Opinion

How a film about Carnival captures the struggles and triumphs of LGBT Trinidadians

In Play the Devil, I saw aspects of my own inner conflict on the road to acceptance of my sexuality

By Natasha Barsotti

Canada

Meet the two-spirit people fighting to be included in Canada’s reconciliation process

Indigenous queers and non-binary people want to be heard

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Mail ballots, massage parlours and a gay icon

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Here’s why allegations of CSIS’ homophobia and racism should concern all Canadians

Five employees have filed a $35-million lawsuit against the spy agency for harassment and discrimination

By Arshy Mann

Power

Toronto man Selim Esen was getting his life on track before he went missing

Esen, 44, has been missing since April 14, 2017

By Arshy Mann

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