Power

Public memorial planned for Jon Letke, Mr Leather Ottawa 2014

Family releases statement on Letke’s death; ‘Remembering Jon Nizzi’ memorial page established

By Xtra Editor

Power

Apology demanded from Bunji Garlin for homophobic lyrics

Soca star has several planned performances in Toronto over August long weekend

By HG Watson

Power

LGBT protesters cause stir at Ford Fest in Toronto

Ford supporters, activists clash at semi-regular barbecue

By HG Watson

Power

Zambia’s pervasive homophobia

LGBT activists work to decriminalize ‘sin’

By Kaitlin Bardswich

Power

Mr Leather Ottawa Jon Letke dies in apparent suicide

Local and international leather community reacts to sudden loss

By Brandon Matheson, Julie Cruikshank

Power

Refugee mural reverberates at Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver

Three-week multidisciplinary festival opened July 23

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Sex-reassignment surgeries funded in all but two provinces

But gaps remain in which surgeries covered where for trans Canadians

By Rebecca Rose

Culture

Club120 evades demolition, expands instead

120 Diner will open at street level the first week of August

By HG Watson

Power

Universalist Muslims embrace queer brothers and sisters

Iftar dinner open to all faiths, genders and sexual orientations

By Adrienne Ascah

Opinion

Queer: echoes of hate, and pride

The term queer is political, loud and encompassing, guest columnist writes

By Matthew DiMera

Power

Arab lesbians defy tradition to form chosen families

Pressured by families and society, women create relationships on their own terms

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan

Power

Ottawa man allegedly beaten and robbed in gay cruising area

Gatineau police investigating incident as possible hate crime

By Julie Cruikshank

Power

Vision Vancouver’s Trish Kelly pushed out of parks board race

Vision co-chair concerned attacks would distract from party message

By Niko Bell

Power

‘Subdued’ AIDS summit to go on after Malaysian flight goes down

‘Any time we lose people of that calibre, and any time in that number, it is significant’: John Bishop

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

BC Court of Appeal rejects gay-panic defence

Ruling upholds conviction of man who claims he broke blind man’s jaw in self-defence

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Power

Legal expert says French gay blood ban is unfair

Advocate-general tells court sexual orientation doesn’t justify prohibition

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

Cawthra Park officially becomes Barbara Hall Park

Wong-Tam apologizes for removal of trans memorial hours before naming ceremony

By HG Watson

Power

Former Halifax Pride vice-chair accused of theft disappears

Police issue arrest warrant for Chris Scullino, who they believe is in Quebec

By Hilary Beaumont