Stonewall and the Cowardly Homophobia of Andrew Scheer

This month will mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that helped spark the rise of the gay liberation movement.

And all over the world Pride marches are taking place to celebrate the anniversary, and fire up the seemingly never-ending struggle for basic human rights.

A struggle that continues all over the world, even in Canada.

The Day Equality and Love Defeated Bigotry and Hate

The timing couldn't have been better, coming as it did two days before the 46th anniversary of the so-called Stonewall Riots in New York City...



The revolt that is principally credited as the beginning of the gay liberation movement in the United States. And is celebrated every year with pride marches all over the world.

But millions and millions of LGBT Americans still had to struggle for almost half a century against the most insane and brutish bigotry, to be granted this measure of human equality. 

It's a Great Day to be Irish

It's a great day to be Irish. A great day for human equality, a day when love defeated  hate. 

Ireland became the first country in the world to adopt same-sex marriage by popular vote as 62 per cent of the electorate backed a referendum, official results showed on Saturday.

Somewhere the spirit of its gentle poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, who was broken by bigotry, must be smiling.

As are so many gay people...

The Gay Soldier and his Dad

It lasted for almost twenty years. It cost more than 13,000 gay and lesbian soldiers their military careers.

It was hideous, it was cruel, it was brutishly unfair.

But last night at 12:01 am, Don't Ask Don't Tell finally died.

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At U.S. bases all over the world gay people were finally free to be themselves.

And although the long struggle isn't over.

There are still issues concerning benefits that have nothing to do with the legacy of DADT and everything to do with DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. For instance, because of DOMA, the surviving same-sex spouse of a service member is out of luck in receiving the same considerations a surviving straight spouse. You better believe there are plans in the works to right this wrong.

Somewhere in the Middle East a young soldier from the American Bible Belt who had to cover up his face on YouTube for so long...

Finally summoned up the courage to tell his dad he was gay...



Good for him. Good for his dad. Good for everybody who struggled so long and so hard to make this day a reality.

And a special thanks to the embattled black President who finally kept his freedom promise.

It's a giant step for equality. But until the day that all gay people are free finally arrives.

The battle continues...