In my third year of being trans, I discovered that I like dancing. This was a surprise. Dancing is meditative, therapeutic – healing even. Now I try to go dancing as often as I can. This the story of how I learned I love to dance.
Unlike housing or wealth inequality or climate change, traffic safety is almost entirely in control of my local municipality. My city councillor doesn't have jurisdiction over air pollution, or carbon taxes, or whether we roll back the clocks. But the city of Toronto does have jurisdiction over how my local roads are designed and built.
When you next walk through the residential streets of Toronto's west end, take a look at the houses around you. Before long, you'll see the azulejos.
I attended a public meeting organized by city hall councillors Mike Layton and Joe Cressy to discuss Westbank's planning application for the Mirvish Village redevelopment.