Category Archives: Teh Ghey

Heroes for Today: Graeme Taylor and Larry Skopnik

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

One’s a gay teen, the other’s a paraplegic. But both have something remarkable in common: the way they stand up for others in the face of yahoos trying to take things away from them. Considering how vulnerable both are, their … Continue reading →

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I did not want to write this tonight…

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…but something forced my hand.There is simply no defence for selling something like this, and yet Amazon.com is doing just that.There is simply no way that this book could be construed as “mere literature”. This is not Lolita. It is … Continue reading →

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Rednecks: We haz them.

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Is this a scene from the US South, fifty years ago? Nope. Try Southern Ontario, less than a week ago: Two men, one dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe, hood and Confederate flag, and the other, face painted black … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Obama’s moment of Zen

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

If only His Barackness were always like this, he WOULD be a socialist. Let’s savor him getting this one bang-on, and salute his efforts against bullying, homophobia and suicide. And keep the heat on his feet to drive a stake … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Germany Boy

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Not exactly your standard warning against speeding:Is it just me, or does that cop sound like he wants to pound that German’s nice, tight ass himself?

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Jaime Bayly: Gay or not gay?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Sounds like someone is flirting with confusion: Peruvian journalist and writer Jaime Bayly, who wanted to be a presidential candidate in 2011, said that his gay side was eclipsed when he revealed he would be a father for the third … Continue reading →

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Bet this never happened to the REAL Judy Garland

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This should happen more often, though…because it shows the wingnuts in their true colors: A few months ago, right wing firebrand Ann Coulter reacted to words of advice from a Canadian University official with stringent claims that she was being … Continue reading →

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Torontonamo Bay: One young man’s personal account

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Meet Dan Hamilton. He’s 18, gay, and a new resident of Toronto. And on his first day in that city, something happened to him:Dan was corralled and carted off to the Toronto East Detention Centre–or Torontonamo Bay, as it’s rapidly … Continue reading →

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Gaza Roundup 21: Whose Pride?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Fabulous video on the reversal of PrideTO’s decision to exclude QuAIA:And if you think the QuAIA thing is anything new, or unique to Canada, here’s some required reading. It’s the story of a black South African named Simon Nkoli, who … Continue reading →

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Gaza Roundup 20: QuAIA’s vindication and the larger context

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This is not Humberto da Silva. This is also not Rex Murphy:This is, however, an excellent backgrounder that helps explain why the whole QuAIA kerfuffle, which blew over this week in QuAIA’s favor, is important. And why the gaywashing of … Continue reading →

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