Stephen Harper’s Stealth War on Gay Canadians
In just a few hours I'll be following the rainbow, or waving it, at the Toronto Pride parade.Along with about a million gay people and their straight friends and supporters.It's…
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Stephen Harper, Rob Ford, and the Little Canada
As I paddle my way through life I'm sorry to say that so far I don't have much to brag about eh?Whenever I toot my own horn there is always…
Review (and a personal retrospective) – Behind the Candelabra
With only the most scant help from Google I have been trying to remember more about my personal, professional meeting with Liberace (“Please, call me Lee.”) It was some time…
Another Face Of Integrity
This kind of sterling courage and integrity is what keeps me from abandoning hope: H/t Salon.com Recommend this Post
Thank you Westboro Baptist Chuch
Westboro Baptish Church – made infamous for picketing military funeral in a protest against homosexual tolerance in America – has reached, unbelievably, a new low. They are now threatening to…
The Bloody Battle for Gay Marriage in France
I can hardly believe what's been happening in France.Riot police battling homophobes, religious fanatics, and neo-Nazi groups. Gay people being attacked over their right to be married. In the streets…
Margaret Thatcher Even Worse Than I Remembered
I wasn't planning to write another post about the late Margaret Thatcher.But now that I see that the Cons in Britain are planning to give her a lavish funeral. Even…
Lunch with Vito Russo
Disclaimer: My memories have been assisted by Google and a piece of paper, 8-1/2″ x 11″ divided in half, on which is written the following: After signing up for The…
I’m Not Sayin’ (I’m Just Sayin’)
The following nugget was buried at the bottom of a follow-up CP report on how CIDA helped fund the Ugandan aid work of the virulently anti-gay Crossroads Christian Communications (in…
Doing something about anti-gay lobbying in Africa
If you’ve frequented any LGBT media at all, you’ve heard about Uganda’s proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill (often referred to as the “Kill the Gays Bill”), and possibly other anti-gay legislative bills…
Violence is almost never an acceptable response. Neither is rationalizing it.
In August 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins entered the Family Research Council (FRC) headquarters and opened fire, injuring a security guard as he was tackled — fortunately, before he could cause…
Pathology of Patriarchy: A Search for Clues at the Scene of the Crime
Another excellent essay by Sanyika Shakur, who was released from Pelican Bay SHU last August. As he wrote before his release: i was born Nov 13, 1963. Raised in South…
The Unspeakable Horror of Sun News
You have seen them on their grubby channel assaulting the decency of Canadians.Attacking the weak and the vulnerable, like a pack of filthy cowards.Smearing native people, Muslims, the Roma, even…
Uganda to officially pass ‘Kill The Gays’ bill by Christmas 2012
Uganda is poised to officially pass the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill at the end of 2012 despite massive international criticism. "Referring to the law as a ‘Christmas gift’ to the…
Uganda to officially pass ‘Kill The Gays’ bill by Christmas 2012
Uganda is poised to officially pass the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill at the end of 2012 despite massive international criticism. “Referring to the law as a ‘Christmas gift’ to the…
Uganda to officially pass ‘Kill The Gays’ bill by Christmas 2012
Uganda is poised to officially pass the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill at the end of 2012 despite massive international criticism. "Referring to the law as a ‘Christmas gift’ to the…
Uganda to officially pass ‘Kill The Gays’ bill by Christmas 2012
Uganda is poised to officially pass the ‘Kill The Gays’ bill at the end of 2012 despite massive international criticism. “Referring to the law as a ‘Christmas gift’ to the…
Skyfall a great romp but a gender bust … not to mention the faint aroma of homophobia
The thing is, I like these films -- for the gorgeous cityscapes of great metropolises (London, Beijing and Macau), for the eerie and yet fascinatingly glimpses into the slick and…
Lana Wachowski, Joe Simpson and our evolving social mores
The recent release of Cloud Atlas, piqued my interest in writing some thoughts about sexual identity. As has been fairly well publicized leading to the movie’s opening, Lana Wachowski (born…
Spoken Word Homophobia
This is just...awful, weird and creepy, and full of the usual lies about sexuality. The up camera angles are very 1984. I'm sure the young peoples of the hood were…