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How free speech was used as a weapon in the debate at Halifax Pride | Oct 8 2016 | Nora Loreto | Free speech is one of those values that is used as a way to disorient, confuse, obscure or end debate.

Human rights protections raise new questions for freedom of speech | Oct 7 2016 | Rick Salutin | A commitment to free speech doesn't reconcile easily with human rights codes that may compel respect and courtesy toward specific groups -- including their right to be addressed as they choose.

We don't need an inquiry -- we need to bring the hammer of defunding down now on scofflaw private schools | Sep 21 2016 | David J. Climenhaga | When the inquiry fails, can we just get on with defunding those schools, please?

Gender issues in the garment sector in Indonesia | Sep 16 2016 | Jiselle Hanna, Piergiorgio Moro | Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region and interview with garment workers on gender and LGBTI issues at the workplace in Indonesia.

What exactly is the 'compromise' Jason Kenney thinks the NDP should make on sexual minority rights? | Sep 11 2016 | David J. Climenhaga | It's pretty rich for Jason Kenney, of all people, to accuse Alberta Education Minister David Eggen of trying to score political points by standing up for human rights.

Was pastor encouraged by right-wing allies to say intemperate things that could cost his private schools? | Sep 6 2016 | David J. Climenhaga | Don't expect Alberta Education Minister David Eggen to just drop this issue. Whatever Eggen does, this potato’s going to stay hot.

rabble.ca's Vancouver office seeks part-time outreach event volunteers | Sep 2 2016 | rabble staff | Read on for more information about rabble.ca volunteer opportunities in Vancouver.

From Rio to Tokyo, gender discrimination in sport continues | Aug 25 2016 | Katie Douglas, Pro Bono | The treatment of athletes like Caster Semenya at the Rio Olympics shows that the rights of women who do not conform to binary understandings of sex are deemed less worthy of protection than others.

Are you getting any closer? A pocket-sized primer on female sexuality | Aug 11 2016 | Clarissa Fortin | The clitoris. Something so powerful and wonderful, yet largely misunderstood and ignored. Dive into female pleasure and sexuality with "Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality."

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society questions Trinity Western accreditation | Aug 10 2016 | Stephen Kimber | The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is pondering appealing July's Nova Scotia Court of Appeals decision green-lighting graduates of Trinity Western University Law School to ply their trade in N.S.

Six pervasive myths about Canada we must stop believing | Aug 5 2016 | Sophia Reuss | Myth: Canada is a safe haven for marginalized people. Status: Busted. We spoke with people on the frontlines about why these myths are so harmful.

Pride march for queer people of colour creates critical space for healing | Aug 5 2016 | Lenée Son | "Today was about giving us a space. Taking space in the city at Pride time," Fatima Jaffer. A lot of people don't feel comfortable at Pride, so this alternative space was created.

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Show Pride in your small town Aristotleded24 said... We normally think of Pride events happening in big cities. However, in an effort to expand our...

Trudeau government introduces transgender rights bill Arthur Cramer said... Debater, the NDP and activists led on this issue for years. Stop acting like you guys are the ones...

Newly Elected Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan Enters Rehab terrytowel said... As per the title of this thread, Seamus O'Regan has just tweeted I've decided after consultation...

Do I and should I tell my roomate/landlord that I am a pre op trans woman? Pondering said... It's nobody's business but your own that you are transgender and your medical/physical status is...

How the NDP and Liberals are failing queer voters terrytowel said... Rob Salerno writes a very good piece http://www.dailyxtra.com/news-and-ideas/opinion/the-ndp-and-...

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