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. ...
Tag: Gary Korpan
Fifteen years as a journalist
I have been a journalist for 15 years today. On this date in 1998 the first issue of the Mind’s Eye, a youth newspaper in my hometown of Nanaimo, British Columbia, was published. I was part of the you...
Gary Korpan
When I was 12 years old Nanaimo voters elected Gary Richard Korpan as their mayor. They repeated this again in 1996, 1999, 2002 and 2005. Tonight, however, it appears the voters have chosen a new mayo...
Local politicians address plight of gay and lesbian youth
An interview with local politicians The Mind’s Eye, May 14, 1999 I recently interviewed Nanaimo’s representatives MP Reed Elley (Canadian Alliance Party), MLA Dale Lovick (New Democratic P...