowds. There’re also mice, rats, and cockroaches! Lots of them! How exciting, right?
Posted In First Person
June 07, 2013
Australia Conducts Largest Ever Study on Gay Parents, Finds Kids Are In Fact Alright
I want us to all take a moment to let this sink: according to the largest study on same-sex parents and their children ever conducted, the kids are not only okay, but in some ways more well-adjusted than the children in heterosexual-parented families.
Posted In Youth + Family
TaggedDaily Fix, gay families, gay statistics, lesbian parenting, statistics
June 06, 2013
A Prairie Homo Does New York: Gratitude
Who was I to even want these things that I wanted? Who was I to ask for them? I was open, naked: This is me. This is what I want. I need your help.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, new york, regular
June 01, 2013
Team Pick: Toi Scott's Piece Teaches Us How to Queer Food Justice
Instead of judging people on whether or not they eat meat and have organic kale with every meal, we should be asking ourselves who has access to healthy food and why.
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
Taggedfood, intersectionality, racism, team pick
May 30, 2013
A Prairie Homo Does New York: Race and the Subway
New York has histories and politics etched deep into the subway lines it could take me a lifetime to study; so I start by studying the woman seated across from me.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, first person, new york, race, women of color
May 25, 2013
Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Zoe Whittall's "Holding Still For As Long As Possible"
Will all these wonderfully complicated characters learn to unravel their complications and fears? Probably not. But will they braid them together to form a community? Don’t you hope so?
Posted In Books
Taggedbook review, canada, read a f-cking book
May 16, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: Wanderlust and Lessons Learned
I like to think all of this travelling has taught me a few things, or else what would be the point? Here’s a list of 10 things I’ve learned as a prairie homo in the great wide world.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, lesbian travel, personal essay, regular
May 09, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: To Be More Like A Dog
Your dog doesn’t care that you’re an anti-social drunk bookworm.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, animals, regular
May 02, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: Weather Watch Gender Presentation Fashion Crisis
I like to think my gender identity changes with the seasons. In the winter I can channel my great Canadian butch, and in the summer I can femme-it-up.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion
April 25, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: First Nations on the Prairies
These are three of the amazing Indigenous female writers, activists, and artists I’ve been reading this week. I may not be the best person to write about Indigenous issues, but I can certainly read what I think are some of the best, educate myself, and encourage you to do the same.
Posted In Politics + Activism
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, canada, race, women of color
April 19, 2013
Montana Joins the 21st Century, Decriminalizes Gay Sex
Wait, so this hadn’t happened yet?
Posted In News + Politics
TaggedDaily Fix, homophobia, politics
April 18, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: How Being A (Very) Mixed-Race Canadian Prairie Weirdo Complicates "POC" For Me
This is my unique perspective on being a half-black, half-white human who sometimes feels uncomfortable using the term Person of Colour to refer to myself.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, canada, personal essay, race, women of color
April 11, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Brain Freeze
Sometimes a prairie homo has nothing to write, so she writes about it.
Posted In First Person
April 04, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: Top 5 Queer Prairie Places on the Great, Wide Web
Check out this list of queer prairie sites to visit when you’re not reading A Prairie Homo Companion.
Posted In Arts+Entertainment
March 30, 2013
Russia Wants to Ban Same-Sex Foreign Adoptions to Protect Children From "Trauma"
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave orders to the Supreme Court to make changes to Russian adoption laws in order to prevent same-sex foreign couples from adopting Russian children.
Posted In News + Politics
TaggedDaily Fix, gay adoption, gay families, international news
March 28, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: 50 Things I'll Miss if I Leave the Prairies
In anticipation of my future homesickness, I’ve compiled a list of 50 things (in no particular order) I’ll miss should I leave the prairies.
Posted In First Person
March 21, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Spring
This spring, as you shed all the layers of winter, it’s important to love your prairie homo skin and not feel bad about its colour, its stretch marks, or whom or what it responds to.
Posted In First Person
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, body image, personal essay, regular
March 17, 2013
Get Baked: Nutella Popsicles, Smoothies, and Ice Cream
This is the best recipe of all recipes.
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
March 14, 2013
Prairie Homos Should Check Out the University of Alberta's Pride Week!
From March 13-22nd, it’s the University of Alberta’s first ever Pride Week, and you should go!
March 11, 2013
Get Baked: Brown Sugar Apples
Very simple, yet very delicious.
Posted In DIY Culture/Food
March 02, 2013
ELIXHER Magazine, The Ultimate Resource for LGBTQ Black Women, Needs Your Help!
ELIXHER is “your go-to resource for all things empowering, thought-provoking, and pertinent to the Black female queer community and experience. You’ll find news, uplifting profiles, local events, political commentary, personal reflections, and more.”
Posted In Arts+Entertainment
Taggedfundraising, qpoc, team pick, they need help, women of color
February 28, 2013
Prairie Homo Tegan Quin: The Autostraddle Interview
In which Tegan lets me know that her songs are like her babies, she has a tea-drinking schedule, and she doesn’t want you to build a shrine to her in your home.
Posted In Music
TaggedA Prairie Homo Companion, interview, regular, tegan and sara
February 25, 2013
Read a F*cking Book: Barbara Sjoholm's "Incognito Street"
This is a book about being a queer girl in the 1970s, about traveling the world, and about trying to be a writer by the woman who would go on to co-found Seal Press and write award-winning books because who says you can’t accomplish what you dream of doing?
Posted In Books
Taggedbook review, herstory, read a f-cking book
February 21, 2013
A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Racisms
Since I easily dismissed the strange looks people gave my white mom and her three brown-skinned little kids and the questions about where I was from as just ignorant things people said, I grew up not very aware of racism and micro-aggressions. I didn’t think of myself as black or as white.
Posted In First Person







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