Ann Coulter Wants To Save Good Canadians From Cry-Baby Canadians, Washington D.C. Study Shows Alarming HIV Apathy Among Men Over Thirty, Virginia Governor Adamant Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Does Not Exist In State, Derrick Martin Shows Anything Is Possible

Ann Coulter concluded her three cities, cross Canadian campus tour in Calgary, Alberta Thursday night before a sold out audience moved to larger venue – the Red and White Club – that was in part a response to a request for increased security following the fiasco Tuesday at the University of Ottawa. An estimated two dozen protestors stood by holding signs and remaining generally silent. Prior to her speech, Coulter appeared on CBC’s Power and Politics (a show so achingly contrived it is unwatchable) and said “I’m more determined than ever to turn pretty much from Calgary through the west into the 51st state now. We’ve got to save the good Canadians.” When asked what “good Canadians” needed saving from, Coulter replied “from the crazy liberals. From the cry-babies.”

A new study conducted by the Washington, D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration suggests that 14-percent of gay men in the District are HIV positive, nearly five times higher than the city’s adults and teenagers. 500 gay men were interviewed and more than 40-percent were unaware of their diagnosis prior to the study, even though a majority had visited their physician in the previous twelve months. More than a third of those questioned were unaware of the HIV status of their last sexual partner. Perhaps most troubling was that the survey confirmed an alarming trend: gay men older than thirty were engaging in more at risk behaviour – being tested less frequently, used condoms less, and had more sexual partners than those under thirty. There is some concern that the participants were recruited from bars, clubs, gyms, and restaurants frequented by gay men, but that the gay men tended to be well educated and of a higher economic standing.

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell remains convinced that there exists no need for the state to attach a provision to Virginia law protecting individuals against discrimination based on sexual orientation. “I don’t know that we need it based on the numbers that I’ve seen. There really isn’t any rampant discrimination on any basis in Virginia,” said McDonnell, adding that “if you’re going to have a law, it needs to actually address a real problem.” While statistics may support McDonnell, it is thought that the low levels of complaints are a result of victims of discrimination realizing without a law, there exists no recourse for protection.


Despite being kicked out of the house, and having lost a number of friends, 18 year old high school senior Derrick Martin, from Cochran, Georgia, remains resilient, empowered in a way, after receiving permission from his high school superintendent last week allowing him to escort his boyfriend to prom. Martin made his request in January. “I said are there any rules that say I can take a boy, can’t take a boy? She (the superintendant) said it never happened before so that she didn’t think that Cochran was ready for it,” recounts Derrick, adding “And I just told her, I was like I’m not going to be confrontational, I’m not being rude but I’m not going to drop this just because you’re saying no to this first time.” Martin says that he wanted to show that equality is “possible.”