Nov 30, 2016
The history of radical HIV/AIDS organizing in Canada
Talking Radical Radio
Alexis Shotwell and Gary Kinsman talk about the AIDS Activist History Project.
LGBTIQ
LGBTIQ
Responding to everyday bigotry
Guides
For some of us, this is a guide to having integrity this holiday season.
Nov 2, 2016
LGBTQ+ organizing against racism and pinkwashing in Nova Scotia
Talking Radical Radio
Ardath Whynacht and Dee Morse talk about the work of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project.
Oct 25, 2016
Executive Director of UN Women on violence against women in Canada
WINGS
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.
Oct 23, 2016
Free speech and the cruel shackles of empathy and mutual respect
Mercedes Allen
A nuanced dissection of UofT professor Jordan Peterson's campaign against trans* people in the name of free speech.
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.
Oct 18, 2016
Liberal support for NDP transgender bill could augur well for the future
Karl 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?
Oct 14, 2016
Atlantic Jewish Council doesn't speak for all Jewish Haligonians on Pinkwashing
Larry 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.
Oct 8, 2016
How free speech was used as a weapon in the debate at Halifax Pride
Nora Loreto
Free speech is one of those values that is used as a way to disorient, confuse, obscure or end debate.
Oct 7, 2016
Human rights protections raise new questions for freedom of speech
A 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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