UMCycle offers safe space for bike maintenance
UMCycle’s first Mechanic Bootcamp for “women, transgender, two spirit and gender non-binary folx” of 2019 will be held Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. By the…
LGBTTQ*
LGBTTQ* rep tables name change motion indefinitely
A motion brought to the UMSU board of governors in December by its LGBTTQ* community representative to change the title of the position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative was tabled indefinitely Thursday.
LGBTTQ* is for LGBTTQ*, not you
Changing the LBGTTQ* representative’s title is a boondoggle.
LGBTTQ* rep reconsidering name change motion
UMSU LGBTTQ* representative Eun-Bi Kang will be bringing forward a motion to change the name of her position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative at Thursday’s board meeting — a decision she now fears may have been “naive.”
Private schools a haven for hatred and bigotry
The nightclub 441 Main found itself in a controversy recently when a young man and his friend were denied entry to the club for using…
A day to remember
As part of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) campus events, a memorial service was held Nov. 20 honouring the lives of transgender people that have…
The dangers of Trudeau’s political neutrality
In September 2018, Devon Hargreaves, an Alberta-based activist, started a petition calling on Justin Trudeau’s government to implement a nation-wide ban on conversion therapy. Conversion…
Taking pride in who they are
The LGBTTQ* community and its allies look at the origins of stereotypes and the definition of pride while celebrating at the annual Pride Winnipeg Festival. Pride…
Film fest darling Call Me By Your Name romanticizes predatory relationships
This film is in the morally bankrupt business of licensing sexual relations between minors and adults.
A Safe Place to Whine and Complain
An upstart local zine is deliberately making space for the voices of people who identify as queer femmes. Whiny Femmes is a submission-based zine and…