“The Surprise of a Knight,” the first known queer “stag film,” shows how gender, sexuality and desire have always been fluid
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Bobuq Sayed’s debut novel considers borders and ethics through the eyes of two queer Afghan lovers
A self portrait and collage by revolutionary queer photographer Claude Cahun
Claude Cahun’s gender-bending self portraits were ahead of their time—and nearly erased from art history
How a Canadian social media age ban would impact trans people of all ages
Whether it’s requiring government ID or scanning users’ faces, digital age-verification tools pose a host of problems for queer and trans people

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These titles have been removed from libraries in five or more school divisions this year
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Many program survivors argue that conversion therapy has persisted as an open secret in the industry for years