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Category: Social justice

Happy National Coming Out Day!
Nathaniel Christopher / 11 October 2013 / 3 Comments

National Coming Out Day

My Facebook feed tells me that today is “National Coming Out Day” and as a self-identified “professional gay” I thought it’d be good to write a little post. I consider myself visibly gay. ...
Partners in VIU’s Tuition Waiver Program include (left to right) MLA Parksville-Qualicum Michelle Stilwell; Ralph Nilson, VIU’s President and Vice-Chancellor; Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk; Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux; Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth, and Bill Yoachim, Kw’umut Lelum Child and Family Services, Snuneymuxw Councilor, VIU Alumnus & Governor. (Vancouver Island University)
Nathaniel Christopher / 26 August 2013 / 2 Comments

Vancouver Island University launches first-of-its-kind tuition waiver for former youth in care

Youth who grew up in foster care are welcome and wanted at university. So says Vancouver Island University (VIU) in Nanaimo which recently announced that they would waive tuition fees for former youth...
Transgender and genderqueer sign
Nathaniel Christopher / 4 August 2013 / 2 Comments

Trans and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March [Video]

Yesterday I attended the Trans and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March in East Vancouver which attracted an incredibly diverse and engaged crowd of transgender and genderqueer people and thei...
Nathaniel Christopher / 5 August 2012 / 2 Comments

Vancouver Trans and Genderqueer March

On Aug. 5 I joined many of my closest friends at the Trans and Genderqueer Celebration and Liberation March in Vancouver.The organisers describe the event as follows: This march is an opportunity for ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 5 August 2012 / 2 Comments

Bicycle blender (dumpster smoothies?)

The lovely people from Food Not Bombs showed up at the Trans and Genderqueer Celebration and Liberation march to provide nutritious food for the masses… with a bike powered blender! My friend An...
Nathaniel Christopher / 21 April 2012 / 3 Comments

Homophobic grafitti in Vancouver on 4/20

On April 20 Vancouver celebrated its 18th annual 4/20 celebration.  That’s basically the day when thousands of people converge downtown to buy, smoke, see, or smell marijuana. Some go down there...
Nathaniel Christopher / 17 April 2012 / 2 Comments

The Charter at 30

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. w00t! As a gay man I credit the Charter for the advancement of a culture and society that protects and includes gay and...
Nathaniel Christopher / 14 April 2012 / 34 Comments

Falun Gong is homophobic

Earlier this week I went out for fish and chips with my friend Andrew, his husband Alex, and our buddy Margaret. We’d heard good things about Dundas Fish & Chips located at 2077 Dundas St. in East...
Nathaniel Christopher / 19 October 2011 / 2 Comments

Dispatch from Occupy Kelowna

Today I was checking out the sites in Downtown Kelowna when I happened up on the Occupy Kelowna demonstration. “It’s about giving 99 per cent of the people a voice,” said Brandy McNeill who is one of ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 22 August 2011 / 2 Comments

Large police presence at BART protest in San Francisco, California

I’m currently visiting some friends in lovely San Francisco, California. Today I did some freestyle wanderin’ which led me to the lovely City Hall. As I walked out of City Hall I noticed a huge police...

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