Council moved Halifax’s taxi reform on to the next stage this week by passing all recommendations put forward by staff in the Vehicle for Hire Licensing Program Review. Sweeping “housekeeping changes” from making GPS units mandatory, increasing language testing requirements, tightening the rules around talking on the phone while driving passengers and making credit and […]
Gender
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“We’re here and extremely queer”
“My mother calls it the gender frick show,” says local drag performer and Gender F_ck co-founder Rhett Slutler. Slutler’s saucy alter ego, Billie Coquette, will perform a “queerlesque” number at this Saturday’s Gender F_ck show at Menz and Mollyz Bar. The show also marks the infamous gay bar’s 11th anniversary. “I love burlesque but I’ve never […]
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Trans-forming Halifax
Pride Week is all about…well…pride, right? But what kind of pride are we talking about? Most people commonly associate Pride Week with a celebration of sexual diversity—a celebration of the freedom to be with whomever we want, male or female. But Pride Week is not just about sexual orientation. It’s also about the expression of […]