Journalist | Writer | Editor Work in The Walrus, Xtra, The Tyee, HuffPost, CBC and others 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (they/them) Vancouver Subscribe to my newsletter, Ranch Baby: https://ranch-baby.ghost.io/ Work with me: melwoods.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwtpbbby2k2qThank GOODNESS Carly Rae Jepsen is playing the Orpheum this time around and not Thunderbird Arena 🙏01 Oct 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtpbbby2k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwtdwb4j322rI've got a week between my last day at Xtra and the next full-time thing starting, and it's so weird to be fully logged off of stuff. I know this is good for me! A break is nice and a luxury! But it also feels weird to not have 15 tabs of work-related accounts open at once.01 Oct 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtdwb4j322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwqxqagrxs2vToday 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!30 Sep 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqxqagrxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwqxqagrxs2vToday 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!30 Sep 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqxqagrxs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwmalbxoyk2iFresh off the digital presses from me today in @xtramagazine.com, on Canadian election season and how our progressive parties can actually speak up for trans people instead of staying quiet and letting anti-trans bad actors set the terms of the conversation. https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/canada-elections-transgender-rights-28477128 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmalbxoyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwmalbxoyk2iFresh off the digital presses from me today in @xtramagazine.com, on Canadian election season and how our progressive parties can actually speak up for trans people instead of staying quiet and letting anti-trans bad actors set the terms of the conversation. https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/canada-elections-transgender-rights-28477128 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmalbxoyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwkko5bbpk2dJust saw a cursed image of Sombr standing next to Madonna … it’s giving Slenderman28 Sep 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkko5bbpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwhdohf4uk2cMaking good use of my work benefits before I’m gone … new glasses 😎26 Sep 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhdohf4uk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mweveprbjk27This 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 💕✨25 Sep 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweveprbjk27https://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mweuu56rys27The iced coffee job interview discourse is homophobic. In this essay, I will …25 Sep 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweuu56rys27https://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwe3qcmrpc2zI enjoyed Primetime (as much as you can enjoy a movie like that). It's a real gift for the lovers of "RPatz in weird little freak mode" and really curates a super specific vibe that I found very interesting to watch.25 Sep 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe3qcmrpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwcb7kmkfs2zGlad to have a good take from @cohaug.bsky.social about the lesbian bar discourse in Xtra today 👍 https://xtramagazine.com/power/identity/lesbian-bar-greenfield-boston-globe-28468424 Sep 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcb7kmkfs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mw4qnkpc4227As we sit on the precipice of another election in BC—particularly considering the climate with the Democrats in the U.S. right now—it's worth pushing progressive politicians to vocally affirm their support of LGBTQ2S+ folks (and particularly trans people), rather than accepting silence as support.22 Sep 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4qnkpc4227https://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwbugd6d2k2eThis is fantastically reported story, but I really don't know why we're still out here doing this [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbugd6d2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwbxzm5byc2eICYMI ... big changes coming! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbxzm5byc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mwbugd6d2k2eThis is fantastically reported story, but I really don't know why we're still out here doing this [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbugd6d2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mw7el6rxmc2iCanadian journalists who want be better about covering trans people ... This FREE workshop @transjournalists.org and @cajournalists.bsky.social is great (I would know, I helped develop it). The first one is in Toronto on Oct. 2. ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7el6rxmc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mw7el6rxmc2iCanadian journalists who want be better about covering trans people ... This FREE workshop @transjournalists.org and @cajournalists.bsky.social is great (I would know, I helped develop it). The first one is in Toronto on Oct. 2. ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7el6rxmc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melwoods.me/post/3mw7drc4zmk2i"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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:s7e2pgitidbupzya3eujgz2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7drc4zmk2i