Archive for the 'activism' Category
As communities rise from the margins, they undergo a process of introspection, microscopic self-examination and self-definition. It’s a process of healing, throwing off the ill-fitting definitions that had been imposed previously by a majority that didn’t experience and most often didn’t understand what it was building a box around. It’s a process of finding pride [...]
Filed under: Gender Politics, activism, feminism, hate, sex-positive, transgender | 5 Comments
The Fundie’s Handbook
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the way I see it, and with the steamroller momentum of birtherism, teabagging, speechies, marriage protection and the like, one can’t help but just want to take the easier road of rolling with it. Even my home Province of Alberta, Canada is swinging to the right like never before, cutting GRS funding, [...]
Filed under: Canada, Gender Politics, activism, media, musings, politics, religion | 1 Comment
In early October of 2008, substitute teacher Jan Buterman was informed that he was being dropped from the teacher list and should not report to a scheduled class that day. Jan had spoken with the Deputy Superintendent at the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29 the previous June about his transition from [...]
Filed under: Alberta, Canada, Gender Politics, activism, religion, transgender | 10 Comments
Update: That was quick. Tim’s has withdrawn its sponsorship.
Original post:
Canadian donut franchise Tim Horton’s is sponsoring Marriage Day in Rhode Island. This “Marriage Day,” as it turns out, is organized by the National Organization for Marriage, and in case there was any confusion, they loudly declare “This is a great opportunity to take a stand [...]
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On July 6th, I noted the story of Lu’s: A Pharmacy for Women, operated by the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective (VWHC) , and noted how the Vancouver pharmacy’s policy to serve only “women who were born as women and live as women” excluded anyone transsexual or of transsexual history. At that point, I’d recommended opening [...]
Filed under: Canada, Gender Politics, activism, feminism, transgender | 1 Comment
Before being deposed by the current minority Conservative government, the federal Liberals began work on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, to be built in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As the building is underway and the Advisory Committee is being developed to oversee what is to be included, an organization called REAL Women of Canada has [...]
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(I have to apologize for mostly having to cover everything in a recap, rather than being able to cover everything as it happened. It’s possible that as a consequence some of the links may have become invalid as media phases out old news pages or moves them to members-only sections.)
10,000 people turned out for [...]
Filed under: Alberta, Canada, activism, media, politics, transgender | 1 Comment
(Permission is granted to distribute this as widely as people see fit)
To: Honourable Lindsay Blackett, MLA Calgary-Northwest, Minister of Culture
CC: Premier Ed Stelmach,
Ms. Rachel Notley
Dr. David Swann
The People of Alberta
The Alberta Teachers’ Association
The Pride Centre of Edmonton
Calgary Outlink
Mr. Blackett, please tell me how my very existence is such poison to society that we dare not [...]
Filed under: Alberta, Canada, activism, religion, transgender | 1 Comment
On the heels of delisting Health Care funding for Gender Reassignment Surgery without consultation with the medical community, the Government has taken further ridiculous steps to alienate the closeted moderates in the Province. A small concession is being made in Human Rights legislation to finally include Sexual Orientation in the list of protected classes (which [...]
Filed under: Canada, activism, politics, religion, transgender | 6 Comments
When Finance Minister Iris Evans discussed the Province’s decision to delist Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS) on the day after the budget was handed down, she said, “I didn’t even know we covered that.” Reportedly, there was a look of hate in her eyes as she said it (I didn’t see the report, but have heard [...]
Filed under: Canada, activism, media, medical, transgender | 3 Comments
