Opinion

Don’t use missing gay men as an excuse for gentrification

Putting the most vulnerable people under increased police scrutiny isn’t going to make anyone safer

By Arshy Mann

Power

Bourbon, Belfast and intractable problems

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Pride

Why Justin Trudeau skipped Vancouver’s Pride parade

Meanwhile BC’s new premier makes his mark, and a group of protesters turn their back on Vancouver police

By Derek Brown

Opinion

Myles Gray and Hudson Brooks are dead. BC police are dead silent

As Vancouver police and the RCMP prepare to walk in Pride, consider the people they’ve killed

By Arshy Mann

Power

Rentboys, Belfast and homosexual behaviour

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Power

Toronto police tell a concerned crowd there’s no evidence tying the recent cases of two gay missing men

But many community members at The 519 town hall not convinced

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

Same-sex marriage illustrates how Canada got it right on rights

While it’s important to recognize the gaps in our struggle for equality, the moment we take our achievements for granted, we risk losing them

By Rob Salerno

Power

Nigerian arrests, branding and backbenchers

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Power

Refugee support group pulls out of Vancouver Pride parade over police and border guard concerns

Pride Society co-chairs say they support Rainbow Refugee’s decision

By Derek Brown

Power

Toronto police set up special task force to investigate missing gay men

But are not stating there’s a connection between Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman

By Arshy Mann

Power

Trans tweets, transmission and Star Trek

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Politics

Trudeau government must condemn Trump’s trans military ban: NDP

‘We have to stand up against discrimination where we see it, even when it’s our closest ally,’ NDP LGBT critic Randall Garrison says

By Arshy Mann

Power

Vancouver police force finally passes new trans policies

A year and a half past deadline but a step in the right direction, say trans activists

By Tessa Vikander

Power

Pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev scheduled to perform in Toronto this November

An LGBT advocacy group is asking Roy Thomson Hall to cancel the performance

By Arshy Mann

Power

Blood donation, adoption troubles and Texas trolling

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell

Arts

Meet the man behind Toronto’s dance party for LGBT Middle Easterners

From being a homeless teen to an Old Catholic priest to founder of Arabian Knights LGBTQ, Kerolos Saleib knows the importance of self-love and community

By Mike Miksche

Politics

NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton pledges to fight transphobia, gender-based violence through government action

Pledging $500 million of federal funding devoted to a national strategy

By Arshy Mann

Power

Chechnya, social justice and the London underground

Your Daily Package of newsy and naughty bits from around the world

By Niko Bell