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Today In History, 1976: Toronto’s Gay Kiss-In

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 18, 2016

Today In History, 1976: Toronto’s Gay Kiss-In

40 YEARS AGO: On February 12, Bill Holloway and Tom Field were in front of a Hudson Bay store in Toronto, ...

40 YEARS AGO: On February 12, Bill Holloway and Tom Field were in front of a Hudson Bay store in Toronto, posing for photos for an article on homophobia. The photos were to depict the two of them kiss ...

July 18, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Vancouver Named Among the Best Cities in Canada by Travel + Leisure Magazine

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 09, 2016

Vancouver Named Among the Best Cities in Canada by Travel + Leisure Magazine

Canada’s cities are modern metropolises, but locals (and visitors) love that even in the heart of urban l ...

Canada’s cities are modern metropolises, but locals (and visitors) love that even in the heart of urban living, you’re never too far from nature. The romantic, 55-acre Butchart Gardens are just outsid ...

July 09, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Banning police from parade not my call, Pride exec says

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 04, 2016

Banning police from parade not my call, Pride exec says

List of demands from Black Lives Matter was only signed to end blockade of parade, but “I’m not deciding ...

List of demands from Black Lives Matter was only signed to end blockade of parade, but “I’m not deciding what’s in the parade,” says Mathieu Chantelois. Pride Toronto’s executive director says he sign ...

July 04, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Black Lives Matter Toronto stalls Pride parade

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 03, 2016

Black Lives Matter Toronto stalls Pride parade

'We are not taking any space away from any folks,' said Alexandra Williams, co-founder of BLM Toronto Mem ...

'We are not taking any space away from any folks,' said Alexandra Williams, co-founder of BLM Toronto Members of the Black Lives Matter Toronto group briefly halted the Pride parade today, holding up ...

July 03, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders to apologize for 1981 bathhouse raids

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 22, 2016

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders to apologize for 1981 bathhouse raids

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders will apologize for the raids on four gay bathhouses across the city 35 ...

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders will apologize for the raids on four gay bathhouses across the city 35 years ago, CBC News has confirmed. Saunders is set to make the apology on behalf of his force ...

June 22, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Glad Day Bookshop eyes new space in Toronto’s village

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 12, 2016

Glad Day Bookshop eyes new space in Toronto’s village

Fundraising success could mean move to better, larger location on Church Street Toronto’s Glad Day Booksh ...

Fundraising success could mean move to better, larger location on Church Street Toronto’s Glad Day Bookshop plans to expand like its life depends on it — and it kind of does. Michael Erickson is one o ...

June 12, 2016
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How bellhops and newsboys turned tricks in old Toronto

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 07, 2016

How bellhops and newsboys turned tricks in old Toronto

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . In August 1917, 15-year-old Arnold chatted up T ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . In August 1917, 15-year-old Arnold chatted up Thomas C outside of the Star Burlesque on Temperance Street, near the corner of Adelaide and Yon ...

June 07, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Toronto police, province settle transphobia complaint amid Pride Month

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 03, 2016

Toronto police, province settle transphobia complaint amid Pride Month

An agreement with Boyd Kodak, a transsexual man who was jailed in a women’s facility, will lead to revise ...

An agreement with Boyd Kodak, a transsexual man who was jailed in a women’s facility, will lead to revised policies for police interactions. Toronto police and the province have settled a human rights ...

June 03, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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