Queer-liberal

Today's lament: "Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario" by @maxfawcett  'There’s fierce competition in the unofficial race for Canada’s most dangerous premier, with Alberta’s Danielle Smith ...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/04/todays-lament-doug-ford-is-dumbing-down.html

Today's tonic: " Why do so many ignore facts, like the carbon tax works? Because we’re hard-wired to follow the pack," by columnist Andrew Phillips of the Toronto Star.     This piece is a...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/04/todays-tonic-why-do-so-many-ignore.html

Today's tonic: "Crappy as it is, the @CBC may turn out to be the hero we need," by Rick Salutin in the Toronto Star.  Here are excerpts below: "In true melodramatic fashion, now that it’s...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/03/todays-tonic-crappy-as-it-is-cbc-may.html

I read this story today and felt relieved that responsible professionals who are charged with the care of children and youth are taking action to hold gluttonous, unethical social media companie...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/03/special-reminder-to-ontario-voters-doug.html

Winnipeg South Centre Liberal MP Ben Carr is one of many Liberals in the federal caucus torn between his strong support for Israel as an ancestral home for Jews the world over, and the horrors th...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-weeks-tonic-middle-east-and.html

"REPORT FINDS FALLING HAPPINESS AMONG YOUTH OF NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE, BUT RISE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND EASTERN EUROPE, SAYS THE GUARDIAN.  "Young people are becoming less happy t...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/03/todays-wakeup-call-young-people.html

Today's tonic: In his State of the Union speech last night, "Biden projects a vision of strength that’s been missing from his presidency but will be needed in 2024 campaign"  Like many dece...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/03/todays-tonic-in-his-sotu-speech-biden.html

I wanted to highlight this Xtra article this week by trans writer and activist Faye Johnstone, "THE NEW GENERATION OF GAY CONSERVATIVE SELLOUTS."  Here's an excerpt below:  "Never underest...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/03/todays-call-out-against-hypocrisy-new.html

Intelligence agency says risk will 'almost certainly continue' over the coming year "Canada's intelligence agency is warning that extremists could "inspire and encourage" serious violence again...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/02/todays-warning-csis-warns-that-anti.html

Sadly, it was probably only a matter of time before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith used her majority government power as Conservative premier to try to control and even put at risk the lives o...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/02/why-danielle-smiths-proposed-anti-trans.html

Actor Andrew Scott I couldn't agree more with this charming, smart actor, Andrew Scott (currently starring in the awesome feature film All of Us Strangers) that the phrase "openly gay" is...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2024/01/todays-tonic-andrew-scott-is-right-its.html

It's been a tough year for the world.   Fascism and dictatorship are on the rise, while democracies are under constant attack.  War continued in Ukraine thanks to the most evil person on the...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-was-tough-year-for-planet-but.html

Barry Keoghan in Saltburn   FINAL UPDATE JANUARY 18, 2024:  I'm happy once again to share my annual list of my favourite films released this past year.  When I first posted this on Decem...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-favourite-films-of-2023-so-far.html

Wow! Leadership on protecting trans youth from a Republican governor! How refreshing!   "Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from rece...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/12/todays-tonic-ohio-gov-mike-dewine.html

The Washington Post published this article yesterday: "Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term" "Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific ...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/11/todays-sobering-alert-trump-and-allies.html

Donald Tusk, leader of the Civic Coalition Amid the many horrors in Israel and Palestine this past week or so, this little bit of international good news is extremely welcome.  Exit p...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/10/todays-tonic-poland-frees-itself-from.html

Let's call a spade a spade. Gender-non-conforming kids and queer kids in our schools are extremely vulnerable to bullying, discrimination, harassment, and violence.  This was my experience a...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/09/no-one-is-imposing-gender-ideology-on.html

Today's tonic: "My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?" by Toronto Star writer Emma Teitel. "This entire gender identity freakout rests on the wildly id...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/09/todays-tonic-my-question-for-doug-ford.html

The personal blog of Matt Guerin, a Toronto-based writer, producer, media librarian and political commentator...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/09/todays-tonic-why-does-flying-suck-so.html

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce Today's tonic: "Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth", by writer Emma Teitel.   Let's i...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/09/todays-tonic-stephen-lecces-stance-on.html

My dear late friend Kyle Scanlon I've been heartbroken watching the repeated, nasty attempts south of the border and now in Canada to demonize transgendered people, all for political gain.�...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/08/conservatives-circle-their-hateful.html

Thank you, Michael Coren, for your advocacy and inspiration.   "Jesus doesn’t mention the issue, and St. Paul’s comments, mainly in his letters to the Romans, are more about men using yo...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/08/todays-tonic-michael-coren-my.html

The buck stops with nobody! The Ontario premier who came to power alleging corruption by a previous Liberal government now presides over a corrupted political process of his own making, ...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/08/fridays-tonic-doug-fords-greenbelt.html

Counter-demonstrators in Ottawa June 9 Today's tonic: "Protests during Pride. Pushback against LGBTQ events. Inside the fight galvanizing some conservative Muslims in Canada" by Toronto...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/07/todays-tonic-protests-during-pride.html

  MSNBC’s super awesome host Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes a new superseding indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-A-Lago classified documents case this week, including n...

http://queer-liberal.blogspot.com/2023/07/this-weeks-tonic-lawrence-odonnell-we.html