lgbtq rights – Check Your Head

May 17 2013

On Marriage and Family

Volunteers CYH Gender, Youth Voices equality, family, Gender, lgbt, lgbt rights, lgbtq rights, social justice 1

This is a guest post by CYH volunteer, Dora.

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Recently, there have been large scale protests against same-sex marriage in France, and even stronger protests against adoption or the conceiving of children by same-sex couples. Meanwhile, in Hong …

January 2 2013

Same Love

Volunteers CYH Blog, Gender, Media, Youth Voices Feminism, Gender, identity, lgbt, lgbtq rights, media, music 0

This is a guest post by CYH Volunteer Patricia Louie

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Seattle rapper Macklemore’s hit track “Same Love” provides a social commentary for the relatively absent discussion of homosexual love in mainstream hip-hop culture. Macklemore embodies a new brand of …

February 20 2012

We’re not there yet; we just didn’t know that until now

Megan Lawrence Blog, Community, Gender, Globalization, Media, Youth Voices Canada, Conservatives, equality, gay marriage, lgbt, lgbt rights, lgbtq rights, marriage, same sex, same sex marriage, Stephen Harper 0

Steve Harper awoke and jauntily dove out of bed Monday morning. He rose, preparing to get back to parliament after a six week winter break. The face of the Tories briskly opened his Globe and Mail, and while enjoying a …

January 23 2012

The Music and the Message

Mark Reble Gender, Media, Youth Voices Byron Hurt, hip hop, lgbtq rights, Sara Quin, Tyler-the-Creator 1

Using a critical lens can sometimes mean having to re-evaluate things you hold dear. Byron Hurt, documentary filmmaker and anti-sexism activist, knows this. In his excellent film, “Beyond Beats and Rhymes”, Hurt talks about his love of hip …