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Do tax laws discriminate against gay male couples pursuing surrogacy?

posted Friday, November 28, 2014

by: in Law

Clients of mine who are “intended parents”, people having a child through third party assisted reproduction, often ask me about tax write-offs. After all, paying for medical expenses involved with third party assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is very expensive. For example, a gay male couple having a child through ART must pay for fertility medications, […]

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Ho Ho Ho..No No No

posted Monday, November 17, 2014

by: in Parenting

Naughty or nice. That is the concept that The Ginger Menace and I am working on this holiday season. If he is old enough to write Santa Claus a letter with a wish list then he is old enough to understand “good” versus “bad” behaviour. However it is mommy who has to sometimes remember how […]

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Runnning injuries

posted Sunday, November 16, 2014

by: in Fitness Solutions Plus

So for all the runners out there, I thought I would summarize what I have learned from treating people with running injuries, and using the latest research. When most people have a running injury they tend to address what they can control themselves, either their shoes or orthotics. New Balance seems to have good advice […]

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Fort Lauderdale – Florida’s Gay Mecca

posted Thursday, November 6, 2014

by: in Travel

Fort Lauderdale has quickly become the destination in Florida for the LGBT travel market. This has come around in great part by the local Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) taking a full on directive to specifically target this market. This meant hiring one individual to fully oversee all initiatives, campaigns, and events. […]

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Victory for Trans Rights

posted Thursday, November 6, 2014

by: in Law

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) recently released a ground-breaking decision that made a clear statement about the rights of transgendered individuals and also, in a somewhat surprising development, their allies. Here is what happened… A cisgendered woman named Karen rented a retail booth and sold candles at a market in London, Ontario. One […]

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Before you pack your bags

posted Thursday, November 6, 2014

by: in Finance / Insurance

If you are like most Canadians you probably love to travel and are planning your vacation down to the very last detail. Maybe you planned your  dream wedding in the tropics and are all excited and taken up with the wedding planner, invitations, and are probably busy  making  arrangements as you read this blog for […]

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Difficult Conversations

posted Saturday, October 25, 2014

by: in Finance / Insurance

Recently I sat down to dinner with two of my clients from the LGBT community and had an informal yet frank discussion about what kept them up at night. The number one issue was not money in of itself, but rather their failure, and one partner’s refusal to sit down as a couple and have […]

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Operation Bobolink

posted Saturday, October 25, 2014

by: in Parenting

Come one come all to witness the glorious triumph of The Ginger Menace!!! Today we have completed our first official Earth Ranger Mission to raise $25 for the bobolink. Not only that but we had a successful first cleaning at the dentist today and when we got home our official Earth Ranger card was waiting […]

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Bring Back the Wild!

posted Monday, October 13, 2014

by: in Parenting

When do you tell your kids that not all is right with the world? When do you tell them elephants are poached for their tusks, that there is a pipeline being directed through the Great Bear Rainforest, and that climate change and the destruction of habitat is real? And how do you do so while […]

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The Importance of Being Earnest…when you travel

posted Wednesday, October 8, 2014

by: in Travel

Oscar Wilde Tours is launching  its inaugural tour, “Oscar Wilde’s Dublin, London and Paris.” The tour was designed to connect gay travellers with their own heritage. “We’re providing gay travellers with the opportunity to learn about same-sex love throughout the ages, in different times and cultures,” says Professor Andrew Lear, founder of the Boston-based tour […]

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