Stopped in to the city's Access Equity and Human Rights Awards presentations yesterday to celebrate with my soul sister Deb Parent. She won one of this year's Pride Awards for her contributions to the queer community (Okay, I'll admit it - I nominated her). Many of you know her work for the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre and lesbians all over town love to get our groove on when she's spinning at a dance or cranking out the tunes on the truck at the dyke march.
I love it when winners make political points during their acceptance speeches. Trans activist and Pride award winner Rupert Raj, knowing that Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman was in the audience, insisted he would continue to campaign for making sure OHIP would cover sexual reassignment surgery.
