Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Lorimer Shenher
This One Looks Like a Boy
Available March 31, 2019 Inspiring and honest, this unique memoir of gender transition and coming-of-age proves it’s never too late to find your true identity. Since he was a small child, Lorimer Shenher knew something for certain: he was a boy. The problem was, he was growing up in a girl’s body.
'I’m Supposed To Be A Boy.' My Long Transition Into Manhood
My earliest memory is of the first day of kindergarten. We were told to get into two lines: one for boys and the other for girls. This was the first time in my young life I’d been presented with such a choice, so I walked to the boys’ line and quietly took my place. Our teacher, Miss Olson, stepped to the front of our two lines and surveyed us, counting to herself. She rested her kind gaze on me as she instructed all of us to get our coats on for some outside playtime.
BNC CataList - Evergreen 2020
Request a reading copy Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate contact at You will receive a copy of the email request. Any questions about the status of your request should be directed to the publisher contact. Request a reading copy You have already requested a reading copy of by The request was made on .
What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship
In 2010, publishing icon Tina Brown founded the Women in the World Summit, dubbed “the premier showcase for women of impact and for the men who champion them.” Six years later, I presented at the New York event on a panel called “Canada’s Shame: The stories of hundreds of murdered and missing women” beside MP Carolyn Bennett, Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Michele Pineault in Manhattan’s Lincoln Centre.
This One Looks Like a Boy: My Gender Journey to Life as a Man | Quill and Quire
by Lorimer Shenher by Rick Prashaw with Adam Prashaw Ten years ago, I read a book called Almost Perfect. The young-adult novel by Brian Katcher won some awards and was held up as a powerful, nuanced portrayal of a young trans person. But the reality did not live up to the book’s billing.
That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away: Shenher, Lorimer: 9781771640930: Books
Review "That Lonely Section of Hell is a primer for PTSD.
Inability to focus steers troubled MMIWG Inquiry into rocks
The trash fire that is the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWGI) shows no sign of maturing into a functional entity. Over last week alone, we saw the questionable internal email of newly-appointed Executive Director Debbie Reid, advising her beleaguered staff there’s a new sheriff town and they had better turn their focus to protecting the four commissioners from criticism. Eight staff have resigned or been fired since she took over the reigns.
Lorimer Shenher: MMIWG Inquiry is a 'trash fire'
The trash fire that is the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWGI) shows no sign of maturing into a functional entity. Over last week alone, we saw the questionable internal email of newly-appointed Executive Director Debbie Reid, advising her beleaguered staff there’s a new sheriff town and they had better turn their focus to protecting the four commissioners from criticism. Eight staff have resigned or been fired since she took over the reigns.
B.C.'s new NDP premier wasn't always on the path to becoming a political leader
|
His father died from a brain aneurysm when he was 18 months old. Money was tight for his mother who struggled to raise four children alone and there were times food hampers were delivered to the Horgan home. British Columbia's next premier said in an interview earlier this year those personal struggles opened his heart. "My mom taught me if there was someone who needed help you should step in and help them,'' said Horgan, 57, who grew up wanting to be a social worker.
By Linda Givetash Verified, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, Clothilde Goujard Verified, Lorimer Shenher
|
National Observer
Verified
Trump plan would expand oil drilling in Arctic and Atlantic
The Trump administration said Thursday it is taking steps to expand oil drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans as President Donald Trump continues to push for U.S. "energy dominance" in the global market. The Interior Department is rewriting a five-year drilling plan established by the Obama administration, with an eye toward opening areas in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans that now are off-limits to drilling.
Untethering colonial rule for Canada's 150th birthday
On July 1 as Canada celebrates its 150th year, I and many other Indigenous peoples will be looking on with dismay — not to be antagonistic, but out of disappointment, mistrust and frustration because Canada still practices colonization today. It is difficult to join in the celebration when it is accompanied by this level of obliviousness about colonization and how it continues to oppress Indigenous peoples.
Let's celebrate Canada’s 150th with a course correction on MMIWG inquiry
As Canada prepares to observe 150 years of Confederation, it’s clear that celebratory rhetoric doesn’t square with the country’s treatment of Indigenous people and their women in particular. We are a country of two solitudes. As colonizers—guests in this country—we are preparing the celebrate the genocide of a beautiful people.
Hilarious horror film trailer spoofs Canucks for Canada150
National Observer's own award-winning reporter Elizabeth McSheffrey stars in Canada Day, a hilarious horror spoof of Canada's 150th anniversary. If you liked Canadian Bacon, you'll definitely want to see this six-and-a-half minute trailer, written and directed by Ottawa's Kyle Martellacci, founder of the independent film production company, Red Razor Pictures. In the short trailer, McSheffrey plays a college student named Regina with a shaky grasp of history and geography.
Trudeau government expresses confidence in NEB after its report says opposite
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is sidestepping an appeal from Canada’s two largest provinces to halt the work of Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) — a federal regulator that even the government says needs an overhaul to rebuild public trust. Ottawa proposed on Thursday to reform the Calgary-based NEB in response to criticism, including from federal Liberals when they were in opposition, that it had lost the confidence of Canadians.
LGBTQ officers need to pick the right target
Smiling white police officers in uniform, posing for selfies with brother officers of colour, each adorned with the rainbow paraphernalia of Pride. It’s good stuff, isn’t it? “Our Pride includes the police!” is shouted from metaphoric rooftops. They laughingly trade their MP-5s and 9 mms for Super Soakers, blasting water at the crowd in summertime fun. But, whose Pride is it? Who is “our” and who does that “our” exclude when the cry is for inclusive Pride parades?
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Lorimer
Contact Lorimer, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack