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Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2S+ MPs
A record of eight queer, trans or Two-Spirit candidates were elected to Parliament
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How can Canada’s next federal government support LGBTQ2S+ youth?
Youth advocate Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah hopes young queer and trans Canadians can learn the power of disruption
Annamie Paul wants a greener, queerer Canada
The Green leader on passing LGBTQ2S+ policy in the House, the importance of representation and what’s gone wrong within her own party
Jagmeet Singh’s plan for an inclusive Canada
The NDP leader spoke to Xtra about banning conversion therapy, improving trans healthcare and why representation is so vital in politics
How do Canada’s political parties rank on LGBTQ2S+ issues?
Where the parties stand on conversion therapy, poppers, trans health care and more
What an election could mean for Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ communities
Spoiler alert: If past elections are any indication, expect broken promises
All parties get to wear the failure to ban conversion therapy in Canada
Bill C-6, which would have prohibited the harmful practice on a national level, did not pass through the Senate—and there’s plenty of blame to share across party lines
Inside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming clinics
Despite more outward support for the community, legal protections and greater visibility, trans and other LGBTQ2S+ care isn’t being prioritized in the country. And when it is, financial barriers abound
Meet the unlikely senator sponsoring Canada’s bill to end conversion therapy
New Brunswick’s René Cormier never expected to be an LGBTQ2S+ advocate in the Senate. But now, he’s the senator ushering Bill C-6 to the finish line
COVID-19 highlighted how Canada’s health care system fails trans people
There are easy things health care providers can do to be more trans-inclusive
Canadian government looking to quash inquiry into Health Canada’s role in blood ban
Christopher Karas filed a human rights complaint against the government body over Canada’s blood donation ban in 2015
Can the Conservative Party of Canada come out of the closet?
Tories have long made LGBTQ2S+ rights a wedge issue. Now the issue is dividing the party—and thwarting its chances at winning the next federal election
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Can HIV self-tests help counter Canada’s rising transmission rates?
At-home testing kits were greenlit in November 2020, but few Canadians have used them
What’s in Canada’s budget for LGBTQ2S+ people?
The Liberal government’s proposed ‘inclusive recovery’ addresses queer and trans folks’ lived realities—and that’s a good start
Canada’s bill to end conversion therapy stalled by Conservative ‘concern trolling’
Conservative MPs continue to call into question motives behind Bill C-6, which would end the discredited practice on a national scale
Yukon trans health-care coverage now the most comprehensive in Canada
The territory’s newly-introduced policy provides a roadmap for the future of trans care in the country
Speed Date with ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ star Tynomi Banks
“Drag has literally saved my life”
What we can learn from ‘Canada’s Stonewall’ more than 40 years later
On the anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids, we reflect on the lasting impact the protests had on the LGBTQ2S+ community
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