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Why Am I So Open About Being Who I Am?

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I have received a comment praising me for being so open and for public consumption, I will make my response here and now – I am not afraid nor ashamed of who I am. My being open and public with who I am is a part of my activism, to show that being gay and [...]

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DNC Week Is Going Better Than I Initially Thought

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I personally have to say that this is truly a “foot in the mouth moment” as I look back and say that the DNC was not the maelstrom that I initially thought it was going to be. I think that things went on very well, there was a minimal amount of violence and the police [...]

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“Truth Truck” Blasts Senate Bill 200

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On my way home from the GLBT Centre on Tuesday (printing off a few things and thanking Rahn for his spectacular work with Pridefest), I saw this truck that was painted up with all sorts of Biblical hate speech against homosexuality and Senate Bill 200 (PDF).

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Gotta love those oblique strategies!

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Brian Eno created the Oblique Strategies, which are sets of 100 cards which are used to inspire artists and creative people. The first edition was created in 1975 and they only 500 were made available to the public and were signed. The second edition, which was introduced in 1978 was an edition of an unknown [...]

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