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Marcus McCann

Marcus McCann

Marcus McCann is an employment and human rights lawyer, member of Queers Crash the Beat, and a part owner of Glad Day Bookshop. Before becoming a lawyer, he was the managing editor of Xtra in Toronto and Ottawa.

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Get rid of Canada’s polygamy law

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Queers open their hearts to Haiti

January 15, 2010
Rent’s farewell tour: we say goodbye to an old friend
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Rent’s farewell tour: we say goodbye to an old friend

Enthusiastic crowd buoys the cast

January 12, 2010
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Why Rent still matters

Fourteen years later, we’re still singing along

January 12, 2010
Rent’s Michael McElroy on the musical’s toughest song
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Rent’s Michael McElroy on the musical’s toughest song

January 8, 2010
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Xtra recommends: best queer books of 2009

Marie-Claire Blais, John Barton, Zoe Whittall (& one cheat)

December 21, 2009
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Toronto Women’s Bookstore short $40K; could close as early as January
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Toronto Women’s Bookstore short $40K; could close as early as January

December 18, 2009
Canadian writer has laptop seized at border
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Canadian writer has laptop seized at border

December 12, 2009
Canadian Blood Services lifts ban on gay bone marrow donors
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Canadian Blood Services lifts ban on gay bone marrow donors

Change affects relatively few, activists say; no movement on blood donation

December 7, 2009
Border battle ‘spiteful, intolerant’: MP
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Border battle ‘spiteful, intolerant’: MP

Inside Out scraps with Canada’s border cops

December 1, 2009
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Queer film experts baffled by detention of Inside Out films

Out on Film ED & documentary director Aerlyn Weissman weigh in

November 24, 2009
Calling bullshit on the CBSA
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Calling bullshit on the CBSA

Misdirection may have fooled the CBC, but it won’t fool gays

November 24, 2009
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Border agency denies wrongdoing in gay film censorship flap
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Border agency denies wrongdoing in gay film censorship flap

November 23, 2009
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PG-rated gay film seized en route to Ottawa film fest

Border guards holding three movies as Inside Out scrambles to find solution

November 20, 2009
Abandon equality
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Abandon equality

Equality-based advocacy circumscribes too tightly what constitutes injustice

November 18, 2009
George Smitherman confident heading into Toronto’s mayoral race
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George Smitherman confident heading into Toronto’s mayoral race

Courts gays in lead-up to next fall’s election

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Sexuality & Socialism in US politics
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Sexuality & Socialism in US politics

Sherry Wolf on conservative gay institutions, the Democrats & more

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The insider
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The insider

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