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Sam Oosterhoff. Image credit: Sam Oosterhoff/Facebook
Oosterhoff's extreme anti-choice views should be a 'bridge too far' in politics
Joyce Arthur | Overt racism is a bridge too far for the Ontario PC party. Even homophobia must be kept fairly muted. Yet open misogyny is perfectly acceptable.
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Cole Rockarts
Support for Pride activist Barry Conway expressed through song
Cole Rockarts | Union officer Barry Conway goes on trial March 15 for his actions in defending a Hamilton Pride event in June 2019. Hamilton activist Cole Rockarts has recorded a song about his plight.
Blog
Bob Gallagher. Image courtesy of Bob Gallagher
'It's seared into my memory': Bob Gallagher recalls flashpoint in fight for LGBTQ rights
Libby Davies | Libby Davies pays tribute to activist and organizer Bob Gallagher, talking to her friend and colleague about the moment 40 years ago when everything changed for Toronto's LGBTQ community.
Columnists
Mural depicting Pauli Murray. Image credit: abbyladybug/Flickr
'Who is Pauli Murray?' honours life of civil rights icon
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The pioneering African-American legal scholar and organizer for racial and gender equality was celebrated this week at the annual Sundance Film Festival with the premier of a new documentary.
Podcast
Image: Used with permission of the Community-Based Research Centre.
Supporting gay and bi men's health
Scott Neigh | Michael Kwag talks about the work of the Community-Based Research Centre and how it promotes the health of gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer men.
News
Author image: Marko Kovacevic​
Catherine Hernandez is 'not here for nuance' at this critical time in history
Alexandra Valahu | Although the world Hernandez builds in her new novel "Crosshairs" has been described as sci-fi and dystopian, it looks a lot like the one we live in right now.
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Protesters against the TMX pipeline. Image: Sally T. Buck/Flickr
Multiculturalism is not decolonization
Khadijah Kanji | Part four in a series addressing the myths that conflate multiculturalism and anti-racism.
Book Review
Image: Tenille Campbell
'A History of My Brief Body': Queer love and life on the Prairies
Sheila Laroque | Billy-Ray Belcourt's new memoir will have a lasting impact on contemporary Indigenous writing.
Columnists
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole. Image: Erin O'Toole/Twitter
Erin O'Toole is not pro-choice
Joyce Arthur | For a politician to be truly pro-choice, they must take a strong stance against any attempt to restrict abortion rights or access. O'Toole has made it clear he will not do so.
Podcast
Image: Michelle Grewe/Flickr
'Bricks and Glitter' -- radical queer music, arts and politics
Scott Neigh | Musician Max ZB talks about Bricks and Glitter, a community arts festival in Toronto that "celebrates Two-Spirit, trans, and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger and abundance."
Blog
Police officer at a Toronto Black Lives Matter demonstration in June, 2020. Image: Mitchel Raphael
Changing public institutions also requires changing the people who build and maintain them
Francis Carbonu | As law enforcement and public institutions face scrutiny following incidents of police violence, we might gain insight into the true omnipresence of injustice by hearing stories from our peers.
Podcast
Image: Digital Pride Hamilton. Used with permission
Long shadow of 2019 violence still affecting Pride Hamilton this year
Victoria Fenner | In addition to COVID-19, Hamilton Pride is dealing with the aftermath of police actions from 2019. A conversation with Cameron Kroetsche of the Pride board about this year's festival.
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