Nathaniel Christopher / 22 May 2013

Start anti-homophobia education sooner, students say

Nearly three months after the adoption of their school district’s anti-homophobia policy, gay-straight alliance (GSA) members and teacher-sponsors at Thomas Haney Secondary in Maple Ridge are calling ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 17 May 2013

Positive Living and AIDS Vancouver to get a new building

Vancouver City Council approved a rezoning application for the Wall Financial Corporation May 15 that will provide a new home for Positive Living BC and AIDS Vancouver as well as 81 units of social ho...

Nathaniel Christopher / 3 May 2013

Two more BC school districts address homophobia

BC’s Bulkley Valley and Fraser-Cascades school districts have joined 20 others in the province in explicitly addressing homophobia in their policies. On April 23 the Fraser-Cascades district, which is...

Culture and Politics

The stuff I got from Elizabeth May! The brid on the card is a black-throated green warbler.

Nathaniel Christopher / 23 April 2013 / 6 Comments

Elizabeth May mailed me a photo of her cats!

I just received a big letter from Green Party leader and Saanich – Gulf Islands MP Elizbaeth May! Here’s the photo she sent me of her cats when they were kittens: Last month my friend Jane...

Nathaniel Christopher / 23 April 2013

Chick-fil-A event in Nanaimo causes concern

The Vancouver Island Rainbow Association (VIRA) say it’s “disappointed” and “disgusted” that a leadership event produced by Chick-fil-A and hosted by the Nanaimo Daily News was scheduled to take place...

Nathaniel Christopher / 19 April 2013

‘It’s a bit like a never-ending tsunami,’ prof says of HIV

Poor body image is affecting the happiness of gay men, according to results of the 2011 Sex Now Survey, presented at a recent gay men’s health conference in Vancouver. “It’s one of those issues which ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 10 April 2013 / 3 Comments

Licorice ice cream

Have you ever had licorice ice cream? It’s my favourite flavour but it’s so darn hard to find so I was absolutely thrilled to learn that my neighbourhood ice cream place, Gleburn Soda Foun...

Nathaniel Christopher / 8 April 2013

Civic status for Vancouver Pride in 2013?

Vancouver Pride may be designated a civic event in time for the 2013 celebrations, says Vision Vancouver Councillor Tim Stevenson. “I had a word with the city manager, who tells me the report won’t be...

Nathaniel Christopher / 7 April 2013

Have human rights suffered since BC cut its HR Commission 10 years ago?

A decade after the BC Liberals abolished the Human Rights Commission, critics say the shift to a tribunal-only system has hindered the pursuit of human rights, while proponents argue the process is mo...

Nathaniel Christopher / 4 April 2013 / 4 Comments

Canada Post Kiosks!

I still communicate with some people and organizations by mail which means I am frequent visitor to the post office. Unfortunately it’s usually an unpleasant experience on account of the lines and inc...