According to a new report, 70 percent of transgender youth in Canada have experienced sexual harassment. More than one-third of trans youth ages 14 to 18 have been physically threatened or injured in the past year. Twenty to 40 percent of homeless youth identify as 2SLGBTQ+. This comes from a recent report by Halifax group […]
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Nova Scotia makes changes for non-binary birth certificates
Nova Scotian residents and born applicants can now obtain a new birth certificate or drivers license displaying M, F or X, as well as have the option not to have displayed at all. As of July 9, these changes include the sex indicator X, which will be available for individuals who do not identify exclusively […]
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Transphobic slurs in the classroom
Sylvia Mayers was substituting for a class earlier this year when one of the students came up to her and called her a transphobic slur. She thinks it was meant to disrupt the class more than cause harm, and doubts the young student knew the power of the word. It didn’t make it hurt any […]
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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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8 things you need to know Monday
1 Two women and one man were arrested over the weekend during a local protest against Canada’s new anti-terror bill. Police took in two Bill C-51 protesters who were sitting in traffic at Spring Garden Road and Birmingham Street, but later released them without charges. A 26-year-old man was then arrested for causing a disturbance, […]
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Hoping for something better
Jessica Dempsey, a transgender woman, is asking the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia for a judicial review of a recent decision made by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Dempsey, a Halifax resident and former Dalhousie student, filed a complaint with the NSHRC last year after she was allegedly refused service and humiliated by two […]
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Fighting to Clik into place
On a bitter March evening, a few dozen folks huddled into Venus Envy on Barrington Street to listen to Lucas Silveira play an acoustic set. He previewed a few tracks from The Cliks' then-forthcoming album, Dirty King. Silveira revelled in the intimate setting, cracking jokes about pictures popping up on Facebook of him playing against […]
