Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a startling move that doesn’t seem to make any sense for the National Hockey League’s coffers, its players, and most definitely its fans, Outsports reported Oct. 10 that the league has banned Pride Tape.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes“(LGBTQ+) students are interested in getting engaged (with these issues) in a real way,” — Simon Coulombe, assistant professor at Wilfred Laurier University.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s generative, it’s creative, and it’s been embellamative of the kinds of activism that QTBIPOC has been doing in this city, this province, and this country.”—Syrus Marcus Ware, one of the books’ editors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCompanies consistently take advantage of what’s “in,” whether its body positivity, mental health, or gay rights, and at the end of the day, they are the only ones who profit. The LGBTQ+ community, as with other minority groups, deserve more than a weekend to celebrate their right to exist in the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnlike previous Pride festivals in Ottawa, which have have been smaller and had limitations, this year saw performances take stage on both weekend nights, the expansion of community engagement, and also a project to increase youth participation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvans says that she hopes to be known for her progressive policies around housing and healthcare, and also hopes to gain a reputation as someone who fights for the rights of students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of scrapping the curriculum, maybe it’s time for Doug Ford to educate himself on queer identities, and the issues facing LGBTQ+ youth. Being against this curriculum, it’s pretty obvious he needs it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesZanette has recently launched an initiative towards setting up an anti-harassment inclusion policy to be implemented universally in arts programs across Canada with the goal of better protecting LGBTQ+ members and those of other vulnerable groups.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThere’s a tendency to think about and talk about transness in a way that ignores transmisogyny, and the fact that everybody within the trans community experiences transphobia but the way in which it impacts our existence in this world differs hugely.
Reading Time: 4 minutesComing out is a very serious form of emotional labour, and the act of constantly having to reaffirm your sexuality to others (and yourself) can have serious effects on your mental health.
Reading Time: 4 minutesLabels are often used to cope with the binary system we’ve created to view sexuality, so it’s most helpful to talk to your queer friends about what their sexuality means to them rather than making assumptions based on harmful stereotypes.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial environment is a key influence in chance of developing a mental illness.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLGBTQ+ reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream met with standing ovation on last night of show.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis new YouTube web series follows a closeted homosexual named Max Amiri, and his roommate, Troy, who is heterosexual and his polar opposite in almost every way.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInside Out is a non-profit charity, whose main objective is to challenge the stereotypes perpetuated about the LGBTQ+ community by promoting and enabling the production of queer cinema and videography.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This show is a lot about love. It deals with themes of LGBTQ+ issues, but more than anything this show is about people not being honest with each other.”—Sam Dietrich, leading man in TotoToo’s production of Torch Song Trilogy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe need to demand that Capital Pride acts as a platform to lift injustice from the shadows, educate the public, and put civil rights back to the forefront of political discourse.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTake a few extra precautions to make sure that your transition into the world of sex wherever, whenever, is a safe one.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe workshop, which took place on March 4, was hosted by Sam Whittle, a registered social worker and the owner of Venus Envy Ottawa. Whittle is a queer woman herself and has dealt with intimate partner abuse in the past, making it an issue close to her heart.
Reading Time: 7 minutesU of O students talk about what it means to be asexual, and the challenges that come hand in hand with identifying with this misunderstood branch of human sexuality.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen someone feels like they don’t belong or have been marginalized in society, all they really want is someone to show them that they are not alone. As our society continues to leave out and brush aside those who don’t fit the norm, many people are turning to alternative media that they can find comfort in. This is where zines come in.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I hope this debate will generate interest, and for young people to see that these issues are considered by politicians, and by some of the parties, anyhow.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversity of Ottawa law professor Nicole LaViolette, passed away May 22, according to the Faculty of Common Law.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLaverne Cox stops by Ottawa to talk about racism and transgender issues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFourth year student shares his experience performing as the role of Annie Thinngowes.
