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Tuesday, October 07

Notable Absence.

Canadian politico Tom Lukiwski drew some jeers when he skipped a gay rights forum yesterday. His absence really shouldn't come as a surprise: the Tory has a long history of homophobic attitudes and was once seen on a video talking mad trash about the gays. [CNews] Permalink | post a comment...

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Tuesday, September 30

Just The Beginning…

Canadian Michael Kandola appears in court today after being arrested for an anti-gay hate crime this weekend. [CTV] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Canada, Gay, Hate Crime, News

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Thursday, September 25

Flying Low.

Canadian airline Porter Airlines offers passengers free internet access, except those computers don't allow any sort of lavender searching. No, not even "gay pride." [Xtra] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Canada, Gay, News, Politics, Porter...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-25-2008
Wednesday, September 10

Biased.

"While [Canadian] gay men tend to vote Liberal and lesbians back the New Democratic Party, Canada's homosexual population is united in its opposition to the Conservatives, according to a new report… Given their voting preferences, it is not surprising that gay voters tended to be strongly...

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Thursday, August 28

Ring, Ring!

"Peel Regional Police [in Ontario] say their new hotline for reporting hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people is the first of its kind in North America." Those Canadians are so progressive! [CTV] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg...

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Monday, August 25

35,000!

That's the number of people who marched for gay pride in Ottawa, Canada, yesterday. [AOL] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Canada, Gay, Gay Pride, News, Politics

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Tuesday, August 05

Hammer Time.

An “emotionally disturbed” man remains in police custody after hitting nine people in the head with a hammer during Vancouver’s gay pride. No one was seriously injured, thankfully. [CBC]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 08-05-2008
Friday, July 25

Next Step.

With marriage and other rights settled, Canadian queers have won most of their big battles, said Ontario-based Judge David Corbett. There are, however, still battles to be won: “And there’s a tension between organized religion — and the right to freedom of religion — and the right for people to...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-25-2008
Wednesday, July 09

Tick-Tock.

“Time is running out for a bisexual woman who has been denied refugee status in Canada. Jane Okojie is scheduled to be deported to Nigeria on Thu, Jul 10 where she says she and her two children will face persecution because of her bisexuality.” [Xtra]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-09-2008
Monday, June 23

No Skipping!

“The Vancouver board of education says it plans to enforce a ministry policy that prevents parents from pulling students out of classes that deal with alternative sexuality.” [Vancouver Sun]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-23-2008

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