Arts

An ode to pre-teen redheads everywhere

Johnnie Walker’s Redheaded Stepchild grows from a stage play to a published book

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Out in Ottawa: Oct 16–31, 2016

Choice events in the city

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Hamburger Mary’s lost 68 staff in three months, say ex-managers

Ex-staff say working conditions, pay, treatment drove them away

By Niko Bell

Arts

Out in Toronto: Oct 13–19, 2016

Choice events in the city this week

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

Thirteen coming-out stories to read on National Coming Out Day 2016

From reported stories to personal essays, coming out in 2016 is a multi-faceted experience

By Eternity Martis

The Daily Package

Rentboys, a shamanic princess and Donald Trump’s gay thoughts

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

By Niko Bell

The Daily Package

FARC, thought crime and the Mexican slur problem

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Is Oasis Aqualounge’s club policy transphobic?

Club accused of misgendering trans people and charging non-binary people presenting as male the cis men’s admission fee

By Vincent Matak

Culture

A new Ottawa gym is getting LGBT people working out

Mainstream gyms can make queer and trans people feel unwelcome, but Manajiwin provides a body-positive place to work out comfortably

By Adrienne Ascah

Arts

Out in Toronto: Oct 6-12, 2016

Choice events in the city this week

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Ontario’s equal parenting law passes second reading

The bill would finally stop queer and trans parents from having to adopt their own children

By Arshy Mann

Culture

Queer film picks from Winnipeg’s Reel Pride Film Festival 2016

Instead of hosting mainstream LGBT films, the fest brings lesser-known works to the community

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Can one party welcome bears, club kids, hipsters and leather folks?

Why Pitbull Events refuses to be another niche party in a sea of Toronto’s sexual subcultures

By Mike Miksche

The Daily Package

Wonder Woman, Japan and a premature cure

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Man sentenced after last year’s attack on Toronto drag queen

Joshua Oliver pleaded guilty to charges related to robbery of drag performer Ryan Boa

By Eternity Martis

The Daily Package

Skateboarding, science wars and the bisexual majority

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Ontario to finally give equal treatment to queer and trans families

The bill ensures legal status for LGBT parents

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

The other side of the West End sex workers’ expulsion

Between their clients, the looky-loos and the sex workers, the neighbourhood was far from peaceful

By Kevin Dale McKeown