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Denio Lourenco

Denio Lourenco is a Toronto-based investigative journalist who covers a wide range of social and political issues. He has written extensively about how policies, laws and institutions affect LGBTQ2S+ people for national publications, including NBC News, The Globe and Mail, VICE and more.

Denio holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in political science and gender studies from the University of Toronto.

He speaks English and Portuguese.

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How campus activists got their university to drop an anti-trans research funder
Activism

How campus activists got their university to drop an anti-trans research funder

McMaster recently cut ties with the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine in a win for students and faculty

October 21, 2025
Changing health landscape poses a questionable future for HIV organizations
HIV/AIDS

Changing health landscape poses a questionable future for HIV organizations

With the closure of the AIDS Committee of Toronto, public health experts are wondering if this is the beginning of the end for HIV service organizations in Canada

September 25, 2025
This Canadian think tank is claiming ‘victory’ over anti-trans legislation
Politics

This Canadian think tank is claiming ‘victory’ over anti-trans legislation

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute routinely publishes material targeting trans rights

August 13, 2025
Where Canada’s political parties really stand on queer and trans issues
Rainbow Votes 2025

Where Canada’s political parties really stand on queer and trans issues

Xtra put Canada’s major political parties under the microscope on everything from DEI rollbacks to trans athletes’ participation in sports

April 15, 2025
Why queer nightlife is faltering in Canada’s biggest cities
Nightlife

Why queer nightlife is faltering in Canada’s biggest cities

Noise police, rising commercial rents and restrictive city bylaws have stifled nightlife in Toronto and Montreal

March 19, 2025
10 community leaders on the threat of a Conservative government
Politics

10 community leaders on the threat of a Conservative government

Anti-trans legislation, rising hate crimes and hateful political rhetoric are some of the most pressing issues impacting queer and trans Canadians

January 14, 2025
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New book an ode to the Songbird Supreme and her queer fan base
Books

New book an ode to the Songbird Supreme and her queer fan base

“Why Mariah Carey Matters” is an ode to the Songbird Supreme and the queers who love her

October 10, 2023
Anti-trans policies at Conservative convention met with apathy and outrage
Politics

Anti-trans policies at Conservative convention met with apathy and outrage

“People are going to die,” says a former Conservative candidate, while party leaders refuse to take a stand on LGBTQ2S+ rights

September 11, 2023
Canadian government in talks to create LGBTQ2S+ endowment fund
Activism

Canadian government in talks to create LGBTQ2S+ endowment fund

Advocates are lobbying the federal government for a substantial financial investment

May 9, 2023
Indigenous trans woman seeks changes over ‘unnecessarily degrading’ prison policy 
Identity

Indigenous trans woman seeks changes over ‘unnecessarily degrading’ prison policy 

“It violates my privacy and dignity.” Fallon Aubee says the government of Canada is exposing her personal information without consent

April 14, 2023
Beyond Stonewall: new project documents more than 600 forgotten LGBTQ2S+ protests
History

Beyond Stonewall: new project documents more than 600 forgotten LGBTQ2S+ protests

U.S. researchers uncover hundreds of queer and trans protests from 1965 to 1973

March 15, 2023
Anti-LGBTQ+ violence in Europe and Central Asia hits decade-high
Violence against LGBTQ2S+

Anti-LGBTQ+ violence in Europe and Central Asia hits decade-high

Advocates say anti-LGBTQ+ violence in Europe and Central Asia is “not going away” after a report found that 2022 was the most violent year for queer and trans people in the region 

February 24, 2023
Brazil recorded 242 violent LGBTQ+ deaths in 2022
Violence against LGBTQ2S+

Brazil recorded 242 violent LGBTQ+ deaths in 2022

During Bolsonaro’s final year as president of Brazil, researchers say a queer person was killed every 34 hours in the South American country

February 3, 2023
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