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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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Gay firefighter wins compensation for abuse on Halifax military base

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: October 05, 2016

Gay firefighter wins compensation for abuse on Halifax military base

A firefighter has won compensation after enduring abuse and equipment tampering at a Halifax naval base b ...

A firefighter has won compensation after enduring abuse and equipment tampering at a Halifax naval base because he is gay. The Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal says the unidentified man was subje ...

October 05, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Trans Halifax student talks making the football team and being ‘one of the guys’

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: September 27, 2016

Trans Halifax student talks making the football team and being ‘one of the guys’

Kenny Cooley says he hopes being open about his experiences encourages young trans and LGBTQ kids to join ...

Kenny Cooley says he hopes being open about his experiences encourages young trans and LGBTQ kids to join in sports. A stack of practice football gear might be made of padding and a jersey, but Kenny ...

September 27, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Why was Glen Race guilty of murder in America, but not in Canada?

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: August 18, 2016

Why was Glen Race guilty of murder in America, but not in Canada?

A Canadian man battling severe mental illness crossed the border during a killing spree, including the mu ...

A Canadian man battling severe mental illness crossed the border during a killing spree, including the murder of two Halifax gay men. So why were there two very different verdicts? On May 1, 2007, Gle ...

August 18, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Before the parade

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: August 13, 2016

Before the parade

Halifax's first generation of queer elders forged a rainbow path that LGBTQIA and Two-Spirited activists ...

Halifax's first generation of queer elders forged a rainbow path that LGBTQIA and Two-Spirited activists continue to march down today. It was spring of 1972 when Anne Fulton stumbled upon a poster tha ...

August 13, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Trinity Western University wins legal battle with Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 28, 2016

Trinity Western University wins legal battle with Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society

Society had argued 'community covenant' discriminated against gay people Nova Scotia's highest court has ...

Society had argued 'community covenant' discriminated against gay people Nova Scotia's highest court has upheld a decision to allow future graduates of a conservative and controversial law school to p ...

July 28, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Thousands of people attend Truro’s 1st pride parade

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 16, 2016

Thousands of people attend Truro’s 1st pride parade

'We never thought we would ever see something like this in Truro,' says organizer After years of oppositi ...

'We never thought we would ever see something like this in Truro,' says organizer After years of opposition from town politicians, Truro held its first ever pride parade under a warm, sunny sky on Sat ...

July 16, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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