Power

Toronto police board approves external review into handling of missing persons

LGBT protesters are calling for police Chief Mark Saunders’ resignation

By Arshy Mann

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Kalen Schlatter now charged with first-degree murder in death of Tess Richey

Richey was found dead in Toronto’s gay village in November 2017

By Arshy Mann

Education

How a small BC pilot project is creating queer-friendly schools

Mandatory anti-homophobia policies were just the beginning

By Frederick Blichert

Power

Toronto police ask public to help identify man believed to be a victim of alleged serial killer

Forensic investigators have also found a seventh set of remains

By Arshy Mann

Power

Bruce McArthur charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Skanda Navaratnam

Navaratnam was one of the three missing men whose disappearance was investigated by Project Houston

By Arshy Mann

Power

Bermuda just banned same-sex marriage

Toronto gay couple who won the right to marriage in the island say this isn’t the end of the fight

By Rob Salerno

Power

Toronto police discover three more sets of remains at property linked to Bruce McArthur

One of the bodies identified as Andrew Kinsman, other five people have yet to be identified

By Arshy Mann

Power

Toronto police charge man with second-degree murder in Tess Richey’s death

Richey was last seen in the Church-Wellesley Village on Nov 25, 2017, and found dead four days later

By Arshy Mann

Power

Bruce McArthur now charged with five murders; police believe there are more victims

The three new counts of first-degree murder McArthur is charged with includes a man who went missing from Toronto’s gay village in 2012

By Arshy Mann

Power

Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home

A year after her last reprieve, Angela is once again facing deportation to a country where being gay is illegal

By Derek Brown

Power

Bruce McArthur, charged with two murders, dated missing man Skanda Navaratnam: source

Navaratnam was last seen leaving a bar in Toronto’s gay village in September 2010

By Arshy Mann

Power

Andrew Kinsman’s sisters remember their little brother as kind and dependable

Police allege Kinsman was murdered by Bruce McArthur after disappearing from Toronto’s gay village

By Arshy Mann

Power

Why won’t Vancouver police release their trans sensitivity training documents?

Xtra has been filing Freedom of Information requests since July 2017

By Tessa Vikander

Power

Man charged with murder of two gay Toronto men makes first court appearance

Bruce McArthur is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman

By Arshy Mann

Power

Police just charged a man in connection with the deaths of two men missing from Toronto’s gay village

Bruce McArthur, 66, faces two counts of first-degree murder and police say there could be more victims

By Riley Sparks

Power

This court ruling may have just changed same-sex marriage and trans rights across the Americas

Activists are cautiously optimistic that the Inter-American human rights decision could improve LGBT rights in nearly 20 countries

By Rob Salerno

Power

Pioneering gay Vancouver politician won’t run again

‘Everything that I really wanted to see accomplished within our community I think has been done,’ says city councillor Tim Stevenson

By Robin Perelle

Culture

How a neon heart is sparking renewed interest in recognizing Vancouver’s LGBT Village

Will one community member’s petition to make it permanent succeed?

By Chahira Merarsi