{{short description|Canadian journalist}} '''Rachel Giese''' is a Canadian journalist, who won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing in 2019 for her book ''Boys: What It Means to Become a Man''.<ref name=nationalpost2019-05-16/> Currently the editorial director of LGBT news website ''Daily Xtra'', her work has also appeared in ''The Grid'', ''The Walrus'', the ''Toronto Star'', ''Chatelaine'', ''The Globe and Mail'', ''Toronto Life'', ''Canadian Business'', ''Hazlitt'' and ''Flare''.<ref name=xtra>{{cite news | url = https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/xtra-names-rachel-giese-editorial-director-696654811.html | title = Xtra names Rachel Giese editorial director | work = Canada NewsWire | date = 2018-10-10 | location = Toronto | accessdate = 2019-04-25 | quote = Pink Triangle Press, Canada's leading LGBT media organization and parent of Xtra (dailyxtra.com), announced today the appointment of Rachel Giese as Xtra's director of editorial, effective November 5, 2018. }}</ref> She has taught feature journalism writing at Ryerson University, and has been heard on CBC Radio as a guest host of ''Q'',<ref name=andthenshad/> ''Day 6'' and ''The Sunday Edition''.<ref name=xtra/>
An out lesbian,<ref name=thestar2018-05-04/> she lives in Toronto with her partner Jenn Miller and their son.<ref name=TorStar2010-08-13/>
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<ref name=andthenshad> {{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/and-then-there-was-shad-inside-the-search-for-the-new-host-of-q/article23447219/ | title = And then there was Shad: inside the search for the new host of Q | work = The Globe and Mail | author = Simon Houpt | date = 2015-03-13 | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2019-10-11 | quote = While the executives and producers were also impressed by some of the journalists, such as Rachel Giese, Witten and the others ultimately felt they wanted to go with an artist instead. }} </ref>
<ref name=nationalpost2019-05-16> {{cite news | url = https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/journalist-rachel-giese-wins-25000-writers-trust-of-canada-award-for-book-on-masculinity | title = Journalist Rachel Giese wins $25,000 Writers' Trust of Canada award for book on masculinity | work = National Post | author = Jacob Dube | date = 2019-05-16 | page = | location = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2019-10-11 | quote = The Writers' Trust of Canada, a charity organization that supports Canadian writers through awards, fellowships and grants, announced Giese's win on May 15 at their annual Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa. }} </ref>
<ref name=TorStar2010-08-13> {{cite news | url = https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2010/08/13/sometimes_home_ownership_isnt_all_its_cracked_up_to_be.html | title = Sometimes home ownership isn't all it's cracked up to be | publisher = Toronto Star | author = David Hayes | date = 2010-08-13 | page = | location = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2017-05-07 | quote = Today, Giese is a freelance writer and editor, working from home. She's able to prepare Devon's breakfast and get him off to school while Miller gets ready for work. Then Giese works on assignments but still has time to get dinner supplies and pick up Devon after school. }} </ref>
<ref name=thestar2018-05-04> {{cite news | url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2018/05/04/what-could-a-gay-woman-in-a-same-sex-marriage-know-about-masculinity.html | title = What could a gay woman in a same-sex marriage, know about masculinity? | work = Toronto Star | author = Marcia Kaye | date = 2018-05-04 | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2019-04-25 | quote = In Giese's illuminating chapter on sex ed, she praises the Calgary-based program WiseGuyz, with its boys-only classes. She points out correctly that conversations about consent generally ignore that boys, too, experience sexual abuse. }} </ref>
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