And today, Justice Minister announced that Canadian passports will have a new “unspecified” gender marker option. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/passport-transgender-c16-1.4099066
Friday: New Brunswick’s trans rights bill passed final reading. Anti-discrimination protection & easier ID changes. http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/new-brunswick-trans-rights-bills-pass-final-reading-219806
I figure some of y’all might need gentle feel-good music right now so I thought I would link this https://youtu.be/z6tvZ-wsRMI
Canada to be less shitty to queer refugees http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/new-immigration-refugee-board-guidelines-for-lgbtq-asylum-claims-1.4096500
Bill C-6 (repealing Conservative immigration restrictions) passed Senate yesterday; going to parliament for review. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/senate-passes-bill-that-would-repeal-many-many-conservative-citizenship-changes/article34890037/
Among other things, this will reduce the physical residency requirement for citizenship to three years from four, and reinstate a provision allowing people on work and study visas to count 50% of that time towards residency.
These are three VERY lucky pups https://twitter.com/samoyeds_/status/860227942508625927
She hid under the table then tried to find scraps under food carts while I waited on a bagel.
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Y'ALL
I JUST FOUND THE BEST ALBUM TITLE
https://www.discogs.com/Geoff-Bastow-Music-To-Varnish-Owls-By/master/1071885
Somewhere between spacey analogue synth-driven ambient and gentle funk. It's good stuff.
Y'all, I found a download for the Bruton Music album The Video Age from 1980, and it is *excellent*. https://thepeoplesvault.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/bruton-music-library-bri-11-the-video-age-1980/
I feel like the fact y’all haven’t been freaking out over Hitomi Toi constantly means I haven’t been posting her music enough. https://youtu.be/t3r1NZAJlpY?list=PL_0Xj_r3fEnGQ5jrmQdcsrSFWjPxMO31k
This is Trevor and Geoff Bastow, frequent Bruton artists who have done some other lovely funky stuff.
Oh my god this Bruton release “The Video Age” is *beautiful* https://youtu.be/mKOpzExwzdY
This is some very late 70s smooth funk/jazz. Love it.
I really, really wish I could find Special Favorite Music’s first two EPs. CDs sold out everywhere, not on download stores either. :/
The new Special Favorite Music EP's been getting a lot of time in my rotation lately too. It's so gentle and sweet! https://youtu.be/hcfapTWLPg4
I know I’m a huge nerd, but Galaxy Force II is one of my most-played albums of the last month. It’s just so unbelievably good. Like, this track is just FANTASTIC. I love it. https://youtu.be/-s4aqUBN8oI?list=PL96B32A1B58CA31AB
Sleepy but powerful