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Category: 2015

All news stories published in 2015.

Nathaniel Christopher / 7 May 2015

MLA office attacker appeals to overturn assault conviction

Michael Melvin Williams, who was found guilty of assault in the Feb 21, 2014, attack at Vancouver West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert’s office, appeared in BC Supreme Court May 6, seeking to have his...
Nathaniel Christopher / 1 May 2015

Vancouver Queer Film Festival tightens ad policy after Israeli ad

The organizers of Vancouver’s annual Queer Film Festival have revised their sponsorship and advertising policy in response to controversy surrounding last year’s acceptance of advertising from a pro-I...
Nathaniel Christopher / 28 April 2015

HIV groups call on PrEP maker Gilead to seek Health Canada nod

Gay men’s health and HIV prevention organizations are calling on the manufacturer of a drug that can significantly reduce the risk of HIV infection to file an application with Health Canada so that HI...
Nathaniel Christopher / 27 March 2015

Largest Alberta Catholic school board will comply with GSA law

Alberta’s largest separate Catholic school district says it will comply with the provincial government’s new law to support gay-straight alliances — even as it informs parents when their children seek...
Nathaniel Christopher / 24 March 2015

Christians silenced in Canada, says anti-gay activist

An evangelical activist, who for years denounced homosexuality in Canada, says more Christians are willing to support his crusade against abortion than take a public stand against gay rights. “Some pr...
Nathaniel Christopher / 16 March 2015

City grants Odyssey permit for new space on Hastings

The Odyssey’s new owner-operator confirms that the nightclub will reopen at its new Hastings Street location once renovations are complete. “There’s no turning back at this point,” Bijan Ahmadian says...
Nathaniel Christopher / 13 March 2015

Why are Vancouver officials scrutinizing queer arts group?

The head of a local arts group says the sex-positive nature of his events has generated overzealous scrutiny from City of Vancouver officials and BC liquor inspectors. Vancouver’s Indoor Arts & Cu...
Nathaniel Christopher / 17 February 2015

Will dotgay’s second ICANN panel give it the domain it seeks?

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has agreed to reconsider a gay company’s community application for the proposed .gay top-level domain.  ICANN agreed to dotgay’s reconsi...
Nathaniel Christopher / 16 February 2015

Vancouver Pride Society ends year with largest surplus to date

After three years of budget deficits, the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) ended 2014 with its largest surplus to date, president Tim Richards told the 26 members who attended the society’s annual genera...
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Nathaniel Christopher / 4 February 2015

NPA denies portraying Denike and Woo as ‘homophobes’

Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association (NPA) and NPA Councillor Elizabeth Ball deny that they falsely portrayed former school trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo as intolerant homophobes following their ...

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