Shorter University, a small university in Rome, Georgia that you’ve likely never heard of before today, has announced that it will now be requiring each of its employees sign a “pledge of personal lifestyle.” The pledge is an assertion that the employee is not gay, and does not “engage in all sexuality not in agreement […]
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Slap Upside The Head: Saying It Gets Better Isn’t Enough
Canada’s own Rick Mercer posted a particularly good Rick Mercer Rant last week, prompted in part by the Conservative Party’s ill-thought-out and poorly timed contribution to the It Gets Better project. The rant quickly gained viral status online with its simple message: It’s not enough to just say “It gets better” and leave it at […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Lesbian Couple Asked To Leave Tim Hortons
A young lesbian couple was asked to leave a Tim Hortons restaurant in Blenheim, Ontario after a pastor complained to the manager that the two were kissing. The couple claims that they were simply holding hands and kissed each other the cheek when a manager told them to tone it down or have to deal […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Tories Release “It Gets Better” Video
The federal Conservative party has released an “It Gets Better” video, telling GLBT teens to stick through the tough times after another bullying-related suicide made headlines last week. Now, I believe the Tories sincerely wish to reduce teen suicides, but the fact is they’ve consistently acted to effect policies to make life worse for GLBT […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: Writing makes you mad
… isolator isolates!, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr.
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For the folks in Halifax:
Continue readingThe Skwib: Star-crossed lovers
1960 … formerly unknown Mexican sci-fi!, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr. The being had crossed all of known space to find her, Lola LaBozla, the smartest woman on Earth. It had tracked her from Earth orbit using the prototype of her own wearable artificial intelligence unit and spaghetti cleanser (AIUSC), that while […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Parents Start New Party Against School Anti-Bullying Policies
A new civic party has been started in Burnaby, British Columbia in direct opposition to some new anti-homophobic bullying initiatives introduced by the Burnaby School Board trustees last June. Calling themselves Parents’ Voice, the party is in opposition to the board’s existing anti-bullying policy on gender identity and sexual orientation, which they call “homosexual propoganda.” Actually, […]
Continue readingMeanwhile, next door…
Despite Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s best wishes to quash all legislative debate and public discussion of the development of the Lower Churchill, there will be a Standing Committee Meeting tasked specifically with examination of the project.Members of th…
Continue readingMath – a partial antidote to hyperbole
The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour is trumpeting a report on wealth sharing, authored by Laval Political Economist Travis William Fast. (Which I would like to read and would happily link to if anyone can provide a .url or .pdf)According…
Continue readingNow that the election is over…
Less than a week after her party’s re-election, Premier Kathy Dunderdale informed voters that the House of Assembly would not be re-opening until the Spring, in part because she deems it dysfunctional, and as she told the CBC’s David Cochrane:”We need …
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The Western Star has latched on to a story that first ran this weekend in Halifax’s Chronicle Herald about a coalition of environmental advocates calling for Nova Scotia Power to consider buying readily available hydroelectricity from Quebec rather th…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Too much Matrix
Photo by Rodney Smith, via kraftgenie on Flickr.
Jones had seen The Matrix at least a dozen times, and one day, it just seemed to describe reality better than the demented ramblings of Sir Isaac Newton.
Alltop is one of those spider things. But funny.
The Skwib: Arrow Shirts, for the lady’s head fancier
1947—Nice spot to be in -Arrow – by Coby Whitmore, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr. Copy: Do you enjoy the luxuriant feel of a decapitated head? Then put yourself in an Arrow shirt; that one-and-only Arrow Collar won’t do you a bit of harm, nor will its Mitoga shaped-to-your-shape fit. Every Arrow […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Thoughts On The Bill Whatcott Supreme Court Case
Bill Whatcott, Canada’s most hysterical anti-gay activist, has headed to the Supreme Court of Canada. I’ve talked a lot about Whatcott in the past, but here’s a quick recap: He was fined in 2005 for violating Saskatchewan hate laws by repeatedly distributing fliers calling gay people child molestors, dismissing all gay people as “sodomites,” and […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Give A Damn Campaign Targets Unfit Parents
Cyndi Lauper has been promoting an important anti-homophobia campaign with a new message aimed squarely at parents who harm and discriminate against their own children. It’s a sad statistic that gay, lesbian, and trans youth are disproportionately represented among all homeless youth in North America, falling between 20 and 40 percent of the total homeless […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: porch
porch, a photo by philipjbond on Flickr. Boba Fett’s journal: “Last night I had that terrible dream where I got slowly digested over a 1000 years again. I wonder what it means? But in real world — totally looking forward to the Hutt Annual BBQ this weekend. Life has been so good since I captured […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: More Letters Wanted For The Purple Letter Campaign
The Purple Letter Campaign is a really great letter-writing campaign in B.C. with a simple goal: Get the government to adopt official policies to make schools safer for GLBT students and staff. The campaign, which was started by community members Ryan Clayton and Kaitlin Burnett, asks for people like you to share your stories and […]
Continue readingElection results – NL
Elections Newfoundland & Labrador has done a great job with their site this year by the look of things.Results go live in about half an hour’s time. Check it out, here.
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