Nathaniel Christopher / 25 May 2011

New HIV guidelines needed for BC prosecutors

HIV activists say that it’s time British Columbia drafted better guidelines to assist prosecutors when laying criminal charges in HIV-related cases. “The bottom line is we want everyone to have an enj...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 May 2011

Chandra Herbert to introduce trans bill in BC

Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert will introduce a bill in the legislature on May 26 to add protection for transgender people to BC’s Human Rights Code. “Justice has to be seen and protec...

Nathaniel Christopher / 3 May 2011

Searching for Cher’s birthplace in El Centro, California

I was recently down in California visiting my buddy Yuri in the Palm Springs area. The last time I hung out with Yuri was back in 2009 when I flew to Vegas to see Cher in concert. Sadly, there would b...

Nathaniel Christopher / 23 April 2011 / 2 Comments

Shopping while hungry

I think it was Oprah who once said to never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry. But what happens if you wake up and there’s nothing you want to eat? A few days ago I went to Safeway on an empty st...

Nathaniel Christopher / 20 April 2011

Lesbian wins Zesty’s complaint

The BC Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that Lorna Pardy’s complaints against Guy Earle and the owners of Zesty’s were justified and awarded her $22,500 plus interest in damages. Lorna Pardy filed a hu...

Culture and Politics

Nathaniel Christopher / 18 April 2011 / 1 Comment

BC NDP web people didn’t expect Dana Larsen to win

I’m a bit of a geek. Whenever there’s a change in government or party leadership I go to their website to see how quickly the webmasters make the change. Yesterday the BC NDP elected Vancouver-Kingswa...

Nathaniel Christopher / 7 April 2011

Gay EXposé

Martin Inthamoussú knows it’s not easy to find size 10 high heels. “When I went to buy those shoes it was at a very chic place in Montevideo,” he recalls. “[The storekeeper] said, ‘We don’t have your ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 24 March 2011

Lone PWA survivor remembers

“Standing up was not a choice,” John Kozachenko asserts. “It was about survival. Survival at its basic. That’s the only choice you have. It’s either this or death.” Twenty-five years after the Vancouv...

Nathaniel Christopher / 9 March 2011

Edmonton school board stands against homophobia

Edmonton, Alberta’s largest school district, has become the first in the province to vote in favour of creating an explicit, stand-alone anti-homophobia policy. The Edmonton Public School B...

Nathaniel Christopher / 9 March 2011

Joint games in 2018?

Outgames and Gay Games organizers are talking about eventually replacing their two separate games with one event to be produced jointly by the Federation of Gay Games and the Gay and Lesbian Internati...