Queer literary event marks 25 years of Lambda

I have a new piece on the Ottawa page of Xtra.ca today, which is about the 25th anniversary of the Lambda Foundation, and their event tonight as part of the Capital Pride celebrations. I'm a big fan of doing these kinds of history pieces because there isn't enough queer history being written, and I like to play my part to help bring this kind of news forward to the next generation.

That being said, I'm very disappointed by how this story rolled out. It was supposed to be in the last print issue of Xtra Ottawa, and not only was it not included then, it wasn't posted on the website until today - the day of the event - because the editor decided he wanted more attention paid to a controversy he has been stoking. These kinds of decisions are out of my hands, but it does frustrate me the Lambda Foundation didn't get the exposure they had hoped for in this piece until the last minute.