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Parents are standing up for LGBT-inclusive education in BC’s Bible Belt
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Parents are standing up for LGBT-inclusive education in BC’s Bible Belt

Langley has become a battleground between supporters and opponents of LGBT-friendly education

September 27, 2017
Keep your anti-trans flyers out of our neighbourhood, says rally
Power

Keep your anti-trans flyers out of our neighbourhood, says rally

Community members support Morgane Oger after Christian evangelist spreads transphobic flyers in False Creek

May 8, 2017
Protesters challenge New West pastor on anti-trans campaign
Power

Protesters challenge New West pastor on anti-trans campaign

Paul Dirks’ campaign ‘gives a really negative connotation to Christianity and religion,’ says co-organizer

March 6, 2017
What does suicide look like to gay and bisexual men?
Arts

What does suicide look like to gay and bisexual men?

Researchers gave cameras to 29 people affected by suicide. The result is a new art exhibit in Vancouver

November 7, 2016
Teenage playwright tells non-binary tales in Person in the Woods
Arts

Teenage playwright tells non-binary tales in Person in the Woods

Isaac McAndless-Davis’ new play is based on true young queer stories

September 8, 2016
Support for Black Lives Matter sprinkled through Vancouver Pride parade
Power

Support for Black Lives Matter sprinkled through Vancouver Pride parade

Justin Trudeau brought his family to march in Pride

August 1, 2016
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Meet Vancouver’s 2016 Pride grand marshals
Culture

Meet Vancouver’s 2016 Pride grand marshals

Alex Sangha, Morgane Oger and Danny Ramadan remember their first Pride parades

July 8, 2016
How Big Bro’s Barbershop creates trans-friendly space in its salon
Culture

How Big Bro’s Barbershop creates trans-friendly space in its salon

With a new street-front shop in East Vancouver and a business award under his belt, Jessie Anderson makes strides

May 30, 2016
Why being deaf and being queer are ‘very similar’
Arts

Why being deaf and being queer are ‘very similar’

Landon Krentz’s self-portrait as a deaf-queer artist

May 3, 2016
Vancouver’s all-femme queer choir plans April concerts
Arts

Vancouver’s all-femme queer choir plans April concerts

Femme City Choir celebrates femme-ness through shared song

March 25, 2016
Meet the queer cast members of the Hooker Monologues
Arts

Meet the queer cast members of the Hooker Monologues

New play brings sex workers’ stories to stage in Vancouver

March 10, 2016
Do young people still struggle to come out in 2016?
Arts

Do young people still struggle to come out in 2016?

Daily Xtra asks youth if Bright Blue Future’s coming-out plot rings true to them

March 4, 2016
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Capilano Pride Week undeterred by UBC flag burning
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Capilano Pride Week undeterred by UBC flag burning

All the more reason to build North Shore queer community, says organizer

February 23, 2016
Antonette Rea’s gritty, candid poetry comes to PuSh Fest
Arts

Antonette Rea’s gritty, candid poetry comes to PuSh Fest

Miss Understood stars trans spoken word artist from Downtown Eastside

January 7, 2016
Our City of Colours’ new posters cast own queer heroes
Power

Our City of Colours’ new posters cast own queer heroes

Movie poster campaign challenges depiction of queer people of colour in media

November 2, 2015
Homeless youth act in play about life on Vancouver streets
Arts

Homeless youth act in play about life on Vancouver streets

Kali says her life resembles her character as a First Nations, trans sex worker

October 27, 2015
BOLDFest continues to build community for older lesbians
Power

BOLDFest continues to build community for older lesbians

Few opportunities for senior queer women to connect otherwise, says attendee

September 14, 2015
Dyke March organizers see higher turnout this year in Vancouver
Culture

Dyke March organizers see higher turnout this year in Vancouver

‘I feel like my heart is overflowing right now,’ says participant

August 1, 2015
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