Dear Jack, On May 2nd 2011, many of us at The Gaily gathered around a small tv, in a small apartment, with fuzzy reception, listening to the familiar voices and the familiar faces of the CBC, as the orange wave overtook this province where many of us live as foreigners to the political system, where [...]

Marital Bliss for Washington’s Suquamish Tribe The Suquamish tribe, a NorthWestern coastal tribe – in the state of Washington – has approved same-sex marriage for its tribe members, the second tribe in America to make a similar move (in 2009 an Oregon lesbian couple was married by their tribe). “The Tribal Council held a public [...]

The week is off to a good start so far; no-one famous has OD’d (yet) and the number of legally married same-sex couples has been multiplying exponentially. If a diamond detector was a thing and you could pass it over the state of New York, it would suffer an incessant chain of violent seizures, what with [...]

4:05 am I cannot believe I am awake right now. This is effing stoop. 5:42 am Ok, we are here at the Burgundy Lion and a bit behind schedule. But I am wearing a white dress and I have a feather in my hair. Just sayin. The Queen is already arriving – in yellow – [...]

Fear not, I haven’t drowned today’s Gaily Beat with sorrow like I did last week (although sarcasm may be omnipresent in this post). But there’s no sorrow today because guess what today is!? The first day of Montreal Pride, so this week is all about happy things like rainbows and unicorns and y’know, everything gay! [...]

Well, what have I learned today? To sum it up? Hate is fuelled by ignorance, love conquers all, and drugs do indeed kill. (PS. My second favourite weekend is almost here! Vancouver Pride is being celebrated on Sunday, July 31st, and my posse of Calgarian Sapphic sisters are making the 10 hour drive through the Rockies to [...]

What a week. My heart still aches for the loss of the Jack Layton. He was and still is one of my all time heroes. His leadership and drive was something that will always inspire me. After hearing his final letter written days before his death, he reminded me of another hero of mine, Harvey [...]

Mac Too PC? Allout.org and change.org are going after Apple for their participation in the controversial Christian Values Network’s charitable giving plan whereby customers can donate a portion of their purchase from iTunes or the Apple Store to a charitable organization of their choice. Other large corporations have backed out of the program when it [...]