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Michael Sam: Focused on football, not making history in CFL
Michael Sam says his priority is helping the Montreal Alouettes win, not making history as the first openly gay player in the Canadian Football League.
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Montreal Alouettes sign openly gay defensive end Michael Sam
Sam, the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL, signed a two-year contract Friday with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football league.
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Inquiry: Canadian military culture is hostile to women, gays
The Canadian Armed Forces perpetuates a sexualized military culture that is hostile to women and gay members, according to a report.
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Transgender woman posts men’s room selfies to protest restroom restrictions
Brae Carnes began posting the images on social media to highlight how “out of place” she looks in a men’s restroom, claiming that it’s “awkward for everyone.”
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Alberta makes it easier for transgender individuals to change birth documents
The Alberta government is making it easier for transgender people in the province to make changes to their personal documents without undergoing sex reassignment surgery.
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A gay dad’s letter to the school that is censoring a mural of a kiss
The kiss. For some reason, it, and the experience of giving and getting one, is a completely integrated aspect of the high school experience. While puckers may have been planted in earlier years, it is the high school ones that create the milestones to adulthood … the magic of our adolescence. One depiction of such a kiss is not folding harmoniously into the tapestry of its school’s life however. It is causing controversy.
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Student’s art of two young men kissing stirs controversy at Canadian high school
A high school student’s mural of two young men kissing is causing some controversy at the small school north of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.
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The new normal: Gay couple featured in Tide (Canadian) TV commercial
A same-sex couple’s playful banter over laundry detergent and “past mistakes” is the focus of this Tide laundry detergent commercial from Procter and Gamble. (VIDEO)
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Canadian family bullied because of their transgender daughter
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A Canadian family says they are being bullied because their daughter is transgender and the school district isn’t doing enough to stop it. Izzy and Dale Burgos said ever since eight-year-old Isabella was four, she knew she was a girl inside. And that’s how she returned to school to start third grade last month — as a transgender girl.
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General Mills makes bold, pro-gay move with Cheerios ad featuring gay parents
In its boldest, pro-gay move yet, General Mills is launching a new Cheerios campaign in Canada with a television ad centering around a same-sex couple and their daughter. The “Cheerios Effect” campaign will include nearly a dozen videos on the internet and TV ranging from 15 seconds to three-minute mini-documentaries, all featuring a diverse range of stories across …