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How ‘mature minor’ laws let trans kids make their own decisions, DailyXtra, October 3rd, 2024
The blurred lines between ‘transamory’ and chasing, Daily​Xtra, March 8th, 2024
Anti-Trans Myths (with Simón(e) Sun), OpenMind (Pulitzer Center Series), November 6th, 2023
The anti-trans panic is rooted in white supremacist ideology (with Blu Buchanan), Truthout, May 19th, 2023
Trans Rules of Engagement, INTO More, December 6th, 2022
Don’t TERFs have better things to do?, NOW Toronto, November 28th, 2021
The troubling resurgence of trans conversion practices, DailyXtra, October 26th, 2021 ​
You can say woman and we can say person, Toronto Star, October 19th, 2021
La Sainte de Christopher Street, Spirale, vol. 276, pp. 43–47
Suing for conversion therapy without a statute? A blueprint, Law Matters, 2019, vol. 44, no 2, pp. 7-8
We must respect trans people’s expertise beyond their personal experience, Huffington Post Canada, April 3rd, 2019
There is no evidence that rapid-onset gender dysphoria exists, PsychCentral Mental Health Library, December 3rd, 2018
Why reform Pride when you can just let it die?, NOW Magazine, November 29th, 2018
Other publications
Banning Gender-affirming Care, Medical Fascism, & the Role of Bioethics, Impact Ethics, July 25th, 2024
The Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in Canada (with Robert Leckey & Samuel Singer), Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, March 18th, 2024​
Danielle Smith seems to forget that trans-affirming parents have rights too, DailyXtra, February 7th, 2024
Hastily drafted pronoun policies ignore the nuances of family and child protection laws (with Robert Leckey & Samuel Singer), Globe and Mail, October 6th, 2023
New Brunswick premier’s attack on trans students is unconstitutional, DailyXtra, June 27th, 2023
Government can protect women while preserving the defence of extreme intoxication, IRPP Policy Options, June 20th, 2022
What can non-profit organizations do to fight the rise of anti-trans hatred?, Wisdom2Action Blog, April 4th, 2022
​Gender markers are useless, so why not abolish them?, IRPP Policy Options, November 30th, 2021
Au Québec, la notion de sexe inclut les personnes trans, La Presse, November 18th, 2021
A proposed change to Quebec ID gender markers would legally out trans people, Xtra, November 1st, 2021 
The Conservatives want to abandon trans children, NOW Toronto, September 23rd, 2021
Nothing’s (Un)Fair in Love and Weightlifting: The Case for Trans Inclusion (with Cheng Xu), Performance Menu, July 1st, 2021
Les jeunes trans ont besoin de plus d’acceptation, pas moins, Ricochet, May 31st, 2021
État civil et personnes trans: Pas d’effet négatif sur les droits des femmes, La Presse, February 12th, 2021
Landmark ruling on Civil Code shows the resilience of Quebec’s trans communities, CBC Opinion, February 4th, 2021
Accessibility Services and Moving Towards Universal Design, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, January 19th, 2021
Le projet de loi 70 doit protéger les jeunes trans (with Olivier Ferlatte, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, and Françoise Susset), Huffington Post Québec, November 27th, 2020
Le projet de loi 70 sur les thérapies de conversion doit aller plus loin, IRPP Policy Options, November 4th, 2020
Reflecting on the Affective Dimensions of the “Transamorous Man” Backlash, TSQ*Now, July 21st, 2020
Santé reproductive et santé trans : plaidoyer pour l’autonomie, Gazette des femmes, July 30th, 2019
We need clear laws against conversion therapy, IRPP Policy Options, July 29th, 2019
Une meilleure couverture d’assurance pour les personnes trans, IRPP Policy Options, June 26th, 2019
PSA: It’s Okay If Your Sexuality and Gender Are Complicated, FLARE, June 14th, 2019
À quand une Gazette des femmes inclusive? La médiocre inclusion des femmes trans dans le féminisme québécois, Françoise Stéréo, June 13th, 2019
À mon partenaire: avant de te rencontrer, je ne me pensais pas capable d’être trans et amoureuse (translated by Mathilde Montier), Huffington Post France, June 8th, 2019
To My Partner: I Didn’t Know I Could Be Trans And In Love Until I Met You, Huffington Post Canada, May 27th, 2019
Faire le point sur la détransition, Urbania, May 15th, 2019
It is possible to seek justice for the death of fetuses without new abortion laws (with Lauren B. Beach), CBC Opinion, May 9th, 2019
​Doctors, stop asking your trans patients for referral letters before giving them hormones, Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, April 16th, 2019
La couverture médiatique des réalités trans: il y a place à amelioration, Huffington Post Québec, April 5th, 2019
​An Evidence-Based Affirmative Perspective on Hormonal Interventions for Trans Youth, bioethics.net, March 31st, 2019
Even an academic hoax needs ethics approval, University Affairs, February 8th, 2019
«M’entends-tu»: Pretzel, l’un des personnages les plus transphobes de la décennie?, Huffington Post Québec, December 10th, 2018
The wrong elephant in the room, McGill Tribune, December 3rd, 2018
There’s Nothing Unscientific About Gender Identity, Huffington Post Canada, November 27th, 2018
Supporting transitioning trans people is not conversion therapy. It is the right thing to do, The Article, November 26th, 2018
