One battle one, several thousand to go...

Several of my various obsessions tied themselves up yesterday.

Anyone following Canadian news knows that as of yesterday, same-sex marriage is the law of the land, coast-to-coast. This means full legal equality at the federal level for GL and B people, but there are still plenty of battles. The NDP launched a battle for trans equality with the C-392, which would put gender identity in the Human Rights Act. Provincially, there are still a variety of discriminatory laws, depending on the province. Canada Customs still stops books, movies, manga, and anime with queer content at the borders.

Then there are still the social fights -- various studies put queer teen suicide attempts at between 3 times and 11 times the average for teenagers. AIDS already wiped out a generation of gay and bi men, and is now resurging -- an estimated 10-16% of gay/bi male population here have it. Then there's the hard drug abuse and alcoholism rates.

On to more cheery subjects.

I'm reading a great graphic novel right now -- a takeoff on the whole Fantasy genre and Dungeons and Dragons called Cerebrus the Aardvark. I'm torn over whether to by any more of the guy's stuff, since I found out that his politics are very far to the right. Should the politics of a writer matter when buying their work? I'm torn between a belief in free speech and a belief in buying responsably :/

Okay, so that wasn't cheery. How about this:

( Only of interest to Harry Potter fans, cut for length )