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From anal sex to sorcery

Relics in Canada’s Criminal Code are still being used in strange and ‘shifting’ ways

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Chitrangada

Centrepiece gala grapples with identity in a rigid world

Power

Cameroon: Anti-gay rally targets bars and schools

Participants call for stricter enforcement of laws criminalizing homosexuality

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

Flag-raisings across the city launch Pride in Ottawa

Mayor Watson denounces Russia at police headquarters

By Bradley Turcotte

Power

Reporter slams Russian anti-gay laws on RT channel

‘I am going to take my two minutes here to tell people the truth’: James Kirchick

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Calgary police investigating attack on gay man as possible hate crime

Greg Johansen left bruised and bloodied after attack from behind

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for passing documents to WikiLeaks

Civil liberties groups say harsh penalty signals crackdown on leakers and journalists

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Toronto music festival to feature homophobic Jamaican headliner

Queen Ifrica to perform at Rastafest in Downsview Park

By Andrea Houston

Arts

You can’t keep a good queen down

Help save ‘the world’s most glamorous book’

By Scott Dagostino

Power

St John’s gay man beaten, ‘left for dead’

Pattrick Blackburn says he was attacked by three men

Power

Alberta Court of Appeal recognizes non-biological gay father

BC’s new Family Law Act already recognizes multiparent families

By Shauna Lewis

Power

Chinese grandmother called degenerate for supporting gay grandson

Activist threatens to expose blogger who made and hosted anti-gay comments

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: GBF

This season’s must-have gay dates

Power

Gay Italian man launches social-media campaign to stay in Canada

Nicola Pavan says he faced years of bullying in his tiny hometown

By Miles Kenyon

Culture

Jungle Jen no longer Capital Pride performer

Dispute over equipment strains longstanding relationship

By Bradley Turcotte

Power

UK: Education department looking into schools’ revival of anti-gay language

Welsh government launches its own investigation as ‘matter of urgency’

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Trans activist Susan Gapka joins NDP nomination race for Toronto Centre

Three candidates contesting the NDP nomination, which will be held Sept 15

Power

New Westminster Pride celebrates with Russian refugee

‘I’m just so impressed to see how open-minded Canadians are’: Samstov

By Audrey McKinnon

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