“Why Mariah Carey Matters” is an ode to the Songbird Supreme and the queers who love her
Denio Lourenco
Denio Lourenco is a Toronto-based multimedia journalist whose storytelling extends across a wide range of topics. He has worked various jobs in television, podcasting and digital news. In 2020, he joined CTV News as a writer and digital content editor, where he covered major news events, like the COVID-19 pandemic, elections, natural disasters and mass shootings. Denio holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he graduated from in 2018. He also studied political science and gender studies at the University of Toronto. He speaks English and Portuguese.
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
Canadian government in talks to create LGBTQ2S+ endowment fund
Advocates are lobbying the federal government for a substantial financial investment
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
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
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
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