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LGBT History – February 9th: Brendan Behan, Marc ’10½’ Stevens, and Jerry Falwell Outs A Teletubby
Share this: February 9th. 1874 – Amy Lowell the American poet was born in Brookline. Massachusetts. A militant literary leader she thumbed her nose at the Boston Brahmans who raised her and outed herself. Her lover was actress Ada...
Today In Gay History October 31: Happy Birthday Baby Jane and Ramon Novarro Killed With A Dildo
Share this: October 31 ( A VERY freaky Halloween Edition) 1962: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, opens in theaters. Happy Birthday Blanche and Jane! 1968 : Silent film star Ramon Novarro‘s...
Canadian Pastor Kicks Out Gay Youth Volunteer Because Parents Might Be “Uncomfortable”
Share this: Pastor Mark Brewer of the Crosspoint Wesleyan Church in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada has dismissed Colin Briggs (pictured above), a 20 year old youth volunteer who had previously done mission work in Haiti for no other reason than...
Canada To Offer Political Asylum To Persecuted LGBT Russians
Share this: Canada has announced they will offer refuge status and accept into the country Russian LGBT citizens suffering under Vladimir Putin’s oppressive anti-gay regime. According to The Globe and Mail: Canada’s refugee board is likely to...
Canada’s foreign minister and Russian hate laws
Share this:Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird Last week, controversy erupted over a leading conservative women’s group’s condemnation of Canada’s Foreign Minister, John Baird, for advocating for LGBT rights overseas in the wake of...
Canadian Foreign Minister Slams Russia Over “mean-spirited and hateful law”
Share this: “As concerned as we are about the Olympics, that’s nothing. That’s two, three, four weeks for the athletes and participants and the visitors. This mean-spirited and hateful law will affect all Russians 365 days of the year,...
Canada enshrines transgender rights
Share this:NDP MP Randall Garrison, sponsor of Bill C-279 The Canadian House of Commons has approved a bill that makes it illegal to discriminate against transgender persons. The legislation, C-279, An act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the...
Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Anti-Hate Human Rights Code
Share this: Finding against anti-gay “activist” Bill Whatcott, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld hate-speech provisions of the province of Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Code. In a unanimous decision, Canada’s top court found...
Canadian Parliament Debates Zombie Apocalypse Preparations: Zombies Don’t Recognize Borders
Share this: At Wednesday’s House of Commons meeting, Winnipeg Parliament member Pat Martin asked Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird about zombie apocalypse preparations. What followed was a debate that has created YouTube viral gold. Martin asks...
