Vancouver’s fastpitch Mabel League...recently announced a $2,000 donation to the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) soccer club in South Africa. The gift from the Mabel League will be used for FEW’s upcoming Peg Grey Women’s soccer tournament, an annual event.   Full story here: http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Supporting_South_African_lesbians-11885.aspx

Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, has declined his invitation to Toronto Pride. This year marks the second year in his term that he has done so.   While many members of the Toronto Queer community believes that it is their duty to take the "high road" by continuing to extend an…

Lesbian author and activist Irshad Manji received the inaugural Mansoor Hallaj Freedom of Speech Award from the Muslim Canadian Congress on Wednesday April 18th.      According to a media release, Manji received the award for "her exemplary courage in standing up to repeated threats and challenges by Islamist groups…

Raymond Taavel was assaulted in the early hours of Tuesday morning outside Menz Bar. After intervening to stop a dispute, police said, Mr. Taavel was beaten and left to die on the street.  Andre Noel Denny, 32, is expected to face a charge of second-degree murder. He will appear before a…

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has struck down a rule that required trans people to undergo "transexual surgery" in order to change the sex category on their birth certificate. The tribunal found that the Vital Statistics Act requirement of “transsexual surgery” prior to changing the sex designation on a birth…