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The skin Jim lives in

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Meet Romeo Saganash

NDP leadership candidate hopes to engage marginalized communities

January 24, 2012
Local activist remembered in film tribute
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Local activist remembered in film tribute

Trans filmmaker Alec Butler honours his friend Brindley

November 21, 2011
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Butches can have kids, too

Toronto writer Karleen Pendleton Jiménez tells readers how in her new book

November 15, 2011
New campaign to target biphobia
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New campaign to target biphobia

Organizers hope posters will raise awareness and debunk myths

October 6, 2011
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PRINT: Life on Toronto’s dirty streets

New book chronicles queer street life

September 26, 2011
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Street Outreach Services closes
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Street Outreach Services closes

Street-involved youth sex workers lose valuable support

September 1, 2011
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People You Know are independent

Just don’t call them ‘indie’

June 29, 2011
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NXNE highlight: The Johnnys are loud, fast & fun

I just want to be onstage to get the girls: Barbato

June 14, 2011
Toronto Latino group Hola turns 20
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Toronto Latino group Hola turns 20

Members reflect on the gay group’s origins and look to the future

May 18, 2011
Farzana Doctor sees hyper-local reading series grow
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Farzana Doctor sees hyper-local reading series grow

Brockton Writers Series brings diversity to Toronto’s lit community

January 31, 2011
Planning begins for queer, Latino, poz radio show
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Planning begins for queer, Latino, poz radio show

‘It could serve as a source of information for anyone, anywhere in the world’

January 30, 2011
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Writer Nancy Jo Cullen is a rising talent
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Writer Nancy Jo Cullen is a rising talent

Lesbian poet feels ‘damn wonderful’ after winning prize

September 8, 2010
Eli Clare talks trans pride, disability and the history of the freak show
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Eli Clare talks trans pride, disability and the history of the freak show

Writer’s poetry collection, The Marrow’s Telling, is hard-hitting

August 11, 2010
Checking in with Latinos Positivos
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Checking in with Latinos Positivos

Group for poz Latinos finds its feet

August 11, 2010
Queering Toronto’s Latin programming
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Queering Toronto’s Latin programming

Movie nights, bathhouse discounts, drag workshops are all in a day’s work

June 16, 2010
Theatre: Sunny Drake’s Other-wise
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Theatre: Sunny Drake’s Other-wise

Drake delivers a letter to his family, a letter to us

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Salimah Valiani takes big-picture politics to heart
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Salimah Valiani takes big-picture politics to heart

Valiani’s art and academic work are rooted in activism

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