Power

Conservative MP calls for porn firewall

Joy Smith says pornography is ‘grooming’ Canada’s youth and leading to sexual abuse and human trafficking

By Justin Ling

Video

Justin Trudeau chats with Xtra ahead of Toronto Centre by-election

Liberal leader talks about LGBT issues in Canada and abroad

By Andrea Houston

Power

Indiana: Religious leaders call on lawmakers to halt move to ban gay marriage

More than 300 clergy and other faith leaders sign letter

By Natasha Barsotti

Video

Mayor Rob Ford offered LGBT sensitivity training

PFLAG president wants to sit down with Ford and his mom

By Frank Prendergast

Power

Talking LGBT issues with Toronto Centre’s Liberal candidate

Xtra sits down with Chrystia Freeland ahead of federal by-election

By Andrea Houston

Power

Toronto Centre by-election: NDP candidate Linda McQuaig

Xtra talks LGBT issues with federal by-election candidates

By Andrea Houston

Culture

Alec Baldwin is a rude, thoughtless little pig

By Raziel Reid

Toronto Diary

Russia bugs meeting of LGBT activists, uses audio in anti-gay propaganda

By Jeremy Feist

Power

US: Conservative panel notes LGBT rights growth, seeks hope in overseas fightback

Attendees say Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law is being misrepresented in the media: report

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

US senator withdraws space for anti-gay group’s panel on Russia’s laws

House leader John Boehner intervenes to secure new room for World Congress of Families

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

UK: Parliament to tackle ex-gay therapy

Labour MP proposed bill to ban the practice in October

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Luxembourg may soon have a gay PM and a gay deputy PM

Xavier Bettel who has been named prime minister-designate is tasked with forming a coalition government

By Natasha Barsotti

Toronto Diary

Toronto council votes to ask Rob Ford to step down

By Jeremy Feist

Power

California: Opponents of trans-protection law believe they can force referendum

More than 600,000 signatures reportedly have been submitted

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Redress sought for discharged gay Canadian soldiers

Citizen Jane filmmaker and NDP MP want government to apologize

By Niko Bell

Power

Queer activists condemn Quebec’s proposed ‘Charter of Values’

More than 100 people have signed an open letter calling Charter ‘incompatible with equality’

By Richard Burnett

Power

Croatia: Lawmakers vote to hold referendum on defining marriage

Activists condemn plan as infringement on human rights

By Natasha Barsotti

Toronto Diary

And there’s another Rob Ford video. Super.

By Jeremy Feist