https://thegayguidenetwork.com/from-russia-with-love/ GGN :: Your gay guide to good life. A high-vibe conversation about true personal empowerment & being authentically fabulous. Since 2002. Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thegayguidenetwork.com/from-russia-with-love/#comment-7264 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:48:50 +0000 http://thegayguidenetwork.com/?p=26535#comment-7264 As a nation, Canada has a responsibility to respond to the rhetoric Russia has dished on the gay lifestyle. For one to dictate how others act in public or not, due to their lifestyle, is just, well…stupid, disrespectful, and goes against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
For a new refugee to Canada who has their hearing in a few weeks, that took months to process through the proper channels, is weeks away from hearing of his fate.
This is where advocates and activists come into play. As Canadians, we have an obligation to respond with sensitivity and compassion. Lives are at stake, and under our Charter, we have the right to protest, the right to advocate, and the right to defend, on behalf of those who live in fear, simply because of who they are.

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