Thursday, January 29, 2009

Canadian Gay News Headlines (T13T-4)

"What binds us together as a community is our history," Cameron Mackenzie says vehemently as he paces back and forth in his Main St home. "What binds us is the struggles we've faced, continue to face, and will likely face in the future.&q...
The only person convicted in adult court in the savage Nov 17, 2001 beating death of Aaron Webster will be released from prison within two weeks. Ryan Cran was convicted of manslaughter in BC Supreme Court on Feb 8, 2005, and was sentenced ...
The new co-owner of the Oasis says it will remain a gay space. "It will be absolutely gay," promises Vinnie Singh who, along with his brother Asish Singh and Edgar Galvan, will take over ownership of the popular Davie Village lou...
After more than three decades of activism the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO) is preparing to close down. The organization’s demise will leave a huge void when it comes to sex-positive activism and a willingness...
In the 1999 Cuerrier decision the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that people who fail to tell their sex partners that they are HIV-positive before having unprotected sex with them could be charged with sexual assault under the Criminal Code. On Oct 6 of last year the trial of Johnson Az...
When I first started covering Rhubarb four years ago it felt like a gay version of the other indie theatre festivals in town — a fruity Fringe or Sapphic Summerworks, if you will. But with Buddies in Bad Times’ evolution toward nontraditional, nontext-based performances, Rhubarb has...
We might try to ignore it in our post-Queer-as-Folk morality, but sluts make the queer world go around. We should be proud of our sexual freedom. We should be proud of a culture where just about anyone can get laid with minimum effort. You ...
A lesbian couple in Winnipeg say a local doctor refused to treat them because of their sexual orientation. Andrea Markowski and her partner Ginette recently moved to Winnipeg from Yellowknife and used a provincial hotline to find a physicia...

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