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Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ launched my journey as a gay sexual outlaw
People Like Me

Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ launched my journey as a gay sexual outlaw

I wanted to be one who was called the American gigolo

By Dale Corvino
Q&A with Olivia Nuamah
Pride Toronto

Q&A with Olivia Nuamah

The Pride Toronto executive director discusses police and the parade, the adjourned AGM and what happens now

By Rachel Giese
When abuse and bullying are normalized
Analysis

When abuse and bullying are normalized

The alleged sexual assault at St Michael’s College School made me reconsider what happened to me at school

By Gordon Nore
How Tumblr’s porn ban affects LGBTQ2 users
Analysis

How Tumblr’s porn ban affects LGBTQ2 users

‘Our digital lives are our real lives — when we lose that, we lose whole communities and cultures’

By Jake Pitre
The future may be bleak for Pride Toronto, but queer and trans communities are vibrant
Opinion

The future may be bleak for Pride Toronto, but queer and trans communities are vibrant

‘We want an end to instruments of oppression in our celebration — now and going forward’

By Dorianne Emmerton
It’s time to downsize Pride
Opinion

It’s time to downsize Pride

The bigger Pride gets, the less it reflects our community, our history and our values

By Rinaldo Walcott
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Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres
People Like Me

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

I found my own courage when Ellen Morgan came out as gay

By Lindsay Curtis
Finding my place with Fun Home
People Like Me

Finding my place with Fun Home

I had been looking for someone like me for years

By Melanie Woods
Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives
Trans

Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives

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

By Katie Sly
Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day
Trans

Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day

Trans is here and it is here to stay

By Terrence Abrahams
Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul
People Like Me

Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul

With the look between Emaline and Kate, everything made sense to me

By Rachel Chen
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
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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
Pre-trial date set in Bruce McArthur case
Power

Pre-trial date set in Bruce McArthur case

Judge says alleged serial killer’s trial could begin as early as September 2019

By Eternity Martis
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
Walking the queer tightrope with Janelle Monáe
People Like Me

Walking the queer tightrope with Janelle Monáe

Being queer doesn’t mean any one specific thing

By Mary Ann Thomas
Laws that affect LGBT people in Canada may soon be struck down. Other sections of the Criminal Code are still anti-queer
Analysis

Laws that affect LGBT people in Canada may soon be struck down. Other sections of the Criminal Code are still anti-queer

Keeping outdated laws in the Code still have negative implications for queer people

By Rob Salerno
What it’s like being a gender non-conforming model of colour
Canada

What it’s like being a gender non-conforming model of colour

The future of fashion is beyond constructs of gender

By Sebastian Yue
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