Just a tiny reminder this Canada Day 2019 that we are still fighting for our rights

A timeline of the protests, debates and decisions that brought us here

In her roles, her romantic life and her LGBTQ2 activism, the actor proves it’s possible to be openly gay, bankable and happy

It’s not with corporate floats and circuit parties.

The government’s official narrative denies our actual histories and the battles we fought for our rights

Introducing our new series, Still Fighting

But when it comes to period pain, we’re not even close

There’s a vast queer history that goes beyond Stonewall and marriage equality. Schools aren’t teaching that, so young people on the internet are doing it instead

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

We hope you were buckled in, because 2018 was a bumpy and beautiful ride

How three people who work in LGBTQ2-related services navigate the ‘dual role’

This unspecified threat that cis people express in relation to trans art is resulting in that trans art being censored

Toronto police have been under intense scrutiny over their relationship with the LGBT community, but Danielle Bottineau welcomes the criticism

Some critics say the ID and bag checks target queer and trans people of colour

With the support of Canadian advocates, Barbadian activists have taken their country to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

A look back at key victories that got us to where we are today

Some say that international pressure on Ugandan politicians will outweigh calls for increased legal crackdowns on homosexuality

Activism

All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people

Why Toronto police aren’t marching in Pride

Ellen Page and the payoff of queer celebrity risk

Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

We need to talk about the last 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Xtra’s queer year in review

When the professional is personal

Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives

What’s it like to be gay in Russia during the 2018 World Cup?

The gay cop trying to fix the relationship between Toronto’s LGBT communities and the police

Concerns raised with Pride Toronto’s new drink-and-carry program

LGBT activists file challenge of Barbados’ anti-gay laws

Trudeau should have raised LGBT rights with Ugandan president, activists say