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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 06/10/2026

See all you gays there 💫

Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 05/10/2026

Had some time to kill today in Ottawa before my flight, and got to discover that the Canadian War Museum uses the “you wouldn’t steal a car” font in their exhibits lol

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 30/09/2026

Today is officially my last day at @xtramagazine.com. Over half a decade of unapologetically queer and trans journalism. Grateful for every opportunity, every challenge, and most importantly, every person I got to share it with 💖🌈 I leave a very different person than than I arrived 5.5 years ago!

Mel today in a yellow and green floral shirt and grey and pink Xtra hat.

Mel in the summer of 2021 during a TV media appearance. They are younger and blonder

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 26/09/2026

Making good use of my work benefits before I’m gone … new glasses 😎

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 26/09/2026

This week marked my 5 years (!!) on testosterone, a milestone that felt so far away at one point. I’m grateful to get to live this life in this place and time. Grateful for community and love and aging with agency. And grateful every day that I made the decision to start 💕✨

Mel 5 years ago, pre T and notably beardless

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 24/09/2026

This is fantastically reported story, but I really don't know why we're still out here doing this

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 23/09/2026

Here are some of the other adults dressed like animals that represent university teams Tuberville worked for over the years

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 23/09/2026

"Your pilot could have a deranged fetish of dressing up like an animal" Friendly reminder that before politics, Tommy Tuberville was a college football coach. Here he is with the University of Auburn's mascot, Aubie.

A human in a fursuit with football coach turned Republican senator Tommy Tuberville

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 23/09/2026

"After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?"

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 23/09/2026

No matter your political stripe ... you gotta admit this has meme potential

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 18/09/2026

"People just decided he was lame and I have no idea why"

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 17/09/2026

I'm sorry, but you gotta admit that Macklemore's "Same Love" still goes hard!!! xtramagazine.com/culture/mack...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 17/09/2026

Allow me to take you back to a more simple time ... xtramagazine.com/culture/mack...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 17/09/2026

Live look at an open Google Doc in my browser right now 😔

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 14/09/2026

The toast is not pleased with this development

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 14/09/2026

Hobby has to have medicated cream on her face this week, but the cone is so big and tragic on her. Our solution so she can’t get at it: she becomes TOAST (Goo is very bewildered by her toast sister!)

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 08/09/2026

Update: the merch was a beautiful riso-printed poster and locally printed t-shirt (both designed by one of the brides!) And they also had a button-maker so we got to take pictures and turn them into buttons :)

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 29/08/2026

Facebook memories were a mistake

A Facebook memory of a haunted looking image of 15-year-old Mel.

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 27/08/2026

I am not ready for this!! I need more time to absorb vitamin D!! My stores are not bountiful enough to get me through the long winter!!!

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 25/08/2026

<3 xtramagazine.com/culture/doll...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 25/08/2026

At my very queer wedding last week, in the wee hours of the night, we danced to my favourite Dolly Parton song, “Potential New Boyfriend.” xtramagazine.com/culture/doll...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, a legend and an ally forever and always www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 25/08/2026

A Hobgoblin to bless your timeline ✨

A tortoiseshell Persian cat lounges on a wooden table beside some potted plants

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 24/08/2026

For context, it’s been about a year and a half since I’ve grown it out this much (the siren song of mustache kept calling me!) …. and the difference is notable! March 2025 to August 2026

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 24/08/2026

It’s been a long time coming, but nearly five years on T, I think I’m finally at a point where this fall I can actually commit to beard life 🧔🏻‍♂️

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 19/08/2026

Happy Butch Appreciation Day to the Toronto Tempo's new mascot, Dez the turtle.

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 18/08/2026

Really loved Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. The world needs many many more movies about sex, transition, finding someone to match your horny freak, self-insert fanfiction, and Gillian Anderson holding a BIG plate of fried chicken.

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 16/08/2026

Married my favourite person yesterday <3

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 10/08/2026

We can't separate the tone of discourse about trans women and the WNBA over the past few weeks from the larger movement to alienate trans people from public life. xtramagazine.com/culture/wnba...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 10/08/2026

Let's be clear: trans women in women’s sports is only an issue because it was made to be one. xtramagazine.com/culture/wnba...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 04/08/2026

Ah yes, the two leading voices the world needs to hear from about about "trans debate" and women's sports

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 04/08/2026

Our wedding guests are going to lose their minds during the "Boys" block

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 03/08/2026

Cultural silos are so fascinating. I don't think I personally know a single person who went to see this this weekend. I'm not particularly an ant-Marvel snob or anything, but this number is wild to me!!!

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 03/08/2026

And yes, I also got the Blahaj sticker 😌

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 01/08/2026

New favourite reaction image just dropped

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 01/08/2026

We have reached a point in public online discourse where people are accusing the Vancouver Park Board of hiring paid actors and doctoring photos to "lie" to the public about Kits Pool 😵‍💫

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 28/07/2026

💅 xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-...

Like, surely Timmies could find a Canadian property to slap on a donut? Tate McRae didn’t want to make a “Sports Car” Timbits box? No one thought to put Anne of Green Gables braids on the iced coffee cups? Did Heated Rivalry turn down the prospect of a Shane Hollander “I’d prefer to be the hole” donut?

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 27/07/2026

Also, I get into it in this piece, but I disagree pretty strongly with that viral take going around suggesting that Nolan is making some commentary on transness by casting Elliot Page ... let trans people be in movies without it being about them being trans!! xtramagazine.com/culture/elli...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 23/07/2026

Sidenote: we do love to see mainstream press citing the student paper (my student paper!) for their original reporting—but I wish CBC would link to their story too!

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 22/07/2026

A Goo Goo to bless your timeline 😇

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 20/07/2026

More great details on the making of in this piece that had me audibly saying "hell yeah" www.vulture.com/article/chri...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 15/07/2026

Particularly some good insights on misinformation ... but I disagree with the framing here of "fake news." Using the term "fake news" often perpetuates the problem because, mis and disinformation usually doesn't take the form of "fake news" ... these days it's so much more subtle.

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 15/07/2026

Lots of interesting takeaways in this new Egale report on public perceptions of LGBTQ2S+ inclusion in Canada. egale.ca/awareness/pu...

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 15/07/2026

Goo Goo really is just like this

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 13/07/2026

My partner updated our shared calendar for the week, and I am obsessed with “Odussy”

A whiteboard calendar. The entry for July 16 says “Chrissy Nolan’s Odussy”

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 13/07/2026

I love her so much 😭

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 13/07/2026

Teaching Hobgoblin how to touch grass

A tortoiseshell Persian looks up wide eyed. She’s on a leash outside in the grass, next to a pair of Crocs

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 08/07/2026

This year's Emmy nominees for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program is really giving "Emmy category most likely to be a great hang"

The 2026 emmy nominations for outstanding host for a reality program -- Rupaul, Alan Cumming, Kristen Kish, Ariana Madix, and Jeff Probst

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 03/07/2026

Even though it's been several months, it's of vital importance to name what spread in those initial hours for what it was. From the report: “It is a matter of public interest in identifying and denouncing discriminatory and hate-filled speech."

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