Pride
June is Pride month, a time when we recognise some of the glorious human diversity in the world. We celebrate being able to be openly who we are, and specifically,…
Pride
The Fountain of Youth contains….water?
GC and I marched in the Pride parade last weekend! First time for both of us. I was working there and GC volunteered to pitch in. It was a terrific…
The Need of a Canadian National Monument
Canada has no real national monuments. Mostly it’s because of the irony; towering statues and obelisks that promote pride in Canadian humbleness or simplicity would tend to miss the point.…
Canadian Pride
Canada has the best government, the best history, and the best culture, but what makes me proudest to be Canadian, is not the democracy, not the tolerance and diversity, not…
Liberal Pride
Many Liberals may take pride at the sight of increasing poll numbers, they shouldn’t. The Liberals have problems, increasing poll numbers aren’t going to fix them. Liberals need to build…
Revolutionary wave in planning stages for gay Egyptians
A group of brave Egyptians has started a Facebook page with a view to organizing a national day of gathering in Tahrir Square to promote the rights of sexual minorities…
Photos: Montreal Pride 2011
Some pics from Montreal Pride Weekend, 2011.
Watch: Pink Balls in Montreal’s Gay Village – Summer 2011
This is a fantastic video highlighting landscape architect Claude Cormier's "Les Boules Roses" (The Pink Balls), 170,000 pink resin balls fastened to wires strung out at different levels and through…
Hate, violence at Croatian Pride event in Split
Just 24 hours after the European Commission announced that Croatia would be able to join the European Union, violence marred the first Gay Pride Parade to be staged in the…
Watch: Lady Gaga does EuroPride proud in Rome
Lady Gaga concluded EuroPride celebrations Saturday in Rome with a call to international governments to defend gay rights, and an acoustic performance of her Born This Way and The Edge…
Participate: 2011 Queer of the Year Contest
For some light-hearted fun with serious prizes to be won, consider entering the 2011 Queer of the Year Contest, an annual international competition open to anyone in the world, of…