By Montreal Simon It was an extraordinary sight. John Baird sitting next to Julian Fantino at a committee meeting this morning, blasting the hideous anti-gay statements of a Canadian religious organization. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird took aim Tuesday at “offensive” and “mean-spirited” statements on the website of an organization that gets federal funding to […]
Canada’s latest export: Hate
By Montreal Simon He has always been an enemy of gay people. A man who would murder their rights tomorrow, if he thought he could get away with it. He has voted against every bill that would make them equal, or protect them from hate crimes. He discriminates openly against gay organizations. He won’t spend […]
Bill 13 and the victory of the bullied children
By Montreal Simon It seems like it took forever. But tonight bullied children in Ontario are finally a little bit safer. And gay kids have the right to call themselves gay, and form Gay-Straight Alliances. No matter what some Catholic School Boards have to say, or what grotesque homophobes like Charles McVety spew out of every […]
Three simple words that can save a life
By Montreal Simon About ten years ago I saw a young couple throw themselves in front of a subway train at the McGill metro station in downtown Montreal. It was all over in a flash. All I saw was two people on the opposite platform suddenly rush forward, and then the body of one of […]
Help yourself to a cupcake, St. Joseph’s
By Jodi A. Shaw Mayor Rob Ford may have been conspicuously absent from Toronto’s Pride Parade last weekend, but 16-year old Leanne Iskander more than made up for it as parade co-Grand Marshal (along with Michael Bach of Pride at Work Canada). Iskander made headlines in March when she was prohibited from forming a Gay-Straight […]
