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Still homophobic
Painting rainbow crosswalks around the city didn’t put an end to homophobia and transphobia.
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Lifestyles
LGBTQ+ group holds ‘Queer-a-palooza’ at MUN
Organizers of ‘Queer-a-palooza’ say the event is meant to create a safe social space for people of all ages in the LGBTQ+ community.
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‘We’ll go and have a few beer and curl with the LGBTQ+ crowd’
Newfoundland’s first LGBTQ+ curling league is providing a safe social outlet for community members who don’t want to spend their weekends downtown.
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‘The box does not exist’
An identity struggle led Ryan Maddick to drugs, but while learning to accept himself he learned he didn’t need them.
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‘There was no discussion of anybody being gender diverse in any way.’
Newfoundlanders are stereotyped as being old-fashioned – set in our ways.
Lifestyles
‘The college operates on a philosophy of being open and accepting’
CNA administrators and counsellors say they want all students to feel welcome and accepted at the college.
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‘We don’t care, please wash your hands’
Bill C-16 is set to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to protect gender identity, as trans people search for relief.
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“What is covered … is essentially disfiguring surgery.”
Serious limitations to transgender care finds patients out of province, out-of-pocket and out of hope for the future.
Lifestyles
‘They recognize the letters now, so why change?’
Members of the LGBTQ+ community speak out on what the multi-lettered acronym means to them.
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‘I deal with small town mentality and transphobia very often’
Members of the LGBTQ+ community say support is significantly lacking in small towns across the province.