Power

Supreme Court justices joust with Trinity Western over homophobic covenant

Canada’s largest Christian university starts hearings in highest court

By Arshy Mann

Power

Body of missing Toronto trans woman identified as Alloura Wells

Wells, 27, hadn’t been seen since July 2017

By Eternity Martis

Power

Vancouver Pride bans uniformed police from 2018 parade

Co-chair hopes decision will help people who might be uncomfortable in the parade now feel invited to participate

By Derek Brown

Power

Canada settles LGBT class-action suit with $110 million in compensation

People accused or purged from military or public service will be eligible to apply

By Arshy Mann

Power

Canada to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex

Bill to expunge ‘historically unjust convictions’ introduced on the same day as LGBT apology

By Arshy Mann

Power

Prime Minister Trudeau apologizes for litany of injustice perpetrated against LGBT Canadians

‘To those who were left broken by a prejudiced system, and to those who took their own lives, we have failed you,’ Trudeau says

By Arshy Mann

Power

Toronto trans job fair aims to fight transphobia in employment

Employers including Apple, TD Canada Trust and the Canadian Forces were present

By Arshy Mann

Power

Why Turkey’s decision to ban LGBT events in the capital could spread across the country

Only a few years ago, Istanbul attracted people from around the region to openly celebrate Pride in the streets

By Joti Heir

Pride Toronto

Pride Toronto almost half a million dollars in the hole

Lack of staff, missed deadlines for grants among reasons for decrease in revenue

By Arshy Mann

MMIWG

A trans woman was found dead in Toronto. A trans woman went missing. Why do we still not have answers?

The body of an unidentified trans woman was found in August, and Alloura Wells, 27, hasn’t been seen since July

By Arshy Mann

Power

Torontonians mourn lives lost on Trans Day of Remembrance

‘Until there are no deaths due to transphobia, we will commemorate every single year,’ NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo says

By Arshy Mann

Power

Two MLAs add their voices to growing chorus calling on BC to cover HIV prevention drug

Spencer Chandra Herbert and Sonia Furstenau urge health ministry to pay for PrEP now

By Niko Bell

Toronto

Toronto’s gay village to get four dedicated neighbourhood police officers

Critics say that increased mental health supports, not more police, are solution

By Arshy Mann

Power

BC just lost its last two excuses not to cover the pill that prevents HIV

New proposal would cover 5,000 PrEP prescriptions by 2019

By Niko Bell

Power

Toronto trans memorial erased for the second time

‘It’s brutal and it’s very difficult to not see it as directly pointed at the trans community,’ says Nicki Ward

By Arshy Mann

Culture

Less is more than just new queer bar in Toronto’s west end

From sober parties to phone-free space, Less Bar wants to offer a different kind of welcoming place for the whole community

By Arshy Mann

Power

Gay Honduran asylum seeker given four-week reprieve from deportation

Josué Martín Elvir Zamora’s refugee claim was rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board because it didn’t believe that he’s gay

By Arshy Mann

Power

This gay Honduran man only has hours to convince the Canadian government to not deport him

‘If I go back home, it’s suicide,’ says Josué Martín Elvir Zamora

By Arshy Mann