Here's an article from the Ottawa Sun on the appointment of Doug Cryer, who has "publicly defended the right of churches to denounce homosexuality", to the tribunal that decides whether GLBT* people get to stay in Canada.

Thoughts?

Not sure how interesting this to everyone. But as someone who came out in 1993 at 16 -- when Svend Robinson was the only out gay man in parliament, and talking about crazy fringe ideas like same-sex marriage -- I've tended to keep a close eye on queer candidates across the country ( Read more... )

The CBC reported yesterday on new regulartions from Health Canada about high risk organ donors.
A number of organ donation groups said Monday that they are unaware of new Health Canada regulations that mean sexually active gay men, injection drug users and other groups considered high risk will no longer be accepted as organ donors ( Read more... )

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=b6632b16-67a3-459f-b9c8-b8dd651e8b1f&k=83535

It does not violate the Charter of Rights to restrict gay men from donating to sperm banks, says the Ontario Court of Appeal ( Read more... )

Well, I sincerely must apologize for not providing a better introduction to my previous post. I didn't realize that anyone here would feel it was as off topic as it was. However, in hindsight I can definitely see why it would've been perceived this way and I would hope to clarify why I felt the need to post about the issue ( Read more... )