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Opinion

Are we responsible for our community’s mental health?
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Are we responsible for our community’s mental health?

Dean Thullner’s new fundraiser Shine aims to ease stigma and raise awareness

By Kevin Dale McKeown
San Francisco’s Powerhouse comes on strong
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San Francisco’s Powerhouse comes on strong

Why dancing matters

By Mike Miksche
Trudeau’s gonna apologize to LGBT Canadians. Now what?
Opinion

Trudeau’s gonna apologize to LGBT Canadians. Now what?

Even if the Liberals accomplish everything Egale has asked for, there’s still work to do

By Rob Salerno
Should a gay man tell his doctor he has sex with lots of men?
Opinion

Should a gay man tell his doctor he has sex with lots of men?

Why finding an informed, sex-positive doctor is a challenge worth undertaking

By Kevin Moroso
Saying farewell to Vancouver’s Heartwood Café
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Saying farewell to Vancouver’s Heartwood Café

Here’s to its legacy of inclusion, openness and support living on

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
Folsom Street Fair’s dirty little brother, Dore Alley
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Folsom Street Fair’s dirty little brother, Dore Alley

Mike Miksche explores public sex in San Francisco

By Mike Miksche
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Why are gay men giving up on condoms?
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Why are gay men giving up on condoms?

As PrEP use grows, men who choose to use condoms may face stigma

By Rob Salerno
The History Boys celebrate 100 columns
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The History Boys celebrate 100 columns

Four years, two publications, two amateur historians, one dream

By Jeremy Willard
Pisexuality (Part 2)
Opinion

Pisexuality (Part 2)

Taking candy from strangers

By Mike Miksche
Homeless soccer stars get an LGBT-friendly refuge
Opinion

Homeless soccer stars get an LGBT-friendly refuge

Pride House pops up at the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow

By Keph Senett
This gay man’s early police dealings will forever taint his views
Opinion

This gay man’s early police dealings will forever taint his views

But he was still glad to see Vancouver police in the Pride parade

By Kevin Dale McKeown
Pisexuality (Part 1)
Opinion

Pisexuality (Part 1)

Pie in the sky?

By Mike Miksche
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How one homosexual couple helped shape Athenian democracy
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How one homosexual couple helped shape Athenian democracy

The tyrannicidal lovers of Athens

By Michael Lyons
Will he still want me if he knows I turn tricks?
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Will he still want me if he knows I turn tricks?

Romancing the whore (Part 3)

By Devon Delacroix
From vanilla to BDSM in just a few weeks
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From vanilla to BDSM in just a few weeks

How I learned to like kink and explore my limits

By Kevin Moroso
A grand marshal’s dilemma: Black Lives Matter and the Pride parade
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A grand marshal’s dilemma: Black Lives Matter and the Pride parade

Why one Syrian gay man supports both Black Lives Matter and Vancouver police in Pride

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
Bondage dreams in backcountry Ontario
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Bondage dreams in backcountry Ontario

Venturing from vanilla to variety

By Mike Miksche
An open (love) letter to Glad Day Bookshop’s queer history section
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An open (love) letter to Glad Day Bookshop’s queer history section

In which Jeremy Willard gets weird about some books

By Jeremy Willard
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