A year in review 2016: How Rolston Ryan conquered Canada’s restrictions on LGBT asylum seekers

When will our immigration system recognize that so-called safe countries are actually dangerous for queer and trans citizens?

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

How queer femmes made friends with the internet

For queer femmes, being online can create safe spaces to meet friends and form lasting relationships

By Andi Schwartz

Power

What’s on the agenda for Canada’s first LGBTQ2 advisor?

Randy Boissonnault talks government apology, gay blood ban and Marie Curtis Park

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Senate delays trans-rights bill debate until February

Red chamber’s new committee structure gives Bill C-16 a better chance of passing

By Dylan C Robertson

The Daily Package

Bud sex, News Corp and reality show dating

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

By Niko Bell

The Daily Package

Blued, political purges and National Geographic

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

By Niko Bell

Power

Canada’s federal jails may stop sorting trans inmates by their genitalia

Correctional Service Canada policy effectively bars gender-confirming surgery

By Dylan C Robertson

Opinion

A year in review 2016: New plaza and memorial help reclaim Vancouver’s gay village

Jim Deva Plaza and West End Sex Workers Memorial both unveiled in 2016

By Robin Perelle

Opinion

A year in review 2016: Has Canada become a leader in LGBT rights because of Justin Trudeau?

In his first year, progress has been made on trans rights, HIV criminalization and anal sex laws

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

A year in review 2016: The year that LGBT couples in Ontario became equal parents

The All Families Are Equal Act was well-fought, but it isn’t over for Wynne’s Liberals

By Arshy Mann

Power

Nunavut and Yukon to enact trans-rights bills

Move will leave New Brunswick as the last remaining province without explicit trans rights

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

A year in review 2016: The BC Liberals grow a conscience

Why the sudden shifts on education and trans laws in 2016?

By Robin Perelle

Opinion

A year in review 2016: It’s been a bad year

Taking a look back at the stories that defined and defeated our community

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

Why Project Marie is about making straight men comfortable

Toronto police fail to understand why both queers and women need safe public space

By Katie Sly

The Daily Package

Doppelgangers, Moroccan teens and gay liberation

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

By Niko Bell

Health

Toronto sex shop launches new website to help trans youth buy gear

Safe-for-work site, owned by Come As You Are, is more parent- and firewall-friendly

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Canadian Blood Services could scrap blanket policy on gay blood donors

January meeting will consider ‘gender-blind’ screening based on individual risk

By Dylan C Robertson

Opinion

Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain

Damaging tropes about black masculinity overshadow positive narratives about being black and queer

By Cicely-Belle Blain