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Accelerating Social & Gender Justice for 2SLGBTQIA+ People. Addressing rising anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate and challenging government inaction on 🏳️‍🌈 issues. #CdnPoli. MomentumCanada.net

Drag queen Selena Vyle performing on stage in a black dress. Behind her is a banner with her name and the "politics with a drag queen" poster

Karla Marx stands on stage in a dress the colours of the trans flag, holding a mic and speaking to the crowd. Behind her is a screen that says 'coalition building'

Karla Marx stands on stage in a dress that is trans flag colours. She is speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd of attendees.

A poster with a bright pink background. In the centre, Karla Marx and Fae Johnstone are holding megaphones and clearly involved in causing some good gay trouble. Black text reads: "Hamilton, June 22nd. Politics with a Drag Queen. Featuring: Karla Marx + Fae Johnstone, Karma Kameleon and Sasha Fienix. At 'This is ridiculous!' doors at 7:30, show at 8:00. Tickets $10 - www.transcanadatour.ca"

The logos of Pride Hamilton, Queer Momentum, Trans Action Alberta, Fierte Canada Pride, and the Trans Canada Tour adorn the bottom of the poster.

A poster with pink and yellow gradient background. The top of the poster is logos for YWCA Hamilton, Queer Momentum, Trans Action Alberta, and Fierte Canada Pride.

Below that in large neon pink letters is the word "HAMILTON", followed by "Ask A Trans Person Anything" in bold white lettering.

In the bottom third of the poster are headshots of Victoria Bucholtz (aka Karla Marx) and Fae Johnstone, both women are facing the viewer. Between them is the quote "Come learn and chat about trans issues."

At the bottom is a navy blue footer with white text that reads: "June 22nd, 5-7PM, Magnolia Hall. www.TransCanadaTour.ca/events"

The logos for the Trans Canada Tour and Pride Hamilton are on either side of the footer.

A poster with white and pink text on a dark blue gradient background.

At the very top are the logos for Momentum, Trans Action Alberta, Fierta Canada Pride, and Rainbow Resource Centre

The headline text in large font reads "Winnipeg - Ask a Trans Person anything"

Below that, smaller text reads "Calling curious people, allies, and queer folks! Let's talk about trans."

Headshots of Fae Johnstone and Victoria Bucholtz appear on either side of the poster. Both are brunette white women.

At the very bottom, a blue footer includes the logos for Trans Manitoba and Pride Winnipeg, and the logistical text for the event which reads: "June 8th, 5-7, Park Theatre. TransCanadaTour.ca/events"

A poster with a dark blue background overlaid with a very muted map of Eastern Canada.

At the top, the headline reads: "Trans Canada Tour" in white, light blue, and pink.

Below that is a screenshot of an article from "The Coast", a news outlet in Atlantic Canada, and written by Brendyn Creamer. The article is entitled "Queer Momentum's Trans Canada Tour Stops in Halifax." A subheader reads "Queer Momentum's Fae Johnstone and Victoria Bucholtz are rebuilding a movement one tour stop at a time."

Screenshot of the list of events for the show. The full list of events can be accessed here: https://transcanadatour.ca/events/

A boldly coloured poster that reads "Introducing the Trans Canada Tour! 50+ events across Canada. A nation-wide tour to rekindle hope and re-build the queer movement. Be part of it: TransCanadaTour.ca/Events"

At the top, the logos of Momentum, TransAction Alberta, and Fierte Canada Pride are featured.

Like all Canadians, we were shocked to learn of the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

Our hearts go out to the victims, their families, and all affected by this tragedy.

Queer Momentum joins Canadians from coast to coast to coast in condemning this appalling violence, which has no place in our schools or anywhere else in Canada.

How we can help:

- We can help you build a letter-writing and phone calling campaign.

- We can mobilize our existing supporters in your region.

- We can help you craft your press release, campaign graphics and more.

- How about training for your team on effective messaging, media relations or engaging government officials?

We want to help power-up your advocacy. Reach out and let’s make it happen.

Local 2SLGBTQIA+ Advocates: Our tools and campaign expertise are yours if you need them.

Are you planning a campaign? Want to put pressure on your city council, MLA/MPP or MP? Need some support to strengthen your message?

That's what we're here for!

Send us a message or pop into our inbox: info@momentumcanada.net

How do we respond?

By continuing to speak up loudly and proudly for 2SLGBTQIA+ equality and the right to choose.

Because in Canada, we believe in freedom, equality and evidence-based healthcare - for everyone.

Join the movement: QueerMomentum.ca

Last convention, they also approved a motion to ban trans women from women's services, supports and spaces.

