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Jun 5, 2017  If failure to appear at Pride goeth before a fall, what will Jason Kenney do?David J. Climenhaga Nowadays many conservative politicians participate in Pride Parades, like next Saturday's in Edmonton. The reason is clear: They've become important political events. |
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May 31, 2017  What the 'Walk on the Wild Side' controversy says about trans* awareness and a changing social movementMercedes Allen How the controversy surrounding the song "Walk on the Wild Side" reflects the changes that take place as a social movement -- in this case, trans* activism -- matures. |
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May 5, 2017  Rally for Rainbow Railroad supports LGBTQ community being targeted in ChechnyaRyan C. Kerr Elizabeth Littlejohn With increasing reports of atrocities being committed against suspected LGBTQ people in Chechnya, human-rights organization Rainbow Railroad is mobilizing emergency efforts to help those at risk. |
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Apr 14, 2017  Alberta's Week in Review: We know where the Wildrosers are, but where's Jason?David J. Climenhaga If anyone sees Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, please let someone responsible know. If he doesn't show up soon, his face is going to start appearing on milk cartons! |
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Jan 24, 2017  Black and trans voices frustrated by lack of inclusion in Vancouver Women's MarchTessa Vikander Organizers of Vancouver's Women's March on Washington express remorse at lack of communication, while omission sparks wider conversation of inclusive organizing. |
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Dec 23, 2016  North Carolina Republicans provoke political firestorm with attacks on democracyWhereas President Barack Obama is honouring the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, North Carolina Republicans are taking a different path. |
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Nov 30, 2016  The history of radical HIV/AIDS organizing in CanadaTalking Radical Radio Alexis Shotwell and Gary Kinsman talk about the AIDS Activist History Project. |
 Responding to everyday bigotryGuides For some of us, this is a guide to having integrity this holiday season. |
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Nov 2, 2016  LGBTQ+ organizing against racism and pinkwashing in Nova ScotiaTalking Radical Radio Ardath Whynacht and Dee Morse talk about the work of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project. |
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Oct 25, 2016  Executive Director of UN Women on violence against women in CanadaWINGS In a roundtable with Canada's National Campus and Community Radio Association, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka discussed violence against Indigenous women; how to include transgender people. |
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Oct 23, 2016  Free speech and the cruel shackles of empathy and mutual respectMercedes Allen A nuanced dissection of UofT professor Jordan Peterson's campaign against trans* people in the name of free speech. |
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Oct 20, 2016  On Jordan Peterson's political correctness and the 'radical left'Raluca Bejan If claims for equality, diversity and 'that kind of thing' are ideological, so is the position of ignoring them. |
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Oct 18, 2016  Liberal support for NDP transgender bill could augur well for the futureKarl Nerenberg The Trudeau Liberals voted for NDP MP Randall Garrison's Bill 16 that would ban discrimination on the basis of transgender status. Is that a sign of a willingess to co-operate across party lines? |
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Oct 14, 2016  Atlantic Jewish Council doesn't speak for all Jewish Haligonians on PinkwashingLarry Haiven The Atlantic Jewish Council took over Halifax Pride's Annual General Meeting in order to protect Israel's pinkwashing campaign "Size Doesn't Matter." Many Jews oppose such pinkwashing campaigns. |
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Oct 8, 2016  How free speech was used as a weapon in the debate at Halifax PrideNora Loreto Free speech is one of those values that is used as a way to disorient, confuse, obscure or end debate. |
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Oct 7, 2016  Human rights protections raise new questions for freedom of speechA commitment to free speech doesn't reconcile easily with human rights codes that may compel respect and courtesy toward specific groups -- including their right to be addressed as they choose. |
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Sep 21, 2016  We don't need an inquiry -- we need to bring the hammer of defunding down now on scofflaw private schoolsDavid J. Climenhaga When the inquiry fails, can we just get on with defunding those schools, please? |
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Sep 16, 2016  Gender issues in the garment sector in IndonesiaAsia Pacific Currents Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region and interview with garment workers on gender and LGBTI issues at the workplace in Indonesia. |
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Sep 11, 2016  What exactly is the 'compromise' Jason Kenney thinks the NDP should make on sexual minority rights?David J. Climenhaga It's pretty rich for Jason Kenney, of all people, to accuse Alberta Education Minister David Eggen of trying to score political points by standing up for human rights. |
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Sep 6, 2016  Was pastor encouraged by right-wing allies to say intemperate things that could cost his private schools?David J. Climenhaga Don't expect Alberta Education Minister David Eggen to just drop this issue. Whatever Eggen does, this potato’s going to stay hot. |
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Sep 2, 2016  rabble.ca's Vancouver office seeks part-time outreach event volunteersrabble staff Read on for more information about rabble.ca volunteer opportunities in Vancouver. |
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Aug 25, 2016  From Rio to Tokyo, gender discrimination in sport continuesThe treatment of athletes like Caster Semenya at the Rio Olympics shows that the rights of women who do not conform to binary understandings of sex are deemed less worthy of protection than others. |
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Aug 24, 2016 UFCW Canada activists show their Pride in nation's capitalThe rain couldn't damper the spirits of UFCW Canada activists who participated in this year's Capital Pride parade in Ottawa. |
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Aug 11, 2016  Are you getting any closer? A pocket-sized primer on female sexualityClarissa Fortin The clitoris. Something so powerful and wonderful, yet largely misunderstood and ignored. Dive into female pleasure and sexuality with "Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality." |
