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Freedom of speech?
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Freedom of speech?

Going too far is one thing. Hate speech is another.

April 7, 2010
Blue food bonanza
Vancouver

Blue food bonanza

I understand shoestring living

March 10, 2010
Cleaning house for our competitive relatives
Vancouver

Cleaning house for our competitive relatives

When sports trump arts and health care and social justice

February 10, 2010
But are they queer?
Vancouver

But are they queer?

If straight people call themselves queer, what are we?

January 13, 2010
Meredith, you’ve got style
Vancouver

Meredith, you’ve got style

Family Ties mom comes out

December 16, 2009
Get over your gold stars
Vancouver

Get over your gold stars

Didn’t most of us come out in order to escape being boxed in?

November 18, 2009
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Lessons in heels
Vancouver

Lessons in heels

Every nerdy girl needs a drag queen friend

October 21, 2009
Cruisin’
Vancouver

Cruisin’

September 23, 2009
There will be drama
Vancouver

There will be drama

Where there are no degrees of separation

August 26, 2009
I Can’t Think Straight
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I Can’t Think Straight

A quirky romance with solid politics

August 12, 2009
Hard lessons
Vancouver

Hard lessons

We have to stand up to our bullies so future generations can stand up to theirs

July 29, 2009
The photo
Vancouver

The photo

The blowjob wasn’t something I’d get upset about

July 1, 2009
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Singer Kate Reid is just warming up
Arts

Singer Kate Reid is just warming up

‘People tell me I’m too in-your-face about being out in my music’

July 1, 2009
Cooping mechanisms
Vancouver

Cooping mechanisms

Now that it’s legal to keep chickens in the city, some dykes determined to live off the land

June 3, 2009
Twitter triumphs
Vancouver

Twitter triumphs

Uploading our photos, our politics, our connections to each other

May 7, 2009
Abbotsford youth win Community Hero of the Year
Power

Abbotsford youth win Community Hero of the Year

‘It’s such an honour to be recognized for something that matters so much to us’: Kuipers

May 7, 2009
Next of kin
Vancouver

Next of kin

For those of us living outside the socially sanctioned next-of-kin mentality

April 8, 2009
Losing inhibitions takes time
Vancouver

Losing inhibitions takes time

Sex gets hotter with experience

March 11, 2009
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