Ottawa School Board Criticized Over Pride Parade Plans
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will be marching in the Capital Pride Parade for the first time this weekend. It’s a great way to send a message to all the…
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Czech President Condemns Canada Over Gay Support
Vaclav Klaus, the president of The Czech Republic lashed out at Canada and twelve other countries for having taken the “unprecedented step” of signing an open letter in support of…
Virtual Town Hall – What we learned
Well that was a bit of fun, wasn't it? Later this week I will post some more information and feedback I've received from Saturday's Virtual Town Hall. Some is purely…
Newfoundland & Labrador Liberal Leadership Town Hall
Stay by the phone. It will call you just before 2pm in Newfoundland and the southern tip of Labrador (NDT) or 1:30pm in most of Labrador (Atlantic Time Zone).
Pride Break
It’s Pride Week here in Montréal—the second GLBT festival of the summer—so I’m taking a short break to enjoy the festivities. A quick thanks goes to my awesome husband for…
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Liberal Leadership Town Hall
On Sunday, the Executive Board of the Newfoundland & Labrador Liberal Party will meet to select a new Leader. Given the competing demands of its constitution on the one hand,…
Oh, and by the way
If you are: (a) a regular reader of this blog from Newfoundland & Labrador; or (b) have been following the Liberal leadership race these past few days; or (c) are…
Yvonne Jones
Six months ago, in the dead of a winter which blanketed Corner Brook with six-and-eight foot snowdrifts, and on the tail end of receiving chemotherapy treatments for her cancer, Yvonne…
Catholic Sect Threatens Children Over Tolerance Policy
The Coptic Orthodox Church has threatened to somehow withdraw 5000 schoolchildren from the Toronto Catholic District School Board unless the board scraps its plans to implement the government’s required tolerance…
Brazil Ponders Heterosexual Pride Parade
The city of São Paulo approved legislation last week that would bring a heterosexual pride day to the city, if the Mayor approves it. Carlos Apolinario, the bill’s sponsor, said…
Gay Archie Character Gets His Own Series
When I heard that Archie Comics was getting its first openly gay character last autumn, I was floored… that Archie Comics was still around. Not that I have anything against…
PR Campaign Uses Gays To Clean Up Tar Sands Image
Well, here’s a very special way to have your struggle for equality used by large corporations! The Alberta tar sands, condemned internationally as one of the most harmful environmental projects…
Hamster Naming Guide, 2008 Protocols
HamsterNamingGuide2009, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr. I don’t have 2009 or 2010 protocols available to share, but for those of you naming hamsters in 2011: Obvious: Hammy Portly: Kirstie…
Platform pieces
I haven't even read this yet, so I'll save substantive commentary until after my yard work is done. But there is a bit of chatter about it on twitter (check…
Efficacy
Efficacy, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr.
Gay Teens More Likely To Be Homeless
One in four GLBT high school students in Massachusetts are classified as homeless, according to a new study from the Children’s Hospital Boston, published in the American Journal of Public…
Saturday bits
I read all the papers this morning so you wouldn't have to.1. The National Post of all places, provides a pretty good rebuttal to all those right wing commentators eager…
Better Late Than Never: Gay Group Gets UN Accreditation
The International Gay and Lesbian Association, one of the world’s oldest GLBT equal rights organisations, has finally won consultive status to the UN Economic and Social Council, after years of…
The 7th Royal Jedburgh Thespian Reivers
The 7th Royal Jedburgh Thespian Reivers, a photo by crowolf on Flickr. In their December 1918 performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, it was generally agreed amongst the 7th Royal…