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My Queer Kitchen

My Queer Kitchen with Jennifer E. Crawford: Pandemic Edition

My Queer Kitchen with Jennifer E. Crawford: Pandemic Edition

In our first-ever cooking instalment, the “MasterChef Canada” winner asks if queer food is a real thing. Then they whip up strawberry rhubarb rye poptarts with beet and vanilla bean icing from their pandemic pantry

By Jennifer E. Crawford • April 8, 2020 at 11:59 am EDT
Education

Do anti-bullying days really help LGBTQ2 youth?

Do anti-bullying days really help LGBTQ2 youth?

There’s so much more queer- and trans-affirming work that must be done at schools every day of the year, this queer teacher writes

By Gordon Nore • April 8, 2020 at 10:40 am EDT
Health

How does COVID-19 impact LGBTQ2 communities?

How does COVID-19 impact LGBTQ2 communities?

Queer and trans people face health disparities alongside precarious employment and housing that could be magnified during the pandemic

By Keren Landman • April 7, 2020 at 10:28 am EDT
Power

Amid COVID-19, lawmakers call to end blood donation bans for queer men

Amid COVID-19, lawmakers call to end blood donation bans for queer men

Outdated discriminatory policies hurt, especially in times of national emergency

By Nico Lang • April 6, 2020 at 11:37 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 6 recap: Hollywood squares

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 6 recap: Hollywood squares

It’s time for Snatch Game!

By Kevin O’Keeffe • April 4, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Identity

I wanted to marry my trans girlfriend in the U.K. I can’t

I wanted to marry my trans girlfriend in the U.K. I can’t

How archaic laws across the pond fail to recognize trans-affirming marriages

By V.S. Wells • April 2, 2020 at 11:43 am EDT
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Trans Health

Proper IDs could improve mental health for trans people

Proper IDs could improve mental health for trans people

A new study confirms that reflecting correct name and gender could lower rates of psychological distress

By Fae Johnstone • March 31, 2020 at 2:53 pm EDT
Power

COVID-19 is keeping queer couples apart in Poland

COVID-19 is keeping queer couples apart in Poland

In countries where gay marriage is not recognized and borders have been closed, queer partners are struggling to stay together through the pandemic

By Juliette Bretan • March 30, 2020 at 11:02 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 5 recap: It’s a medical mystery

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 5 recap: It’s a medical mystery

The queens take on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ and one is left without she-mergency care

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 28, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Power

I went to university to find myself. I learned I wasn’t welcome

I went to university to find myself. I learned I wasn’t welcome

From the ages of 18 to 22, I learned more about what being a woman of colour brought out in other people than about who I was

By Eternity Martis • March 27, 2020 at 10:56 am EDT
Abuse

Clear and queer conversations about intimate partner violence

Clear and queer conversations about intimate partner violence

A new podcast drama inspired by ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ aims to get us talking about abusive relationships

By Jennifer Orme • March 26, 2020 at 3:35 pm EDT
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: The 519 community centre in Toronto and North Carolina’s Campus Pride

By Gordon Bowness, Jon Higgins • March 25, 2020 at 9:40 am EDT
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Conversion therapy

Surviving conversion therapy

Surviving conversion therapy

Matt Ashcroft’s story illustrates why a federal ban on conversion therapy is vitally important

By Gordon Bowness • March 23, 2020 at 10:47 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 recap: Let’s play some basketball!

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 recap: Let’s play some basketball!

Realness, eleganza and basketball wives, oh my! It’s time for the ball challenge

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 21, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Music

Davia Spain is bringing hope and resolve to your playlist

Davia Spain is bringing hope and resolve to your playlist

The Black trans artist discusses her debut album, ‘Dawning’

By Tre’vell Anderson • March 20, 2020 at 3:01 pm EDT
Opinion

We should’ve learned from the AIDS epidemic. We didn’t

We should’ve learned from the AIDS epidemic. We didn’t

We know that transparency, testing, reducing stigma and increasing access can save lives in the COVID-19 crisis. So why are we repeating past mistakes?

By Keren Landman • March 19, 2020 at 12:08 pm EDT
Love & Sex

How queer and marginalized communities can take care of one another during COVID-19

How queer and marginalized communities can take care of one another during COVID-19

In this pandemic, extremes of human nature are revealing themselves. It has never been more important to choose each other—and our best selves

By Kai Cheng Thom • March 18, 2020 at 10:12 am EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I just got out of a long-term, sexless relationship. I want to hire a sex worker but I’m conflicted, and self-conscious. Should I just forget it?

I just got out of a long-term, sexless relationship. I want to hire a sex worker but I’m conflicted, and self-conscious. Should I just forget it?
By Kai Cheng Thom • March 17, 2020 at 10:57 am EDT
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