The Daily Package

Police escorts, a bisexual lord and the eternal city

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Police apologize for kicking sex workers out of West End

New memorial honours sex workers for the first time in Vancouver

By Rosemary Newton

Power

Sperm-only fertilisation, the Mexican boy, and a dirty dictionary

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

Arts

The best Blind Date you’ve ever had

Who knows what we can expect at this new, queer version of Rebecca Northan’s play?

By Chris Dupuis

Opinion

Ghost towns, gay villages and missing faces

What happened to Davie Village fixture Madame Coté?

By Kevin Dale McKeown

Health

How one organization is fighting transphobia in Asian communities

Asian Community AIDS Services will launch multilingual brochures for trans youth and their families in 2017

By Emily Johnpulle

Opinion

When the Toronto police illegally spied on their own bosses

Former top cop’s brush with illegal homophobic surveillance shouldn’t be forgotten

By Arshy Mann

Power

Sex workers to be honoured with West End monument

‘It’s a powerful symbol of our community and the place that we had there,’ says Jamie Lee Hamilton

By Rosemary Newton

Power

Why Rio was the gayest Olympics yet

LGBT Olympians talk about victory, self-acceptance and why coming out still matters

By Vincent Matak

The Daily Package

Aruba, textbooks and a brave 12-year-old

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

By Niko Bell

Health

How a queer friendly senior home helped an 80-year-old come out

Toronto’s Fudger House celebrates its 50th anniversary

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

The fear, guilt and promise of seeking refuge in Canada

Lessons learned two years into living in Vancouver

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan

The Daily Package

Public masturbation, the Danish ambassador and Phyllis Schlafly

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

By Niko Bell

Power

BC finally passes province-wide LGBT school policy

‘It’s long overdue,’ say education activists like James Chamberlain

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Opinion

What do we make of Patrick Brown?

With Brown’s mixed track record on LGBT issues, should we trust him?

By Arshy Mann

Arts

Out in Toronto: Sept 8-14, 2016

Choice events in the city this week

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Gay man accuses BC campground of homophobia

Staff only objected to two tents after they saw two men holding hands, says Wood

By Nathaniel Christopher

Power

Tory byelection proves giving in to homophobes still works, but for how long?

Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown is trying to win over homophobes and progressives, but that strategy won’t scale up to a provincial election

By Rob Salerno