U.S. University Requires Staff To Pledge Their Heterosexuality
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…
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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…
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…
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…
Writing makes you mad
… isolator isolates!, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr.
Just a rumour that was spread around town…
For the folks in Halifax:
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…
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…
Meanwhile, 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…
Math – 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…
Now 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…
Further to previous
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Election 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,…