Politics And More

The Language of Freedom

February 6, 2013

Word of the Day: “homogrifying” adj; colloq. [1] the act of encouraging queer people to live an open life; possibly a merger of ‘homosexual’ and ‘gratifying’. Ex: “moving to NYC has been a homogrifying experience” [2] Causing fear in uptight people they may have repressed [read more]

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Rerun

February 2, 2013

(First posted two years ago; still applicable) One of the reasons I decided to leave Toronto almost twenty years ago was the overwhelming sense of loss I felt. The first ‘real’ relationship had ended, the job I thought would be my career was gone, and [read more]

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Am I A Relic of the Past?

June 22, 2012

In April the NY Times ran a story questioning whether Judy Garland was still a gay icon. The discussion/ debate has continued at various web-sites, from The Village Voice, Vice magazine to Huffington Post. What follows is my (slightly edited) response to a post at [read more]

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Pink Triangle Day 2011

January 4, 2011

Give a gift that declares your pride and reminds the world that love is to be honoured and celebrated. Pink Triangle Day is an unofficial Canadian holiday celebrated on February 14th each year. It was declared at the annual meeting of CLGRC (the Canadian Lesbian [read more]

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Toronto Pride Parades

December 7, 2010

Over 60 photographs (many full-page) from Toronto’s annual Pride Parades offered in this over-sized (13″x11″) hard cover book make this a great gift, whether you live in Toronto or not. Click on the cute pictogram to the left of the Blurb logo to see the [read more]