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Activism

To help LGBT advocates in East Africa, Canada must start by listening
Opinion

To help LGBT advocates in East Africa, Canada must start by listening

Every country and community requires a tailored, specific approach

By Arshy Mann
In reconciling Pride and the cops, police intransigence is the problem
Opinion

In reconciling Pride and the cops, police intransigence is the problem

Why won’t Toronto police swallow their pride, and march out of uniform?

By Arshy Mann
David Shannon’s journalism and activist legacy lives on in Montreal’s queer community
Power

David Shannon’s journalism and activist legacy lives on in Montreal’s queer community

Shannon passed away on Feb 2, 2018

By Matthew Hays
How Pride became a business — and lost its soul along the way
Pride

How Pride became a business — and lost its soul along the way

Here’s what Canadian Prides are doing to vet sponsors. Is it enough?

By Rebecca Rose
How I became an LGBT activist in one of the most homophobic European countries — and why I had to leave
Power

How I became an LGBT activist in one of the most homophobic European countries — and why I had to leave

One of Albania’s most prominent LGBT leaders looks back on five years of unexpected progress

By Kristi Pinderi
NDP politician Cheri DiNovo may be leaving politics, but her work on LGBT issues isn’t over
Power

NDP politician Cheri DiNovo may be leaving politics, but her work on LGBT issues isn’t over

DiNovo’s legacy on LGBT rights in Ontario includes banning conversion therapy, equal parenting laws, and a trans-rights bill

By Arshy Mann
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Why Bingo for Life left Celebrities
Culture

Why Bingo for Life left Celebrities

And why Friends for Life hopes the fundraiser’s new home will be a better fit

By Vincent Matak
12 photos of queer and allied resistance to hate in Vancouver
Opinion

12 photos of queer and allied resistance to hate in Vancouver

As thousands of counter-protesters fill the space in front of City Hall to oppose a planned racist rally

By Robin Perelle, Wulfric Odinson
What really happened to Stonewall’s founding mother?
Arts

What really happened to Stonewall’s founding mother?

Director David France reopens an unsolved mystery in The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson

By Niko Bell
If you want cops in Pride, you’re missing the next queer revolution
Opinion

If you want cops in Pride, you’re missing the next queer revolution

Why Black Canadians are essential to the reclamation of Pride

By Cicely-Belle Blain
Qmunity saw nearly $127,000 shortfall in 2016 but is still debt-free
Activism

Qmunity saw nearly $127,000 shortfall in 2016 but is still debt-free

Treasurer says BC’s queer resource centre is back on track for 2017

By James Goldie
Black Lives Matter Vancouver draws large crowd to reclaim Pride with march through gay village
Pride

Black Lives Matter Vancouver draws large crowd to reclaim Pride with march through gay village

March on Pride centres voices of Vancouver’s queer and trans Black and people of colour communities

By Tessa Vikander
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Black Lives Matter makes symbolic return to Toronto Pride
Power

Black Lives Matter makes symbolic return to Toronto Pride

‘This is our community,’ says BLM activist

By Arshy Mann
The silent war for Indonesia’s LGBT community
Power

The silent war for Indonesia’s LGBT community

Two refugees look back at their exodus from Jakarta to Vancouver

By Niko Bell
Nominee questions Vancouver Pride activism awards
Power

Nominee questions Vancouver Pride activism awards

Why Fatima Jaffer and Jamie Lee Hamilton refused to run for StandOUT awards

By Derek Brown
A queer Latinx woman didn’t want victims of Orlando to be forgotten — so she started painting
Power

A queer Latinx woman didn’t want victims of Orlando to be forgotten — so she started painting

How Pulse got a permanent memorial in Toronto’s gay village

By Arshy Mann
The political rebellion of being black and non-binary
Opinion

The political rebellion of being black and non-binary

Within black communities, there is little room for gender non-conformity. For me it’s essential to my survival

By Cicely-Belle Blain
Out in Vancouver: June 1–6, 2017
Arts

Out in Vancouver: June 1–6, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

By Tom Coleman
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