As you may or may not have read this week, it seems that under current travel regulations in Canada, transgender individuals can be prevented from merely boarding a plane. In a recent post, I wrote about the violations of every day rights faced by T* identified people, and this is a prime example.

So everyone’s all annoyed at Cynthia Nixon because she said that being gay is her choice. Maybe it is. Why are we so ready to jump down her throat over it? “I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line ‘I’ve been straight and I’ve been gay, [...]

For a growing number of people, “queer” is the way they express their identity. It’s an umbrella term which can be used to cover a whole host of sexualities and gender expressions.

This week, I lost quite a bit of faith in the LGBT student movement. What started off as a link left on a wall of a Facebook group, turned into a week-long debate that has left me somewhat disillusioned and if I’m honest, a little bit heartbroken. I don’t know if you have heard of the offensive train wreck of a television show called Work It currently being aired by ABC?

They say that French is the language of love. Well let me be the first to tell you, it’s also the language of total confusion! For most people, flirting is difficult enough in their own language. It’s ever harder in your second language, especially when you have yet to grasp the linguistic nuances and cultural specifics of human interaction.

Following on from the events of my last two posts, I decided it was high time that I tried out the lesbian scene in Paris. So a couple of weeks ago I hopped the TGV to civilization to meet a couple of friends and check out the bars.

As you know from my last post, I have been bemoaning the serious lack of the gay around these parts. I had somehow forgotten that this university has an entire building of Arts du Spectacle, and as we all know: if there is gay to be found, start with the theatre!

It seems like the last couple of years have been full of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”. Of course, it’s an American issue (and here there is no such ban on serving openly), but I think there is a reason the issue has worldwide resonance. “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” was one of  those”baby steps” we hear [...]

If my life was a Facebook group last week, it would have been called “The awkward moment when you think you can speak a language and then you move to a country and it turns out you don’t actually understand anything”. Où est la bibliothèque?!

I’ve written about this before, about Glee fans who can’t understand why we don’t see Kurt and Blaine making out at the Lima Bean. But it’s about so much more than that, and it’s a problem that is increasingly a source of tension between LGB people and our friends/families/allies. In Modern Family fandom, too, viewers [...]

Marriage Equality is facing a funding crisis. For the last four years, the organisation has had the generous financial support of The Atlantic Philanthropies. Unfortunately, at the end of 2011, Atlantic Philanthropies are exiting the LGBT sector and therefore funding for the campaign will come to an end.

Held in the Front Lounge on the last Wednesday of the month, if you’re looking for a different night out, that is both really chilled and funny, this may be for you!

“That was the whole point of it, to make visibility happen. Most of our LGBT brothers and sisters have no idea who I am, the flag is completely independent of personality and celebrity. It has a different meaning for everyone individually.”

Kelis will be taking to the stage of the George on the 23rd of June as part of the pride celebrations being held by The George, which is the Official Pride Club of 2011.

This theme of this years Pride Dyke Night is The Speakeasy, so expect all things 1920s! Hosted by the ever amazing Phil T. Gorgeous, this is set to be an unmissable night!

You may remember that quite some time ago, there was a lot of talking about Uganda. A private member’s bill had been introduced to legislate for the death penalty when people are convicted of several crimes associated with homosexuality. For a basic rundown on what the consequences could be, including executing people who know of [...]

As the AMI team put the finishing touches on what looks set to be the gay event of the year, we at Gaelick thought we’d give our readers an in-depth look at what to expect from the night!