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Tobin Ng

(They/Them)
Ottawa
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I’m a fact checker, journalist and editor based in Ottawa. I’ve fact-checked articles for The Walrus, Toronto Life, Canada’s History and other magazines, as well as Phoenixed, an award-winning investigative podcast about Canada’s federal payroll disaster. I write arts and culture stories about queer and trans communities for outlets such as Maclean’s, Broadview and This. In my day jobs, I’m a co-ordinator at the Canadian media development organization Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) and a co…

Tobin Ng’s Journalist Portfolio

'Parade' invites us to embrace queer history to tackle the present

'Parade' invites us to embrace queer history to tackle the present

Noam Gonick's new documentary turns the spotlight on Canada's long-overlooked LGBTQ2S+ activists to tell thei…

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'Gender ideology,' the new anti-LGBTQ2S+ buzzword, explained

'Gender ideology,' the new anti-LGBTQ2S+ buzzword, explained

Experts weigh in on what the term tells us about the goals, language and future of the global anti-trans move…

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Breaking the News

Breaking the News

Amid a crisis of trust in media, live journalism seeks to reconnect journalists and audiences.

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‘Girls Like Girls’ once meant everything to me. I’ve outgrown it

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By Tobin Ng
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During a 2010s-nostalgia-inspired edition of our gay music video nights a few years ago, my girlfriend and I stumbled upon the video for Hayley Kiyoko’s “Girls Like Girls.” The last time I’d seen it was as a closeted teenager, when I’d spend school nights watching Kiyoko’s videos on a loop. Alone downstairs in the dark, with one earbud in and an eye on the door in case my parents came by, I committed every detail of “Girls Like Girls” to memory, trying to manifest a lesbian love story of my own.
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‘Mother Mary’ nails how devastating a first lesbian breakup can be

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By Tobin Ng
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Last summer, I saw a ghost. I was walking to my friend’s place just before midnight, the city’s hum seeming quieter in the comedown from a concert. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her. The first girl I loved, walking alongside me, just a few feet away. I broke into a cold sweat. I hadn’t seen her in seven years, since the summer she moved abroad and I across the country. I quickened my pace and tried to pass her, but at the next intersection, she caught up.
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‘Parade’ invites us to embrace queer history to tackle the present

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By Tobin Ng
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In an early scene in Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, dozens of people clad in leather jackets, blazers and bell bottoms march toward the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Some carry rain-battered signs with slogans like “We will not hide our love away,” while others link arms and huddle under umbrellas. The camera is situated in the midst of the crowd, and as viewers, it feels as though we’re brushing shoulders with the protestors as they pass by.
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