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Opinion

Stop ignoring the brutal, racist history of the Vancouver Police Department
Opinion

Stop ignoring the brutal, racist history of the Vancouver Police Department

Why do Vancouverites think our police force is special?

By Arshy Mann
Ruth Ellis created space for gay and lesbian African Americans in the 1940–1960s
Opinion

Ruth Ellis created space for gay and lesbian African Americans in the 1940–1960s

She was a queer black woman whose life spanned three centuries of living proud and helping others do the same

By Michael Lyons
Ten things you might not know about the Vancouver Pride Society
Opinion

Ten things you might not know about the Vancouver Pride Society

Co-executive director shares a behind-the-scenes look at the VPS

By Andrea Arnot
Why do we stigmatize STIs like syphilis, but accept other illnesses as normal?
Opinion

Why do we stigmatize STIs like syphilis, but accept other illnesses as normal?

The flu is a pain. Aunt Phyllis is just an inconvenience

By Kevin Moroso
A client wanted me to hold a knife to his throat (Part 2)
Opinion

A client wanted me to hold a knife to his throat (Part 2)

He’s given me more details for this role-play than any of my other clients, but the more precisely laid out the scene, the more ways it can go wrong

By Devon Delacroix
Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?
Love & Sex

Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?

My mother had no problem with other people’s fluid sexualities, but she had absolutely no desire for her daughter to be anything but straight

By Ludmila Leiva
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Trump-loving evangelist brings his homophobic, racist rhetoric to Vancouver
Opinion

Trump-loving evangelist brings his homophobic, racist rhetoric to Vancouver

Why is Franklin Graham still headlining the Festival of Hope?

By Arshy Mann
If the Liberal government abandons hundreds of LGBT refugees, does anyone care?
Opinion

If the Liberal government abandons hundreds of LGBT refugees, does anyone care?

Canada broke a promise to hundreds of LGBT Iranians, who are now stranded in Turkey. Now what?

By Arshy Mann
Are public health recommendations sex-negative? (Part 2)
Opinion

Are public health recommendations sex-negative? (Part 2)

Why we need more positive resources for men who have sex with men

By Mike Miksche
A client wanted me to hold a knife to his throat (Part 1)
Opinion

A client wanted me to hold a knife to his throat (Part 1)

When it comes to role-play, clients send me a brief summary of what they want — he sent eight pages

By Devon Delacroix
Vancouver police have come a long way. That doesn’t mean they should march in Pride
Opinion

Vancouver police have come a long way. That doesn’t mean they should march in Pride

Ignoring Black Lives Matter means forgetting the lessons Jim Deva fought to teach us

By Robin Perelle
How can Canada respond when the world goes nuts?
Opinion

How can Canada respond when the world goes nuts?

With limited power of coercion and big exposure to risk, Canada’s best path is to lead by example

By Rob Salerno
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Five lessons from Cabaret about sex, politics and freedom
Opinion

Five lessons from Cabaret about sex, politics and freedom

The Tony Award–winning play is a cautionary tale for Trump’s America, and the rest of the world

By Eternity Martis
A life-size pink phone, a sleepover and a script: my year at the Rhubarb Festival
Opinion

A life-size pink phone, a sleepover and a script: my year at the Rhubarb Festival

Rhubarb has always been the place for controlled theatrical chaos — that’s why we knew our play would fit right in

By Johnnie Walker
When does preference become prejudice?
Opinion

When does preference become prejudice?

Is it discriminatory to refuse to consider dating someone of a particular ethnicity?

By Mike Miksche
Old politics in Vancouver’s new women’s library spark protest
Opinion

Old politics in Vancouver’s new women’s library spark protest

But both sides forget what a library is meant to do (Hint: curate books, not ban them)

By Amy Fox
What just happened to kink social network FetLife is a bad sign for web freedom
Opinion

What just happened to kink social network FetLife is a bad sign for web freedom

Moral policing determines what’s bought and sold online

By Niko Bell
Why I went back in the closet while travelling to India (Part 2)
Opinion

Why I went back in the closet while travelling to India (Part 2)

Cruising in India was too dangerous. I would have to wait until I got back to Canada

By Mike Miksche
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