Chechen crisis, rainbow flags and progesterone

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

Black Lives Matter say they feel betrayed by Vancouver police and Pride

Why didn’t police intervene sooner to pre-empt attack on this anti-racism rally, and what does it say about marching in Pride?

By Derek Brown

The Daily Package

Doctor Who, clerical errors and Marlowe’s murder

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Richmond inches toward protecting LGBT students

School board chair does not expect district to comply with BC order until June

By Chahira Merarsi

Power

Toronto councillor wants to enforce bylaw that could shut down almost every LGBT club

Only 40 venues in Toronto have a nightclub licence and most are located in the Entertainment District

By Arshy Mann

Power

Toronto city councillors threatening to cut Pride funding for excluding police floats

Suburban councillor is introducing motion to defund Pride next month

By Arshy Mann

The Daily Package

Non-binary pronouns, lesbian smokers and the gay whisperer

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

By Niko Bell

Power

This group wants to throw a rival LGBT parade that includes cops on the same day as Toronto Pride

Unity and Inclusion Toronto is asking for donations to help fund an alternative parade

By Arshy Mann

Power

LGBT Canadians now eligible for current and retroactive tax break on reproductive treatments

People who had fertility treatments as far back as 2007 can ask for a re-assessment by the end of 2017

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Two trans people say they were mistreated by Service BC staff

Are staff in Prince George and Prince Rupert sufficiently trained to serve trans clients?

By Rosemary Newton

The Daily Package

German redemption, soccer stars and vocal discrimination

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

By Niko Bell

Community One’s rainbow grants have helped power queer programs and services in the GTA since 1980

The deadline for 2017 grants is approaching

Created for Community One Foundation

Power

Conservative senator thinks residential schools were good, wants gays back in the closet

Lynn Beyak praises ‘remarkable works, good deeds and historical tales in the residential schools’

By Arshy Mann

Power

New Brunswick government introduces trans-rights bill

Final province to explicitly protect trans people from discrimination

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

I fought the cops in the 1990s and I support Black Lives Matter now

True inclusion should not be subject to popularity contests

By Greg Armstrong-Morris

Power

Yukon moves to protect trans rights

Consultations begin on amendments to Human Rights Act and Vital Statistics Act

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Why it may be time for me to kill Mike Miksche (Part 1)

I chose to use a pseudonym for “Hole and Corner” because I worried about my Lebanese-Muslim family reading about my sex life. Maybe I was wrong

By Mike Miksche

Power

Nunavut passes trans-rights law

Legislature unanimously votes to add human-rights protections for trans people

By Rob Salerno