Standing at six-foot-two and weighing-in at 220 pounds, male-to-female transgender handballer Hannah Mouncey is dominating at the women’s Asian Championships in Japan. Mouncey literally towers over opponents and overpowers them in reach, strength, speed, and weight, but has been allowed to compete as a woman despite the incredible advantage. With Mouncey leading the drive, Australia is back in the hunt for an Asian Women’s Handball championship for the first time in years. Before his transition to female in May 2016, Mousey played for the Australian men’s handball team. Due to Mouncey’s weight, height, and testosterone levels, he was barred from entering the Australian Football League, Women’s (AFLW) draft, last year. Mouncey wrote a piece for The Guardian in September blasting the AFL for their regulations. He noted specifically that the weight regulation is a form of “body shaming” and a blow to all women, transgender or not. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqRJkNIwW-A

They/them announced as 'word of the decade'. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3KkTqMXP9E

Former Conservative candidate Heather Leung says she plans to run as an Independent in her riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, despite the fact her affiliation will still be listed as Conservative due to Elections Canada rules. When a party kicks out a candidate after Elections Canada's Sept. 30 deadline, their name still appears next to the party affiliation on printed ballots. "I want everyone to know that you can still vote for me by putting a check mark by Heather Leung on the ballot even though Conservative appears by my name," said Leung in a statement issued Monday. Leung was booted from the party last week over comments she made about the LGBTQ community. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHMPlWcnkg

Concerned parents have successfully fought against the implementation of a controversial new sex education program for elementary school children. California’s Fremont Unified School District board voted against the controversial sex ed curriculum, which would have taught elementary school students about sexual orientation, gender identity and rape to students in grades 4-6. The school district now finds itself at odds with California state law– the Healthy Youth Act - enacted in 2016. Read more here... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/outraged-california-parents-win-block-radical-elementary-sex-ed-program http://abc7news.com/education/fremont-unified-votes-on-controversial-sex-education-curriculum/3423321/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2D91nELx5E