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Dale Smith

Dale Smith is a freelance journalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery and author of The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action.

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VIDEO: Police chief promises to keep an ‘open mind’

Harm reduction, hookers on queer radar

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Queer community leaders brainstorm on Rainbow Village
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Queer community leaders brainstorm on Rainbow Village

Group forms to get project moving

May 15, 2007
Notice us!
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Notice us!

Getting on-paper recognition is key

May 15, 2007
Megan Hinton’s striking canvasses
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Megan Hinton’s striking canvasses

Ottawa lesbian artist explores sexuality, gender

April 4, 2007
Gay men not wanted on voyage
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Gay men not wanted on voyage

It’s time we asserted our space in the movement

February 21, 2007
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Snowblower a first for local gay men
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Snowblower a first for local gay men

Festival mixes fun with information

February 21, 2007
How self-loathing is watching straight-boy porn?
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How self-loathing is watching straight-boy porn?

Give me good gay-on-gay action any day

December 20, 2006
Find a new role model
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Find a new role model

November 8, 2006
Leather events suffer decline of entries
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Leather events suffer decline of entries

Where are the competitors?

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And the finalists are . . .
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And the finalists are . . .

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Awards for Lifetime Achievement
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Awards for Lifetime Achievement

October 18, 2006
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Local leagues aim to recruit lesbian athletes
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Local leagues aim to recruit lesbian athletes

It’s hard to build momentum of women members

September 27, 2006
Learning from Calgary’s dead gay scene
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Learning from Calgary’s dead gay scene

Gay communities thrive only when we support them

September 6, 2006
End the silence about mutilation
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End the silence about mutilation

Circumcision a brutal form of male abuse

August 16, 2006
A State of Queer Sports report
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A State of Queer Sports report

League isolation causes many challenges in Ottawa sports scene

July 19, 2006
Very strictly ballroom
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Very strictly ballroom

Paul Lafleur to dance his way through Outgames

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LaViolette off to her fifth competition
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LaViolette off to her fifth competition

Cyclist is already bedecked in medals

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