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 meeting of Halifax Pride a group of cisgender straight people voted down motions by the LGBTQ2+ people, leading to the walkout. Halifax Pride Society allows anybody to register ...

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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 17 statement, a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion said the government has decided against creating such a position. “We believe a whole-of-government approach ...

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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 persecuted under Canadian policies in the past, and who still suffer discrimination today. One report, prepared by Egale, a national organization that ...

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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 Philadelphians. In one game the Phillies’ manager shouted at Mr. Robinson to “go back to the cotton fields.” Mr. Robinson played the 1946 season in ...

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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 February of ’64, Toronto’s Upper Canada College was abuzz with Beatlemania—but when I looked up, I saw an older boy I knew ...

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