The modern Olympics are usually a time for celebration (or at least they should be). The Olympics not only symbolize human excellence, their motto, “Faster, Higher, Stronger!” suggests that the games encompass the human spirit and de facto, human rights. But in the past few decades this world wide sporting event has been more about…
August 18th was Montréal’s Pride Parade – as mentioned in a previous blog entry – and the LGBTQ Youth Centre participated in the parade as well as the community day which occurred the day before. I would say both days were very successful and a lot of fun for everyone. To say in the least…
Recently I have noticed a lot more people stating their distaste for labels. No, not the designer labels that you can find at Fairview but the labels used to describe, categorize and sometimes even stigmatize people. In this specific case I am pertaining to the labels used in the LGBTQ community. Now please forgive my…
So last Friday we at the LGBTQ Youth Group went on a wild camping adventure at the Cap St. Jacques Nature Park in Pierrefonds. We had reserved the tents, got hot dogs and marshmallows for roasting over a nice camp fire, had lots of activities in mind – it was perfect. Then Mother Nature decided…
This week I have three things to write about which are sort of all linked together in the greater scheme of things. First off I would like to congratulate our American brothers and sisters on their momentous win in hopefully what will be sweeping change towards marriage equality in the USA. Yes, I know that…
