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What you need to know about non-monogamy and mental health
Ask an Expert

What you need to know about non-monogamy and mental health

Non-monogamous relationships can come with a set of unique challenges. Here’s how to keep your mental health—and your partnerships—strong

By Diamond Yao
No, anti-androgen drugs probably won’t treat COVID-19
Health

No, anti-androgen drugs probably won’t treat COVID-19

Spironolactone and dutasteride are being touted alongside ivermectin as COVID-19 treatments, despite no proof that they actually work

By Mel Woods
How better HIV treatment could prevent future COVID-19 variants
Health

How better HIV treatment could prevent future COVID-19 variants

Treating and curing immunity-related diseases like HIV could help prevent new variants like Omicron, new research suggests

By Mel Woods
How to make schools safer for LGBTQ2S+ youth
Ask an Expert

How to make schools safer for LGBTQ2S+ youth

GLSEN interim executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers on creating liberatory spaces for queer youth

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
How to prevent—or reverse—opioid overdoses
Ask an Expert

How to prevent—or reverse—opioid overdoses

In 2020 alone, more than 100,000 North Americans died preventable opioid-related deaths. Here’s how you can help to reverse opioid overdoses and keep yourself—and your community safe

By Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
This year’s Trans Day of Remembrance is more grim than ever before
Identity

This year’s Trans Day of Remembrance is more grim than ever before

Every year on Nov. 20, we mark the lives lost to anti-trans violence

By Mel Woods
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What you need to know about anal sex and IBD
Sexual Health

What you need to know about anal sex and IBD

Experts weigh-in on the questions about inflammatory bowel disease and anal sex you’re probably too embarrassed to ask

By Mike De Socio
Last-minute queer pop culture Halloween costumes
Culture

Last-minute queer pop culture Halloween costumes

Why dress as a “Squid Game” character when you could be Bowen Yang as an iceberg instead?

By Mel Woods
Queerness, cannabis and mental health: everything you need to know
Health

Queerness, cannabis and mental health: everything you need to know

A new set of studies aims to explore how weed affects people from diverse communities, including queer and trans folks

By Logan Summer
We need to talk about transphobia in Canadian media
Opinion

We need to talk about transphobia in Canadian media

Three recent pieces from the “Toronto Star,” CBC and CTV show a worrying trend towards anti-trans narratives

By Mel Woods
How is the new drag show ‘Call Me Mother’ different from ‘Drag Race’?
TV & Film

How is the new drag show ‘Call Me Mother’ different from ‘Drag Race’?

Competing houses, superstar mentors—plus kings, things and everyone in between

By Mel Woods
Everything you need to know about getting top surgery in Canada
Health

Everything you need to know about getting top surgery in Canada

It can cost thousands of dollars more out of pocket to get top surgery in Ontario compared to B.C.

By Mel Woods
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More than 800,000 Canadians voted for a blatantly anti-trans party
Politics

More than 800,000 Canadians voted for a blatantly anti-trans party

Support for the People’s Party of Canada—a party that has promised to roll back trans rights—grew during this week’s election

By Mel Woods
Sniffing out the truth about poppers
Health

Sniffing out the truth about poppers

Health Canada has cracked down on sellers since 2013, which advocates say only hurts queer users. Is it time to make poppers legal?

By Kevin Hurren
LGBTQ2S+ sex workers are calling out Mastercard’s adult content policies
Power

LGBTQ2S+ sex workers are calling out Mastercard’s adult content policies

Sex workers are calling on the payment provider to roll back planned changes to payments for online adult content

By Mel Woods
What are conscience rights and why are they in the Conservative platform?
Politics

What are conscience rights and why are they in the Conservative platform?

What Erin O’Toole’s pledge to defend conscience rights means for LGBTQ2S+ people

By Mel Woods
How to tell if that ‘feminist’ election group is actually anti-trans
Politics

How to tell if that ‘feminist’ election group is actually anti-trans

As the federal writ drops, TERFs will be out claiming to “protect women”

By Mel Woods
Your big queer and trans guide to the Tokyo Olympics
Sports

Your big queer and trans guide to the Tokyo Olympics

Despite controversies, coronavirus and cancellations, the Olympics are happening. Here’s what you need to know.

By Mel Woods
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