GenderTRASH: All-ages cabaret and dance party
August 2, 2013 - 9:00pm On Aug 2nd, we take the streets: Trans & Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March https://www.facebook.com/events/618542901498577 And afterwards, we PARTY! GenderTRASH...
View ArticleSHOUT OUT PROUD: Live Music Fundraiser for Saige Community Foodbank
August 3, 2013 - 7:00pm Part of Vancouver's own GENDERFEST.CA Pride, East Van, Live Music, Local Artists, Community, Charity, Diversity, Acceptance. What do all these things have in common? An amazing...
View ArticleCity of perpetual displacement: 100 years since the destruction of the...
This year marks 100 years since the dispossession of the Kitsilano Reserve. Today the renewed displacement and dislocation of diverse communities in East Vancouver gives reason to think critically...
View ArticleQueer Arts Festival presents: Reflection/Refraction
August 1, 2013 - 5:30pm Reflection/Refraction flips the gaze of the artist. The curators assigned five queer performing artists a short film made by a queer filmmaker. Reflection/Refraction flips the...
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What's in a name? The 'Khatsahlano!' festival and colonialism
Friday, July 26, 2013 The practice of appropriating Indigenous names and cultures is experiencing an unfortunate renaissance in today's popular culture. The practice of appropriating Indigenous names...
View ArticleCWHWC Meet and Greet
July 29, 2013 - 7:00pm Come to the Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre Meet & Greet, meet some people you'd see around the clinic, eat some snacks, play some games, give us some input, and much...
View ArticleVancouver Pride Parade and Festival
Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival Show your solidarity with the LGBT community, and your pride in the fight for a living wage for all B.C. workers.
View ArticleLive music and development: A double standard of noise pollution in Vancouver
Beyond the highly publicized and debated issues that pertain to Vancouver’s visual and physical space, mainly focused on the much publicized Downtown Eastside, there is a competition for sonic space...
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This is about more than just Russia: Homophobia and the Olympics
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 The whole world is watching the IOC and Russia. We are calling on all countries to stand up loud and proud for LGTTBQ rights. In June Russia, host of the 2014 Sochi Winter...
View ArticleFor pity's sake, George: Don't send the Olympics back to Vancouver
The Olympics are a nightmare from which Vancouver is trying to awake. And apparently, as opposition mounts to the 2014 Sochi Olympics in the context of Russia's violently anti-LGBTQ laws, a growing and...
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Vancouver 2014? A sober look at the Olympics and human rights
A response to some high profile appeals to move the 2014 Olympics from Sochi to Vancouver. For pity's sake, George: Don't send the Olympics back to Vancouver
View ArticleDo you support calls to relocate the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia...
In the wake of global outcry over Russia's contemptible anti-gay legislation, there have been calls made to relocate the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia. One petition, supported by actor...
View ArticleGlobal climate emergency: More bike lanes good, but we need a transportation...
July was a record-breaking month in Vancouver -- the driest on record. The political discussion in the city during these long, hot summer days was dominated by a most parochial issue: traffic changes...
View ArticleThe debate on housing supply is really about Monopoly
Bob Ransford has recently published yet another article in the Vancouver Sun repeating his mantra that the affordability crisis in Vancouver is caused by a lack of private development. The logic goes...
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Rally against massacres in Egypt -- part of a cross-Canada day of action
August 24, 2013 - 12:00pm The message of the rally is "STOP THE MASSACRES & RESTORE DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT". This is the only way forward for Egypt out of this tragic mess. Sat. Aug 24: Rally against...
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Vancouver Science World's 'Science of Sexuality' exhibit (and why it made me...
Friday, August 23, 2013 A room-by-room critical review of the 'Science of Sexuality' exhibit at Science World in Vancouver. Seeing that it was recommended for people as young as 12, I didn't have high...
View ArticleLabour Day picnic and free concert: Jim Byrnes with No Sinner and Bend Sinister
September 2, 2013 - 11:00am The picnic will be fun for the whole family with free hotdogs, face painting, games for the kids, and live music from Jim Byrnes, with No Sinner, and Bend Sinister. The...
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Metro Vancouver transit referendum opens up opportunities for organizing
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Vancouver is the largest city in North America without a downtown freeway, and is influential globally in urban development and transportation planning. In April, during the...
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Who's afraid of a map? Palestine bus ads spark debate in Vancouver
Thursday, September 12, 2013 Following the lead of other North American cities, Vancouver Palestine supporters bought advertising space on buses for maps depicting 'Disappearing Palestine.'...
View ArticleSister Elizabeth Kelliher: A life fully devoted to social justice and solidarity
A short tribute to Sister Elizabeth Kelliher, originally published in The Source / La Source. A few years ago, during Israel's Operation Cast Lead against Gaza, I was participating in a protest rally...
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