What comes to mind when someone says to you that this is a case of “National Security”? I know from my understanding it means something of importance and that we are talking about values held by our country. But the values that were held by our country years ago might have been a moving target […]

This story continues to have legs with over 5,200 people signing up on facebook. Jake Raynard was attacked last week in the city after an argument outside a local “gay” bar.
Facebook a social internet medium, has united people who have continued to offer support where it is needed, with Raynard.
Now here in Thunder Bay, people […]

As an ambassador i feel it is my duty to report not only the things that make my life enjoyable as a gay man, but also the circumstances that challenge me.
Sunday morning i got an email regarding an assault of a young gay man suffering from a flying brick to the face, here in […]

Thunder Bay like many other smaller cities in Canada, suffers from not being able to provide a social sustenance that the GLBT community requires, desires and wants. If you are twenty something, here the local university offers a small haven with several social events during the year. But when school is finished the outward migration […]

Thunder Bay, Jan. 2, 2009
The City of Thunder Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior is in a state of transition. From the early days of the blue collar trade through the port comes something with a bit more colour, “God Save the Queen” or it could have read “God Save the Queers”.
Like many […]

World AIDS Day (December 1, 2008)  has come and gone with many events held  here in the City of Thunder Bay. I was drawn to, and awed by, the response in our community to the disease on a global level.
This is my first opportunity to speak to you from the “megatropolis” of Thunder Bay as […]