Power

What’s on the agenda for Canada’s first LGBTQ2 advisor?

Randy Boissonnault talks government apology, gay blood ban and Marie Curtis Park

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Senate delays trans-rights bill debate until February

Red chamber’s new committee structure gives Bill C-16 a better chance of passing

By Dylan C Robertson

The Daily Package

Bud sex, News Corp and reality show dating

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

The Daily Package

Blued, political purges and National Geographic

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Power

Canada’s federal jails may stop sorting trans inmates by their genitalia

Correctional Service Canada policy effectively bars gender-confirming surgery

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Nunavut and Yukon to enact trans-rights bills

Move will leave New Brunswick as the last remaining province without explicit trans rights

By Rob Salerno

The Daily Package

Doppelgangers, Moroccan teens and gay liberation

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Health

Toronto sex shop launches new website to help trans youth buy gear

Safe-for-work site, owned by Come As You Are, is more parent- and firewall-friendly

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Canadian Blood Services could scrap blanket policy on gay blood donors

January meeting will consider ‘gender-blind’ screening based on individual risk

By Dylan C Robertson

What are you really saying when you ask, ‘where are you from?’

Toronto-based WAYF Collective seeks to empower Asian-identified youth

Created for Where Are You From Collective

The Daily Package

Walmart, sex addiction, and kinky cat parasites

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Power

Federal government to review Canada’s tough HIV laws

HIV criminalization, funding for HIV and hepatitis organizations on the agenda

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Gaétan Dugas’ friend remembers the world’s most infamous AIDS patient

‘Gaétan had a wonderful style about him, a great wit’

By Matthew Hays

Love & Sex

Is asexuality a sexual orientation?

What we still don’t know about people who don’t want sex

By Niko Bell

The Daily Package

Castro’s legacy, Indian pride, and the beauty of positivity

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Power

Trans bill likely to pass Senate

Bill C-16 passed its final House vote Nov 18, 2016

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Should Pride applicants have to prove that they’re LGBT-friendly?

A proposal to restrict participation in Halifax Pride raises questions about queer credentials, free speech and safe spaces

By Derek Brown

Power

Defence argues Crown failed to make its case in Brent Hawkes trial

Prosecution maintains that alleged victim’s memories are credible

By Matthew DiMera