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Purple Letter Campaign Wants LGBT Policy for BC Schools
Purple Letter Campaign organizers Kaitlin nd Ryan Clayton With homophobic bullying and its tragic outcomes being covered more in the media, a group of concerned activists have started the Purple...
View ArticleVideo: Rick Mercer on Anti-Gay Bullying
If you hadn’t seen it yet, here’s Rick Mercer’s recent rant on anti-gay bullying in the wake of the tragic suicide of gay Ontario teen Jamie Hubley. -Jarrah The post Video: Rick Mercer on Anti-Gay...
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UK School District Advises Bullying Victims to “Act Less Gay”
In a new twist on victim blaming, a school district in the UK has advised students who are being bullied over homosexuality to “act less gay” and change their appearance. According to the Halstead...
View ArticleDutch Organization Takes on Homophobic Bullying
The Dutch Children’s Ombudsperson has released a new series of PSAs designed to bring up issues of childrens’ rights. The one above is based on the story of Dave, a 16-year-old who is bullied and...
View ArticleToronto Students Talk GSAs
Xtra put together this video of interviews with Toronto students talking about being bullied and the support they received being involved with Gay-Straight Alliances. Some quotes: “As far as I knew I...
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Panel: Vancouver School Board Controversy
This is our second Gender Focus panel post, where we get responses from different contributors on pressing issues and news. The events we’re looking at in this post revolve around the Vancouver Board...
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Pink for a Day
by Alicia Costa I have been spending a lot of time in my car as of late and am thus subjected to a lot of terrible radio. Lately I’ve been hearing one particularly annoying ad on one of the major...
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Vancouver Kids Pink Project 2: Born This Way
by Jarrah Hodge For Pink Shirt Day last week, David Lloyd George Elementary and Churchill Secondary got together with eight other schools across Metro Vancouver and one in New York to put together this...
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Canadian Politicians Let Bullied Kids Down
by Jarrah Hodge Despite more and more high-profile bullying cases being reported in the media recently, in the last few days we’ve seen two anti-bullying policies defeated in Canada. The first was a...
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Stop Homophobic Bullying – LGBTQIA Rights as Human Rights
by Nina Verfaillie Over the past few years media outlets from around the world have covered the ongoing harassment of the LGBTQIA community through homophobic and transphobic bullying. The stories of...
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