Does $4 Billion in Reparations for Sexual Abuse Hurt More People than It Helps?

How do we as a society make up for past wrongs? Last week, Los Angeles County reached a tentative agreement to pay $4 billion in order to settle more than 6,800 sexual abuse claims.

HARD COPY: Who – exactly – foots the bill for justice? As more cases of sexual abuse get unearthed, society grapples with finding justice for victims. Justice often looks like hefty sums of money paid out by organizations via settlements. Los Angeles County, for instance, recently reached a tentative agreement to pay $4 billion to […]

Man taking Health Canada to court over ‘stigmatizing, and discriminatory’ organ donation policy

The government of Canada is facing a new court challenge over the constitutionality of Health Canada’s screening criteria that prohibits potentially lifesaving organ donations from gay and bisexual men.

HARD COPY: Antiquated Concerns Over HIV Transmission Are Still Fueling Gay Male Stigma Michael Fazal, a 31-year-old-gay plaintiff living in Toronto, is challenging the constitutionality of Health Canada’s screening criteria regarding organ donations.  While some recent changes have been made to Canada’s policies surrounding some biomedical donations, as with sperm and blood, restrictions remain for […]