Bex vanKoot

  • Transgender awareness growing in society, but science has yet to make more strides

    It has been a tremendous month for transgender people across North America. On June 4th, just days after Caitlyn Jenner became the first transwoman to ever grace the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, here in Canada the revolutionary Bill 77 received unanimous support from every party in the legislative assembly. The bill, introduced by New Democrat Party MPP Cheri DiNovo in March, bans conversion therapy, a practice aimed at changing the orientations of LGBT (an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities) individuals. It is the first law of its kind in North America to address gender conversion specifically.

  • Taking on the 'Pink Tax': How much does it really cost to be a woman?

    If you were to visit the pharmacy and purchase what appeared to be two identical products of the same volume, for the same purpose and with the same active ingredients, would you expect the pink one to cost more?