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Health

Health is a core pillar of concern for LGBTQ2S+ people. Pink Triangle Press (PTP), Xtra’s parent company, recognizes the need for science-based and shame-free information about your health. PTP believes its new digital publication, Script, can help expand what’s available. Please visit Script.Health for health stories that previously would have been published on this page by Xtra.

Waiting in purgatory (Part 2)
Opinion

Waiting in purgatory (Part 2)

Truvada, syphilis and old hookups

By Mike Miksche
What’s driving a surge in government-funded gay studies?
Power

What’s driving a surge in government-funded gay studies?

Canadian researchers from Sex Now, Momentum and other studies weigh in

By Shauna Lewis
What Fudger House means for queers
Opinion

What Fudger House means for queers

Losing LGBT-friendly nursing home should worry us all

By Nancy Irwin
Ottawa health ad stigmatizes HIV status
Opinion

Ottawa health ad stigmatizes HIV status

Campaign shows lack of cultural competency and empathy for HIV-positive people

By Michael Burtch
Tech lesbians, fairy tales and #Wejustneedtopee
The Daily Package

Tech lesbians, fairy tales and #Wejustneedtopee

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
Ontario NDP MPP moves to ban conversion therapy
Power

Ontario NDP MPP moves to ban conversion therapy

DiNovo says practices aimed at changing gender identity and sexual orientation are ‘abuse’

By HG Watson
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Ottawa Public Health ad under fire
Power

Ottawa Public Health ad under fire

Safe-sex ad criticized for using HIV-phobic language

By Marco Vigliotti
Married murderers, money and the celibacy challenge
The Daily Package

Married murderers, money and the celibacy challenge

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
Where’s the outrage on Canada’s gay blood ban?
Opinion

Where’s the outrage on Canada’s gay blood ban?

Thirty years of discrimination; still no national movement working to end ban

By Rob Salerno
Doctor jailed for assisted suicide: court ruling ‘too little, too late’
Power

Doctor jailed for assisted suicide: court ruling ‘too little, too late’

Genereux lost licence and was sent to jail for helping HIV-positive men die

By Pat Johnson
To take PrEP, or not to take PrEP (Part 2)
Opinion

To take PrEP, or not to take PrEP (Part 2)

A pill seems a small price to pay

By Mike Miksche
AIDS Committee of Ottawa celebrates its new home
Health

AIDS Committee of Ottawa celebrates its new home

A move to an independent building marks new changes, new plans

By Marco Vigliotti
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My foreskin is tight and getting tighter, gay man writes to Dr Ren
Opinion

My foreskin is tight and getting tighter, gay man writes to Dr Ren

A man in his late 20s asks whether he should get circumcised

By Pega Ren
To take PrEP, or not to take PrEP (Part 1)
Opinion

To take PrEP, or not to take PrEP (Part 1)

Contemplating the benefits and downsides

By Mike Miksche
Geneva’s sauna scene
Travel

Geneva’s sauna scene

Like any good government town, there’s a dirty, if well-hidden, underbelly

By Chris Dupuis
Bisexual women feel invisible with doctors
Health

Bisexual women feel invisible with doctors

Research reveals hurdles bisexual women face in healthcare

By Daniela Costa
LGBT seniors worry about aging without support
Health

LGBT seniors worry about aging without support

Researchers launch LGBT End-of-Life Resource Inventory for BC at town hall

By Hannah Ackeral
Joel Grey, ocular syphilis and the end of The Dish
The Daily Package

Joel Grey, ocular syphilis and the end of The Dish

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell
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