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Letters from the Editor

Letters from the Editor

How to survive in anger: Jim Hubbard @ Concordia Nov 22

by Jordan Arseneault on November 15, 2012

A special screening of United in Anger: a History of ACT UP comes at a pertinent time for HIV/AIDS activism and anti-government dissent in Canada. The documentary will be screened on Thursday, Nov 22, at 7pm as part of the Concordia HIV/AIDS lecture series, followed by a Q&A with director Jim Hubbard.

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What’s next? Lessons of the Liberal downfall and LGBT causes

by Jordan Arseneault on September 24, 2012

What’s next? That’s the question everyone is asking themselves this fall – in both fashion and politics – now that the tumultuous “Maple Spring” and a summer election campaign have successfully brought down the Charest government… (Banner image: “Querelle de Brest” by Mathieu Laca, on display at Galerie Modulum until October 14).

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Show them you can’t be bought: why you should vote

by Jordan Arseneault on August 15, 2012

Before you cast your vote this September 4, ask yourself if you really agree with most of what your candidate’s party stands for, or if your ballot is just being bought.

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Special Laws

by Jordan Arseneault on June 29, 2012

The ongoing struggle for legal rights and social recognition for the LGBT community may be over 40 years old, but right now, it’s all about adolescence.

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Enough is Enough: standing with the students vs Bill 78

by Jordan Arseneault on May 22, 2012

From Victoriaville to the streets of Montréal and back, the basic democratic right to protest is under fire. With Pride season approaching, you can only wonder if the memory of arrests and beatings that LGBT people underwent in the fight for our rights will make us wake up and see that an attack on the student movement is also an attack on our own.

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They’re coming for our friends: Oppose Bill C-31 now

by Jordan Arseneault on March 29, 2012

Safety, whether illusory or real, has been at the heart of recent public debates, both on the local and country-wide scale. Now, with Bill C-31, another blow to the safety of GLBT refugees is about to be dealt by the Conservatives. AGIR has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the bill, which could retract refugee status from successful LGBT claimants, as it threatens to become law later this week.

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An Injection of Reality: Safe Injection Sites make Sense

by Jordan Arseneault on January 31, 2012

If your first few weeks of 2012 were anything like mine, I think it’s appropriate to call them The Blur. Not that we’ve had that much snow to complain about, but instead, flurries of another kind. The last time we weighed in, there was a storm brewing around Montréal non-profit Cactus and measures it is taking to create a Safe Injection Site at their location near Berri-UQÀM…

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The Vanity Issue (Humility Calling)

by Jordan Arseneault on December 23, 2011

“Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.” – Oscar Wilde

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Village Security hot topic for fall (and homelessness too)

by Jordan Arseneault on October 2, 2011

As we prepare to print our third special quarterly 2B Lifestyles, we found ourselves in the curious position of putting together a fashion issue while the entire community is in a huff over the “Village security” petition, which was presented to the Ville de Montréal in September. Issues of homelessness go deeper than meet the eye, and the community reaction is surprizingly nuanced.

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Québec releases its Action plan to fight homophobia: community reacts

by Jordan Arseneault on July 1, 2011

Years in the making, the Action plan to fight homophobia was finally unveiled May 20 by Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier and key community members who consulted on the government’s Plan de lutte contre l’homophobie. The plan sets out a diverse set of action items including funding increases to community organizations, a Research Chair at UQÀM, and the creation of a Bureau for combatting homophobia.

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