Interview with Jenna Tenn-Yuk
interview_with_jenna_tenn-yuk.mp3Ariana Barer speaks with Jenna Tenn-Yuk, spoken word artist, public speaker, educator and singer-songwriter from Mississauga, Ontario. She is one of the...
View ArticleTAVIS policing cleansing downtown Toronto in the lead-up to World Pride
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a monthly supporter of rabble.ca.As the World Cup began in Brazil, frightening pictures of hundreds of heavily armoured cops marching...
View ArticleMeet the new Ukraine: Feminist and LGBT activists building civil society
Friday, June 20, 2014 Despite Russian troops, Ukraine's citizens are taking the helm and building civil society. In this article, a look at the feminist, LGBT and human rights communities that are...
View ArticlePRIDE! 18 dates to remember in Canadian LGBTIQ history
Friday, June 27, 2014 Canada and the LGBTIQs, we've got history. Seventeen dates you can come out with at the next time you want to queer the historical record. Please help rabble.ca stop Harper's...
View ArticleLearn Canadian queer history on the go
Publish Date: July 16, 2014Summary: Explore the sites and sounds of Toronto's vibrant and storied queer history with Queerstory, a free app. Queerstory is a free queer history appLearning about...
View ArticleBook: The Tolerance Trap
rey-2014-07-18b.mp3Suzanna Danuta Walters argues that the movement for LGBT rights has settled for a watered-down tolerance of sexual and gender difference rather than true equality and human rights...
View ArticleGroundwire Episode 1: Migrant justice, land claims and more
groundwire_episode_1_jul_21_14.mp3This episode of GroundWire was produced at CHRW in London, Ontario by Ed von Aderkas.Hosted by: Emily Stewart and Julian Uzielli of CHRW.Headlines:1:25 Migrant...
View ArticleRainbow bombing, Western style: The spread of the anti-gay movement
Friday, July 25, 2014 The WorldPride Human Rights Conference had a shocking statement: International anti-gay groups have become stronger and more organized than international LGBTI groups fighting for...
View ArticleDoctors do not have the right to discriminate and deny basic health care
Friday, August 1, 2014It's come to light that three doctors in Ontario and one in Alberta refuse to provide contraception to their patients because of their personal and religious beliefs. When doctors...
View ArticleOn conscience-based medical exemptions
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is currently reviewing its Human Rights Code policy on conscience-based exemptions for medical professionals, and their effect on access to medical...
View ArticleShout Back! Festival 2014
shout_back_festival_2014.mp3The F Word's Pragya Sharma speaks with one of the Shout Back! Festival organizers, Idris Plum, about the ethos behind the queer, feminist, anti-capitalist, do-it-together,...
View ArticleDisability justice performance project Sins Invalid
sins_invalid.mp3Today's episode features an interview with Patricia Berne from the disability justice performance project, Sins Invalid, talking about the group and the connections between disability...
View ArticleMiranda Yardley on being a gender critical transwoman
miranda_yardley_on_being_a_gender_critical_transwoman_-_rabble.mp3The debate around transgenderism and feminism feels as though it's getting ever-more heated. Journalist, Michelle Goldberg, wrote about...
View ArticleLGBTQ youth have their voices heard
September 4, 2014When you were young, did you ever feel invisible? Probably. The photo journalism project, We Are the Youth, takes aim and addresses this quinessential youth feeling and specifically...
View ArticleQ&A from the Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Kate Bornstein
kate_bornstein.mp3This episode of the F Word features a Q&A from the Vancouver Queer Film Festival that followed a screening of the portrait film: Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger. The...
View ArticleFeminism, lesbianism and polyamory
feminism_lesbianism_and_polyamory.mp3The F Word teams up with The Lesbian Show to discuss the relationship between lesbianism and feminism, plus the use of labels in relation to sexuality and...
View ArticleHas the gay rights movement 'lost its teeth?' Julie Bindel on her new book,...
feminist_current_-_julie_bindel_-_straight_expectations_-rabble.mp3Has the gay rights movement become more conservative than radical? Julie Bindel, the author of Straight Expectations, a new book that...
View ArticleUncovering Calgary's queer history
trr_rpn_oct6-10_2014_calgary_gay_history.mp3On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, Teresa Maillie and Kevin Allen talk about their efforts to unearth the histories of queer lives and...
View ArticleSodom: Review of a Russian anti-gay documentary
On Tuesday, October 28, Peter LaBarbera re-entered Canada for an immigration hearing, then to speak at an anti-LGBT conference, and finally on Thursday to face charges for mischief (which stem from an...
View ArticleShameless Magazine celebrates 10th anniversary
rey-2014-11-25a.mp3Shameless Magazine is an independent Canadian voice for young women and trans youth. It's run by volunteers and guided by a feminist and anti-racist approach. Sheila Sampath is...
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