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Cisgender Straight People Upset Halifax Pride Society: BIPOC Walkout

Posted by Mark Janssen
| Date: October 31, 2016

Cisgender Straight People Upset Halifax Pride Society: BIPOC Walkout

Non LGBT Community Members Cause Havoc A contentious Halifax Pride Society meeting resulted in BIPOC (Bla ...

Non LGBT Community Members Cause Havoc A contentious Halifax Pride Society meeting resulted in BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Colour) walking out after voting results. During the Annual General mee ...

October 31, 2016
| by Mark Janssen

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Feds decide against creating diplomat for LGBT issues

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 24, 2016

Feds decide against creating diplomat for LGBT issues

US special envoy says Canada can still lead through diaspora, business outreach Canada’s federal governme ...

US special envoy says Canada can still lead through diaspora, business outreach Canada’s federal government has decided against creating a special diplomat position for LGBT issues abroad. In a June 1 ...

June 24, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Egale calls for Trudeau apology for historic treatment of LGBT community

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 13, 2016

Egale calls for Trudeau apology for historic treatment of LGBT community

The assault on a gay night club in Orlando has cast a shadow over two reports that call for an apology fr ...

The assault on a gay night club in Orlando has cast a shadow over two reports that call for an apology from Justin Trudeau’s government and restitution for homosexuals who were prosecuted and persecut ...

June 13, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Liberals face powder keg with gay apology

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: April 18, 2016

Liberals face powder keg with gay apology

Last week the city of Philadelphia issued an apology to Jackie Robinson. After breaking the colour barrie ...

Last week the city of Philadelphia issued an apology to Jackie Robinson. After breaking the colour barrier in major league baseball in 1947, Mr. Robinson endured racist taunts, particularly from Phila ...

April 18, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Outcasts

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: May 26, 2015

Outcasts

Fifty years ago, a gay activist met a Maclean’s journalist. Together, they helped start a revolution. The ...

Fifty years ago, a gay activist met a Maclean’s journalist. Together, they helped start a revolution. There was a commotion by the library magazine rack. I assumed it must be about the Beatles—in Febr ...

May 26, 2015
| by Rick Hurlbut

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