Halifax LGBTQ2S+ history: The Dresden Arms Hotel
Today historic LGBTQ2S+ history guide Rebecca Rose takes us to the beverage room in the Dresden Arms Hotel. People from the hotel used to come down to watch the lesbians.
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Halifax LGBTQ2S+ history: The Green Lantern Building
Rebecca Rose continues her virtual tour of LGBTQ2S+ history with a visit of the Green Lantern Building on Barrington Street.
Halifax LGBTQ2S+ history: The Turret
Rebecca Rose takes us on a virtual tour of some significant spots in Halifax LGBTQ2S+ history. First stop, the Turret!
PSA: Free Equity Watch webinar: Disability: A neglected issue in human rights, Wednesday, July 22, 4 pm
Free Equity Watch webinar: Disability: A neglected issue in human rights, Wednesday, July 22, 4 pm . Featuring Gus Reed.
Media release: CUPE calls on Nova Scotia and Ottawa to conduct comprehensive, public inquiry into mass murders
Members of the CUPE Nova Scotia Transition House Sector Committee (NSTHSC) are adding their voices to the call for the provincial and federal government to conduct a comprehensive, transparent public inquiry into the mass shooting murders that occurred in April.
PSA: Free webinar: Disability, a neglected issue in human rights, July 8, 4 pm
Tireless activist and frequent NS Advocate author Warren (Gus) Reed will be the focus of a webinar on human rights and disabilities in Nova Scotia.
Poverty activist Kendall Worth receives prestigious achievement award
Wonderful news, we are so pleased that Nova Scotia Advocate journalist Kendall Worth won this year’s James McGregor Stewart Award, recognizing high achievement by a Nova Scotian with a disability!
Kendall Worth: People with disabilities still waiting for one-time $600 COVID-19 support
Kendall Worth tries to shed some light on the wait for the one-time $600 for people who live with disabilities . This was promised by the federal government earlier this month, and then things happened…
Letter to the NS Human Rights Commissioners on a failure to enforce the accessible washrooms decision
Warren (Gus) Reed: My present complaint against the Human Rights Commission and the ministries of health, environment and justice goes to the heart of government indifference to the needs of people with disabilities. Being disabled in Nova Scotia is no cakewalk. There is discrimination at every turn. Employment, health, income, education, transportation – you name it – people with disabilities face discrimination.
Warren (Gus) Reed: Inclusion is condescending
“I wrote about inclusion before, but I had relatively benign feelings back then. Now I find myself at age 70 and pretty annoyed.” Warren (Gus) Reed. Also, there’s a quiz.