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Fae Johnstone

@faejohnstone.bsky.social
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Gay trouble, personified. Executive Director of Queer Momentum. Fighting for freedom, equality and rights for 🏳️‍🌈 people in 🇨🇦 (and beyond). Love solidarity, unions, feminism & my community.

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So glad we were able to bring the Trans Canada Tour to Whitehorse <3
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
120+ Queer, Trans and Allied Organizations Call for a Renewed and Expanded Federal 2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan in Budget 2026 queermomentum.ca/jointstatement
queermomentum.ca
Joint Statement: Call for Renewal and Expansion of the Federal 2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Alberta MLGays showed UP!!!
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Last week we made Canadian queer history 🥰 hosting a first-ever gathering of federal, provincial and territorial queer parliamentarians!
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Had tears in my eyes at the opening of the 2SLGBTQIA+ National Monument. And, still in a bit of shock to see a quote of mine on the educational panels around the monument.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've been sitting on this pic for ages waiting for the right graphic to throw it into 😅✨️😘🤭
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you’ve ever wanted a T-shirt repping a racist Canadian group pushing for mass deportations, your purchase is just a few clicks away — all thanks to Shopify. When I reached out to them, they said "we don’t remove merchants over objections to their worldview.” Wow. My latest for @thetyee.ca:
thetyee.ca
Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee
The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It !!! Is so nice!!! To be home! ❤️✨️
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ottawa pals! <3 The Trans Canada Tour is coming to town and I want to see you! Politics w/ a Drag Queen, August 25: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1989037296... Queer Mayoral Townhall; August 23: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1988959048... Ask a Trans Person Anything - August 24: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1989036157...
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Friends in BC: ACT NOW and let's push @davidebybc.bsky.social to restore funding to the ARC Foundation and safeguard SOGI 123 in BC schools! Send an email: queermomentum.ca/sogi
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Momentum
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I am SO GLAD the tour made it out to Prince Albert. We had a phenomenal show tonight yall ❤️✨️
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thank god for our new comms staff 🫡🫡🔥❤️
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We have like!!! 10 more tour events this month, and then two very big very exciting meetings in Ottawa and then ??? Pride!!! And then??? More things !! A whole federal campaign, a BC campaign coming out next week??? So many things!!! <3 Sleep, where and what are you!!!!
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We are doing so many things this month and next and it is overwhelming but also absolutely amazing <3
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Smokey!!! They didnt impact us directly, but ❤️‍🩹 for those for whom that isn’t the case.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In the last 8 days i have been to: Kelowna: ✅️ Kamloops: ✅️ Vancouver: ✅️ Moncton: ✅️ Fredericton: ✅️ Three more cities till I head home (for 3 days!!!) before I set out for a week and a half of meetings and events in Ottawa!! Busiest. Summer. Ever. 🎉😴😅
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I no longer know what day it is, or what time zone my brain is on, but that's okay because: everywhere we go, we are building the movement, connecting with leaders and injecting joy into our queer eco system! For those in SK, you can rsvp for our upcoming events here: linktr.ee/queermomentu...
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And because apparently I can't get enough time *on the road* I am headed to Fredericton tonight to speak at the Canadian Labour Congress / NB Federation of Labour summer camp tomorrow morning before I head back west for 3 tour stops in Saskatchewan!
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We wrapped up the BC leg of the Trans Canada Tour on Saturday, after tour stops in Kelowna, Kamloops and Vancouver. After BC, I hopped on a plane and headed back east to celebrate Pride in Moncton, NB, where I was honored to speak at and lead their trans march (despite pouring rain!).
