Share Finally, this is coming. If the funding cuts to pride parades aren’t first sight of anti-gay attitude of the Harper government, this one definitely is. Well, I have to applaud to the Tories. They have the patience to wait for 4+ years to let this deep rooted sentiment slowly slip out. Applaud to Kenney [...]
Share From what I gather, this is stilll Asia’s only pride parade?? Taiwanese should be proud of themselves. Tags: gay rights, photo, Taiwan
Share With time passes as Tories continues to rule this land, something like this should be expected to happen — only more. >:( CanWest — Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has been stripped of responsibility for administering a major tourism funding program after she signed off on a grant for Toronto’s gay pride week. Ablonczy, who [...]
Share Popular blogger zhongnaihai translated a blog post on sina.com which features two pairs of same-sex couples taking “wedding photos” in busy Beijing streets on Valentines Day. I’m cross-posting here (I also edited a bit). (NOTE: the original blog states clearly that the writer encourages cross-posting, if source is quoted. I believe the blogger wants [...]
Share About 500 people went to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday rallied against religious right groups for hijacking public opinion on contentious issues such as gay rights, reports the Apple Daily. The rally was organized through Facebook and online forums by two teenagers, Cheuk Yin Lee, 16, and Hei Fai Tsun, 18. Both are [...]
Share Not again….. Local Chinese radio “phone-in” programs are famous to be the castle of conservatism, especially on Christian values such as homosexuality and abortion. Hosts will try whatever chance to make an non-issue an issue, making the Chinese radio one of the most important activists for ultra-right, and sometimes hateful attitudes against people they [...]
Share StatCan release – Gays, lesbians and bisexuals reported experiencing higher rates of victimization for violent crimes, including sexual assault, robbery and physical assault, than heterosexuals, according to a new study. The study examined victimization rates, perceptions of discrimination, fear of crime and attitudes towards the justice system among gays, lesbians and bisexuals. It was [...]
Share AP – A commission established to study same-sex civil unions in New Jersey has found in its first report that civil unions create a “second-class status” for gay couples, rather than giving them equality. The report stops short of recommending that the state allow gay marriage. But it does find that gay couples in [...]
Share CIV, Angus Reid release – People in Canada have generally liberal views on a wide range of social practices, a new Angus Reid Strategies poll has found. Pre-marital sex are okay to 81% of Canadians and same-sex relations are morally acceptable to 59%. One interesting observation: Although Tory supporters are the least likely to [...]
Share (caption: Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison (centre) smiles as he exits the Cheverie United Church after his wedding to partner Maxime St. Pierre (not shown) in Cheverie, NS Saturday August 18, 2007. As a heavy rain poured down on this picturesque Nova Scotia community, Scott Brison made history Saturday by becoming the first [...]
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