Les thérapies de conversion sexuelle sont-elles légales au Québec?, Huffington Post Québec, November 23rd, 2018
Trans People Under Attack, The McGill Daily, November 12th, 2018
Let’s put bad fact patterns to rest, Quid Novi, November 6th, 2018
Title IX: la redéfinition du genre au pays de Trump menace les jeunes, Huffington Post Québec, October 25th, 2018
Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria: A Parental Epidemic?, Impact Ethics, September 21st, 2018
Expertise cisgenre et témoignage transgenre: aller au-delà des clichés, Huffington Post Québec, September 10th, 2018
Navigating Call-Out Culture: Queer Culture has Evolved, Not Lost its Edge, The McGill Daily, September 10th, 2018
L’opposition médiatique aux communautés trans, Le Devoir, September 1st, 2018
I Am Scared of Tomorrow, INTO More, August 12th, 2018
Queerons notre lexique (in three parts), Urbania, July 31st, August 1st, and August 3rd, 2018 (English)
Man who changed legal gender to get cheaper insurance exposes the unreliability of gender markers, CBC News, July 28th, 2018
Ford’s Drug Plan Changes Will Out Many Young Adults’ Private Lives To Parents, Huffington Post Canada, July 19th, 2018
Back to the Cutting Table: Journaling Through Genital Reassignment Surgery, INTO More, June 23rd, 2018
If Gender Identity is Immutable, Do We Really Need to Know More?, INTO More, June 13th, 2018
The critical state of trans health care and the importance of therapeutic alliance, CATIE Blog, May 28th, 2018
La grave réalité des personnes trans en santé et l’importance de l’alliance thérapeutique, CATIE Blog, May 28th, 2018
Wonderfully Monstrous Bodies, INTO More, May 20th, 2018
Non, on ne peut pas exclure les personnes non-binaires, Fugues, May 8th, 2018
Le difficile respect des personnes non-binaires, La Presse, April 22nd, 2018
Réalités transféminines et violences carcérales, À bâbord!, 2018 (English)
La fabrication de l’indignation (with Marie-Pier Boisvert), La Presse, April 13th, 2018
Un corps de femme, Art/iculation Magazine, April 7th, 2018 (issue nominated for Best Academic Publication at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards)
Can’t Touch This: Trinity Western, Nixon, and Human Rights Exemptions, Contours: Voices of Women in Law, 2018
Why “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” is bad science (with Alexandre Baril), The Conversation, March 22nd 2018; also in Medical Xpress, March 23rd 2018, National Post, March 23rd 2018, and PinkNews, March 30th 2018
Mieux représenter les personnes trans dans nos guides scolaires, Ricochet, February 19th, 2018
Grounding Ourselves: On Bill C-16 and Symbolic Legislation, University of Toronto Press Blog, January 26th, 2018
I won’t be silenced: Student academic freedom must be protected by the University, The McGill Daily, January 15th, 2018
Lettre aux futurs parents d’enfants trans, Urbania, January 8th, 2018
Professorship versus censorship: Should Jordan Peterson continue to be given a platform on trans rights?, NOW Magazine, January 2nd, 2018
Le travail affectif du placard : regards sur la socialisation des femmes trans, Boucle Magazine, December 20th, 2017 (English)
Transgender Kids doc doesn’t present facts fairly. CBC was right not to show it, CBC News, December 18th, 2017
Un livre décevant: «TRANSition» de Jean-Sébastien Bourré, Huffington Post Québec, December 1st, 2017
Free speech concern seems all too selective, Montreal Gazette, November 24th, 2017; also in The Province, November 23rd, 2017
…Sounds pretty gay to me, The McGill Daily, November 20th, 2017
A woman’s body, The McGill Daily, October 1st, 2017
No, pronouns won’t send you to jail: The misunderstood scope of Bill C-16, The McGill Daily, September 18th, 2017
L’effet National Geographic et l’inclusion des personnes trans : une critique, Fugues, September 6th, 2017
Séparer le problème du non-problème : le genre grammatical, Fugues, July 25th, 2017
Neither the U.S. nor Canada Are Edens for Trans People, The Advocate, August 14th, 2017
La science et les hommes enceints, Le Journal de Montréal, August 9th, 2017 (English)
L’idéologie cisgenre, Le Journal de Montréal, July 6th, 2017 (English)
Projet de loi du Parti Québécois : vers l’inclusion des personnes non-binaires?, Ricochet, June 14th, 2017
Protecting transgender people means protecting our pronouns (with Lee Airton), The Globe and Mail, May 30th, 2017
Heineken: The Beverage of Choice for Self-Congratulatory Progressives, The Body is Not an Apology, May 20th, 2017
Sisterhood not Cisterhood: l’inclusion comme position politico-morale, Contours: Voices of Women in Law, 2017 (English)
Better Not Want Health and Housing: How the Quebec Government Fails Trans Migrants, Quid Novi, February 7th, 2017
XY in Suzanne Zaccour and Michaël Lessard (eds.), Dictionnaire critique du sexisme linguistique, Montreal, Éditions Somme Toute, 2017 (English)
Saved By Delatestryl: The Importance of Accessible Hormone Replacement Therapy (in two parts), McGill Journal of Law & Health Online, October 27th and November 3rd, 2016
Enforcing the deadname, The McGill Daily, October 17th, 2016; also in Quid Novi, October 25th, 2016
Une politique sans bon sens, Journal Métro, August 17th, 2016 (English)
Un texte progressiste, vraiment? Réponse à la lettre ouverte d’Alexandra Pelletier et Marie-Pier Lauzon, Ricochet, July 4th, 2016
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