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Linus · 03-26-2012, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Truly Scrumptious

Ontario's Court of Appeal has struck down Canada's ban on brothels or "bawdy houses," but says the ban on communicating for the purposes of selling sex should stand.

In a 132-page landmark decision, the court said Monday that the ban on brothels puts prostitutes in danger by forcing them to ply their trade outdoors. It said sex trade workers should be allowed to work safely indoors.

The court said the law against brothels was too broad because "it captures conduct that is unlikely to lead to the problems Parliament seeks to curtail." It said the impact is "grossly disproportionate" to the law's intent because "the safest way to sell sex is for a prostitute to work indoors in a location under her control."

Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...#ixzz1qFsSiD9m

Wow. That was interesting.

Breathless · 03-27-2012, 02:23 AM

http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/miss-u...192000420.html
Miss Universe Canada Disqualifies Transsexual Contestant: She was Born a Boy

Breathless · 03-28-2012, 02:57 PM

Little lighter topic, prayers go out to those injured, hoping for a speedy recovery.. but otherwise.. holy crap!

This is right outside of my childhood home.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...S2jD8.facebook

betenoire · 03-28-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Breathless

Little lighter topic, prayers go out to those injured, hoping for a speedy recovery.. but otherwise.. holy crap!

This is right outside of my childhood home.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...S2jD8.facebook

Money AND Candy all over the road? Hell yes!

EnderD_503 · 04-07-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Breathless

http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/miss-u...192000420.html
Miss Universe Canada Disqualifies Transsexual Contestant: She was Born a Boy

In case anyone hasn't heard, Jenna Talackova was allowed back into the competition a few days ago.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/...eant-after-all

Obviously, I'm happy that a competition for women has chosen to include non-cis women (I originally said "all women"...but that really isn't true considering the standard of what qualifies as "beauty" in these things). At the same time, I'm not a big fan of "beauty contests," in general. So I think in some sense this is a victory, at least for trans rights and being recognised as one's true sex. On the other hand...beauty pageants have never sat well with me because of this idealisation of what female beauty "should" be, when it can be so many things, and why create a competition out of it? But either way, congratulations to Jenna and being able to compete in an area that she is passionate about.

03-27-2012, 02:23 AM	#2
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03-28-2012, 02:57 PM	#3
Breathless Brat Extraordinaire How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Happy Tournaments Won: 23 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 1,412 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,549 Thanked 4,098 Times in 958 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Little lighter topic, prayers go out to those injured, hoping for a speedy recovery.. but otherwise.. holy crap! This is right outside of my childhood home. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...S2jD8.facebook __________________ *BE the change you wish to see in the world. Gandhi*