This doesn’t protect women. It puts already vulnerable trans women at greater risk of harm.

A photo of Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, dressed in a suit and tie, looking towards the viewer. Next to him, black text on a yellow background reads:

At this weekend's Conservative Party of Canada convention in Calgary, anti-queer and anti-choice motions are once again on the table.

One motion opposes Canada's ban on conversion therapy. Another aims to protect anti-abortion organizations.

If these motions pass, they become official Conservative Party of Canada policy.

New Brunswickers: Act now to support gender-affirming healthcare

Add your voice!

Call for better Gender-Affirming Care in Budget 2026.

Working across Communities: How to be culturally aware when doing political activism

This webinar is ideal for anyone involved in political or community work who wants to ensure their activism is grounded in respect, cultural safety, and meaningful relationship-building. Whether you’re new to this learning or deepening an existing practice, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how to advocate for change in ways that uplift Indigenous sovereignty rather than overshadow it.

When: March 23rd, 6PM EST
Register: QueerMomentum.ca/training

Effective Messaging for 2SLGBTQIA+ Advocates

Join Queer Momentum’s executive director Fae Johnstone for a webinar on effective messaging for 2SLGBTQIA+ movements. In this session, you’ll learn effective messaging frameworks and build your capacity to change hearts and minds - in conversation, on stage and in the media.

January 26th, 6:30-7:30PM Eastern
QueerMomentum.ca/training

Training Schedule

Effective Messaging for 2SLGBTQIA+ Advocates - January 26th, 6:30-7:30PM EST

Deep Canvassing and Persuasive Conversations: Changing Hearts and Minds by Building Connections - February 5th, 6-7PM EST

Art & Advocacy: A Webinar for Queer Creatives, February 16th, 7-8PM EST

Making Your Voice Heard: Using Mainstream Media for Queer Advocacy - March 5th, 6-7PM EST

Working across Communities: How to be culturally aware when doing political activism - March 23rd, 6-7PM EST

Introducing Queer Momentum’s Winter 2026 webinars

Through our webinars, we power-up 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates and allies with skills and tools.

These sessions are free, and intended to help you - as an activist or ally - become a stronger advocate.

This winter, we are offering five sessions to help you level up. Swipe through to learn more and register via the link below!

Why we’re launching this microgrant program -

We know our movement's power lives in grassroots organizing - in trans and queer people and allies taking action on the local level to create change.

We also know local organizing is chronically under-funded, but that every dollar invested has an outsized impact.

We want to help you power-up, and in so doing, scale the response to the Government of Alberta’s attack on freedom, rights and healthcare access for transgender people.

That’s what this program is all about.

We're powering-up trans advocacy in Alberta with a new microgrant program.

Queer Momentum's Alberta Trans Advocacy Microgrants will distribute $10,000 to local groups, with each group able to apply for up to $1,000.

Learn more and apply by January 30th: QueerMomentum.ca/Microgrants

It’s never too late to donate! Your contribution can extend and expand our campaign.

With your support, we can extend the radio ads we’ve placed, which are currently live until early February.

We are still accepting donations to fuel our flyer campaign, and to expand our (soon to launch) grassroots activation efforts.

Together, we can change hearts and minds across Alberta and restore rights, freedom, and healthcare access to trans youth.

To trans Albertans and their families:

We’ve got your backs. People across Canada have got your backs. Your neighbours, friends, loved ones and allies, are backing you up.

We will overcome Premier Smith’s attacks on you, your rights, and your families.

We will create an Alberta, and indeed a Canada, where you are safe, free and have your rights respected.

Together.

We know there’s a lot of doom and gloom in the air, but you give us hope.

Our opposition wants us scared. They want us to defeat ourselves - to fall prey to hopelessness and despair.

We won’t.

Our community is resilient. Our movement’s history is defined by overcoming the odds, time and time again.

We’ve done it before. We will do it again. Stay strong, stay hopeful ❤️

Because of you, our radio ads are now live across Alberta.

Our radio ads were voiced by Kim, the proud parent of a transgender daughter. In the ad, Kim speaks to the fear she feels for her daughter and the harm caused by Premier Smith's assault on the freedom, rights and healthcare access of transgender Albertans.

She is asking fellow Albertans to speak up for families like hers.

We are so excited to share the radio recording with you.

Join the campaign: ForOurFamilies.ca

Alberta Update: Our Campaign is LIVE!

Thanks to you, we have brought together $70,000 to fuel our campaign in Alberta, including almost $50,000 contributed by individual donors.

