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Christian nationalists fuelling anti-LGBTQ2S+ agenda across Canada 
Hate Watch

Christian nationalists fuelling anti-LGBTQ2S+ agenda across Canada 

Christian groups that rose to prominence in last year’s Freedom Convoy have turned their “language of genocide” on LGBTQ2S+ Canadians

By Kevin Maimann
Pixar non-binary character, Rishi Sunak makes transphobic comments, South Korean Pride clashes, Moldova Pride is peaceful and Trump-appointed judge blocks Indiana trans ban
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Pixar non-binary character, Rishi Sunak makes transphobic comments, South Korean Pride clashes, Moldova Pride is peaceful and Trump-appointed judge blocks Indiana trans ban

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 19

By Eve Cable
Social media companies score low for LGBTQ2S+ safety, Kelowna track meet transphobia, Dodgers Pride night updates, Club Q shooter expected to take plea deal, and U.K. women can now have historic gay sex convictions thrown out
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Social media companies score low for LGBTQ2S+ safety, Kelowna track meet transphobia, Dodgers Pride night updates, Club Q shooter expected to take plea deal, and U.K. women can now have historic gay sex convictions thrown out

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 16

By Eve Cable
Queering grief means showing up in all our messy glory
Queering Death

Queering grief means showing up in all our messy glory

Let’s collectively imagine how we might build a world where we all feel abundantly supported when we’re grieving

By Zena Sharman
White House bans trans activist over topless video, track meet transphobia in Kelowna, Kristen Stewart is making a gay girl stoner comedy, Johns Hopkins criticism and Starbucks Pride decorations
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White House bans trans activist over topless video, track meet transphobia in Kelowna, Kristen Stewart is making a gay girl stoner comedy, Johns Hopkins criticism and Starbucks Pride decorations

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 14

By Jackie Richardson
Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life
Queering Death

Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life

Just as they do in life, kink and eroticism can play a role in death

By Zena Sharman
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The future of queer death could be outside of the funeral home
Queering Death

The future of queer death could be outside of the funeral home

We can become more skilled in navigating, subverting and transforming death and dying industries and institutions 

By Zena Sharman
Judge blocks Florida trans healthcare ban, HRC declares state of emergency, Elliot Page memoir drops, gay marriage maintains high support, Uganda anti-LGBTQ+ law
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Judge blocks Florida trans healthcare ban, HRC declares state of emergency, Elliot Page memoir drops, gay marriage maintains high support, Uganda anti-LGBTQ+ law

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 7

By Jackie Richardson
How to queer your end-of-life planning
Queering Death

How to queer your end-of-life planning

We can be specific, creative and collaborative in our approach to end-of-life planning

By Zena Sharman
If MLB wants to support its LGBTQ2S+ fan base, it can’t play both sides
Sports

If MLB wants to support its LGBTQ2S+ fan base, it can’t play both sides

OPINION: Why pitting Christians versus Pride Nights is a terrible “compromise”

By Katelyn Burns
Canada promises $1.5 million for Pride security, Dannii Minogue announces Sapphic dating show, Ukraine civil union law has unlikely supporter, Russia doles out fines for ‘LGBT propaganda,’ and LGBTQ+-only sea shanty choir.
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Canada promises $1.5 million for Pride security, Dannii Minogue announces Sapphic dating show, Ukraine civil union law has unlikely supporter, Russia doles out fines for ‘LGBT propaganda,’ and LGBTQ+-only sea shanty choir.

5 queer stories we’re watching: June 5

By Eve Cable
Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?
Education

Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?

ANALYSIS: There’s nothing inherently sexual about young people learning about queer and trans people

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
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Kim Cattrall returns to the ‘SATC’ universe, Pence is pissed about drag queens, new report on U.K. military homophobia, support for queer rights at an all-time high and Spice Girls owe it all to the gays
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Kim Cattrall returns to the ‘SATC’ universe, Pence is pissed about drag queens, new report on U.K. military homophobia, support for queer rights at an all-time high and Spice Girls owe it all to the gays

5 queer stories we’re watching: June 2

By Maddy Mahoney
Twitter hate speech, students put on LGBTQ2S+ play, advocates urge corporations to stand up for queer people, Pride Demon shirts
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Twitter hate speech, students put on LGBTQ2S+ play, advocates urge corporations to stand up for queer people, Pride Demon shirts

4 queer and trans stories we’re watching: May 31

By Jackie Richardson
We have the power to reimagine how we die and how we mourn
Queering Death

We have the power to reimagine how we die and how we mourn

We live queer lives—and we can die queer deaths too

By Zena Sharman
Anti-queer Blue Jays player sparks outrage, Catholic school board rejects Pride flag, Hayley Kiyoko to headline Canada’s first queer music festival and Japanese court declares same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
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Anti-queer Blue Jays player sparks outrage, Catholic school board rejects Pride flag, Hayley Kiyoko to headline Canada’s first queer music festival and Japanese court declares same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

4 queer and trans stories we’re following: May 30

By Bhagyashree Chatterjee
Introducing ‘Queering Death,’ a 6-part look at the nuanced ways we die and mourn
Queering Death

Introducing ‘Queering Death,’ a 6-part look at the nuanced ways we die and mourn

Writer Zena Sharman says she wanted to look at how death can become a site of creativity, collective care, self-determination and resisting oppression

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
Transphobes are targeting cis people now. That should be a wakeup call 
Politics

Transphobes are targeting cis people now. That should be a wakeup call 

OPINION: You cannot “eliminate transgenderism” without deeply restricting the gender presentation of all people in society 

By Katelyn Burns
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