Every year for the last several years, right around Canada Day, someone claiming to be a member of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) sends me a letter professing his love. This year was no different.
Last year, when Divers/Cité stopped hosting Community Day and the Pride parade, a collective of radical queers cheekily invented Pervers/Cité to counter the growing corporate nature of Pride.
In a desperate bid to save their children, Mothers Against Murder Alliance (MAMA) are organizing the Stop the Violence rally at Nelson Mandela park on Aug 17 (in march originally scheduled for July 27).