Very nice write-up on Xtra.ca about something I’ve been working on the last few months. I re-print it here in its entirety: Pride short-film showcase ON SCREEN / ‘It makes for a nice escape if people get a little Prided out’ – Chris Dupuis / Toronto / Monday, June 25,
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Queer-liberal: Fourth Horseman decides to postpone the Liberal Apocalypse…
Yes, Bob Rae made the right decision yesterday when he announced he won’t be a candidate for the permanent leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. It was right for him and right for the party. In my humble opinion, had Rae taken the reins of the federal Grits, after
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Hate speech made easier in Canada, thanks to the Harper Conservatives
Third reading passage of a Conservative private member’s bill, Bill C304, this past week got little media attention, except from Postmedia and a great opinion piece by Warren Kinsella. The bill, by Alberta Tory MP Brian Storseth, repeals sections of the Canadian Human Rights Act banning hate speech over the
Continue readingQueer-liberal: The dumb words of Rev. John Yake and other Catholic leaders
I have been following the ongoing debate in Ontario over the McGuinty government’s attempts to address rampant bullying in Ontario’s public schools. I support the recent amendment to Bill 13 which gives high school students the right to use the name, ‘Gay-Straight Alliance,’ in school club titles should they choose
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Yay Obama!
Today was a historic day. It’s the day President Barack Obama endorsed equal marriage in an emotional interview with ABC. I think it’s quite meaningful considering there is no consensus in the U.S. on this yet, the population is still divided on this issue. While Obama’s dragged his feet on
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Rob Ford: the big, fat homophobe strikes again!
The Wildrose Party in Alberta has nothing on Toronto (in the bigotry department) as long as Rob Ford, aka Mayor Fraud stays in office. If there were any fiscal conservatives or red Tories who still believed Ford’s refusal to participate in Pride events was anything other than a disgusting and
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Alberta set to elect Wildrose government filled with religious bigots…
Consider this metaphor: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith seems to resemble a lovely flower in her party surrounded by dying weeds. She’s promising that the weeds won’t overtake her if she leads her party to victory in the April 23rd Alberta election and that she’ll never legislate on contentious social issues
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Harper Conservative majority aiding Quebec separatists, MP says
All those dolts who wanted a Conservative majority in Ottawa because they were tired of exercising their democratic rights every two years and they wanted some kind of “stability”, well guess what? A Conservative majority with almost no support in Quebec is a recipe for undermining national unity and has
Continue readingQueer-liberal: The new Republican ad: "Join the Party!"
Fantastic little video that must be seen! Love it!
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Mulcair does better the morning after….
Okay, while Thomas Mulcair disappointed me with his uninspiring victory speech last night at the NDP convention in Toronto, his subsequent interviews with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge and with Craig Oliver this morning on CTV’s Question Period restored confidence. In politics as we know, giving a 10-minute barn burner of
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Mulcair, you can do better than that!!!
I joined the NDP to take part in a historic moment. I voted for Nathan Cullen as my first choice in today’s leadership race. Nathan’s unique, post-partisan appeal seemed a bit too ahead of his time, but at least he finished a very respectable third place and made his mark
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Federal Tories take just 5% in Toronto-Danforth byelection that elects newest openly gay MP!
The Conservatives are a fringe party in downtown Toronto. Even at their lowest popularity, the federal Liberals always did much, much better in opposition riding by-elections than tonight’s pathetic 5% Tory result in Toronto-Danforth. Yep. They’re fighting with the Greens for third place. The Tory vote has shrunk from 14%
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Canadian Christopher Plummer wins Oscar
The proudest moment for me during last night’s great Oscars telecast: Canadian Christopher Plummer winning Best Supporting Actor for his terrific performance in ‘Beginners.’ Richly deserved, the 82-year-old Toronto native who now makes his home in Connecticut becomes the oldest person to win an acting Oscar ever. And to win
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Horrifying: ‘Alta. doctors bill province for treating homosexuality’
Alberta, why must you always disappoint us?…
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Thumbs up for XTRA editorial: ‘Drummond’s glaring omission’
I heartily agree with Xtra’s Andrea Houston about Don Drummond’s glaring omission in his report last week, which could be nicknamed ‘How to cut inefficiencies and duplications in the Ontario government except those inefficiencies and duplications that might require a constitutional amendment and a little fortitude to take on historic
Continue readingQueer-liberal: A political strategy for re-visiting the Catholic school system in Ontario…
Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government has a minority of seats. Re-visiting the Catholic school system isn’t something that will likely be contemplated right now with the government’s fate hanging in the balance. But nevertheless this issue screams for action! This is perhaps Dalton McGuinty’s last term as our ‘Education Premier’ (unless
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Ontario’s Catholic schools quandary…
This article today by Chris Selley is the latest to clearly signal the increasingly irreconcilable conflict between the public sphere in Ontario and one of its two publicly funded education systems, namely the Catholic school system. While the provincial government has been working hard to combat the biggest threat to
Continue readingQueer-liberal: POOF! Your rights are gone: Harper’s new stealth attack on LGBT rights in Canada
Very disturbing, but not surprising. Stephen Harper and his over-bloated PMO control every aspect of federal government policy. So Harper expects us to believe he doesn’t know anything about this case or the revised government position that same sex couples from most foreign countries can’t get married in Canada? I
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Christian Bullshit Nailed by Bill Maher
“Really! It’s in that book you hold up when you scream at gay people.” I came across this great commentary by Bill Maher and had to share it here for obvious reasons. Enjoy!
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Lying sack of shit Rob Ford hides his whereabouts from taxpayers…
What’s good for the goose isn’t good enough for the gander! Yet again, Rob Ford proves himself to be a liar and a hypocrite of monumental proportions. Are you a taxpayer in Toronto? Do you know with whom Rob Ford is meeting right now? Do you have a right to
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