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Kingston City Council passes ban on ‘conversion therapy’

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Ben Rogers, Bill C-6, Bridget Doherty, City Council meeting, conversion therapy, conversion therapy ban, delegations, Gary Oosterhof, Jeff McLaren, Jim Neill, Kingston City Council, LGBTQ2S+, Lisa Osanic, Mary Rita Holland, Mayor Bryan Paterson, MP Derek Sloan, Peter Stroud, Robert Kiley, Simon Chapelle, Third Day Worship Centre, Wayne Hill

Kingston City Council has passed a motion to ban the practice of conversion therapy within the municipality. “I think in

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Soapbox: O’Toole’s keeping Sloan in CPC shows lack of understanding

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments conservative leader, Conservative Party of Canada, CPC, gay rights, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, homophobia, Kingston, letter, LGBTQ, MP Derek Sloan, MP Erin OToole, Nathan Townend, opinion, transphobia

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed piece written by Councillor Nathan Townend and does not necessarily reflect the

Kingston researchers aim to document anti-Asian racism during pandemic

July 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Alyssa Martschenko, anti-Asian, Asian-Canadians, China, Chinese-Canadian, coronavirus, COVID-19, immigrants, Karl Flecker, KEYS Job Centre, Kingston, Kingston Coffee House, MP Derek Sloan, newcomers, pandemic, racism, research, research project, survey, World Health Organization (WHO)

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed Canadian society over the past five months. Now, a research project from KEYS Job Centre

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Soapbox: Loyalist Councillor speaks out about MP Sloan

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Community Soapbox 2 Comments Bill C-8, Conservative Party of Canada, conversion therapy, Councillor Nathan Townend, federal government, gender diversity, Hastings-Lennox & Addington, Kingston, Loyalist Township Council, MP Derek Sloan, opinion, sexuality

Editorial note: The following is a submitted op/ed piece by Councillor Nathan Townend and does not necessarily reflect the views