Personal & Political! Acclaimed Playwright Sky Gilbert In Halifax

I urge all who can to catch tonight’s panel, The Personal is The Political? You will be challenged and most assuredly entertained! Saturday, October 12, 8:00 pm: The Personal is The Political? A panel discussion with Sky Gilbert, Mary Lou Martin, Dustin Harvey, Annie Valentina, Kathryn MacLellan and Thom Fitzgerald. Moderated by Karen Bassett. TNS LIVING ROOM 2353 Agricola Street, $10 Suggested Donation

Nov. 17: Youth Project's Annual Fund Raising Auction!

On November 17^th, The Youth Project is celebrating 20 years of non-profit work with a fabulous brunch as well as live and silent auctions at the beautiful Lord Nelson. My name is Jay Aaron Roy and I am pleased to introduce myself as this year’s auction coordinator for The Youth Project. 

CBC's Mar Mag Wins Award Exploring Issues Around Raymond Taavel's Death

The CBC Radio Maritime Magazine show, Where There's Smoke has won an award,"Special Mention for Excellence in Health Reporting in Radio" from the Canadian Medical Association.

Halifax LGBT Business Association Kicks Off with Mayor Mike Savage

"So far, 174 individuals representing 90 different small, medium and large enterprises have shown interest in the development of the association. Our priority now is to translate that interest into membership. We would really like to have a full house for our first official meeting on October 2.” 

UPDATED! Tarek and John in their own words

" ... arrested, searched, caged, questioned, interrogated, videotaped with a ‘Syrian terrorist’, slapped, beaten, ridiculed, hot-boxed, refused phone calls, stripped, shaved bald, accused of being foreign mercenaries. Was it our Canadian passports, or the footage of Tarek performing CPR, or our ice cream wrappers that set them off? They screamed ‘Canadian’ as they kicked and hit us. John had a precisely etched bootprint bruise on his back for a week."

NSRAP Gala Features Canada’s Foremost Queer Journalist

 "I got hooked, I guess, on empowerment, the transformation of The Helpless Queer with no history and an unlikely future into Someone, into a group of Someones, who uncovered a history, who found heroes, who grabbed today and shook it till tomorrow fell out of its pocket and there was a place there in it for us."                            

Queer Acts Theatre Fest Wants You To Play! Deadline Oct. 10

"Halifax Pride’s QUEER ACTS Theatre Festival is pleased to announce its call for submissions for the festival’s 2014 edition. Interested individuals and groups are encouraged to submit a proposal via email on or before October 10, 2013."

I wanna hold your hand….. but what if it isn’t safe?

"Although LGBTQ Canadians have enjoyed equal protections under the law and access to same-sex marriage for quite some time, day-to-day experiences of prejudice and discrimination still exist. One of the most common instances that can lead to such experiences is the simple act of holding hands with the person you love. It’s an act that shouldn’t lead anyone to take notice, but it does. Some people react with happy smiles, but others react with looks of disgust, verbal assaults or physical aggression. Is the solution to stop holding hands and effectively take our relationships back into the closet?" Dr. Karen L. Blair

Solidarity Halifax’s Peoples History Includes NS LGBTQ Struggle

"St. FX History Prof Chris Frazer is well known in Halifax as Drag Artist C. Leah Cruise. Chris will be presenting on queer activism at A People’s History of Nova Scotia. ... Chris will likely be talking about why social equity within the LGBTQ community has been such an uneven development." 

Real Men Get Checked Out!

Eight local gay men are the faces of the recently launched Check Me Out campaign aimed at gay and bi (and bi-curious) men. The smiling models each appear in ads and posters wearing a Check Me Out T-shirt beside the caption “I get checked out... will you?” in what looks like a personal ad.“I liked the idea of ... using someone people might know,” says campaign model and local journalist Simon Thibault.