Qu'ART - Ottawa #Queer Arts Collective

Watch as I confront the CEO of Air Canada about the unacceptable treatment of flight attendants who work tirelessly, yet often unpaid. It's time for airlines to prioritize fairness and respect for their hardworking employees. Let's stand together in support of #UnpaidWorkWontFly

Our full page plea to PM @MarkJCarney in today's @TorontoStar, begging him to do more to end genocide in Gaza. For there is much more that Canada could & should, in fact is obliged, to do in the face of genocide. And we should have done so months and months ago. Almost two months ago, on June 9th in advance of hosting the G7 Summit, 500+ law professors, lawyers, academics, former ambassadors, and civil society, faith and labour leaders wrote to him. We implored him to take advantage of that leadership opportunity to catalyze G7 action to end the genocide: alexneve.ca/blog/prime-min… Instead, there was G7 silence. We have yet to have any acknowledgement of our letter from either PM Carney or Minister @AnitaAnandMP, let alone a substantive response to the detailed, concrete recommendations (legal obligations) we presented. Not a single word. That we've had no reply is not okay. But more to the point, that there has still been no meaningful action and only more empty words that are never backed up with consequence, is deplorable. So we've repeated those recommendations. We expect and demand action. We refuse to allow this despicable failure and craven refusal to end genocide to stain our collective national conscience. torontostar.pressreader.com/toronto-star/2… (page A5)

As Pride Month wraps up, we take a look at the pioneering LGBTQ+ comedian and activist Robin Tyler. In 1979, Tyler became the first out lesbian comic to appear on national television. She used both her humor and her platform to become an important voice in the push for LGBTQ+ rights and equality. @johnyangtv sat down with Robin Tyler for more.

🗓Join us Thursday May 22@ 7pm @artscourt #Ottawa #OttCity @ottawacity 🎙🏳️‍🌈Transformations: Exploring LGBTQ2S+ Stories presented by Ottawa StoryTellers #OttArts 🎟Look for the "QUART" $5 ticket code! @eventbrite ottawastorytellers.ca/transformations meetup.com/out-and-about-… via @Meetup

FUNDRAISER: Mothers Coming Together, individuals who have lost sons, daughters, loved ones, and friends to police violence and the prison system, incl. the mother of #AnthonyAust and #RegisKorchinskiPaquet, raising $$ for travel to important gatherings gofundme.com/f/mothers-comi…

Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means ctvnews.ca/federal-electi…