Canada’s history of banning men who have sex with men and Haitians from donating blood goes back to its panic over HIV/AIDS and miscegenation

In his new book, ‘The Skin We’re In,’ journalist Desmond Cole describes how the Black Lives Matter protests at Toronto Pride helped define a year of activism

Site for ambitious LGBTQ2 monument announced in Ottawa

Legal wins may make the country appear queer friendly—but the social realities for LGBTQ Cubans suggest otherwise

From the rise of Mayor Pete, to the battle against Chick-fil-A to Trump’s loose lips on queer issues

Everything you need to know about the anti-trans speaker, the library and the trans activists and allies fighting against them

The minister and former politician reflects on nearly 50 years in activism and politics

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

Activism

Why anti-Black racism in Canadian blood donation is also a gay issue

A searing exposé of anti-Black racism in Canada

Writing hate and LGBTQ2 resistance into the national story

The facade of LGBTQ progress in Cuba

The biggest stories in LGBTQ2 power and politics from 2019

Meghan Murphy, the Toronto Public Library and fighting transphobia: an explainer

Cheri DiNovo on being one of the few women in the early LGBTQ2 movement

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