“"The best thing about when Brendan told me he was gay, I didn't have to take anything back. I hadn't made any derogatory comments about gay people, I hadn't told him they were sick or twisted or God would punish them — some of these absurd things that people say about homosexual people. I didn't have to take anything back. I said it to him. We were both in tears."” — Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke
Brian Burke carries torch in memory of Brendan (Toronto Star)
Homophobia A History by Byrne Fone (Amazon.ca)
Gaybashings double across Canada: StatsCan (XTRA Canada)
New book examines Canada's social conservatives in the age of rights (XTRA Canada)
Tom Warner: Losing Control (Amazon.ca)
So you think your son is gay? Don't ask. Let him tell you (Anthony E. Wolf: Globe & Mail)
Daniel Witthaus: Challenging Homophobia In A Town Near You (SameSame.com.au)
Dr. Jeffrey Fishberger: Bullied for Being 'Gay' [New York Times]
Taming the Bullying Monster [Partnership with Children]
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Canada ranks poorly on net neutrality — why should queers care? [XTRA Canada]
E.M. Forster (1879-1970) [glbtq]
E.M. Forster [Wikipedia]
EM Forster 'stopped writing because he had gay sex' [Pink News]
E.M. Forster's novel Maurice [Wikipedia]
Brendan Burke: 1988 — 2010 [Wikipedia]
“"The best thing about when Brendan told me he was gay, I didn't have to take anything back. I hadn't made any derogatory comments about gay people, I hadn't told him they were sick or twisted or God would punish them — some of these absurd things that people say about homosexual people. I didn't have to take anything back. I said it to him. We were both in tears."” — Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke
Lawrence King: 1993 — 2006 [Wikipedia]
"On the morning of February 12, 2008, McInerney was witnessed repeatedly looking at King during a class in a computer laboratory. At approximately 8:15 a.m local time, McInerney shot King twice in the head using a .22-caliber revolver he withdrew from his backpack.[9][10] Following the shooting, McInerney tossed the handgun on the floor and left the classroom. He was apprehended by police about seven minutes later and five blocks away from the school campus. — Wikipedia"
| The Gay, Lesbian and Trans Bill of Education Rights | [-] |
• The right to attend schools free of verbal and physical harassment, where education, not survival, is the priority.
• The right to fair and accurate information about sexual orientation in textbooks and other classroom materials.
• The right to unbiased information about the past and the present contributions of lesbian, gay and trans people in all subject areas, including art, literature, science, sports and history.
• The right to positive role models, both in person and in the curriculum; the right to accurate information about themselves, free of negative judgment and delivered by trained adults who not only inform lesbian, gay and trans students, but affirm them.
• The right to attend schools where respect and dignity for all students, including lesbian, gay and trans students, is a standard set by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, supported by boards of education, and enforced by every principal and classroom teacher.
• The right to be included in all support programs that exist to help teenagers deal with the difficulties of adolescence.
• The right to legislators who guarantee and fight for their constitutional freedoms, rather than legislators who reinforce hatred and prejudice.
• The right to a heritage free of debilitating self-hate and unchallenged discrimination.
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