Pride Toronto

Q&A with Olivia Nuamah

The Pride Toronto executive director discusses police and the parade, the adjourned AGM and what happens now

By Rachel Giese

Health

New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination

Sperm donors must refrain from having sex with men for six months prior

By Rob Salerno

Power

Pre-trial date set in Bruce McArthur case

Judge says alleged serial killer’s trial could begin as early as September 2019

By Eternity Martis

Culture

Four short films to look out for at ImagineNATIVE 2018

Here are some of the films you don’t want to miss in this year’s film and media arts festival

By Xtra Staff

Power

NDP tables bill banning gay conversion therapy in Nova Scotia

Advocates say upcoming bill ‘will save lives’

By Lauren Sproule

Culture

Pride kicks off in Ottawa

Organizers say this year’s celebration is bigger than ever

By Maggie Parkhill

Hate Watch

Police still investigating swastika painted on rainbow crosswalk in Toronto’s gay village

Toronto police are looking at multiple suspects

By Arvin Joaquin

Culture

Trinity Western University drops controversial community covenant

BC Christian university says it will stop making students promise not to have sex outside of heterosexual marriage

By Riley Sparks

Hate Watch

Swastika painted on rainbow crosswalk in Toronto’s gay village

The graffiti was quickly removed by neighbourhood association

By Arshy Mann

HIV/AIDS

Five things to understand about Saskatchewan’s immune-resistant HIV crisis

Mutated strains of HIV are making people sicker. Here’s what we can do about it

By Niko Bell

Sex education

Protesters march to stop sex-ed repeal

Hundreds of people gathered at Queen’s Park to demand the Ford government not revert back to old sex-ed curriculum

By Arshy Mann

Power

Toronto police identify remains of Majeed Kayhan in alleged serial killer case

Investigators have now identified the remains of all eight men that Bruce McArthur is alleged to have killed

By Arshy Mann

Power

Police found human remains almost every day they dug behind property linked to Bruce McArthur

By Arshy Mann

Sex education

Doug Ford’s reversion of sex ed puts children in danger of sexual violence, survivors say

Survivors speak out about how the 1998 curriculum failed to keep them safe

By Arshy Mann

Power

Doug Ford government scraps sex-ed curriculum for September

Students will be taught the old sex education curriculum that dates back to the ’90s

By Arshy Mann

Power

Police uncover human remains for second day in a row in Bruce McArthur investigation

Police will go through the ravine for at least another week

By Arshy Mann

Power

Police discover more human remains linked to Bruce McArthur investigation

Toronto police have conducted over 100 searches at properties connected to McArthur

By Arshy Mann

Sexual Health

More than 2,000 British Columbians are now on HIV-prevention pill

BC health minister touts success of the new and free PrEP program

By Niko Bell