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Opinion

When your client wants his first porn shoot, sort of (Part 1)
Hard Labour

When your client wants his first porn shoot, sort of (Part 1)

He’s a reluctant model but he’s got a debt to pay

By Devon Delacroix
Why LGBT people should embrace Australia’s same-sex marriage vote
Opinion

Why LGBT people should embrace Australia’s same-sex marriage vote

There’s nothing to fear from a referendum that we don’t face in any other election

By Rob Salerno
Why LGBT spaces can be uncomfortable for queer people of colour
Opinion

Why LGBT spaces can be uncomfortable for queer people of colour

I thought I was supposed to try to be white if I wanted to accept my queerness. It didn’t occur to me that there were other queer POC hiding too

By Dev Ramsawakh
11 photos of New West coming out rainbows
Opinion

11 photos of New West coming out rainbows

As Columbia Street shuts down for the 2017 Pride festival

By Wulfric Odinson
How do we talk about consent in gay social spaces?
Opinion

How do we talk about consent in gay social spaces?

Talking about consent in these environments can be challenging, but it’s the only way we’ll learn to be conscious of each other’s limits

By Aeryn Pfaff
12 photos of queer and allied resistance to hate in Vancouver
Opinion

12 photos of queer and allied resistance to hate in Vancouver

As thousands of counter-protesters fill the space in front of City Hall to oppose a planned racist rally

By Robin Perelle, Wulfric Odinson
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How a film about Carnival captures the struggles and triumphs of LGBT Trinidadians
Opinion

How a film about Carnival captures the struggles and triumphs of LGBT Trinidadians

In Play the Devil, I saw aspects of my own inner conflict on the road to acceptance of my sexuality

By Natasha Barsotti
Don’t use missing gay men as an excuse for gentrification
Opinion

Don’t use missing gay men as an excuse for gentrification

Putting the most vulnerable people under increased police scrutiny isn’t going to make anyone safer

By Arshy Mann
13 photos of beautiful individuality from Vancouver’s Dyke March 2017
Dyke March

13 photos of beautiful individuality from Vancouver’s Dyke March 2017

As queer women and allies claim their space on the Drive

By Wulfric Odinson
13 photos of love and resistance from Vancouver’s Trans March 2017
Love & Sex

13 photos of love and resistance from Vancouver’s Trans March 2017

As trans, two-spirit, genderqueer people and allies take over Commercial Drive

By Wulfric Odinson
7 fun photos from Vancouver’s Davie Street block party 2017
Pride

7 fun photos from Vancouver’s Davie Street block party 2017

By Wulfric Odinson
Myles Gray and Hudson Brooks are dead. BC police are dead silent
Opinion

Myles Gray and Hudson Brooks are dead. BC police are dead silent

As Vancouver police and the RCMP prepare to walk in Pride, consider the people they’ve killed

By Arshy Mann
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I roleplayed as a door-to-door canvasser to fulfil my client’s desires (Part 2)
Hard Labour

I roleplayed as a door-to-door canvasser to fulfil my client’s desires (Part 2)

It’s an odd experience to have the empty eyes of nearly 200 masks staring at you while you’re trying to get off

By Devon Delacroix
Same-sex marriage illustrates how Canada got it right on rights
Opinion

Same-sex marriage illustrates how Canada got it right on rights

While it’s important to recognize the gaps in our struggle for equality, the moment we take our achievements for granted, we risk losing them

By Rob Salerno
Generic PrEP is here — but don’t get excited yet
Opinion

Generic PrEP is here — but don’t get excited yet

Teva’s rollout of generic tenofovir is a small step in the right direction

By Niko Bell
I roleplayed as a door-to-door canvasser to fulfil my client’s desires (Part 1)
Hard Labour

I roleplayed as a door-to-door canvasser to fulfil my client’s desires (Part 1)

It was hard to be serious when my client’s apartment looked like a bag of leprechauns exploded

By Devon Delacroix
The titillating narrative of sex work and lesbianism in the Roman Empire
History

The titillating narrative of sex work and lesbianism in the Roman Empire

Lucan’s dialogues about same-sex female love were telling, but its characters still didn’t get happy endings

By Michael Lyons
Out in Ottawa: July 16–31, 2017
Arts

Out in Ottawa: July 16–31, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

By Jeremy Willard
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