Oliver Leon

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    In my last semester at Dawson College, being in an androgynous in-between state got to be too much.

  • Where Are the Gender-Neutral Bathrooms?

    In my last semester at Dawson College, being in an androgynous in-between state got to be too much.

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    Now that I’ve been writing for The Link for an entire month of the new school year, I reckon we know each other well enough for me to share this with you, so let me tell you stories about my childhood.

  • Storytime

    Now that I’ve been writing for The Link for an entire month of the new school year, I reckon we know each other well enough for me to share this with you, so let me tell you stories about my childhood.

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    I had the privilege this week of interviewing my beautiful friend Jen, of We Happy Trans fame. We met online, where we managed to discuss Kant and flirt for all the world to see. She kindly agreed to answer my questions.

  • Interview With Jen of We Happy Trans

    I had the privilege this week of interviewing my beautiful friend Jen, of We Happy Trans fame. We met online, where we managed to discuss Kant and flirt for all the world to see. She kindly agreed to answer my questions.

  • What are the Benefits to an Androgynous Society?

    Imagine that you’ve landed on another planet where the inhabitants are human beings who have no gender, except for once a month when they have sex.

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    Imagine that you’ve landed on another planet where the inhabitants are human beings who have no gender, except for once a month when they have sex.

  • A Second Chance

    Did you like that tumultuous time when you didn’t understand what was going on with your body, your emotions or your hormones?

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    Did you like that tumultuous time when you didn’t understand what was going on with your body, your emotions or your hormones?

  • Special Issue

    Something You’re Not

    I am no longer read as a woman. I have a deep enough voice and enough body hair that it is never in question any longer. I look dudely, and nobody questions my gender. I absolutely cannot go into women’s bathrooms or locker rooms anymore. As a female-to-male transexual, this is quite the relief.

  • Big Transsexual Agenda—A Decision on Sterilization

    I was at the supermarket a few years ago and I saw this tabloid headline: “World’s First Pregnant Man.”

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    I was at the supermarket a few years ago and I saw this tabloid headline: “World’s First Pregnant Man.”

  • Special Issue

    A Trans Man’s Rant

    Oliver Leon is The Link’s trans columnist, and he’s really tired of getting the same questions asked over and over again

  • Special Issue

    Fear of Flying

    A regulatory change quietly made to the Aeronautics Act by Transport Canada last July could disallow transsexual and transgender people from boarding flights leaving Canada.

  • A Very Transexual Christmas

    I want to share my transition. I want to write to you about public bathrooms, navigating my name change and taking hormones.

  • Opinions

    That Transsexual Guy

    I want to share my transition. I want to write to you about public bathrooms, navigating my name change and taking hormones.

  • News

    Transphobic Reality

    Roughly 40 well-layered people congregated in Berri Square on a rather chilly Nov. 20 to recognize the fifth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

  • Opinions

    That Transexual Guy

    “I want to share my transition. I want to write to you about public bathrooms, navigating my name change and taking hormones. I want to tell you about the scary parts, the fun times and share with you the celebrations that come along with transitioning. I want to tell you all of this because I think that it is important that you know about it.”

  • Opinions

    That Transexual Guy

    Goods news, Concordia! I start hormones on Oct. 26. Are you excited for me? If you are, congratulate me! Really, do. It’s a good thing. It means that you are acknowledging my struggle and patting me on the back.