Posts Tagged “Canada”
Posted by Josh~ in Fight, Other, tags: Canada

Two twins who downloaded a variety of shota materials have been jailed for possessing “virtual child pornography,” with the judge condemning them for “victimising” imaginary children. The men, both 20 and residents of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, were reported to police by a sister-in-law after she came across “distressing” images on their computer. Police searches soon found a substantial collection of shotacon material on their computers, saying 90% were “cartoon drawings called Japanese Anime.” The pair, one of whom is said to be an active homosexual, were subsequently charged with possession of child pornography, both for the minority of real images and their manga collection, which under Canadian law is considered “virtual child pornography.” The state prosecutor insists that victimising fictional children is a very serious offence:
“Every one of these images involves the victimization of children. The victimization wouldn’t happen in the first place if there weren’t people there to look at this material.”
More details can be found here. So, looking at images of drawn boys is “victimising children”? Does that mean you can get child allowance for drawn kids too? No? Too bad. And children wouldn’t get raped if shota wouldn’t exist? That’s interesting because 1. I heard (just a rumour) that children were victims of sexual abuse before manga existed and 2. Japan – where all the shota manga come from and are legal – has one of the lowest sex crime rates of all industrialized countries.
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Matthew Wayne Shepard (1976 – 1998) was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured & subsequently murdered.
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Greggy
"Joshy Joshy pudding and pie, Fell in love with Greggy and didn’t know why" ~ By Gregosaur <3
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Es gibt übrigens wieder einen Wahl-O-Mat, diesmal zur Europawahl Anfang nächsten Monats. Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung hat sich diesmal sogar durchgerungen, alle Parteien in den Test aufzunehmen (nachdem sich die Piraten in den Wahl-O-Mat zur Landtagswahl in Bayern eingeklagt hatten), der dabei behilflich sein soll, eine Partei zu finden die den eigenen Standpunkten nahe kommt. Man muss die Parteien, mit denen man seine Positionen vergleichen kann allerdings selbst anklicken, also guckt euch ruhig auch mal die kleineren Parteien an. Im Gegensatz zu vorherigen Ausgaben haben es leider weder die Rechte von Schwulen und Lesben noch der Datenschutz oder die Freiheit des Internets in den Fragebogen geschafft, gleicht also solche Positionen am besten selbst mit den Parteien ab, die ihr zur Wahl in Betracht zieht. Bei mir kam das hier raus.
Wahl-O-Mat zur Europawahl 2009
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Anti-Capitalism is <3 [found by pinkneptune]
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Posted by Josh~ in Media, Music, Photo, tags: Canada
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I just had to use this photo again, if you wanna see the first version: here it is. The song above is performed by Elie Dupuis, a 14 year old boy from Canada.
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Eric lives for all things hockey. Now in his thirties, he’s managed to turn his stint as an ex-Toronto Maple Leaf into a full-time gig as commentator for sports TV. He’s living the dream! He and his partner Sam, a lawyer, live discreetly on a tree-lined street in Toronto. But all their tranquillity is disrupted when they receive news that Sam’s brother Billy’s ex-girlfriend has died, leaving custody of her son Scot to Billy. But adventure-seeking Billy is somewhere in South America, and that leaves Scot without a guardian. Much to Eric’s disapproval, Sam agrees to take Scot in. Enter Scot, budding queen of an 11 year old, who is Eric’s mirror opposite. Dressed in vibrant colours, his mother’s charm bracelet and with a penchant for musicals and Christmas carols, he’s not quite the ‘boy’ they expected. Their household is thrown into confusion as Eric and Sam try to deal with the realities and expectations of their flamboyant charge and realize that he is much more ‘gay’ than they are. Each deals with his own issues while observing the behavior of a kid being joyously and unashamedly himself…

Bravely challenging hockey’s false and dated notion of masculinity, Breakfast With Scot is the first gay film to carry the public sanction of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the support of the National Hockey League. These bold actions deserve applause because the film is noble and well intentioned. It’s also bland and unadventurous, without much style or originality. But the smart performances, humorous dialogue and brisk pacing of Laurie Lynd’s direction are all warm and friendly. Breakfast With Scot ends up being a feel-good movie about how, in the dawn of a new day, it’s finally O.K. to be whoever you want to be. – New York Observer
Was tun, wenn unerwartet ein Waisenjunge vor der Tür eines perfekt angepassten Schwulenpaares steht und dessen Leben völlig auf den Kopf stellt? Ex-Hockeyspieler und Sportmoderator Ed und sein Partner Sam, ein erfolgreicher Unternehmensanwalt, leben seit vier Jahren zusammen und legen Wert darauf, Beruf und Privatleben strikt getrennt zu halten. Ein Kind war definitiv nie geplant. Schon gar nicht eines wie der 11-jährige Scot, um den sich Ed nach dem Tod von dessen Mutter vorläufig kümmern soll. Der Junge hat nämlich eine singende Haarbürste, einen rosa Gürtel und Söckchen mit Spitzensaum im Gepäck und steht auf Musicals! Die Bemühungen der unfreiwilligen Väter, Scot seine parfümierten Handcremes und pastellfarbenen Schals auszureden und stattdessen seine Begeisterung für Eishockey zu wecken, entpuppen sich schnell als Versuch, das eigene Unwohlsein angesichts "zu schriller" Selbstdarstellung zu verdrängen. Wer ist hier ehrlicher mit sich selbst – der kleine Scot, der sich seines Andersseins keineswegs schämt oder zwei erwachsene schwule Männer, die sich nur hinter der Fassade eines konservativen Männerbildes sicher fühlen?
Eine ganze Armada namhafter kanadischer Schauspieler bevölkert Frühstück mit Scot, aber Star der Show ist Noah Bernett als Scot, der mit großen Augen zuschaut, wie seine neuen Pflegeeltern versuchen, den Erwartungen ihres Umfelds zu entsprechen. Die Feelgood-Comedy des Jahres war der ungeschlagene Publikumsliebling auf dem Filmfestival in Toronto und dem VERZAUBERT Filmfestival.
Die Deutsche DVD erscheint am 27. November – etwa bei GayBooks.de
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I’ll be honest with you: I can’t stand casting shows. I can’t stand TV at all. I don’t even have one. But I got a lot of mails recently about a guy in one of the “Idol” oder “Superstar” shows and I have to admit: A few of them a bloody cute ;) So let’s get straight to the point here. I picked a few boys out of the thousands of videos at YouTube and I want you to decide who is the best, the cutest, the Milk Star 2008 ;o)
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