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Category: 2012

All news stories published in 2012.

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 April 2012

Mpowering young gay men

One of America’s most successful programs for reducing new HIV infections among young gay and bisexual men comes to Vancouver this June. “We’re going back to an empowerment model, which is what the HI...
Nathaniel Christopher / 11 April 2012

Accessing HIV post-exposure drugs

Gay men in Vancouver will soon have expanded access to a drug therapy that can prevent them from becoming HIV-positive after exposure to the virus. Next month the Ministry of Health and the BC Centre ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 28 March 2012

16th school district passes anti-homophobia policy

On March 27 Gold Trail became the 16th school district in British Columbia to implement an anti-homophobia policy. “We didn’t have any specific incident that was of deep and dire concern that was the ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 15 March 2012

Former student seeks apology from school

When Gary Allen was a teenager he prayed that morning would never come so he wouldn’t have go to school. Allen was a student at Vancouver’s Killarney Secondary from 1979 to 1981 where, he says, he was...
Nathaniel Christopher / 5 March 2012

Prince George trustees reject anti-homophobia policy

Prince George school trustees have decided against adopting a stand-alone anti-homophobia policy similar to those adopted in 15 other British Columbia school districts. Instead, the Prince George scho...
Nathaniel Christopher / 1 March 2012

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows trustees support anti-homophobia policy

The Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows school board chamber was a sea of pink on Feb 29 as trustees responded positively to presentations from district teachers and students seeking a stand-alone anti-homop...
Nathaniel Christopher / 1 March 2012

Parents’ Voice a no-show

Administrators at Burnaby’s Confederation Park Elementary School are relieved that a rumoured protest by Parents’ Voice failed to materialize on Pink Shirt Day. Word of the protest first surfaced on F...
Nathaniel Christopher / 22 February 2012

Call for Langley school board to develop queer-friendly policy

The Langley Teachers Association went before the district’s school board Feb 21 to call for specific policy to protect queer students and staff. “This district for about four or five years has not mad...
Nathaniel Christopher / 16 February 2012

Fraser Valley Taboo show cancelled

Organizers of the fifth annual Fraser Valley Taboo Naughty But Nice Show have cancelled the Abbotsford show, citing restrictive liquor bylaws, as well as opposition from some in the local Christian co...
Nathaniel Christopher / 27 January 2012

Changes to Trans Health Program spark concern

Members of Vancouver’s trans community are alarmed by what one person describes as “the ongoing failure of Vancouver Coastal Health to provide adequate care to the gender-diverse community of BC.” “I ...

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