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Ugandan-born founder of African Centre for Refugees in Ontario receives LGBTQ2S+ Youth Leadership Award


February 11th, 2021
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Ugandan-born founder of the African Centre for Refugees in Ontario and member of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants’ advisory committee LGBTQ2S+ activist Christopher Nkambwe of Toronto has won the LGBTQ2S+ January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award top prize for 2020.
Thirty-year-old Nkambwe, a Black transgender woman originally from Uganda, impressed the awards jury to win the $1,000 award. Nkambwe sought asylum in Canada in 2019 and has founded the African Centre for Refugees in Ontario, which supports vulnerable LGBTQ+ refugees from the African continent.
“I am an activist and human rights defender who came from Uganda to Canada to attend the Women Deliver conference in June 2019. I was not able to return home because of fear for persecution due to my sexuality and gender identity and I started my journey as a refugee in Toronto,” says Nkambwe. “I have been able to fund my organiza ....

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Alex Sangha and Velvet Steele: It's time to break the chains that bind sex workers


by Guest on December 17th, 2020 at 2:18 PM
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By Alex Sangha and Velvet Steele
When will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reform Canada’s sex-trade laws? How can sex workers carry out their business legitimately? In layman’s terms, the current law states that it is “legal” to be a sex worker but it is “illegal” for a client to hire a sex worker.
The current law very clearly drives the sex trade deeper underground and makes the working conditions of sex workers dangerous and unsafe. Sex work is work, and it is about time the Canadian government recognized this fact and set a precedent for other countries and jurisdictions to follow. ....

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