Biography
Jonathan (He/Him) is a scholar of American and Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ legal history. His research focuses on the history of police power and constitutional law as applied by the legal systems in Canada and the United States to the Queer and Trans community. His S.S.H.R.C.-funded M.A. thesis, “Blue Laws Matter: Post-Jim Crow Police Power, Stop and Frisk, and the Agents that Populated the Carceral State,” focused on the role of the United States Supreme Court in legalizing the police practice known as Stop and Frisk.
Jonathan is also a passionate advocate for 2SLGBTQ+ rights and a survivor of the discredited practice of conversion therapy (a.k.a. SOGIECE). His advocacy work contributed to the national criminalization of conversion therapy practices in Canada in 2021. He has appeared on CTV News, CBC News, CBC Radio, the Voice of America, Le Soleil, Le Devoir, and the Ottawa Citizen.