Our radio ads are officially live across Alberta, and campaign flyers will be sent out to tens of thousands of homes across the province within the month. We will also soon unveil a new program to help power-up grassroots advocacy.

Because of you, we are able to show up in a big way for trans youth and their families in Alberta.

Thank you!

Where do we go from here?

To return rights to trans youth, we need to change hearts and minds across Alberta.

We need to help Albertans in every corner of the province understand this as what it is: as an attack on vulnerable youth and their families, and as an attack on individual rights and freedoms.

Together, we can and we will build the movement to restore the rights of trans youth in Alberta and repeal Premier Smith’s anti-trans legislation.

Take action, join the movement: Stop-Smith.ca

Our community has been subjected to state-sponsored discrimination before. We have been here before.

We have survived discriminatory legislation and human rights violations before. We have survived backlash before.

We will overcome hate with hope and defiance. We will expose Premier Smith's lies. We will build a movement to return rights to trans youth.

Take action, join the movement: Stop-Smith.ca

To trans youth and their families:

We know this is scary. We know this is hard. It is going to be okay.

You are not alone. You are surrounded by friends and allies in Alberta and across Canada who will show up for you.

This legislation will be repealed. We will continue to organize to make it happen.

Take action: Stop-Smith.ca

In the dead of night, after limiting debate, the Government of Alberta has suspended the charter-protected rights of transgender youth.

Transgender youth are waking up today in a province where they have fewer rights than other young people.

Take action: Stop-Smith.ca

We need a well-resourced campaign to reach everyday Albertans and help them understand what’s at stake.

We need your help to influence public opinion and pressure Premier Smith, her cabinet and her MLAs to stop picking on trans kids.

Your donation helps strengthen our movement, power our campaign and build an Alberta where trans kids - and all kids - have their rights respected.

This is a crisis for trans youth and their families. If Premier Smith is not stopped, youth will be:

Stripped of their charter-protected rights and freedoms.

Unable to access evidence-based and medically-necessary healthcare

Denied the freedom to be themselves and use their chosen name and pronouns at school without parental sign-off.

Unable to participate on the school sports team or little league associated with their gender.

Two hands are holding a heart coloured with the trans pride flag colours. Both the hands and heart are set against a backdrop of a rumpled trans pride flag. Above this image, black text on a pink background reads:

"This #GivingTuesday, make a donation to support advocacy for trans youth and their families in Alberta.

After Premier Danielle Smith introduced legislation to suspend the charter-rights of trans youth, we launched our biggest fundraising campaign yet.

We want to raise $100,000 to scale our advocacy in Alberta and show up in a big way for trans youth and their families.

MomentumCanada.net/ForTheKids"

For the kids.
For the families.
Can we count on you?
Every dollar powers our campaign to reach new people across Alberta. Whether it's $5, $10, $50 or $500, every dollar counts.

MomentumCanada.net/ForTheKids

What's our plan?

1) Support, resource and scale grassroots activism, in partnership with activists on the ground.

2) Mail flyers to rural Albertans homes to make clear the danger of Premier Smith’s anti-freedom and anti-rights agenda.

3) Place ads on billboards, airwaves and TV screens across the province.

To stop Premier Smith, we need to reach and empower Albertans from all walks of life who believe in freedom and human rights, and who oppose government overreach.

We need to reach them where they’re at. On the morning radio as they drive to work. In their mailboxes. On their TV screens. And on the doorstep.

Premier Danielle Smith is using the full weight of her government to restrict the rights and freedoms of transgender Albertans and deny youth access to life-saving healthcare.

Why? Because she’s power-hungry. She wants to remove checks and balances on government, and impose her personal beliefs on everyday Albertans.

In the face of an existential threat to fundamental rights and freedoms, we need to scale our response.

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Donate Now. Trans youth and their families in Alberta need our help. We have the plan. We're building the team. We need your dollars to fund the response. We’ve set a goal of $100,000. Can you chip in? MomentumCanada.net/ForTheKids

At the bottom of a rectangular graphic is a photo of a large crowd of people at a rally in Alberta, most holding signs supporting trans rights.

Above the photo, black text on a pink background reads:

"Over 600 people have registered for Wednesday's mass organizing calls to support trans youth in Alberta.

Share this post to help us reach to 1,000?

When: Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 - 5:30PM MST (for Albertans), 5:30 EST (for allies outside Alberta)

Where: Virtual, on zoom.

