Summary of Brief to the Justice and Human Rights Committee Review on questions relating to Same-sex Marriage, 2002. Dr. Gary Kinsman, Sociology Department, Laurentian University. 1). The long history of systematic legal and social discrimination
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From My Archives — The Politics of Listening, Asking Questions, and of Opening Cracks in the Fabric of Capitalism: Preliminary Reflections on the Zapatista “Other Campaign”
By Gary Kinsman The 1994 Zapatista revolt in Chiapas, Mexico against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and neo-liberalism inspired and helped circulate a wave of anti-capitalist global justice activism in the south
Read moreFrom My Archives — Allan Bérubé: Queer Working Class Historian – 1946-2007
By Gary Kinsman Allan Bérubé , an inspiring and broad-ranging queer working class historian, died at the age of 61 on Dec. 11, 2007. He left us with major contributions of exciting historical work but
Read moreBlack Lives Matter – Solidarity from Sudbury — Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
Prisoners’ Rights & Grassroots Mobilization: Lessons in AIDS Organizing from Anne Marie DiCenso & Gary Kinsman
http://aidsorganizing.ca/post/102880441454/prisoners-rights-grassroots-mobilization-lessons-in November 17, 2014 On October 17th 2014, a one-day dialogue Where Do We Go From Here? AIDS Organizing, Services, Bureaucracy & the State was convened in Toronto by Alex McClelland and Nicole Greenspan in
Read moreRemembering Sharon Dale Stone: Fragments of Memory and Powerful Writings.
Fragments of memory. This is what I have now of Sharon, along with her very powerful writings. Most special to me of her writings will always be her early edited collection Lesbians in Canada. But
Read moreTaking back take back the night
Saturday, September 27, 2014 I attended the Take Back the Night rally and march in Sudbury last week and I found it to be an illustration of how community policing infiltration of our movements and
Read moreQueering Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives Edited by Margaret F. Gibson
July 2014 Queering Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives Edited by Margaret F. Gibson Few words are as steeped in beliefs about gender, sexuality, and social desirability as “motherhood”. Drawing on queer, postcolonial, and feminist theory,
Read moreSharon Stone: Lesbian, Disability, Health Activist and Scholar
Sharon was a warrior woman who cared passionately about social justice. On Thursday July 10, 2014, she died unexpectedly from complications related to surgery. The world has lost a much loved and respected being who
Read moreShould Halifax Pride promote Tel Aviv tourism?
Queer activist Gary Kinsman: “booth violated global call for boycott “ by Robert Devet, Halifax Media Coop, http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/should-halifax-pride-promote-tel-aviv-tourism/31327 Sociologist and social justice activist Gary Kinsman during an earlier visit to Halifax. Photo Natascia Lypny K’JIPUKTUK
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