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LGBTQ+ organizing against racism and pinkwashing in Nova Scotia

November 2, 2016
| Ardath Whynacht and Dee Morse talk about the work of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project.
Length: 28:39 minutes (26.24 MB)
Redeye
Redeye

One-woman show tackles story of first Jewish person in Canada

March 1, 2015
| Toronto artist Heather Hermant brings her one-woman show, "ribcage: this wide passage," to Vancouver this week. The performance tells the story of Esther Brandeau who came to colonial Canada in 1738.
Length: 14:20 minutes (13.13 MB)
Biological clock cartoon
On being 32, queer and not pregnant
By
Laura Brightwell
| February 16, 2015

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Talking Radical Radio
Talking Radical Radio

Love Intersections: Storytelling, queerness, intersectionality, solidarity, and love

February 4, 2015
| Jen Sung, Andy Holmes, and David Ng talk about Love Intersections, a community & online project exploring storytelling, intersectionality, and solidarity.
Length: 28:49 minutes (26.38 MB)
Redeye
Redeye

A feminist view of the revolution in Ukraine

December 5, 2014
| Marusya Borciurkiw is a Canadian filmmaker of Ukrainian descent. She traveled to Kyiv at the end of April to direct a documentary about activists in Ukraine during and after the Euromaidan revolution.
Length: 19:38 minutes (17.98 MB)
Redeye
Redeye

Book: The Tolerance Trap

July 18, 2014
| Suzanna Danuta Walters argues that the movement for LGBT rights has settled for a watered-down tolerance of sexual and gender difference rather than true equality and human rights for all.
Length: 19:12 minutes (17.58 MB)
Talking Radical Radio
Talking Radical Radio

A rad queer and trans resurgence in Halifax

May 21, 2014
| On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer Jude Ashburn talks about a recent upsurge in radical queer and trans organizing in Halifax.
Length: 28:32 minutes (26.13 MB)
Constructing change: the activist toolkit
Constructing change: the activist toolkit

Intersectional body positivity with the It Gets Fatter Project

March 31, 2014
| Organizers from It Gets Fatter talk about the struggles in fat activism of queer fat people of colour.
Length: 21:15 minutes (29.21 MB)
Burlesque: Sexy or Sexist?
By
Laura Brightwell
| February 11, 2014

My response to criticisms of queer burlesque: fat, self-love and why it’s feminist to take my clothes off on stage. I am getting pretty good at exercising my intellectual muscles to argue with feminists who say doing this is inherently sexist, but I’d appreciate your input too. Any other ideas about why queer burlesque is queer, feminist and hot?! 

This post also addresses misogynist and homophobic hate and may be triggering.

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gay comic
Coming out when you're single
By
Laura Brightwell
| January 30, 2014

There’s no doubt -- being closeted is bad for your health. It places you in the position of feeling like you are doing something wrong. You feel guilty because you’re hiding the truth about yourself. In this, my last post on coming out, I want to explore ways we can come out in order to ease this burden. 

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