Ouch
I was talking to my father’s cousin today. I’m in the process of proving my US citizenship through my father. I need to prove that he lived in the States for a certain period of time. So, ...
Month: March 2008
Coastal Renaissance
Well, I was in Nanaimo over the weekend to visit friends and attend a fundraising concert on Gabriola Island for my foster mom Jo-Anne Fowler. That was awesome. On the way home I sailed on the Coastal...
Posting from Nanaimo
I’m really excited to be making this post from my hometown of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. There’s going to be a big benefit concert on Gabriola Island tonight for my foster mom, Jo-Anne. Sh...
Rally held to protest US HIV ban
About two dozen people gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery Mar 16 to protest the US ban on HIV-positive travellers, and to support a bill now making its way through the US Senate to repeal the ban. ...
Spring cleaning!
Okay, I’ve been writing for newspapers for a very long time. I keep back issues of everything I’ve ever written for… Over the years I’ve accumulated so many newspapers, magazin...
Wash that Newfoundland right out of your hair for only $10!
I am no longer a Newfoundlander. I officially renounced my citizenship yesterday. When my father moved to Canada in the early ‘70s he came without paperwork as an illegal immigrant. He assumed the las...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
People always say you have to wear green on St. Patty’s day, but when I lived in Peterborough, Ontario someone told me that you can also wear Orange. Catholics wore green and Protestants wore or...
Coming out as gay and Christian
Growing up in the American South, Curt Allison never imagined it was possible to be both openly gay and a good Christian. His Pentecostal community taught him that homosexuality was a sin, incongruent...
Nanaimo gay bar seized
British Columbia’s last small town gay bar is no more. On Feb 25 the staff at 70 Below in Nanaimo came to work to find the doors boarded up, and the locks changed. This comes in the midst of a l...
Khan video!
Hello, here’s a video I made about my cat Khan. He’s really starting to adjust, finding his way about my house and so forth. Things he loves: Things he hates: