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OTTAWA’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS 2013 11, 7–DEC NOV #261 @Dailyxtra FREE 15,000 AUDITED CIRCULATION OTTAWA’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS 2013 11, 7–DEC NOV #261 @dailyxtra facebook.com/dailyxtra facebook.com/dailyxtra THE NEW LEATHER Ottawa’s thriving kink scene is embracing a younger, dailyxtra.com dailyxtra.com more diverse demographic E24 More at at More 2 NOV 7–DEC 11, 2013 XTRA! OTTAWA’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS 613.216.6076 | www.eyemaxx.ca MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! 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NOV 7–DEC 11, 2013 5 comment dailyxtra.com & facebook/dailyxtra email [email protected] “Protecting Comment tweet @dailyxtra tional Organization for Marriage, Pat Robertson and the unrepentant Scott your Lively, now facing a human-rights PR and the pope trial over his alleged role in fostering a hostile environment for gay Ugandans. But really, how different is Francis’s Is Pope Francis really a reformer? cajoling rhetoric from that of a corpo- Rights and ration or PR firm pitching a client’s EDITORIAL cis later claimed that he gave them “his new and improved product as a real NATASHA blessing.” departure from its classic version? BARSOTTI What’s not to like from a cleric who As a number of Church observers Freedoms” has embraced the name of a saint her- have pointed out, especially in the Pope Benedict XVI once alded for his prayer about bringing wake of the short-lived hope invested told us that homosexuality is an “objec- faith where there is doubt, hope where in the Second Vatican Council of the tive disorder.” there is despair and light where there 1960s, the changes — such as what lan- On another occasion, he deemed it is darkness? guage should be used for Mass — were All Criminal “a strong tendency ordered toward an In an era that is gluttonous about more cosmetic than revolutionary. intrinsic moral evil.” celebrity, Francis, with his friendly As much as I’d like to flirt with His predecessor, John Paul II, found countenance, gregariousness in the this latest successor to Obama’s Charges including it “legitimate and necessary” to ask if presence of crowds and understand- Yes We Can–ism, I am as yet reluctant gay marriage is part of a clandestine ing of the importance of optics and to fall for this smiling, twinkly eyed, and more insidious “new ideology of the well-turned phrase, is poised to avuncular man in robes who seems to evil, which attempts to pit human rights become a religious rock star. be offering more than he realistically s ()6NON DISCLOSURE against the family and against man.” And while his words and deeds thus can, or really intends, to deliver. Juxtapose those choice statements far are flummoxing the Church’s more Just recently, the Vatican announced with the reported words and actions conservative segments, they are giving that a synod of bishops will convene to s $RUNKDRIVING of the latest successor of St Peter to its more liberal adherents a glimmer of discuss the “pastoral care of families.” take up residence at the Vatican. hope that his tenure will bring about How far, if anywhere, will it go toward s $OMESTICASSAULTS Challenged about his stance on ho- much-needed change, including bring- acknowledging families with same-sex mosexuality, Argentina’s Jorge Mario ing its disillusioned sheep — who’ve parents or families with gay and trans Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis I, throws been departing in droves — back to children? s $RUGS the ball back in his interrogator’s court. the fold. If asked, I hope, but truly doubt, “Tell me: when God looks at a gay Moreover, in the context of contem- that Francis will provide an answer person, does he endorse the existence porary rightwing nuttery, Francis’s that doesn’t rely on the ambiguity of s &RAUD of this person with love, or reject and outreach, if not substance, feels like a a rhetorical question. condemn this person?” gale-force cleansing of the homophobic But his promising rhetorical start stench issuing from the likes of the Natasha Barsotti is Xtra Vancouver’s ends with an equivocal “We must al- American Family Association, the Na- staff reporter. ways consider the person,” followed by a more obscure statement about “the The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian mystery” of human beings. people daring together to set love free. More recently, an Italian Catholic Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. LGBT group that reached out to Fran- FEEDBACK InterPride and diversity privilege of others. Protests against Trinity As someone who helped fight the bat- GEOFF CHAULK Western University TORONTO, ON tles against HIV discrimination, for Years ago, I knew somebody who was marriage equality and against stigma, I’m inclined to agree that the gender- given a referral to an individual with it’s my opinion that it may be time for queer community should withdraw an MA from this school. That person the transgender community and their its support for InterPride. By virtue never went back because he could supporters to move forward on their of our visibility..
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