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posted Monday, January 12, 2015
Hello, and welcome to my blog! I am the newest contributor to PinkPlaysMags and am super excited to contribute my general ramblings on all things feminism. Tonight, as I honour my three year tradition of skimming through Facebook instead of falling asleep at a decent hour, I click on the headline “Kylie Jenner Boob Job: […]
posted Saturday, January 10, 2015
I woke up with a determination to take advantage of the eight hours ahead of me. It was a coveted day off where I had no plans, no appointments and nowhere to be in particular. Such days are rare gems after a holiday season of hustle and bustle that seemed never ending. The day started […]
posted Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Greetings and Salutations! A new year often brings new beginnings, and for me 2015 brings me to the helm of PinkPlayMags, taking over the duties and responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief from Jeff Harrison. Jeff had been with the magazine from its inception seven years ago, and was instrumental in getting it to where it is today […]
posted Monday, January 5, 2015
Winter in Ontario can be cold, windy, snowy…and fun! The 2nd annual Ontario Gay Ski Weekend at Blue Mountain Ski Resort just outside of Collingwood is sure to warm up winter skeptics. The (gay) village of Blue Mountain is draped in the rainbow colours and several events are planned both on and off the slopes. […]
posted Tuesday, December 30, 2014
The other day I was watching TV and the new Tide commercial came on. I had seen the commercial at least two or three times before, but this time it clicked: hey – they are featuring a gay couple! Within a few minutes of Googling I learned that General Mills recently featured a gay couple […]
posted Friday, December 19, 2014
In August 2013 the Ontario Government changed the way publicly funded physiotherapy is delivered in the community. Approved private clinics and Family Practice Health Teams are now able to offer OHIP funded physiotherapy. These clinics are granted a number of treatment blocks per injury/condition in a year, subject to a maximum of $312.00. Let’s say […]
posted Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Keith Orr is the co-owner of \aut\ BAR and the Common Language Bookstore located within the Kerrytown Braun Court district of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Orr and his husband, co-owner Martin Contreras, were among 300 other local same-sex couples who were married in March of 2014 after a federal judge struck down the state’s ban on marriage […]
posted Monday, December 1, 2014
My grief goes everywhere with me because it is me. No one can move forward without releasing it in the day-to-day activities, moving through the practicalities of life because if we didn’t we wouldn’t move at all. The one place it has suddenly jumped up to speak its presence is in choir. There are a number of […]
posted Friday, November 28, 2014
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, […]
posted Monday, November 17, 2014
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 […]
