Power

‘No visit scheduled’ with Nigerian president, Foreign Affairs says

Some reports claim February visit was planned, then cancelled because of anti-gay law

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

RFK Center: Ugandan president to reject ‘fascist’ anti-gay bill

Center delegation met with Yoweri Museveni to discuss legislation

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

Soldier of love: Ff returns to Vancouver nightlife

By Raziel Reid

Culture

Onward Ottawa

Checking in with Mayor Jim Watson as he prepares to run for reelection

By Adrienne Ascah

Power

Jeff Morrison to announce Ottawa City Council candidacy

Community advocate to run in Somerset Ward

By Julie Cruikshank

Power

Oklahoma: Judge rules state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional

Marriages won’t take place immediately as ruling stayed, pending appeal

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Nigeria’s president signs anti-gay bill into law

Measure prescribes stiff jail sentences for offenders, prohibits gay rights advocacy and bans gay marriage

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Ugandan ambassadors say anti-gay bill causing problems

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga told emissaries not to put up with bullying from foreign countries

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Denis Schryburt to run for Ottawa City Council

Well-known community member will run against Diane Holmes in Somerset Ward 14

By Adrienne Ascah

Power

US Supreme Court stops gay marriages in Utah pending appeal

Plaintiffs and gay rights activists disappointed but hope ‘justice will be served’

By Natasha Barsotti

Video

Svend Robinson on being Canada’s first out gay MP

A new biography about Robinson was released last year

By Xtra Editor

Toronto Diary

Anti-gay American representative allegedly outed by journalist

By Jeremy Feist

Power

Hundreds turn out for Peloso memorial

‘A man has taken his life because the pain in his brain was unrelenting’: Smitherman

By Rob Salerno

Power

Utah filing asks top court to stop gay marriages pending appeal

Hundreds of couples obtained licences since gay-marriage ban was struck down

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Gay community mourns Christopher Peloso

Smitherman finds strength from ‘our extended family who loved him so’

By Rob Salerno

Toronto Diary

John Baird writes letter denouncing Russia’s anti-gay law

By Jeremy Feist

Power

Christopher Peloso, husband of George Smitherman, found dead

‘He will always be remembered for his dedication to others’: Smitherman

By Rob Salerno

Toronto Diary

UK’s anti-porn filter also blocks charity, educational and gay sites

By Jeremy Feist