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Progress, pain and resistance: a look back at global LGBT rights in 2017
Opinion

Progress, pain and resistance: a look back at global LGBT rights in 2017

Despite a deterioration of rights in some countries, in many ways 2017 was a banner year for LGBT progress

By Rob Salerno
How did the internet go from being a safe queer haven to a minefield of unchecked rage?
Opinion

How did the internet go from being a safe queer haven to a minefield of unchecked rage?

The tragedy of finding then losing shared community online

By Justin Saint
Straight marriage, holocaust survivors and an unkosher cafe
Power

Straight marriage, holocaust survivors and an unkosher cafe

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

By Niko Bell
Here’s how Canada led the world on LGBT issues in 2017
Opinion

Here’s how Canada led the world on LGBT issues in 2017

But Justin Trudeau and his Liberals still have outstanding promises to queer Canadians that must be kept

By Rob Salerno
Ballet, gay radio and a Shanghai nightclub
Power

Ballet, gay radio and a Shanghai nightclub

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

By Niko Bell
Why the holidays can still suck for queer people, even when you’re out
Power

Why the holidays can still suck for queer people, even when you’re out

The holiday season is ingrained in family tradition and cultural institutions, but many queer people still don’t have a seat at the table

By JP Larocque
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Vancouver Pride stands firm in decision to support marginalized LGBT people and ban uniformed police
Power

Vancouver Pride stands firm in decision to support marginalized LGBT people and ban uniformed police

‘We chose to listen to those voices that often do not get listened to,’ Pride Society says

By Derek Brown
Bermuda, sauna raids and a luge disaster
Power

Bermuda, sauna raids and a luge disaster

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

By Niko Bell
Rushed bill to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex is flawed, critics say
Power

Rushed bill to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex is flawed, critics say

Canada’s new expungement bill only covers a fraction of the charges it should, says queer historian

By Arshy Mann
After Alloura Wells’ body was identified, her friends and family could finally mourn
Power

After Alloura Wells’ body was identified, her friends and family could finally mourn

Memorial services for young trans people in Toronto are far too common, community says

By Arshy Mann
Brazilian PrEP, trans soldiers and older brothers
Power

Brazilian PrEP, trans soldiers and older brothers

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

By Niko Bell
Bermuda could be the first country to repeal same-sex marriage
Power

Bermuda could be the first country to repeal same-sex marriage

‘It’s a difficult pill to swallow,’ says Canadian-Bermudian couple whose court case won marriage just seven months ago

By Rob Salerno
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Canada’s first openly gay MP on the long road to an apology for LGBT people
Power

Canada’s first openly gay MP on the long road to an apology for LGBT people

Now the government must release all documents related to the purges, says Svend Robinson

By Arshy Mann
My mother’s daughter, my father’s son: a trans Chinese woman on finding joy in the ancestral rites of death
Power

My mother’s daughter, my father’s son: a trans Chinese woman on finding joy in the ancestral rites of death

How I honoured Chinese funeral tradition, my family and queerness at my grandfather’s funeral

By Kai Cheng Thom
Marriage repeal, fake news and gonorrhea kisses
Power

Marriage repeal, fake news and gonorrhea kisses

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

By Niko Bell
Vancouver Pride more than $100,000 in debt due to high city bills
Power

Vancouver Pride more than $100,000 in debt due to high city bills

The bills are ‘too onerous,’ says Pride co-chair

By Derek Brown
Australia, cake fights and queer gentrification
Power

Australia, cake fights and queer gentrification

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

By Niko Bell
How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms
Power

How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms

I spent my teens trying to embrace my identity. When I finally came out there was a whole community of people like me

By Cicely-Belle Blain
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