Despite the rash of suicides reported this fall, one researcher says the majority of gay youth are not suicidal. Having examined BC Adolescent Health Surveys from 1997, 2003 and 2007, Dr Elizabeth Sae...
If you’re a gay man in a health region which covers two-thirds of British Columbia and seven percent of the population, access to a doctor, never mind a gay-friendly doctor, is a luxury, accordi...
Pigs have a lot to teach gay men about healthy living, says Duncan MacLachlan, the gay men’s outreach coordinator for the AIDS Committee of Toronto. MacLachlan spoke at the Desire and Defiance: Pig Se...
The British Columbia Law Institute says it’s “premature” to reach a general conclusion on the merits of a proposed super tribunal. “While theoretically the concept of a workplace tribunal for BC has s...
The last year has seen “huge successes” for the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS), according to VPS president Ken Coolen. Coolen told approximately 40 members who attended this year’s an...
Two Burnaby residents want to know what happened to the Burnaby School Board’s LGBTQ committee, which was created by the board in June 2009. Kaitlin Burnett, a graduate of the Burnaby school system, i...
More than six months after closing arguments, the BC Human Rights Tribunal has yet to decide if comedian Guy Earle violated the BC Human Rights Code when he allegedly targeted Lorna Pardy and her girl...
The Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers (CALL) has expressed “grave concern” over the Ministry of Labour’s decision to hire the British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) to conduct research and analysi...
Former Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) president John Boychuk has expressed concern over last week’s board decision to post a job advertisement for a full-time, salaried general manager. He says the Pri...
It’s been 21 years since Col (Ret) Grethe Cammermeyer fatefully disclosed she was a lesbian during a routine security clearance — a revelation that changed the course of her life and her US military c...