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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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Earth to listing lefties: try compassion
Ottawa

Earth to listing lefties: try compassion

Layton, Dion letting Harper decide what ‘strong’ means

September 16, 2008
Will history repeat itself?
Vancouver

Will history repeat itself?

September 10, 2008
BIA blocks Village Street Social: new location is ‘plan B’
Power

BIA blocks Village Street Social: new location is ‘plan B’

Party social moved to side street based on stinging email from Gerry LePage

September 4, 2008
Bust out your A game
Ottawa

Bust out your A game

We’ve got work ahead, and standing still is going backwards

August 26, 2008
UPDATE: Rec centre will display Dyke March poster
Power

UPDATE: Rec centre will display Dyke March poster

Manager warns that poster could come down again

August 17, 2008
Charge against Rand withdrawn in Dixie Landers case
Power

Charge against Rand withdrawn in Dixie Landers case

Ottawa woman cleared in Centretown Pub incident

August 14, 2008
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Canadian border agents seize gay couple’s laptop
Travel

Canadian border agents seize gay couple’s laptop

Videos were no racier than porn sold in shops

August 6, 2008
I can’t get worked up about ‘fighting’ stereotypes
Canada

I can’t get worked up about ‘fighting’ stereotypes

Arguments are often boring, judgmental and even homophobic

August 6, 2008
Bearded lady: from carnival freak to intersex forebearer
Culture

Bearded lady: from carnival freak to intersex forebearer

Carnivale Lune Bleue builds a vintage 1930s carnival, without moral queasiness

July 30, 2008
Ontario earmarks cash to respond to hate crimes
Power

Ontario earmarks cash to respond to hate crimes

New money will train recruits

July 17, 2008
A little history repeating? Let’s avoid the spins
Ottawa

A little history repeating? Let’s avoid the spins

Maintaining our freedoms is about more than hanging on with our fingernails

July 15, 2008
Paul Richard wins battle with Human Rights Commission
Power

Paul Richard wins battle with Human Rights Commission

Tribunal will need policy for rejecting old claims

July 6, 2008
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Feds spending $7.5 million on harm reduction
Power

Feds spending $7.5 million on harm reduction

Policy still on Public Health radar, docs show

June 26, 2008
Blood ban debate threatens to go off the tracks
Ottawa

Blood ban debate threatens to go off the tracks

Just as good as hookers, not just as good as married straights

June 24, 2008
The fun, flirty life of gay bachelors
Arts

The fun, flirty life of gay bachelors

Toto Too’s new play: Memoirs of a SGWM

June 24, 2008
Burn down the disco! Porn panic comes to Canada
Power

Burn down the disco! Porn panic comes to Canada

Maclean’s wants us to mess with fundamental freedoms; I say, let teens look at XTube

June 24, 2008
Health crisis ‘runs deep’ in prisons: activist
Health

Health crisis ‘runs deep’ in prisons: activist

Safer tattooing advocate wins award

June 16, 2008
Ivan Coyote reads for Capital Pride
Video

Ivan Coyote reads for Capital Pride

Check out our video clip from the event!

June 11, 2008
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