Tag Archives: Canada

Tweet Of The Day – Bill Maher

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CANADA: Gay Sex Shop Chain Closes

The famed Canadian sex shop chain Priape closed all four of its locations yesterday after spending several months in bankruptcy proceedings. According to one store manager, revenues had plummeted after the company was forced to cease selling poppers. Via Daily Xtra: In June, just before the Pride season, Health Canada issued a warning asking retailers to stop selling and distributing …

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CANADA: Gay Man Left Paralyzed In Nova Scotia Stabbing UPDATE: Arrest Made

A gay man has been paralyzed in a stabbing attack that took place Friday night outside a Nova Scotia bar. Friends and family suspect that the attack was a hate crime. No arrests have been made. Amy Punke said she and a group of friends, including her 27-year-old roommate Scott Jones, were out celebrating the opening of a friend’s art …

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CANADA: Straight Man Beaten For “Looking Gay,” Cops Seeking Assailant

And it’s not the first time this has happened to him. Via the Surrey Now: Kerry Tyler Street, 25, of Fleetwood, skateboarded a little too close to a gay-hating thug in Guildford on Wednesday afternoon and ended up lying in a pool of his own blood. The attack happened in the 14600-block of 104th Avenue, shortly after 3 p.m. As …

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CANADA: British Columbia To Launch HIV Test With 14-Day Post-Infection Result

The Vancouver Sun reports: British Columbia will be the first province in Canada to use a more accurate HIV detection test that has greatly improved the diagnosis of early or acute HIV infection. The new test, which will be utilized provincially following the results of a study led by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, detects the virus as soon …

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Hidden Cameras – Gay Goth Scene

Chilling. (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)

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CANADA: Openly Gay Anglican Priest Appointed To Head Chaplaincy Of Military

An openly gay Anglican priest. Brig.-Gen. John Fletcher, has been appointed to head the chaplaincy of Canada’s military. His recent appointment is in sharp contrast to past military policy, which allowed discrimination against gays and lesbians. Fletcher said he came out not long after a landmark court decision struck down the rule in 1992, alleviating his fears about what could …

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Canadian HIV Vaccine Advances

From Ontario’s Western University: Sumagen Canada Inc and Western University announced today that the Phase I Clinical Trial (SAV CT 01) of the first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus (SAV001-H) has been successfully completed with no adverse effects in all patients. Antibody production was also boosted after vaccination.  Developed by Dr. Chil-Yong …

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Cruz To Renounce Canadian Citizenship

“Now the Dallas Morning News says that I may technically have dual citizenship. Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship. Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth and as a U.S. senator; I believe I should be only an American. Because I was a U.S. citizen at birth, because I left Calgary when …

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At Montreal Pride 2013

Montreal Pride was this weekend with rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker as Grand Marshal. The host of this clip is Bugs Burnett, who is sometimes referred to as Montreal’s version of Michael Musto.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Canadian Citizen

The birthers are tying themselves into knots defending Tea Party hero Sen. Ted Cruz, who has released his Canadian birth certificate to the Dallas Morning News. Born in Canada to an American mother, Ted Cruz became an instant U.S. citizen. But under Canadian law, he also became a citizen of that country the moment he was born. Unless the Texas …

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CANADA: Asylum Requests From LGBT Russians To Be “Seriously” Considered

Canadian Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said yesterday that asylum requests from LGBT Russians who claim persecution will be seriously considered.  Chris Alexander said Monday in Surrey, B.C., that Russia has taken the wrong path in restricting the fundamental rights of its gay community, and that any refugee claims “related to this particular issue will of course be looked at very …

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Gay Americans Promote Montreal Tourism

Tourisme Montreal has enlisted a number of well-known gay Americans to promote LGBT tourism. From yesterday’s Montreal Gazette: A parade of American celebrities and local vedettes filmed a video series of performances and interviews in Montreal this summer to help promote the city to gay travelers, in Tourisme Montreal’s new Do Your Thing In MTL video series. Olympic figure skater …

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George Takei On Moving The Olympics

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Quote Of The Day – Gwen Landolt

“Just who does [Canadian Foreign Minister] John Baird think he is, using taxpayers’ money to promote his own personal agenda and endeavouring to set standards of the laws of foreign countries?  He argues that homosexual rights are a ‘Canadian value’, but this applies only to himself and his fellow activists and the left-wing elitists.  These are not conservative values and …

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Canadian Foreign Minister Slams Russia

“As concerned as we are about the Olympics, that’s nothing. That’s two, three, four weeks for the athletes and participants and the visitors. This mean-spirited and hateful law will affect all Russians 365 days of the year, every year. It is an incitement to intolerance, which breeds hate. And intolerance and hate breed violence. We wanted more than a verbal …

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Canada Updates Russia Travel Advice

From Canada’s just updated travel advisory for Russia: Although homosexual activity is not illegal in Russia, a federal law has been passed that prohibits public actions that are described as promoting homosexuality and “non-traditional sexual relations”. This law could render any homosexual and pro-homosexual statements punishable. Public actions (including dissemination of information, statements, displays or conspicuous behaviour) that contravene or …

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Happy Canada Day

Sending out Happy Canada Day wishes to our more enlightened neighbors! We make a lot of fun of you, but we not-so-secretly also want to be you. Have a great 146th birthday, you don’t look a day over 29.

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The Advent Of The Lesbian Bridezilla

Today’s Toronto Star features a story about how a lesbian bride reacted to a wedding gift basket.  As JMG reader David notes via email, perhaps the most interesting part of the story is how the bride’s sexual orientation isn’t even mentioned other than in a passing reference to her bride. Consider this: you attend the wedding of a casual acquaintance. …

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Montreal Mayor Busted For Fraud

The interim mayor of Montreal, Michael Applebaum, was arrested today and charged with multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy. Quebec police said the charges involve at least two Montreal real estate transactions from 2006 to 2011 and hundreds of thousands of dollars traded hands. “These allegations rest essentially on obtaining permission and political support on two real estate projects,” said …

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