Sign RRANS' Petition to Keep Funding for LGBTQ Refugees

We need your help - please consider signing our petition! 

At the end of March, we risk losing a third of our funding. The Rainbow Refugee Assistance Program is a pilot project established by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to make a contribution toward the cost of sponsoring overseas lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) refugees to Canada. The project is set to expire at the end of March 2015 and we fear that the end of this funding will seriously undermine the progress made in increasing the private resettlement of LGBTQI refugees. 

Halifax's South House Presents "All Bodies Are Good Bodies: Feminist Sex Ed 101

"It's the time of the year for love- giving it, receiving it, sharing it, feeling it for yourself, your community, your pals and/or partners! And with Pink Triangle Day just around the corner, we got to thinking that the time is right for another lively discussion of sex and sexuality. South House Presents: All Bodies Are Good Bodies: Feminist Sex Ed 101"

Feb 7: NSRAP Pink Triangle Gala Celebrates the Best In LGBTQ NS!

"Good Food! Good Company! GREAT CAUSE!!  ... In the months ahead [NSRAP] will be working to improve access to culturally responsive mental health serices for LGBTQ people, as well as working with community partners in North West Nova Scotia to end the discriminatory no-flag policies in Truro, Antogonish, Cumberland and Pictou Counties. Your purchase of a ticket to The Pink Triangle Gala ensures that NSRAP can deliver on these projects and more. With your continued support, we look forward to another year of making a difference!"

Theatre: A Good Death, an Appreciation

This play in its strengths and weaknesses, mirroring often our human frailties, offers us a doorway, an invitation and a choice. And maybe you too will take that uncertain step into the future.

Elderberries January Newsletter

The Elderberries Board is planning another great year of social time, education, entertainment. Here’s the first instalment.

Reviews: The Imitation Game

On December 11, a handful of Wayves writers and friends watched a media preview of The Imitation Game, the new biographical movie about computer pioneer Alan Turing. The theatre at Empire Bayers Lake was completely filled for the Thursday evening preview show.

Alan Turing: A Parable for Our Times

Bethana Sullivan looks at the messages in the December 2014 movie about gay computer scientist Alan Turing, The Imitation Game.

Jeremy Dutcher Records Maliseet Christmas Carols

New Brunswick Two-Spirit Maliseet Jeremy Dutcher has recorded, just in time for Christmas, Lintuwakonol 'ciw Woli-Nipayimiyan -- Songs for a Merry Christmas. 

The Elderberries Are Throwing a Party and They Want You There!

"The Elderberries are throwing a party and inviting the community! On Sunday, December 14, 2014, from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at the Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street, we're holding our annual Holiday Potluck with special guests, the Rainbow Refugees Association of NS (RRANS) and Scott Jones." ... 

NSRAP Fundraiser Postponed to Future Date!

"NSRAP Regrets to announce the postponement of Fruits of the Vine wine-tasting fundraiser, originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15, to a future date.  We thank those who supported the event and all pre-purchased tickets will be refunded in full.We are proceeding with plans for our annual Gala, which will take place on February 7th, 2015 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront Hotel."