Josh Dehaas just wrote an op-ed piece in the National Post entitled, “I’m gay and I wouldn’t blame Doug Ford for avoiding Toronto’s Pride Parade.” In which he sadly denigrates the very community he claims to be from. I assume it’s probably to drum up populist readership. What is apparent …
I added a new movie to my list tonight, Paris is Burning It’s about the gay community in NYC in the 80’s and the Balls. The Balls are like fashion/dance/theatre competitions. It reminds me a little of when Zuimei and I first met. When we used to hang out in the …
Pride 2016 has come and gone and it was a challenging one on a number of fronts. Obviously Orlando weighed heavily on everyone’s minds and there were numerous signs showing support. The float in the picture above was empty… and later 49 marchers solemnly passed, each carrying a sign with …
I don’t normally go to PRIDE anymore. It was exciting the first few times I went, when I was younger and that part of sexuality was new to me. When I first saw a muscle bear in chaps in real-life. (only seen it on the internet before that) Or the …
I got married! Well really we had a ceremony and reception since we were already married but it was nice to have a proper wedding day. There is a flickr set put together: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daavq13/sets/72157630402490652/
I was having this conversation with a co-worker regarding gay Pride today and I remarked that I am closer to Stephen Harper than I am to most of the parade participants. She looked at me funny and I had to explain. Gay Pride to me is about equality and visibility. …
The Toronto Zoo has decided to separate their two gay penguins, Pedro and Buddy. Apparently the zoo wants to force them to be straight and to pair bond with females.
Doug Ford has a vision for the waterfront including of all things a ferris wheel. While I was originally hopeful that Ford had envisioned something like London’s revitalized waterfront along the Thames (which also includes a ferris wheel) I realized he was thinking of something more like Chicago’s waterfront. Now …
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei are not the only people responsible for the death of Tyler Clementi. There is of course Tyler himself, but also society at large. What kind of society do we live in where the shame of being “outed” is so traumatic that it would drive someone to kill …
Cardinal Tarcisio Berton, second only to the pope said it was homosexuality, not celibacy which lay behind the abuse of children. Earlier he likened the criticisms of the RCC to the collective violence suffered by the Jews. Hmm, and wasn’t the church silent during the extermination of Jews during the …