Register: momentumcanada.net/AB"

Black text on pink background reads:

"All Albertans should be alarmed that politicians are preparing to intrude on confidential medical conversations and interfere directly in therapeutic decisions. - Alberta Medical Association

Sign our petition: stop-smith.ca"

Black text on light blue and pink background. The word "Rally" is repeated several times. In the foreground, black text reads "This Sunday, Nov. 23rd, 10:30 AM, legislature grounds"

A pink and white loudspeaker is raised up in the top left corner of the graphic, set against a pink background. Next to it, black text reads:

"Join our Alberta MASS ORGANIZING Calls. It's time to organize. To turn the tide. To stop Danielle Smith's assault on the freedom, human rights and healthcare access of trans youth. We have a plan. We need your help to power it. Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
For Albertans: 5:30PM MST
Allies outside Alberta: 5:30PM EST

Register: MomentumCanada.net/AB

Black text against a pink background reads:

"It is a dark day when governments override rights to push harmful agendas that put youth at risk.

We can't let them get away with it.

That’s why we’re asking you to speak up and take action. For trans Albertans, for everyone’s freedom and human rights.

Take action: Stop-Smith.ca"

Black text on pink background reads:

"Today, the government of Alberta passed legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of trans youth. Get involved today: Stop-Smith.ca"

A photo of a large trans flag billowing in the wind in an outdoor setting under a cloudy blue sky. In the foreground, headshots of Fae Johnstone and Karla Marx.

Black text on the photo reads:

"Don't get mad - get organized. Hate is rising. Rights are under attack. What are we going to do about it? Join Fae Johnstone and Karla Marx for a trans awareness week conversation exploring where we’re at and how we can organize to win. November 19th, 2PM Eastern
Register at momentumcanada.net/webinar"

White text on blue background reads:

"We will work with the Government of Canada to help make the most of the funding secured for WAGE. We have a window of opportunity to make smart decisions to set our sectors up for long-term success.

We will continue organizing and building our movement because that’s our path to building a more free, equal and prosperous Canada.

Ahead of Budget 2025, we rallied, and we prevented an immediate funding crisis. We need to be ready to do so again - but more than that, we need to secure the support and power necessary to raise the bar and ensure Canada is a global leader on equality and human rights.

Read more: MomentumCanada.net/budget

White text on a blue background reads:

"What we're happy about:

Women and Gender Equality Canada was facing an 81% cut over the next 3 years.

Our collective advocacy delayed that crisis. Budget 2025 included new funds that will be a lifeline for local women-serving and 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations, including ongoing funding (a huge, long-term, win).

Now, we have an opportunity to work with government to put these funds to good use supporting women, girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people - and in doing so, build a more free, equal and prosperous Canada."

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Our Reaction to Budget 2025
And what we're going to do next

"“Budget 2025 included important investments in Women and Gender Equality Canada, but neglected critical areas like child-care, international aid and pharmacare.

We must continue to advocate to ensure no one is left behind or left out of this government’s plan.”

Read more:
MomentumCanada.net/budget

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Queer Mass Organizing call: Repeal Bill 137. Join 2SLGBTQIA+ people and allies based in Saskatchewan to learn how you can help us repeal Bill 137!

Thursday, November 6th at 5PM Central. Register at MomentumCanada.net/call"

Black text on a yellow background reads:

"Queer Momentum welcomes the Government of Canada's announcement of continued investment in gender equality and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

Today's announcement of continued investment in Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) was made possible by the tireless advocacy of community members and allies across Canada. Thanks to this investment, 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations across Canada can continue to show up for and support our communities, from coast to coast to coast. Our collective advocacy made this happen."

At the top of the graphic are the logos of Queer Momentum and Social Innovation Lab.

Below the logos, white and yellow text against a blue background reads:

"All youth deserve our care and compassion - including queer and trans youth. They have enough bullies without Saskatchewan Premier Moe picking on them too. Join the campaign to stand up for trans youth: www.Repeal137.ca"

A rainbow weaves behind the text.

White and yellow text on a navy blue background reads:

"Two years ago, the Government of Saskatchewan suspended the Charter-protected rights of trans young people in the province.

Today, we continue to call for change: for our government to repeal Bill 137 and get back to supporting students and families of all kinds - instead of picking on vulnerable kids."

Below the text are the logos of Queer Momentum and Social Innovation Lab.

In the background, a hand holds a waving Pride flag.

The foreground is covered by solid purple, against which light blue/green text reads:

"Webinar. Feminist-2SLGBTQIA+ Perspectives on Bodily Autonomy and Reproductive Justice. Our Speakers:

Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, Co-Director of Policy and Advocacy, Action Canada

Cee Strauss, Senior Staff Lawyer, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)

Victoria Bucholtz, Moderator
Alberta Regional Organizer, Queer Momentum

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 4-5:30pm EDT

Register at momentumcanada.net/BodilyAutonomy"