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Don’t use missing gay men as an excuse for gentrification
Opinion

Don’t use missing gay men as an excuse for gentrification

Putting the most vulnerable people under increased police scrutiny isn’t going to make anyone safer

August 8, 2017
Myles Gray and Hudson Brooks are dead. BC police are dead silent
Opinion

Myles Gray and Hudson Brooks are dead. BC police are dead silent

As Vancouver police and the RCMP prepare to walk in Pride, consider the people they’ve killed

August 4, 2017
Toronto police tell a concerned crowd there’s no evidence tying the recent cases of two gay missing men
Power

Toronto police tell a concerned crowd there’s no evidence tying the recent cases of two gay missing men

But many community members at The 519 town hall not convinced

August 3, 2017
Toronto police set up special task force to investigate missing gay men
Power

Toronto police set up special task force to investigate missing gay men

But are not stating there’s a connection between Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman

July 28, 2017
Trudeau government must condemn Trump’s trans military ban: NDP
Politics

Trudeau government must condemn Trump’s trans military ban: NDP

‘We have to stand up against discrimination where we see it, even when it’s our closest ally,’ NDP LGBT critic Randall Garrison says

July 27, 2017
Pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev scheduled to perform in Toronto this November
Power

Pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev scheduled to perform in Toronto this November

An LGBT advocacy group is asking Roy Thomson Hall to cancel the performance

July 25, 2017
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NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton pledges to fight transphobia, gender-based violence through government action
Politics

NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton pledges to fight transphobia, gender-based violence through government action

Pledging $500 million of federal funding devoted to a national strategy

July 20, 2017
Chechen leader says gay men should be taken to Canada ‘to purify our blood’
Power

Chechen leader says gay men should be taken to Canada ‘to purify our blood’

‘They are devils. They are for sale. They are not people,’ Ramzan Kadyrov said in an interview with Real Sports

July 14, 2017
An Ontario preschool rejected a child because their parents are gay — and it’s totally legal
Power

An Ontario preschool rejected a child because their parents are gay — and it’s totally legal

The Ontario Human Rights Code includes an exemption that allows religious organizations to legally discriminate

July 14, 2017
Toronto city council approves return of LGBT advisory committee
Politics

Toronto city council approves return of LGBT advisory committee

Toronto hasn’t had an LGBT advisory body in over a decade

July 7, 2017
Police asking for information about missing Toronto man
Power

Police asking for information about missing Toronto man

July 6, 2017
After a year of controversy, the Toronto Pride parade marches on
Opinion

After a year of controversy, the Toronto Pride parade marches on

June 27, 2017
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Black Lives Matter makes symbolic return to Toronto Pride
Power

Black Lives Matter makes symbolic return to Toronto Pride

‘This is our community,’ says BLM activist

June 25, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to march in Toronto Pride for the second year
Power

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to march in Toronto Pride for the second year

Made history in 2016 when he became the first sitting Canadian PM to march in a Pride parade

June 23, 2017
Jewish Defence League members planning anti-Islam ‘death march’ at Toronto Pride parade
Power

Jewish Defence League members planning anti-Islam ‘death march’ at Toronto Pride parade

Members of the far-right group will carry fake severed heads, caskets and anti-Islamic signs

June 21, 2017
Canada has finally passed a trans-rights bill
Power

Canada has finally passed a trans-rights bill

Bill C-16 would protect gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Code

June 15, 2017
The Canadian government will apologize to the LGBT community by the end of 2017
Power

The Canadian government will apologize to the LGBT community by the end of 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement at a rainbow and trans flag-raising ceremony on Parliament Hill

June 15, 2017
A queer Latinx woman didn’t want victims of Orlando to be forgotten — so she started painting
Power

A queer Latinx woman didn’t want victims of Orlando to be forgotten — so she started painting

How Pulse got a permanent memorial in Toronto’s gay village

June 14, 2017
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