Tag: Transgender

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Two people with their faces pressed together with an X painted on their faces. They are looking at each other.

Crossed out: Canadians with ‘X’ gender markers are anxious about cross-border travel

February 24, 2026

A U.S. ban on the ‘X’ has Trans and non-binary students reconsidering the getting the marker

An illustration collage of a syringe, pills, a vial and other items over a pink and blue gradient.

Inside Canada’s trans healthcare maze

September 24, 2024

With their wellness in the hands of an incompatible medical system, trans students have to be their own experts

Protesters removed from democracy forum hosting Stephen Lecce

January 24, 2024

The Dais held a Q&A with Stephen Lecce this week

an illustration of a bird landing on a computer that has the Twitter homepage open

Bye bye birdy

January 24, 2023

After Elon Musk’s takeover, many TMU students who found community on Twitter are considering leaving the platform

An illustration of a string of yarn forming the silhouette of a person sitting with their knees to their chest, with a tangled ball of yarn in their abdomen area. The background is the colours of the transgender pride flag: pink, blue and white.

Arts & Culture Communities

Poem: Period Tracker

December 1, 2020

On the 22nd of each month my period tracker application reminds me, “Your cycle is starting”

Business & Technology

‘Dimensions’ pushes for diversity and equity in academic research

Ryerson has endorsed Dimensions, an initiative to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion within scholarly research

Arts & Culture Features The Fashion Issue

Queerness, fashion & safety: When LGBTQ2IA+ aesthetics popularized but left its community members behind

November 26, 2019

Despite the popularization of drag and LGBTQ2IA+ aesthetics, glam looks can be a dangerous identifier for queer, trans and non-binary people

Features Sports

Sports for trans athletes need more than just an ‘inclusive policy’

February 26, 2019

U SPORTS now lets athletes play with either their assigned sex or their gender identity team, but the rigid gender binary still dominates sports culture

U SPORTS announces new transgender policy for Canadian university athletics

September 27, 2018

U SPORTS, the national sport governing body of Canadian university sport, announced on Wednesday that transgender student-athletes will be eligible to play for the team that either corresponds with their sex at birth or gender identity

Trans Collective comes out of the closet

October 4, 2016

The Ryerson Trans Collective is using new office space to offer new services

Transgender students don’t feel safe reporting discrimination. PHOTO: CHRIS BLANCHETTE

Transitioning at Rye: Outdated discrimination and harassment policies

September 27, 2016

Many students will continue to rely on peer-to-peer support, rather than the policies in place to help

Students have to fight to have their names recognized. PHOTO: DEVIN JONES

Transitioning at Rye: why we need a new preferred name policy

September 13, 2016

With outdated forms and an inadequate preferred name policy, Ryerson creates barriers for transgender students who use a name different than their legal one