British Columbia
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Parents scared protecting LGBTQ students from bullying will turn their kids gay
Thursday, March 2, 2017This group of concerned parents needs some schooling. -
This friend of our enemy is our enemy: meet a trans woman men’s rights activist
Wednesday, December 14, 2016Right-wing blogger Theryn Meyer claims it is only conservatives who can guarantee "you the freedom to be who you are." -
Vancouver Catholic school district enacts transgender policy
Saturday, July 19, 2014VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A Catholic school district has approved a policy to accommodate transgender children, believed to be the first of its kind by a Catholic school in North America. The Vancouver Archdiocese made the move… -
Canadian law school approved despite plan enforce ban on ‘gay intimacy’
Wednesday, December 18, 2013VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The B.C. government has approved the creation of a new law school at Trinity Western University in Langley B.C., despite concerns from gay rights advocates over its plans to enforce a policy… -
‘Glee’ cast member Cory Monteith found dead in Vancouver hotel room
Sunday, July 14, 2013VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Cory Monteith, the heartthrob actor who became an overnight star as a high school quarterback-turned-singer in the hit TV series "Glee" but had battled addiction since his teenage years, was found dead… -
Canadian man receives apology for yearbook’s anti-gay slur — 42 years later
Sunday, October 7, 2012A Canadian man has finally received an apology for a gay slur published in his high school yearbook -- 42 years ago. Robin Tomlin says he's been haunted for years after his high school yearbook committee… -
Tribunal: Christian inn owners discriminated against gay couple
Friday, July 20, 2012VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A British Columbia Human Rights tribunal has ordered the owners of a now-closed Bed and Breakfast to pay $4,500 in damages and expenses to a same-sex couple for refusing them accommodations because they… -
Vancouver police arrest 4 in connection with alleged hate crimes
Friday, July 2, 2010Vancouver police announced Thursday they have made four arrests in connection to two separate attacks on gay men recently, both incidents of which are being investigated as possible hate crimes. -
Attackers shout anti-gay slurs, assault Vancouver gay couple
Monday, June 14, 2010Two Vancouver men say they were punched repeatedly by two assailants who shouted anti-gay slurs at them on the doorstep of their downtown condo building Saturday night. Peter Regier and his partner David Holtzman were returning… -
First ever Pride Houses welcome LGBTQ athletes, visitors to Olympic games
Sunday, February 21, 2010It should come as no surprise that cities as gay friendly as Vancouver and Whistler would extend that hospitality to this year’s Olympic Games. The two communities are the first Olympic hosts to with Pride Houses…
