Gay couple closing Morris restaurant due to homophobia
Two restaurant owners in Morris, Manitoba are closing their new restaurant due to several accounts of homophobic comments. Pots N Hands will no longer be…
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Anti-bullying bill creates contention
A recent provincial bill, entitled “The Public Schools Amendment Act,” has several private and faith-based schools arguing that a clause touching on gay-straight alliances (GSA)…
Message of hope for LGBT youth
The “It Gets Better” campaign, which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth, is reaching further with a video from the RCMP. RCMP officers…
First Spring Grass Fire
Rae Spoon is a transgender musician/writer/workshop facilitator who has been nominated for a Polaris Prize, released six solo albums, toured internationally, and now has published…
Reel Pride!
The Winnipeg Gay & Lesbian Film Society has been organizing film screenings for the past 25 years or so, and this year marks the 19th…
Queer Perspectives
Lisa Wood has just completed a yearlong project in partnership with the Rainbow Resource Centre, as part of the WITH ART Community Program put together…
Riot Lung
Leah Horlick comes to Winnipeg to launch her new book Screen printing, pap smears, family vacations, and racism – just a few of the disparate…
MP’s emails cause concerns regarding privacy
Two Conservative MPs made headlines last week when they were accused of breaching individual’s privacy through email. Jason Kenney, Immigration Minister and MP for Calgary…
Men who have sex with men ban still upheld
A call for campus blood donations on Sept. 24 reopened the debate on the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) long-standing donation ban from men who have…
Feminist and Queer Review
The Feminist and Queer Collective (FAQ) is a non-hierarchical, student collective based out of the University of Manitoba’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program. For the…