The last few days have been rather mouvementées.

Monday was the protest in Montebello over the SPP negotiations. (Click here for a backgrounder.) Got up quite early and caught the bus at Concordia; much to my delight, I hooked up with my friend Telyn who was travelling with the Pink Bloc, so spent the day with a fabulous bunch of queer protesters ( Read more... )

This past Monday a local queer/trans girl was physically assaulted in broad daylight at the corner of Duluth & St. Laurent. She was blind-sided by a punch in the nose that was hard enough to knock her off her feet and draw blood. The only assumed reason is her gender-variance/perceived queerness! In an effort to make herself, and all other queer/ ( Read more... )

In this Australian TV bit about Fred Phelps and his gang, the Australian journalist, during an interview with Fred Phelps Junior, starts cruising him.

Wow.

General Call-Out (2 important dates ( Read more... )

Come support the Coalition Avortons leur congrès in protesting the conference "Vie et famille : Source d'espérance" being held at Saint Joseph's Oratory, 17-19 November 2005 ( Read more... )

In case you haven't heard about the case making the rounds of the blogs, of the kid in Tennessee being forced into an ex-gay camp, check it out. The link to his blog broke my heart.

And this is happening all the time. This is not an unusual case in any way, except that it so happens we're reading what he thinks about it.

KISS-IN, STREETPARTY and PINK BLOC ( Read more... )

Emailed to me:

It was Friday January 21st 16:15, and the southeast corner of Saint Denis and Mont-Royal was still basking in the last of the setting sun. Two lesbians who had been walking hand in hand down Mont-Royal were stopped at the corner waiting to head north on Saint Denis. Just before the light changed they stepped towards each other to ( Read more... )

This is being linked to 'most everywhere: cartoons and pacifist songs