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Niko Stratis

Toronto
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Covers:  culture, LGBTQ issues
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Niko Stratis’s Biography

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Niko Stratis is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in places like Xtra, Bitch, HuffPo Canada and THIS. Her writing tends to focus on issues pertaining to queer and trans people, something she as a queer trans woman is adeuqately qualifed to do. She lives in Toronto, Ontario with her partner and their dog and cat. She is a cancer.

Niko Stratis’s Journalist Portfolio

What Getting Sober Taught Me About Coming Out

What Getting Sober Taught Me About Coming Out

For a long time, alcohol worked to suppress my questioning—until my questions became too powerful to ignore

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Instagrammable Startups Can't Save Trans Healthcare

Instagrammable Startups Can't Save Trans Healthcare

My morning routine is consistent. I wake up, fumble for my glasses, and mindlessly scroll social media feeds …

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The World According to Abigail Thorn

The World According to Abigail Thorn

The personality behind the massive Philosophy Tube brand has come out as trans—and with that comes heaps of e…

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Netflix's "Disclosure" Reconciles Trans Pain and Joy

Netflix's "Disclosure" Reconciles Trans Pain and Joy

I used to think I was alone in wanting to fake my own death. I had a basic plan: Sneak out of town in the dea…

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When Media Misreports Our Stories, Trans People Are Left To Clean Up The Mess

When Media Misreports Our Stories, Trans People Are Left To Clean Up The Mess

Out of respect for the individuals referred to in this article, deadnames have been replaced with the correct…

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Articles

The bright and bold summer perfection of OMC’s “How Bizarre”

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I lost all hearing in my left ear and most of my right for an afternoon after a dry ice bomb made from a plastic 7UP bottle exploded in my face in the summer of ’97. An explosion of consequence more than accident, although in truth it was both, that changed the nature of ice cream shipping to our small grocery store in the Yukon forever. When a sense goes away, it’s natural to cherish a last sensation before going numb. How beautiful the last taste or smell was and never will be again.
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The imagined odyssey of Fastball’s “The Way” opened the door to another world

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Alt-Rock Dept. is author Niko Stratis’ essay series about working at a grocery store in the mid-Nineties and the radio songs that filled every aisle and stockroom. I believe everyone has a favorite donut, though there are some who will never admit it. I’m certain there are those who believe they are beyond such things, and there are others who are undecided, and in the middle remain us.
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Niko Stratis on “God Only Knows”

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The Pet Sounds Project is Paste’s two-week celebration of the Beach Boys’ eleventh album, which turns sixty years old on May 16, 2026. If a piece of music can be something more than itself, then imagine “God Only Knows” as a Rorschach test. A swirling and beautiful abyss that, once stared into, conjures reflections of the heart.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, my parents got an electric typewriter when I was a kid and I loved writing on it. The earliest stories I wrote for myself were on that

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter, as toxic as it is, I love the connection to people

Why did you become a journalist?

I fell into it. I love to write and share stories and I needed to make a career change.