The NDP Discovers A New Angle In Vancouver
The headline reads:
Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first out lesbian to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two queer NDP candidates to win seats in a pair of Vancouver by-elections held Wednesday.
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Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s gay parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by gay Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned to run unsuccessfully for the federal Conservatives in the Oct 14 federal election.
I guess sexual preference is now a deciding factor here in Vancouver. “Not that there’s anything wrong with it”.
The progressive nature of Vancouver means the other parties need to start attracting more gay candidates – especially when voter turnouts are in the 20% range. It works better than being green.
In other news… Vancouver to host Outgames a year after Winter Olympics.
photo credit: roland
October 30th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I think most “queers” would find that news article offensive. Not that it’s not newsworthy, but it’s presented poorly. How would some similar article headlines go:
Negroes win BC by-elections
Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first black person to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two negro NDP candidates to win seats…
Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s black parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by black Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned…
Chinamen win BC by-elections
Jenn McGinn is now believed to be the first Chinese person to win a seat in the BC legislature. She was one of two oriental NDP candidates to win seats…
Meanwhile NDP Spencer Herbert, Vancouver’s Chinese parks commissioner, won in Vancouver-Burrard. The seat was previously held by Chinese Liberal Lorne Mayencourt who resigned…
I hope your “deciding factor” and “need more gay candidates” (for electoral advantage) comments were tongue-in-cheek.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:28 am
The point of the article is that it is offensive to use sexual orientation as a lead in an article the way they did, even though it is a gay site. This headline showed up in Google news as the lead story.
My comment is tongue in cheek.
Thanks,
Blair