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EDITORIAL from Egyptian Prison, dailyxtra.ca, DANNY GLENWRIGHT struggle with this. An Oct 6 Globe and RE: VILLAGE POLE WRAPS Mail story referred to Greyson’s long- Oct 6]. Although I wouldn’t wish John Greyson is gay. Yes, it’s time partner, Stephen Andrews, as his this treatment on my worst enemy, I hope that Greyson and Loubani FREE sionals and fear of discrimination true. Big news. “friend of 17 years.” The story was pub- 36,000 AUDITED CIRCULATION Well, not really. But you’d be forgiven lished one day after Egyptian offi cials will see this episode as a teaching being two of the top reasons. I would TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS for wondering about the well-known had released the pair from prison but moment. The politics of the Middle have loved it if the Screening Saves East are not black or white, good or 2013 3–16, OCT Reimagining Lives Project could also have includ- fi lmmaker’s sexuality over the past sev- prevented them from getting on a fl ight #755 eral weeks as he languished in an Egyp- to Germany. bad. Egypt, as well as Syria, kills more ed a prostate cancer component. But tian prison with Canadian doctor Tarek Columnist Margaret Wente, The Globe of its own citizens in a day than Israel to criticize a program that is going to has killed Palestinians in years. The REGENT PARK A neglected neighbourhood save lives by promoting screening is Loubani. Much of the media took the and Mail’s radical grandstander, wrote emerges as a modern example settler movement in Israel is almost of urban renewal shortsighted and irresponsible. unusual step of leaving out this detail, soon after that “Many of the media E16 as bad as the Islamist forces that want MARIE worried about the potential harm that haven’t mentioned that Mr Greyson is @dailyxtra TORONTO, ON might come to Greyson if prison guards, gay for fear that it would go worse for to impose their world view on the whole of the Middle East. Both are or his cellmates, found out about his him in homophobic Egypt. But it’s no facebook.com/dailyxtra driven by extreme religious beliefs. Vancouver kiss-in fondness for sodomy in a country where secret; his sexual orientation is very dailyxtra.com homosexuality is not all the rage. public.” That’s one thing Wente is right DON KNOX at More This is so cute [Vancouverites Stage TORONTO, ON National Coming Out Day Kiss-In at The media had a precedent in James about, but her piece highlighted incon- parklets were a great recent addition Russian Consulate,” dailyxtra.com, Loney, a gay Canadian who was kid- sistency at the national newspaper.