Hate Crimes and the Rainbow Cupcakes
Statistics Canada has released the latest figures on hate crimes in this country and the results are depressing. Statistics Canada said hate crimes reported to police increased by 42 per…
homophobia
Watch: French footballers against homophobia
Campaign against homophobia 2011 from Franck Annese on Vimeo.L'homophobie ne vous fera jamais gagner un match. Un jouer gai? Peut-être. (Homophobia will never help you win a match. A gay…
Watch from Russia: What would you do…?
As most of you have probably already heard, violence erupted in Moscow on May 28, when gay rights activists and their hateful far right opponents clashed at the sixth straight…
Watch Iran short documentary: Interrupted Lives
Since the Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution) of 1979, at least 1600 students have been executed in Iran for their ideas, thoughts, speech, beliefs, and social activism.…
Equal human rights lacking in Bermuda
"It is obvious that we live in a society where we are not wanted."That's what Krystl Assan, a 23-year-old student in Bermuda said to a crowd of supporters in front…
Watch: George Takei vs. Tennessee
I'm not sure if it is ironic or fitting that Tennessee, the American state that is home to the National Civil Rights Museum built around the former Lorraine Motel in…
Gay LAPD officer awarded USD $1.1 million in retaliation case
A jury on Thursday awarded $1.1 million to Los Angeles police sergeant and media relations spokesman, Ronald Crump (above left), who sued the city in 2010, alleging that his direct…
CNN’s Don Lemon comes out
"It’s about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You’re taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine. In the black community they think…
We Who Feel Differently
People are not provoked by those who are different. What is more provoking is our insecurity: When you say, “I am so sorry but I am different.” That’s much more…
Queer Ugandans ask Parliament for refugee assistance (Canada)
Since when is it the role of a Member of Parliament to agree or disagree with someone's lifestyle choice. Someone please shoot me, I can't live in this country anymore.The…