LGBT games are a good start, rights conference hears

[Guest Warwick Green]

The struggles for women's rights and the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transgendered are connected, as "sexism and homophobia are one and the same," a panel discussion at a human rights conference was told yesterday.

Kim Gandy, president of the U.S. National Organization of Women, made the comment during a morning plenary session at the Palais des congres on rights in Canada and the United States. The discussion was part of the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights, an event affiliated with the First World Outgames.

Other guest speakers at the session, attended by about 1,300 delegates, were Mark Tewksbury, former Canadian Olympic swimming medallist; Gene Robinson, Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire; and Irshad Manji, author of a controversial book concerning the liberal reformation of Islam....

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