The Daily Package

German redemption, soccer stars and vocal discrimination

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

By Niko Bell

Community One’s rainbow grants have helped power queer programs and services in the GTA since 1980

The deadline for 2017 grants is approaching

Created for Community One Foundation

Power

Conservative senator thinks residential schools were good, wants gays back in the closet

Lynn Beyak praises ‘remarkable works, good deeds and historical tales in the residential schools’

By Arshy Mann

Power

New Brunswick government introduces trans-rights bill

Final province to explicitly protect trans people from discrimination

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

I fought the cops in the 1990s and I support Black Lives Matter now

True inclusion should not be subject to popularity contests

By Greg Armstrong-Morris

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Yukon moves to protect trans rights

Consultations begin on amendments to Human Rights Act and Vital Statistics Act

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Why it may be time for me to kill Mike Miksche (Part 1)

I chose to use a pseudonym for “Hole and Corner” because I worried about my Lebanese-Muslim family reading about my sex life. Maybe I was wrong

By Mike Miksche

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Nunavut passes trans-rights law

Legislature unanimously votes to add human-rights protections for trans people

By Rob Salerno

The Daily Package

Sex toy spying, tri-parents and American Bandstand

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Should private schools be allowed to discriminate against LGBT families in BC?

The Liberals’ order to protect LGBT students doesn’t apply to admissions policies for religious schools, Xtra has learned

By Tessa Vikander

Opinion

Why queer people must stand against the death penalty

Not just in far-off countries where homosexuals are put to death, but wherever people are unjustly oppressed by the state

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Stop ignoring the brutal, racist history of the Vancouver Police Department

Why do Vancouverites think our police force is special?

By Arshy Mann

Power

Experts scheduled to testify on trans-rights bill in April

Senate drew out deliberation of Bill C-16 for 13 weeks

By Dylan C Robertson

Opinion

Ruth Ellis created space for gay and lesbian African Americans in the 1940–1960s

She was a queer black woman whose life spanned three centuries of living proud and helping others do the same

By Michael Lyons

Opinion

Ten things you might not know about the Vancouver Pride Society

Co-executive director shares a behind-the-scenes look at the VPS

By Andrea Arnot

The Daily Package

Fire Island, Northern Ireland and aging while gay

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Protesters challenge New West pastor on anti-trans campaign

Paul Dirks’ campaign ‘gives a really negative connotation to Christianity and religion,’ says co-organizer

By Hannah Ackeral

The Daily Package

Beauty and the Beast, incarceration and gay loneliness

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

By Niko Bell