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The federal government using scabs. The Carney government seems to be committed to undermining labour rights www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Bank of Canada governor defends use of replacement workers during strike | CBC News
The head of the Bank of Canada is defending the central bank's use of replacement workers during a strike involving security officers.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My incomprehensible error was imagining i could post, in a moment of personal annoyance, about a personal annoyance, without people making assumptions. But fine. Post deleted.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Anyone who knows me and my values knows I wouldn't be subtweeting workers. Have a good night.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Then id appreciate you deleting the quote tweet that insinuates im not always and forever in support of labour. I'd love to be able to complain about a flight delay meaning im in for a hell travel day, late night and early morning without it being misconstrued.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
...ok.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Fwiw westjet doesnt fly thru the airport im at lol
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
??? I'm sorry my annoyance that is completly unrelated to westjet didnt include a disclaimer? But okay?!?? Lol.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Obviously. I'm not complaining about Westjet lol.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm doing pretty good at this whole ~growing up~ thing. Turned 31 a couple days ago and excited for what the next year has in store for little old me ✨️
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We've had people disagree with us. Weve had people who are anti trans join the convo. All of that is welcome and really cool actually. But Amy Hamm and her pals only want scandal and outrage. Her pulling out her phone to record us and our security guard tells you everything.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I am so sorry it wasnt obvious (🙄) but no our events are not an open invitation for prominent anti trans people to come and argue with us.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If we had let Amy Hamm into our event, she would have taken our words out of context and used them to further malign the trans movement. At least this way, we were able to have a real convo with people genuinely interest in discussion. We had a great event.
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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"The groups are specifically pushing for the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee to study the issue, which would put it on the parliamentary agenda and force members of Parliament to directly confront the impact of these laws…" rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/carney-has...
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Carney has been silent as Alberta attacks trans youth. Parents and advocates have a plan to change that
Listen now | Carney has been incredibly cozy with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Just today, he joked alongside Smith that the premier has “seen more of me than her husband.”
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I am tired of so-called ally politicians doing the least they can on queer issues and wanting a big thank you because of it.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We must not stop speaking up for trans youth and their families in Alberta. Join us in calling on the House of Commons to conduct an inquiry into Premier Smith's suspension of charter-protected rights: QueerMomentum.ca/inquiry
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Human Rights Inquiry
Call for an inquiry into violations of trans people's human rights in Alberta
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Scarlett J. Gillespie @scarlettformayor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A Reunion with Fae Johnstone – June 22, 2026 It was lovely to catch up with @faejohnstone.bsky.social of @queermomentum.ca and Wisdom2Action at the Capitol Bar in @cityofhamilton.bsky.social in advance of the Pride Hamilton event at Oxigin tomorrow evening featuring - *continued in the comments
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I love queer people and I love PEI Pride <3
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We (my org) poured all the money we could into alberta. 70k. It should've been 700k. It should have been multiple millions. We are working with such minimal resources pulled in so many different directions. Imagine if we were well resourced. Imagine if we could dream big.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Idk I'm in a rather unique position leading a national advocacy organization, and we have been thankfully fairly successful at fundraising, but even then, its scraps. Local organizing is even more cash strapped. We cant win this fight if we dont fund the movement.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I truly thought and hoped that, when the attack on transgender rights began in Canada, we would see a real growth in financial support for trans advocacy. That hasn't happened. And idk how to put in words how sad and worried that makes me.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Vancouver! The Trans Canada Tour is headed your way on August 1st! Join us for an afternoon of sickening drag, comedy and queer politics 🔥✨️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1988871299...
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My greatest irrational loathing is reserved for people who are slow at getting off planes for no good reason.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
(This is a Joke Don't Come for Me)
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is why no one wants to be a gay conservative
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I rediscover text based social platforms on airplanes apparently
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
And on the it'll get better side: It's a hope i have to and choose to hold on to. Every mind we change, every effort we put in, brings better closer.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The question I truly don't know the answer to (within my little gay/trans niche) is: how much worse?
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's going to get worse before it gets better.
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In a message posted to social media, Fae Johnstone, a prominent transgender activist, said the council should have “reflected the segment of the queer community under sustained attack, i.e., trans people.” halifax.citynews.ca/2026/07/03/r...
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Rights council seeks unity that Jewish, Muslim envoys couldn't achieve: Miller
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Marc Miller says the government’s widely criticized advisory council on inclusion is meant to unify Canadians in a way previous federal envoys tasked with tackling antisemit...
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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“If Pierre Poilievre wants to win, wants to ever have a chance of being prime minister, he needs to … show that he believes in the equality, freedom, and human rights of LGBTQ Canadians,” Johnstone added. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Pride brings focus on ‘two different kinds of Conservatives’
After Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did not take part in Pride events, one of his MPs took to social media to denounce Prime Minister Mark Carney for marching in Toronto's
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's Pride month, and Statistics Canada just found support for trans rights in our country is declining. It sucks. It means the right-wing disinformation campaign is winning. So let's talk about what lies you're being told -- and what we can do about it (with help from @faejohnstone.bsky.social):
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