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Natasha Barsotti

Natasha Barsotti is originally from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. She had high aspirations of representing her country in Olympic Games sprint events, but after a while the firing of the starting gun proved too much for her nerves. So she went off to university instead. Her first professional love has always been journalism. After pursuing a Master of Journalism at UBC , she began freelancing at Xtra West — now Xtra Vancouver — in 2006, becoming a full-time reporter there in 2008.

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Calgary: Gay men allege police are targeting them for using park for hookups
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Calgary: Gay men allege police are targeting them for using park for hookups

Police deny they are singling out any particular group of people

September 27, 2013
IOC slammed for hands-off approach to Russia’s anti-gay laws
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IOC slammed for hands-off approach to Russia’s anti-gay laws

Advocate for safety of LGBT Russians, ‘not simply those visiting for the Olympics’: HRC

September 27, 2013
Serbia: Rightwing groups warn there’ll be trouble if Belgrade Pride is greenlighted
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Serbia: Rightwing groups warn there’ll be trouble if Belgrade Pride is greenlighted

‘We do not want them on the streets, spreading LGBT propaganda’: rightist activist

September 26, 2013
Italian pasta chairman says he’d never do an ad with a gay family
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Italian pasta chairman says he’d never do an ad with a gay family

Guido Barilla then issues apology for remarks on Facebook

September 26, 2013
No need to extend West End plan, says LGBTQ advisory committee co-chair
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No need to extend West End plan, says LGBTQ advisory committee co-chair

Vancouver city planners recommend plan proceed to hearing as scheduled

September 26, 2013
South Africa: Johannesburg Pride head reportedly threatened and attacked
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South Africa: Johannesburg Pride head reportedly threatened and attacked

Kaye Ally says she won’t let ‘petty criminals sway my dedication to Pride’

September 25, 2013
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Pennsylvania: Trans student won’t be allowed to run for homecoming king
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Pennsylvania: Trans student won’t be allowed to run for homecoming king

Kasey Caron was told he could run for homecoming queen instead

September 25, 2013
Russian activist says same-sex families under most pressure
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Russian activist says same-sex families under most pressure

Putin’s assertions that there’s no discrimination shows concern about global condemnation: Natalia Tsymbalova

September 25, 2013
Australia: Christian school’s students react angrily to anti-gay-marriage lobby letter
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Australia: Christian school’s students react angrily to anti-gay-marriage lobby letter

Facebook page in support of same-sex marriage garners more than 1,000 likes

September 24, 2013
Russian anti-gay groups call for Elton John concert ban
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Russian anti-gay groups call for Elton John concert ban

Parents’ group says pop star’s support of LGBT people would break anti-gay law

September 24, 2013
Vancouver considers groundbreaking gender-neutral bathrooms
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Vancouver considers groundbreaking gender-neutral bathrooms

Code would be first of its kind in Canada: chief building official

September 24, 2013
Gay North Texas man beaten after meeting teen through app
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Gay North Texas man beaten after meeting teen through app

Police investigating incident as possible hate crime

September 24, 2013
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Russia: Vitaly Milonov accuses QueerFest attendees of supporting ‘those who rape kids’
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Russia: Vitaly Milonov accuses QueerFest attendees of supporting ‘those who rape kids’

St Petersburg lawmaker also says stories of anti-gay violence are ‘fake information’

September 23, 2013
New York: Metropolitan Opera won’t dedicate Tchaikovsky opera to LGBT Russians
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New York: Metropolitan Opera won’t dedicate Tchaikovsky opera to LGBT Russians

Protest planned against ‘Met’s silence’

September 23, 2013
US: Transgender high school student named homecoming queen
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US: Transgender high school student named homecoming queen

Cassidy Lynn Campbell hopes win opens ‘people’s eyes to the world around them’

September 23, 2013
Jamaica: Gay man reportedly stoned and targeted with homophobic slurs
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Jamaica: Gay man reportedly stoned and targeted with homophobic slurs

Activist says ‘athletic young man’ escaped but fears reporting incident to police

September 23, 2013
Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov says Pride festival attendees are ‘un-Russian’ and ‘faggots’
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Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov says Pride festival attendees are ‘un-Russian’ and ‘faggots’

One festival guest was reportedly hit in the face

September 20, 2013
US: Bill proposed to protect groups opposed to gay marriage from discrimination
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US: Bill proposed to protect groups opposed to gay marriage from discrimination

Republican Raúl Labrador drafted Marriage and Religious Freedom Act

September 19, 2013
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