In the face of deepening concern from Ottawa-area Catholics, St. Joseph’s Church, on June 15 hosted Celebration of Life, an ecumenical memorial service for people who have died of AIDS. “What should have been an occasion to gather to pray for those who have succumbed to this deadly disease was in fact, a reaffirmation of the ‘gay’ lifestyle, said Ottawa nurse Sylvia [...]
In Ottawa, reaction to the growing AIDS epidemic seemed to dominate the late summer months. In mid-August, Gary Guzzo, president of the Central Canada Exhibition, ordered two graphic pamphlets banned from a stand set yup by Planned Parenthood Ottawa. The pamphlets, entitled “News for Gay Men” showed naked homosexuals engaged in oral and anal sex and used “explicit street language” to get [...]
Residents of the Golden Horseshoe (in Southern Ontario) may soon experience a first in Canadian radio broadcasting – the birth of family alternative radio. Featuring the best in contemporary gospel music, FM 91.7 will broadcast its signal into Southern Ontario and Western New York. The proposed station, based in St. Catharines, would operate on a 24-hour, commercial-free format. In addition, the station [...]
Abortion and birth control are popularly believed to have no material consequences outside of the body of the woman. Whatever moral, physical, or psychological ramifications there may be as a result of an abortion or of taking a hormone pill for twenty years are thought to be locked in and confined to the mother, and there is nothing more to be said. [...]
The following list of names appeared as an advertisement under the title “Pride Day Greetings” in Toronto’s homosexual newspaper X-rated (June 1990). It includes the names of “your New Democratic Party representatives and the NDP Lesbian/Gay Caucus”, - “working,” it says, “at all levels of government for social justice and human rights.” The New Democrats and our community: Sharing the struggle, sharing [...]
On June 24, Lesbian and Gay Pride Day was celebrated with a parade down Yonge Street in Toronto. Toronto writer David Pederson was given space in the Globe to do a promotional piece on the event. According to him, 30,000 people marched, danced, rolled or whistled their way down the street, behind a man on roller skates and wearing a dress. Other [...]
“Get thee to a nunnery” took on a whole new meaning May 2-5 in Edmonton when a retreat facility run by the Sisters of Providence gave space to a controversial sexuality seminar. The seminar, sponsored by the Edmonton Board of Health, has been held through out the province for some years but recently achieved notoriety when publicly criticized by several past participants. [...]
If, as the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Music is the universal language of mankind,” then rock music is the universal language of youth. They get up to it in the morning, spend their waking hours listening to it, and then fall asleep to its beat. For about four to six hours a day the average North American teen becomes engrossed in [...]
The eighth annual conference of Canadians for Decency, held in Toronto on April 28, opened with tributes to Nancy Pollock, the organizations founder and recently deceased president. Noreen Marshall compared her to a little tugboat hooked up to a big ship and determined to pull it straight. With her in mind, the conference chose as its theme “The Power of One.” Single-handedly, [...]
“Get thee to a nunnery” took on a whole new meaning May 2-5 in Edmonton when a retreat facility run by the Sisters of Providence gave space to a controversial sexuality seminar. The seminar, sponsored by the Edmonton Board of Health, has been held through out the province for some years but recently achieved notoriety when publicly criticized by several past participants. [...]
The eighth annual conference of Canadians for Decency, held in Toronto on April 28, opened with tributes to Nancy Pollock, the organizations founder and recently deceased president. Noreen Marshall compared her to a little tugboat hooked up to a big ship and determined to pull it straight. With her in mind, the conference chose as its theme “The Power of One.” Single-handedly, [...]
If, as the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Music is the universal language of mankind,” then rock music is the universal language of youth. They get up to it in the morning, spend their waking hours listening to it, and then fall asleep to its beat. For about four to six hours a day the average North American teen becomes engrossed in [...]
Homosexuality in America (Ignatius Press, 1989) By Congressman William Dannemeyer In order merely to begin to slow the spread of AIDS, Congressman Dannemeyer strongly recommends testing for the HIV virus; compulsory reporting to health authorities by physicians who discover the virus in their patients; contact tracing of the sexual partners of those infected; the restoration of laws against sodomy; and the rejection [...]
If the end of the 80s provides any indication, the 90s are going to see increased militancy by homosexuals, and more and more demands for recognition of “gay rights.” Judge Dube Last November Toronto Sun columnist Dick Smyth finally got proof that the world had gone bonkers. Mr. Justice J. E. Dube of the Federal Court of Canada had just ruled that [...]
In January of this year the Gay and Lesbian Association of the University of Toronto (GLAUT) filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission alleging discrimination on the part of The Mike, an independent newspaper, for failing to publish its “Homo-Hop” ad. (See April Interim) The Mike had several discussions with a representative of the Commission, and after this discussion, an [...]