what’s the point?
i’m not sure i know how to really think anything. not anything definite, at least. (this is maybe a poor position to take in a thinker-in-residence series). maybe it’s just that beginnings are the hardest.
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Conversion Therapy is Child Abuse
The devastating and entirely preventable suicide of Ohio trans teen Leelah Alcorn has become a rallying call to #FixSociety, but this will never happen until society universally calls conversion therapy what it actually is: child abuse.
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The Salvation Army Still Hates Gays
The Salvation Army has been in damage control mode this year, trying to convince the world that the evangelical religious organization is not actually anti-gay. This is absolutely false. Not only that, it also sweeps a significant anti-LGBTQ history under the rug without taking any accountability for it or making any public apology.
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Bill C-36 is a Hate Law
What cruel irony that Bill C-36 will officially become law on Dec. 6, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, commemorating the 14 women who were massacred in Montreal in 1989. Bill C-36, the Harper government’s Orwellian-named The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, received royal assent on Nov. 6.
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Pride as Political Prop
Despite Doug Ford still finding gay men kinda icky, he’s now promising – no, threatening – to march in Pride if elected on Oct 27. Speaking to the Toronto Sun on Oct 6, Ford even had the audacity to proclaim, “I’ll be the mayor of all the people,” a statement immediately followed by sneering judgment. “Do I approve of the nudity, of older men with potbellies walking around the street buck naked? No, I don’t approve of that,” he said.
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Why Queer Theatre
A few months ago, Brendan Healy wrote a blog post entitled ‘Why Theatre?’ in which he outlined seven fundamental needs that I believe the theatre satiates in us. On the eve of World Pride, he returns to this idea with seven reasons why queer theatre specifically is necessary and relevant to our society.
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Aurora Stewart de Pena on Experimental Theatre
You could say all theatre is experimental. When a person takes their seat, they don’t know what’s going to happen, not really. Somebody could forget their lines, somebody could trip and fall, a truck might crash into the side of …
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Why Theatre?
Our artistic director, Brendan Healy, offers some thoughts on the question “Why Theatre?”. With each production that I create, each new play that I workshop, and each play that I read, I begin with the question, why theatre? Allow me …
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Meagan O’Shea on creative development
Here at Rhubarb we like to make friends. sometimes friends turn into partners. One of Rhubarb’s partners this year is [color]Hub 14[/color], an artist-run dance studio and performance venue. We asked one of Hub 14’s Artistic Directors, [color]Meagan O’Shea[/color], to …
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William Ellis on Queer spaces
Here at Buddies, we understand that running a queer space is no small order. We thought we’d ask one of Rhubarb’s partners this year for some advice. [color]William Ellis[/color], co-owner of [color]Videofag[/color] responded with some tips. Pay attention: 10 lessons …