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Relationships

You thought your coming out story was complicated?
Love Like Mine

You thought your coming out story was complicated?

I was a lesbian who turned straight overnight. Then my husband came out as a trans woman.

By Lindsay
Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl
People Like Me

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

A possibility for trans love that is rarely realized

By Gwen Benaway
How Tumblr helped me find community and love
Love & Sex

How Tumblr helped me find community and love

We found each other in the endless wastes of the internet

By Deidre Olsen
New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination
Health

New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination

Sperm donors must refrain from having sex with men for six months prior

By Rob Salerno
How weekly trips to the theatre with my father helped me come out as gay
Love Like Mine

How weekly trips to the theatre with my father helped me come out as gay

He learned that my sexuality didn’t entirely define me

By Joey Moser
He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger
People Like Me

He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger

Discovering myself with the Thundercats

By Andrew Wheeler
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Getting ghosted: a queer love story
Love & Sex

Getting ghosted: a queer love story

Who they gonna call? Not you!

By Matthew Cassano
A sex toy story: how adult toys can improve your life and relationships

A sex toy story: how adult toys can improve your life and relationships

What curious beginners and veteran enthusiasts should know about these intimate accessories

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Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire
People Like Me

Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire

I began to see the possibility of loving and being loved by women who look like me

By Tobi Abdul
How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity
People Like Me

How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity

Mashrou’ Leila’s music reflects ways in which I, like other queer Arabs, am allowed to exist

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer
Love & Sex

The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer

It’s not F to M, it’s F to something else entirely

By Katie Sly
What it’s like to be a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship
Love & Sex

What it’s like to be a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship

As someone who is in a heterosexual relationship, it’s easy to assume that I’m just another straight woman

By Hannah Bing
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Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love
Love Like Mine

Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love

Acknowledging that I was bisexual was the best, most radical thing I ever did

By Eleanor Wilson
Six Canadians talk about why bisexual visibility matters to them
Bisexuality

Six Canadians talk about why bisexual visibility matters to them

By Xtra Video
Dating in the age of HIV stigma
Love Like Mine

Dating in the age of HIV stigma

‘I was angry at myself for being afraid when I knew full well there was no reason to be’

By Kevin Connery
Why we’re sharing queer love stories
Love Like Mine

Why we’re sharing queer love stories

By Arvin Joaquin
How Edmonton became a political battleground for queer students’ rights
Alberta

How Edmonton became a political battleground for queer students’ rights

Religious conservatism has long dominated the politics of Edmonton, but a day of reckoning might be on the horizon for the religious right

By Michael Ott
Navigating jealousy as a queer disabled man
Identity

Navigating jealousy as a queer disabled man

I wish I had a brotherhood who would fight for my right to be included as one of their own

By Andrew Gurza
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