[NEWS] Ten LGBTQ links: crime, Toronto, Montréal, HIV/AIDS, in memoriam, education, sports, camp

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• Leo Mantha, the last man executed in British Columbia in 1959, was executing for killing his estranged lover. Was homophobia the cause of what was, even then, a unique lack of mercy? Global News considers.


• Brian D. Johnson at MacLean's, reviewing Killing Patient Zero, notes how the openness of Gaëtan Dugas about his sexual past was one feature that led him to be unfairly branded Patient Zero, cause of the HIV/AIDS crisis.


• This invaluable Justin Ling AMA at reddit's unresolvedmysteries about the Church-Wellesley serial killings, besides exposing the accidents that led police not following up on reports, highlights a historic worldwide pattern of rage-filled killing sprees against queer people.


• Shaun Brodie at NOW Toronto pays tribute to the late, great writer Wayson Choy.


• CTV News reports that the Québec National Assembly has extended official recognition of the historic importance of the Village gay of Montréal.


• Phys.org links to a study suggesting that countries which extend civil rights to LGBTQ people experience higher economic growth as a result.


• Peter Mendelsohn at Daily Xtra looks at homophobia in Canadian hockey, a factor that deters many queer people from playing the sport. Can it be easily dealt with?


• Erica Lenti at Daily Xtra has a fantastic article looking at how gay-straight alliances at schools help young people learn how to be queer in a safe environment, providing them with the socialization they do not get elsewhere.


• This lovely essay by wedding photographer Dana Koster at them explores, in general and in a specific example, the miracle and joys of legal same-sex marriage.


• Elio Iannacci at Daily Xtra writes, in the wake of the Met gala, about the specifically queer nature of camp.