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What it means to be queer at Kitsilano Secondary School today
Opinion

What it means to be queer at Kitsilano Secondary School today

Despite anti-LGBT sentiments from some classmates and teachers, students at Kits High are coming out now more than ever before

By Tessa Vikander
A year in review 2016: LGBT students save their mentor at Vancouver school board
Opinion

A year in review 2016: LGBT students save their mentor at Vancouver school board

Now-fired trustees voted unanimously to protect anti-homophobia position in 2016

By Robin Perelle
How Brexit and Trump have validated latent racism
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How Brexit and Trump have validated latent racism

I am black and British. How can I go back to a country that holds no place for me in its heart?

By Cicely-Belle Blain
Ten interesting facts about the queer women of history
Opinion

Ten interesting facts about the queer women of history

The value isn’t in their names — it’s in their stories

By Jeremy Willard
Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 1)
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Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 1)

Beyond the neon signs and jammed packed streets is a paradise for Westerners

By Mike Miksche
A year in review 2016: How Rolston Ryan conquered Canada’s restrictions on LGBT asylum seekers
Opinion

A year in review 2016: How Rolston Ryan conquered Canada’s restrictions on LGBT asylum seekers

When will our immigration system recognize that so-called safe countries are actually dangerous for queer and trans citizens?

By Arshy Mann
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How queer femmes made friends with the internet
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How queer femmes made friends with the internet

For queer femmes, being online can create safe spaces to meet friends and form lasting relationships

By Andi Schwartz
Do the side effects outweigh the benefits of PrEP?
Opinion

Do the side effects outweigh the benefits of PrEP?

Adverse drug reactions are a part of modern medicine. But when should we take the risk?

By Mike Miksche
A year in review 2016: New plaza and memorial help reclaim Vancouver’s gay village
Opinion

A year in review 2016: New plaza and memorial help reclaim Vancouver’s gay village

Jim Deva Plaza and West End Sex Workers Memorial both unveiled in 2016

By Robin Perelle
A year in review 2016: Has Canada become a leader in LGBT rights because of Justin Trudeau?
Opinion

A year in review 2016: Has Canada become a leader in LGBT rights because of Justin Trudeau?

In his first year, progress has been made on trans rights, HIV criminalization and anal sex laws

By Rob Salerno
A year in review 2016: The year that LGBT couples in Ontario became equal parents
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A year in review 2016: The year that LGBT couples in Ontario became equal parents

The All Families Are Equal Act was well-fought, but it isn’t over for Wynne’s Liberals

By Arshy Mann
The fantasy of the Babylon Bangkok hotel (Part 2)
Opinion

The fantasy of the Babylon Bangkok hotel (Part 2)

A social club, a gay resort, a getaway spot — Babylon is whatever you want it to be

By Mike Miksche
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A year in review 2016: The BC Liberals grow a conscience
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A year in review 2016: The BC Liberals grow a conscience

Why the sudden shifts on education and trans laws in 2016?

By Robin Perelle
A year in review 2016: It’s been a bad year
Opinion

A year in review 2016: It’s been a bad year

Taking a look back at the stories that defined and defeated our community

By Arshy Mann
Why Project Marie is about making straight men comfortable
Opinion

Why Project Marie is about making straight men comfortable

Toronto police fail to understand why both queers and women need safe public space

By Katie Sly
How bareback culture has evolved since the AIDS epidemic
Opinion

How bareback culture has evolved since the AIDS epidemic

For some, bareback sex is intimate and liberating. For others, it’s dangerous and frightening

By Mike Miksche
Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain
Opinion

Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain

Damaging tropes about black masculinity overshadow positive narratives about being black and queer

By Cicely-Belle Blain
When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap
Opinion

When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap

Samantha was beautiful and young. I doubt sex with her had anything to teach me

By Katie Sly
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