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Fae Johnstone
Last published Feb. 2026 · On our record since 2018
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“they're facing the perfect storm: economic precarity, government belt-tightening and corporations rescinding financial support, all made worse by a social and political climate increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ acceptance.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- If we don’t help LGBTQ+ organizations now, services will disappear | OpinionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 10, 2026
- Johnstone: Queers for Palestine was right to disrupt the Pride paradeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 3, 2025
- Johnstone: Here's why Alberta’s sweeping changes to transgender policies are badly misguidedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 28, 2024
- Johnstone: Let's move trans rights from paper into practiceOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 16, 2023
- Johnstone: Let's move trans rights from paper into practiceOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 13, 2023
- Opinion: Let's move trans rights from paper into practiceOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 13, 2023
- Johnstone: As hate rises, we need straight allies to show up for queer people at Pride on SundayOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 22, 2023
- Johnstone: City of Ottawa must do better to support queer residentsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 17, 2023
- Opinion | The NDP have a plan to improve trans rights — I invite the Liberals to act on itOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2023
- Johnstone: Amid rising hate, provinces must support 2SLGBTQIA+ peopleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 12, 2023
- Opinion | We face a critical moment in the fight against trans and queer hate campaignsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 10, 2023
- Johnstone: Anti-queer hate is on the rise. Why aren't governments acting?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 21, 2023
- Johnstone: Anti-queer hate is on the rise. Why aren't governments acting?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 20, 2023
- Johnstone: Time to act on gender-affirming health care in OntarioOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 28, 2022
- Opinion | Six years in, Trudeau government’s work on 2SLGBTQI+ issues is still underwhelmingOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 30, 2022
- Johnstone: Canada needs to do more to protect LGBTQ2+ rightsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 10, 2022
- Opinion: Canada needs to do more to protect LGBTQ2+ rightsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 9, 2022
- Opinion | Dear Doug Ford, please don’t ignore Ontario’s LGBTQ2+ communities for another four yearsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 30, 2022
- Opinion | Spanking violates children’s right to protection from violence. Why does Canada still allow it?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2022
- Spanking violates children’s right to protection from violence. Why does Canada still allow it?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2022
- Johnstone: Ontario election — political parties must step up on LGBTQ2+ issuesOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 6, 2022
- Johnstone: Ambitions for Ottawa — an integrated health hub for the 2SLGBTQ+ communityOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 20, 2021
- Opinion | Canada has banned conversion therapy but there is more work to be doneOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2021
- Johnstone: Provinces must step up on health services for trans peopleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 22, 2021
- Johnstone and Sabourin: City of Ottawa must take a stand against conversion therapyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 9, 2020
- Johnstone: Federal government must do more to protect trans peopleOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 19, 2019
- Johnstone: Federal government must do more to protect trans peopleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 19, 2019
- Johnstone: The Ford government is about to make things even harder for trans kidsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 31, 2019
- Johnstone: Catholic School needs to explain why it (temporarily) banned this bookOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 28, 2019
- Johnstone: Catholic School needs to explain why it (temporarily) banned this bookOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 28, 2019
- Johnstone: $450,000 fund for LGBTQ2S+ safety is a pittance of what we needOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 5, 2018
- Johnstone: $450,000 fund for LGBTQ2S+ safety is a pittanceOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 5, 2018
- PC gender identity resolution is as misguided as it is dangerous | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 19, 2018
- Sex ed curriculum needs parental voice — and evidence too | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 9, 2018
- Johnstone: Here's why attacking the sex-ed curriculum is so misguidedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 12, 2018
- Johnstone: Ontario parties must do better to help trans and gender-diverse peopleOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 30, 2018