Reading Time: 2 minutesDoug Ford is now drowning in low approval ratings so he decides to become a copycat of Meatball Ron!
Pride
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn June I attended a counter-protest to an “anti-woke protest” right here in Ottawa. On Sunday I attended Capital Pride; here’s what I think.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe extraordinary performances make us realize that perhaps, as said by RuPaul Charles, “we’re all born naked and the rest is drag.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesYour streaming service home screen has a “telling LGBTQ stories” tab for pride month. So let’s dive in.
Reading Time: 5 minutesPride and gathering spaces play an important part in LGBTQ2+ history, but how have they evolved over the years into what we see today? This week the Fulcrum explores the past, present and future of LGBTQ2+ commons; what are they, what do they look like, and what will they look like?
Reading Time: 2 minutesCheck out our recap of the drag show that took place on campus last night featuring Tatianna, best known for her appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2. The event was part of the University of Ottawa’s Pride Week.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOrganizers expected more than 65,000 attendees on the eve of the parade.
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: 3 minutes“There’s so much going on right now, so I think it’s important to show that we have the numbers to support our community.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesProtests are an inherent part of social change and activism. Women’s right to vote, the civil rights movement, and many other important social movements throughout history could not have progressed and amassed the support necessary for things to change without the power of peaceful dissent.
Reading Time: 2 minutesONE OF OTTAWA’S most colourful parades took place on Aug. 25, wrapping up the weeklong Capital Pride Festival. For the first time in nearly a decade, the parade route stretched down Bank Street, through Ottawa’s gay village, and ended at Marion Dewar Plaza at City Hall.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCampus Pride week may have come and gone at the University of Ottawa, but for Cody Boast, a third-year political science student, the incident that occurred on March 4 left him feeling little pride in his campus community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLGBT community marches for diversity, acceptance, and self-expression Dayna Prest | Fulcrum Contributor OTTAWA CAPITAL PRIDE 2012 culminated in a fabulous display by Ottawa’s queer community during the annual pride parade on Aug. 26. The theme of this year’s pride celebrations was “come out and play”—a play on words that was taken as a call to action by the hundreds of supporters who attended receptions, boat …
