Tag: Irwin Oostinde

W2Gate: An Update On Vancouver’s City Funded DTES Sadomasochist Club…

I’ve been doing some more research on Vancouver’s W2 media centre. When I wrote my first article about them back in May, I discovered that they were hosting a sadomasochist party in their basement. The party featured ‘kissing booths’ where partiers engaged in sexual activities and drug consumption. I got a lot of flack for that article- …

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Is Vision Vancouver Facing A Scandal At The W2 Media Centre? (Feat. Sex, Drugs & Money…)

There’s something strange going on at the W2 Media Centre- I smell a scandal. I’ve written about them a few times in the past- my interest in the place began during an exchange I had with their (former) executive director Irwin Oostindie. He was evasive, weasel-like, and he became quite abusive when I wrote to him …

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Updated: How The Activistocrats Are Ganging-Up On We Are Change Victoria (feat. Zoe Blunt & @Raincoaster)

Update 1: This is interesting, Sean Orr of Scout Magazine has taken down his article that had a link to Zoe Blunt’s website- only minutes after I posted this article! Anyhow, here’s a cached copy of the article. And, it’s good to know they are getting nervous from the exposure. Fortunately, they only make it …

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Open Letter To Irwin Oostinde About Homophobia, Charitable Status & Mental Health Stigmatization!

I got some rather unsavoury hate-mail from Irwin Oostinde’s W2 Media Centre today- and I think it says a lot about his organization. Yes, it did address some of the questions I asked in my article about W2. That said, it raised a whole lot more of them. Have a look at what they had …

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