Through his blog on Monday, English business magnate Sir Richard Branson urged everyone with influence in Nigerian affairs to help stop the country’s discriminatory anti-gay bill from being legislated: “Too sad to comprehend that Nigeria are passing a law in this day and age to put gay people in prison
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Montreal Simon: Lady Gaga’s Message to a Canadian School
In a country where bullying is an epidemic, and almost nothing is being done to stop it, isn’t it great to know that at least Lady Gaga cares. Too bad she couldn’t send a message to Jamie Hubley and his school in Ottawa. Before he committed suicide. Because after Jamey Rodemeyer
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: It is like giving a machine gun to a monkey *
Watching gun registry opponents on twitter over the past few days has been nothing short of amusing. One guy thinks we work for George Soros. Another posted a photo of his small daughter hugging a sniper rifle. And another decided that homophobia would strengthen his argument. * We can’t take
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Unhate Campaign – The Film, from Benetton
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Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Occupy Wall Street security guard calls gay veteran a "faggot"
In the aftermath of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s order to remove all Occupy Wall Street protestors and their belongings from Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, gay videographer and six year US Army disabled veteran, Joey Boots, went to film the site and encountered a security guard working for the
Continue readingFive of Five: Hijacking Penn State
As if the tragedy at Penn State wasn’t bad enough in and of itself, people with unrelated axes to grind are now using it to get attention.
1. A spokesman for an anti-gay hate group blames gay men and homosexuality for the alleged sexual assault(s) a…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Revolutionary wave in planning stages for gay Egyptians
A group of brave Egyptians has started a Facebook page with a view to organizing a national day of gathering in Tahrir Square to promote the rights of sexual minorities on January 1, 2012. The page currently has over 1000 followers, but as Global Voic…
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the regina mom feels wealthy these days. She was fortunate enough to be a recipient of an Emerging Artists Award from the Canada Council for the Arts last spring. There’s no scramble for contract work and there’s a bit of extra money around her house. So she got her hubby to blow twenty bucks on […]
gay persons of color: Homophobic preacher named Britain’s most inspirational black person
Well, you know times are bad when in a competition for Britain’s most inspirational black person organised by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Metro newspaper, the winner ends up being Agu Irukwu, an anti-gay pastor who leads an evangelical chur…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Have You Ever Seen a Gay Kid Being Attacked?
Just for being gay. Oh well. Now you can…Wasn’t that brutal? And isn’t this horrible?The teenager’s mother adds that no one did anything — everyone stood around and watched. Only one person took any action — which was to record this vid…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Canada and the Bully Nation
I don’t know why Canada is such a bully nation. What I do know is that it infects our country like syphilis, from our Parliament, to our hockey rinks, to our schools.A 15-year-old hockey player in Manitoba was forced to parade around the dressing room …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jamie Hubley, the Cons, and the Cycle of Hate
It’s been about a week since Jamie Hubley killed himself. And although for a while I was so sad I could hardly write about this tragedy, now I’m feeling better.Because now I’ve seen how many young Canadians have been moved to action.I have been en…
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Rest in Peace, Jamie Hubley
“I’m tired of life, really. It’s so hard, I’m sorry, I can’t take it anymore.” “I don’t want my parents to think this is their fault, either. I love my mom and dad. It’s just too hard. I don’t…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Tragic Death of Jamie Hubley
I know a lot about suicide. Ever since I saw a young straight couple jump in front of a train at the McGill Metro station I have tried to do what I can to prevent it.I have worked as a volunteer in the mental health system in Montreal and Toronto. …
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Hate Speech on Trial in Canada
If you lived in certain parts of Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto over the past decade, there’s a chance you’ve encountered or at least heard about flyers distributed by Bill Whatcott. These fliers are typically peppered with photos of naked or half-naked gay men kissing (or in at least one instance, engaging in oral sex), with 
Dented Blue Mercedes: Learn about gay and trans kids? No. Have them protest abortion? Okay.
A group of parents in B.C. are adamantly opposed to the Burnaby school district enacting an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy. Catholic school districts in Ontario want to ban rainbows and Gay-Straight Alliances. Charles Adler is worried that a calendar that is a teachers’ reference (and notes the Transgender Day of Remembrance) might cause kids to become 
Southwest Airlines follies: “It’s a go” not the same as “I’ve got to go”
Southwest Airlines is the product of a true southern sensibility. Meaning there is little sense – or heart – in anything it does. It represents all that is ugly about the US south. Especially lately. It is making a name for itself not for excelling in air service but for evicting passengers for . . . → Read More: Southwest Airlines follies: “It’s a go” not the same as “I’ve got to go”
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Get Out the Vote: Defeat the Loser Hudak
He waved his daughter like a flag, he used her like a cheap prop. While attacking programs aimed at protecting bullied gay children. Like a homophobic hog. He called new immigrants “foreigners.” Like some burning racist from Alabama. He vowed…
Continue readingTimmy Hudak Sinks To Another All Time Low And Goes All Chuckles McVety
Yes, Boys ‘n’ girls, he really has. He’s gotten really disgusting! First, he’s been distributing this hideous and grossly misleading pamphlet, seen below, while campaigning in Brampton earlier this evening.
I’m getting a nasty sense of deja-vu when I look at this monstrosity, much like that ad ol’ Chuckles McVety had in . . . → Read More: Timmy Hudak Sinks To Another All Time Low And Goes All Chuckles McVety
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tim Hudak Plays the Homophobia Card
Well I see the Con teabagger Tim Hudak is so desperate he is hauling out the homophobia card.Just as I told you last night.And remember, the people they are going after are bullied gay kids.The miserable cowards.Oh boy. It takes all kinds of people to …
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