[Image-1] In the opening scene two fairly fit, athletic, working-class boys from New Glasgow (but it can be any small town in Nova Scotia) are caught holding hands out in the local park by a group of local toughs, and are accused of being “faggots”. The group of boys are furiously homophobic. They set upon […]
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Thursday’s 9 things you need to know
1 Radio station Q104—the “home of rock and roll”—has apologized after sharing a Facebook photo mocking Caitlyn Jenner. An image of a dog with a caption reading “Bruce Jenner’s cat” was shared by the station yesterday. After complaints, Q104 deleted the “Facebook meme post” and replaced it with the following apology. The recent Q104 Facebook […]
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Check out Halifax Pride’s new logo and event lineup
[Image-1] Halifax Pride today debuted its new logo and 2015’s lineup of events during a media event at Pier 21. Festivities will run ten days, kicking off on July 16. Included this summer are a rainbow of activities, featuring the Queer Acts Theatre Festival, cosmic drag queen bingo, Pride’s second annual dog show, nearly naked […]
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6 things to get you going this Tuesday
1 Nova Scotia’s film folks continue to express their anguish over the Liberal government’s changes to this province’s tax credit system. A new website chronicles some of the industry professionals who have moved—or seem to be planning to move—elsewhere for work. So far there’s six. A crowdfunding campaign has also been set up to recoup […]
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Finding home: one gay Iranian’s quest for peace in Nova Scotia
[Image-1] When Air Canada flight 608 finally touched down in Halifax in December 2013, it marked the beginning of Pedram Niakan’s new life. He was excited. Above all, he was terrified. Not many people visit Halifax in the winter, least of all people from warmer climates. Yet he was moving in. Voluntarily. Niakan, 25, first […]
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Flack attack: The first USB-powered cat bed
[Image-1] We get a lot of press releases during our day. Some of them are useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, March’s weirdest releases. Meow Mix Launches World’s First USB-Powered Cat Bed “A product that prevents your cat from sitting on your actual keyboard by instead providing an alternate keyboard that […]
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The side of town you don’t hear about
[Image-1] Born and raised in the Wood Buffalo region, drag queen Iceis Rain (AKA Massey Whiteknife) is an award-winning performer, business tycoon and youth advocate. Rain took some time to tell The Coast about McMurray’s LGBT scene, the best spots to meet new people and why our perceptions of life out west aren’t really accurate. […]
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In memory of Raymond
[Image-1] It’s an early Christmas gift to The Youth Project from Raymond Taavel. Yesterday, Taavel’s partner Darren Lewis presented a cheque for $3,113 to the local non-profit which offers support services around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity to those under 25. [Image-2] As we reported a few months ago, the funds are from […]
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Have you hugged a straight person today?
[Image-1] “Have you hugged a straight person today?” That was the announcement students heard at Millwood High as the school kicked off its first ever “straight pride month.” The first of its kind event at the school is the creation of the Millwood High gay straight alliance. The 20-person group is trying to encourage other […]
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North Street Church under Deep Water
[Image-1] Forgive Jon Stephens his ignorance about the North Street Church’s musical history. The Saint John-born pastor, who’s been living in New York for the last 14 years, only arrived in town a few months ago. Originally a Protestant place of worship, the faded-green venue at 5657 North Street has been a general usage hall […]
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A pause for Reflections
The most memorable events at Reflections Cabaret probably can’t be remembered at all. The nightclub’s dance floor has been the backdrop for the kind of stories that lead prominent politicians to turn down interview requests. While Reflections will soon move from its 18-year home at 5184 Sackville Street, it’ll be hard to say goodbye to […]
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Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Gaymes
In which we compile all of the inclusive, pro-LGBTQIA+, potentially rainbow-washy (but still more positive than Russia’s hateful policies) ads and PSAs in one place. Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion, getting saucy: And apparently some folks don’t like the sauciness? Chevy made a commercial to run during the Olympics devoting a whole two seconds […]