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Ivan Coyote reads for Capital Pride

Check out our video clip from the event!

By Marcus McCann • June 11, 2008 8:00 pm EDT

READING FOR PRIDE. Ivan Coyote at a Capital Pride fundraiser, Jun 11. Credit: Marcus McCann

Capital Pride hosted a fundraiser reading Jun 11, featuring author and Xtra West columnist Ivan Coyote.

The event was held at Library and Archives Canada on Wellington, to benefit Ottawa’s Pride festival.

Capital Xtra news editor Marcus McCann was there — check out his video below:

(also, be sure to read Ivan Coyote’s latest column on dailyxtra.com)

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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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