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Canada
Fundamental freedoms or moral soapbox?
Submitted by Michael on 6 July 2009 - 12:56pmThere are essentially two ways to change unjust laws, by appealing to the legislature, or by referring the statutes to an independent judiciary for a determination of whether they transgress fundamental freedoms protected by the constitution. Both approaches have been tried in Canada with respect to sex work legislation.
The last judicial review ocurred in 1990, and was lost in an interesting split of the Supreme Court along gender lines. It nearly succceeded however. It passed the first test, in that of two sections of the Criminal Code that were being challenged, the majority of the court held that;
Section 195.1(1)(c) of the Code is inconsistent with s. 2(b of the Charter but is justifiable under s. 1 of the Charter
Section 195.11(1)(c), as it was then, dates from 1972 and prohibits solicitation in public. Specifically it states that;
Brutal Affection: Punching, Kicking, Slapping and Sex
Submitted by Chris on 5 September 2007 - 9:57amBrutal Affection: Punching, Kicking, Slapping and Sex
It ain't about the brawn. Regardless of your size, gender, or physical ability, this highly interactive workshop uses scads of demonstrations to teach you fierce, passionate methods of slam, slap and thud. Learn to use your brain and a multitude of body parts to bring you and your partners to new found levels of physical, sensual, sexual intensity and intimacy. With humor, affection, straight talk, and smarts, Felice Shays will discuss and demonstrate technique, safety, partnered positions, head space, anatomy, and helpful items. Also, as time allows, Felice will work with individuals, dyads and other combinations of partners to resolve their dilemmas of inequity of size, status, attitude or muscle.
Open to all genders, all physical abilities, and all levels of experience.
Saturday, November 3, 3:30-5:30pm
At Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander Street, Toronto
$20 / no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
It ain't about the brawn. Regardless of your size, gender, or physical ability, this highly interactive workshop uses scads of demonstrations to teach you fierce, passionate methods of slam, slap and thud. Learn to use your brain and a multitude of body parts to bring you and your partners to new found levels of physical, sensual, sexual intensity and intimacy. With humor, affection, straight talk, and smarts, Felice Shays will discuss and demonstrate technique, safety, partnered positions, head space, anatomy, and helpful items. Also, as time allows, Felice will work with individuals, dyads and other combinations of partners to resolve their dilemmas of inequity of size, status, attitude or muscle.
Open to all genders, all physical abilities, and all levels of experience.
Saturday, November 3, 3:30-5:30pm
At Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander Street, Toronto
$20 / no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Canada, Church, Charters and Choice
Submitted by Elizabeth on 16 August 2007 - 12:26amI'm back in the city, which means I'm back in the country.
I just returned to NYC from Alberta and British Columbia where I spent six days meeting cousins on one branch of my partner's family tree, seeing beautiful countryside. We put over a thousand miles (1707 km) on our rental car, saw the oil industry service sector outside of Edmonton, the ranch land west of Calgary, the mountains separating Alberta and British Columbia, the lush greenness of British Columbia's Shuswap Lake region, and even got a peek at some of the disappearing glacier behind Lake Louise. And of course, as all my travels do, this one generated some sex-related insights.
O Canada...
Submitted by Elizabeth on 8 August 2007 - 12:36amI'm headed north and west for 6 days. I'm going to a land where marriage is legal for couples regardless of gender or sexual orientation, and where the national anthem starts with a great big O.
I'm going to Alberta and British Columbia.
I'm going to see family. I'm going to see wilderness. I'm going to see glaciers (before there are no more). I'm going to spend lots of time driving through mountains in a rental car with my partner and I'm going to face the fact that my sabbatical is just about over.
And when I come back we're having a party, to which you are all invited. It's our Sex in the Public Square coming out party. Join us!
While I'm gone, here are some things to read, ponder, get excited about or get outraged about.
