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Analysis

Meghan Murphy, the Toronto Public Library and fighting transphobia: an explainer
Hate Watch

Meghan Murphy, the Toronto Public Library and fighting transphobia: an explainer

Everything you need to know about the anti-trans speaker, the library and the trans activists and allies fighting against them

By Arvin Joaquin, Cameron Perrier, Erica Lenti
What’s next for LGBTQ2 Canadians post-election?
Rainbow Votes 2019

What’s next for LGBTQ2 Canadians post-election?

Everything you need to know about the federal parties and their positions on queer rights

By Erica Lenti
Where your new Canadian government stands on LGBTQ2 issues
Politics

Where your new Canadian government stands on LGBTQ2 issues

Receipts on Justin Trudeau’s past and present promises

By Arvin Joaquin
Where have all the queer MPs gone?
Rainbow Votes 2019

Where have all the queer MPs gone?

A country divided, a community made invisible

By Erica Lenti
Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2 MPs
Rainbow Votes 2019

Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2 MPs

Here’s where queer and trans candidates were elected tonight

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti
Why queer voters in New Brunswick are turning to the Greens
Politics

Why queer voters in New Brunswick are turning to the Greens

With the NDP—usually a sure queer vote—relatively absent in the province, LGBTQ2 voters are throwing their support elsewhere

By RM Vaughan
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Why are trans Canadians being deadnamed on their voter cards?
Politics

Why are trans Canadians being deadnamed on their voter cards?

More than a dozen trans folks across the country received cards with the wrong identification

By Ziya Jones
LGBTQ2 first-time voters on why they’re casting their ballots
Politics

LGBTQ2 first-time voters on why they’re casting their ballots

Five millennials talk about their hopes, fears, concerns—and the political issues that matter to them

By Ashleigh-Rae Thomas
Here’s what LGBTQ2 candidates told us matters to them this election
Politics

Here’s what LGBTQ2 candidates told us matters to them this election

Forty-four candidates all of political stripes running across the country talk queer and trans issues, representation and more

By Fae Johnstone
Why hate crimes against trans and non-binary Canadians go underreported
Analysis

Why hate crimes against trans and non-binary Canadians go underreported

When government agencies fail to coordinate to collect crime data, marginalized communities suffer

By Abigail Curlew
Is RuPaul still good for the gays?
Culture

Is RuPaul still good for the gays?

He broke the mold as a Black gay man on TV. But in the decade since Drag Race aired, visibility isn’t enough to claim diversity

By Arvin Joaquin
Why do bisexual women experience such high rates of poor health?
Bisexuality

Why do bisexual women experience such high rates of poor health?

Research shows bi women face major physical, mental and sexual health inequities—and the reasons are puzzling and complex

By Brianna Sharpe
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Drag performers in blackface are held accountable. Justin Trudeau should be, too
Power

Drag performers in blackface are held accountable. Justin Trudeau should be, too

Here are the receipts on Trudeau’s history of racist acts

By Arvin Joaquin
Is it too late for Scheer to say sorry for his remarks on same-sex marriage?
Rainbow Votes 2019

Is it too late for Scheer to say sorry for his remarks on same-sex marriage?

It’s time for the Conservative leader to come clean

By Erica Lenti
Andrew Scheer’s wild weekend of homophobia-driven damage control
Politics

Andrew Scheer’s wild weekend of homophobia-driven damage control

It was a bumpy start to the campaign for the Conservative leader

By Arvin Joaquin
Yes, we’re still debating same-sex marriage
Rainbow Votes 2019

Yes, we’re still debating same-sex marriage

Because it’s 2005?

By Erica Lenti
What you need to know about Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum
Sex education

What you need to know about Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum

For starters, there’s no use of the acronym LGBTQ2 in the document

By Erica Lenti
Why are queer people so mean to each other?
Analysis

Why are queer people so mean to each other?

How brain science explains queer trauma, conflict and call-out culture

By Kai Cheng Thom
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