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Opinion

Fighting for LGBT rights abroad starts by taking on the Canadians exporting homophobia
Opinion

Fighting for LGBT rights abroad starts by taking on the Canadians exporting homophobia

The fight for LGBT rights abroad begins at home

By Arshy Mann
Sex workers are dying and the Trudeau Liberals are doing nothing
Opinion

Sex workers are dying and the Trudeau Liberals are doing nothing

The Liberals can’t say they’re fighting sexual violence while they maintain the status quo on sex work laws

By Arshy Mann
The social conservatives have taken back the PC party. Now they’re coming for Ontario
Opinion

The social conservatives have taken back the PC party. Now they’re coming for Ontario

If PC leader Doug Ford becomes premier, many of the gains made on LGBT rights will be under threat

By Arshy Mann
Why is Facebook censoring Vancouver’s Dyke March?
Opinion

Why is Facebook censoring Vancouver’s Dyke March?

Social media channels have a bad habit of going after marginalized communities

By Arshy Mann
When will Toronto’s police chief admit something went wrong with the serial killer investigation?
Opinion

When will Toronto’s police chief admit something went wrong with the serial killer investigation?

Instead of blaming the community, Mark Saunders should look at his own force

By Arshy Mann
When a one-on-one encounter becomes a ménage à quatre
Hard Labour

When a one-on-one encounter becomes a ménage à quatre

Tricks often think of sex workers as fuck machines up for anything — that doesn’t mean you can surprise us with additional parties

By Devon Delacroix
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Welcome to the ridiculous hellscape that is the Progressive Conservative leadership race
Opinion

Welcome to the ridiculous hellscape that is the Progressive Conservative leadership race

How often can a social conservative say “anal sex” with a straight face?

By Arshy Mann
Ontario Progressive Conservative reset could come with an LGBT advocate
Opinion

Ontario Progressive Conservative reset could come with an LGBT advocate

If she wins, Christine Elliott’s return to provincial politics could turn the page on the party’s history of homophobia

By Rob Salerno
It’s not just police who have something to answer for in the wake of Toronto’s serial murders
Opinion

It’s not just police who have something to answer for in the wake of Toronto’s serial murders

Our institutions are all complicit in turning a blind eye to the most vulnerable

By Arshy Mann
Thank you for letting me tell your stories
Opinion

Thank you for letting me tell your stories

Robin Perelle says goodbye after 16 years with Xtra

By Robin Perelle
Patrick Brown’s fall will give social conservatives hope to rise again in Ontario
Opinion

Patrick Brown’s fall will give social conservatives hope to rise again in Ontario

The homophobic elements of the Progressive Conservatives are lying in wait

By Arshy Mann
Progress, pain and resistance: a look back at global LGBT rights in 2017
Opinion

Progress, pain and resistance: a look back at global LGBT rights in 2017

Despite a deterioration of rights in some countries, in many ways 2017 was a banner year for LGBT progress

By Rob Salerno
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How did the internet go from being a safe queer haven to a minefield of unchecked rage?
Opinion

How did the internet go from being a safe queer haven to a minefield of unchecked rage?

The tragedy of finding then losing shared community online

By Justin Saint
Here’s how Canada led the world on LGBT issues in 2017
Opinion

Here’s how Canada led the world on LGBT issues in 2017

But Justin Trudeau and his Liberals still have outstanding promises to queer Canadians that must be kept

By Rob Salerno
Co-owner of The Elbow Room lovingly remembered as a Vancouver icon with a sassy wit
Culture

Co-owner of The Elbow Room lovingly remembered as a Vancouver icon with a sassy wit

Bryan Arthur Searle, 1930-2017, was a generous philanthropist, an LGBT pioneer and a loving partner

By Dave Deveau
Are Toronto police taking the safety concerns of LGBT communities seriously?
Opinion

Are Toronto police taking the safety concerns of LGBT communities seriously?

Police have mishandled a series of recent cases involving the community and its spaces

By Arshy Mann
How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short
Opinion

How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short

‘We are sorry’ is not enough, queer historian tells Justin Trudeau

By Gary Kinsman
How being HIV-positive saved me from a narrow world view
HIV/AIDS

How being HIV-positive saved me from a narrow world view

One man’s story, from his slow diagnosis more than a decade ago to now

By Michael Burtch
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