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Turning tricks for treats
Power

Turning tricks for treats

The hottest gay Halloween costumes of 2013

By Taylor Parsons
The gays will rise on Halloween
Arts

The gays will rise on Halloween

A new series brings a homoerotic twist to the Walking Dead

By Taylor Parsons
Fraser Valley fledglings
Opinion

Fraser Valley fledglings

Five months after Abbotsford’s first Pride, some say the area is improving, while others say there’s still a long way to go

By Erin Flegg
Closures of Priape and Le Drugstore double whammy for Montreal’s gay village
Power

Closures of Priape and Le Drugstore double whammy for Montreal’s gay village

Two of city’s best-known gay businesses shuttered in the same week

By Richard Burnett
Former Toronto councillor Kyle Rae receives LGBT tourism award
Travel

Former Toronto councillor Kyle Rae receives LGBT tourism award

Travel Gay Canada honours Rae for promoting city as LGBT destination since 1981

By Xtra Editor
Sister act
Arts

Sister act

Strange Sisters cabaret returns to Buddies after five-year hiatus

By Johnnie Walker
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Australia: High Court to begin hearing expedited challenge to ACT gay marriage law
Power

Australia: High Court to begin hearing expedited challenge to ACT gay marriage law

Prime minister advises gay couples to ‘hold on’ until law’s validity has been tested

By Natasha Barsotti
Can a straight man play Hedwig?
Arts

Can a straight man play Hedwig?

A ‘prairie tough guy’ makes the iconic ‘slip of a girlie-boy’ his own

By Greg Armstrong-Morris
We love Lucy!
Arts

We love Lucy!

I Love Lucy – Live on Stage is brassy, glamorous and wonderfully nostalgic

By Johnnie Walker
Australia: After ACT, New South Wales to debate gay marriage
Power

Australia: After ACT, New South Wales to debate gay marriage

Multiparty working group has developed new bill

By Natasha Barsotti
The Cream of Comedy
Culture

The Cream of Comedy

Out comedian Brandon Ash Mohammed is nominated for the Tim Sims Award

By Ryan Kerr
The true colours of Cyndi Lauper
Culture

The true colours of Cyndi Lauper

The gay icon is back in Canada with her She’s So Unusual tour

By Richard Burnett
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West End draft plan recognizes Davie Village as heart of gay community
Power

West End draft plan recognizes Davie Village as heart of gay community

‘It’s what we’ve wanted,’ says LGBTQ advisory committee’s Dean Malone

By Shauna Lewis
UN criticized for human rights book launch in Trinidad and Tobago
Power

UN criticized for human rights book launch in Trinidad and Tobago

Gay rights advocate Maurice Tomlinson says gays are ‘prohibited class’ in island’s immigration policy

By Natasha Barsotti
Scottish police want ‘items of a sexual nature’ removed from saunas
Power

Scottish police want ‘items of a sexual nature’ removed from saunas

Faced with criticism, authorities deny they want condoms banned

By Natasha Barsotti
State of grace

State of grace

Mohammed to Maya documents the intimacies of one woman’s transition

By Julie Cruikshank
Redefining PG-13
Arts

Redefining PG-13

Amanda Lepore and Alaska join Sharon Needles on her latest tour de freak

By Ryan English
Pride Toronto facing sharp criticism ahead of AGM
Power

Pride Toronto facing sharp criticism ahead of AGM

Community members express concerns that only one woman nominated for election to board

By Andrea Houston
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