Power

Side-eye, censorship and a lesbian Latina sheriff

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Vancouver could become the first city in Canada to ban anti-LGBT conversion therapy

‘I think there is still great value in bylaws like this,’ says gay survivor

By Ethan Reyes

Power

Apologies, powerlifting and an LGBT union

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

By Niko Bell

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

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

Power

Straight marriage, holocaust survivors and an unkosher cafe

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

By Niko Bell

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

Power

Ballet, gay radio and a Shanghai nightclub

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

By Niko Bell

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

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

Power

Bermuda, sauna raids and a luge disaster

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

By Niko Bell

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

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

Power

Brazilian PrEP, trans soldiers and older brothers

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

By Niko Bell

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

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

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

Power

Marriage repeal, fake news and gonorrhea kisses

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

By Niko Bell