Nathaniel Christopher / 29 May 2013

Vancouver Pride parade gets civic status

Vancouver city council voted unanimously to approve civic designation for the Pride parade May 29, along with the Vaisakhi and Chinatown Spring Festival parades. The designation means the Vancouver Pr...

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...

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 / 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 / 24 March 2013

Queer youth camp seeks to expand nationally

The University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services has launched a $5-million fundraising campaign that will expand their groundbreaking camp for queer youth to every provin...

Nathaniel Christopher / 18 March 2013

Yukon: More than 250 to rally in support of queer-inclusive school policies

A “sea of pink expression” will descend on the Yukon Legislative Assembly March 21 as queer Yukoners and their allies rally in support of LGBT-inclusive policies for all publicly funded Yukon schools....