Archive 1997-2016
Imagine a woman in her mid-twenties. She has worked up the nerve to attend a workshop on oral sex. She arrives, shakes off her coat and looks furtively around the room, trying not to make eye contact. Suddenly, her eye catches someone over in the far corner. She is horrified to realize that it’s her mother.
Valentine’s Day may be associated with heterosexual romance, but that doesn’t stop the GLBT community from coming out to celebrate.
Matt worked 14 hours a day, 75 hours a week, he says, washing dishes, preparing food, running downstairs to get supplies. The restaurant owner promised Matt $5 an hour, but at the end of the week he said he could only afford $250, less than $3.50 an hour. Matt took the money. He needed the job and kept on working.
Abid Jan says he came to Canada to find peace and security. Instead, he found only fear and loathing. He blames Canada’s intelligence services.