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But many community members at The 519 town hall not convinced

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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RCMP won’t say what happened to Oliver Zamarripa or how he got to Lytton, BC

‘They are devils. They are for sale. They are not people,’ Ramzan Kadyrov said in an interview with Real Sports

‘I want someone to take responsibility for this,’ says city councillor

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Power

Rentboys, Belfast and homosexual behaviour

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

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

Nigerian arrests, branding and backbenchers

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

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

Trans tweets, transmission and Star Trek

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

Vancouver police force finally passes new trans policies

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

Blood donation, adoption troubles and Texas trolling

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

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

Chechnya, social justice and the London underground

Still no arrest in death of queer teen who disappeared from Vancouver

Chechen leader says gay men should be taken to Canada ‘to purify our blood’

Toronto’s rainbow crosswalks won’t be fixed for another year

Malta, Mexican chanting and non-binary dating