Katherine Jameson Digby attends the City of Ottawa’s “Ottawa Stops Hate Together” session in search of answers about the stalled Women and Gender Equity Strategy. What follows is a sharply observed account of city equity officials, contested ideas about hate and inclusion, and the complete disregard for women’s sex-based rights in Ottawa ’s DEI framework.

What qualifications are required for a man to assume the frontline role of advising women on their sexual health?

"I think most of the Mayday demonstrators felt a similar protective, parental instinct toward these fragile young people who don’t seem to have much to look forward to in life other than being misgendered."