Why one BC oral history project asked youth to interview activists about the past 50 years of queer and trans reform

Rupert Raj and Tatiana Ferguson talk community organization, early and late-life transition

Takeaways from the LGB+ Black Census, the largest survey of Black people since the Reconstruction era

Difference in opinion on Black Lives Matter, Pride Toronto and Marie Curtis Park polarized LGBTQ2 communities on policing practices.

Just a tiny reminder this Canada Day 2019 that we are still fighting for our rights

A timeline of the protests, debates and decisions that brought us here

In her roles, her romantic life and her LGBTQ2 activism, the actor proves it’s possible to be openly gay, bankable and happy

It’s not with corporate floats and circuit parties.

The government’s official narrative denies our actual histories and the battles we fought for our rights

Introducing our new series, Still Fighting

But when it comes to period pain, we’re not even close

There’s a vast queer history that goes beyond Stonewall and marriage equality. Schools aren’t teaching that, so young people on the internet are doing it instead

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

We hope you were buckled in, because 2018 was a bumpy and beautiful ride

How three people who work in LGBTQ2-related services navigate the ‘dual role’

This unspecified threat that cis people express in relation to trans art is resulting in that trans art being censored

Toronto police have been under intense scrutiny over their relationship with the LGBT community, but Danielle Bottineau welcomes the criticism

Activism

Having tough conversations about LGBTQ2 activism across generations

A millennial and senior trans activist discuss the future of trans advocacy in Canada

What matters most to Black queer Americans

How the police force has divided Toronto’s LGBTQ2 communities

All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people

Why Toronto police aren’t marching in Pride

Ellen Page and the payoff of queer celebrity risk

Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

We need to talk about the last 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Xtra’s queer year in review

When the professional is personal

Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives

What’s it like to be gay in Russia during the 2018 World Cup?

The gay cop trying to fix the relationship between Toronto’s LGBT communities and the police