Results for: be the change
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Loretta Saunders Found Dead; Epidemic of Violence Against Canada’s Indigenous Women Continues
Loretta Saunders, Inuk woman writing on missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada, found dead in New Brunswick.
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Canada’s Supreme Court Makes Landmark Ruling In Favor Of Sex Workers’ Rights
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court found the nation’s anti-prostitution laws infringed on the constitutional rights of sex workers.
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A Few Anti-Gay Apples Ruin the Bunch in Manitoba, Help Make the Case for Bill 18
In Winnipeg it proves difficult for restauranteurs and citizens to thrive when homophobia is the only thing being dished out. But hopefully Bill 18 can change that.
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Also.Also.Also: Canada’s Census Actually Provides Data on Gay People and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Hillary Clinton is so over your bullshit.
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Chevi Rabbit is Attacked for Being Gay but Won’t Stop Being Fabulous
“…yes, this was a terrible hate crime and attack! But I will not let that change who I am! I will continue to wear makeup and live a fabulous gay life!”
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Notes On Watching America Vote, From A Canadian
Today is a very important day for our country: America will vote for a president and everybody in Canada is watching.
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Canadian Government Figured Out You’re Gay, and All It Had To Do Was Secretly Track Your Internet Use
“As a regular recipient of Gmail and Facebook ads for dog food and gay cruises, I’m well aware that companies are trying to make money off my personal information. While it’s a little creepy but expected that Target will try to use my private information to market to me, I hold the Canadian government to much higher standards.”
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How Do You Prove Your Gayness To Canada?
“Homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria and is punishable by stoning. The difficulty for Ogunrinde lay in convincing the [Canadian] government that he was, in fact, gay.”
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Bill C-38 is an Affront to your Feminist Sensibilities
So if Romney wins you’re going to move to Canada? You should probs read this before you pack your Prius.
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New Ontario Anti-Bullying Bill for Gay Teens Might Actually Fix Things
Students in Ontario public schools, including Catholic schools, will soon be allowed to establish gay-straight alliances. They just might not be able to call them that.
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A Light Has Gone Out: Champion of Social Democracy Jack Layton is Dead
“Jack Layton was a hero. The thing about heroes though, is that they never really die. “
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Also. Also. Also: Canadian Trans Woman Wins Breast Implant Contest on the Radio
76% of the 30k voters in AMP Radio’s “Breast Summer Ever” contest voted for Avery, a trans woman, Google makes you forget things, male politician demands you #actlikealady and MORE!
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Two Supreme Court Justices Retiring: Which Dark Forces Will Harper Unleash Upon Our People?
Five of the nine justices on Canada’s Supreme Court will retire while Harper is in power. And surprisingly, you don’t need to make plans to leave the country.
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Gay Students in Canada Get Bullied, Too. A Lot, Actually.
Even in Canada, where everyone is suposed to be nice, two-thirds of gay students feel unsafe in school. Oh, kids. No matter where you look, they’re finding a way to be assholes.
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Ottawa’s Mayor Signs Anti-Abortion Proclamation, May or May Not be a Tool
Jim Watson, the Mayor of Ottawa, has signed an anti-abortion proclamation that uses phrases like “sanctity of human life” and which declared that today is “Respect for Life Day.” In other news, 10,000 people are going to protest abortion in front of Parliament this afternoon. Apparently both of these things happen every year but no one noticed before Twitter.
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Canadian Election Day Live-Blog & Open Thread For All Your Feelings
One of the most exciting/important elections in recent Canadian memory!
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One Canadian’s Mission to Help GLBTQ Refugees Find a Kinder, Colder Home
David Pepper is traveling around Canada to mobilize the LGBT community to sponsor people being persecuted because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.
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This is a Canadian Election Day Post
As you may have heard, there’s a federal election in Canada today! Wanna talk about it?
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What Happened in the Canadian Election? or, “Do You Still Want to Move Here?”
Stephen Harper has managed to form a majority government in Canada, which is making a bunch of really nice people feel not very nice.
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Burnaby Parents Will Fight for Their Kids’ Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Students
A group of parents in British Columbia are planning to hold a protest later this evening over the Burnaby school district’s proposed anti-sexual-orientation-based-discrimination policy.