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Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Looking back at the past 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism in Canada

Looking back at the past 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism in Canada

From bathhouse raids to Supreme Court cases to same-sex marriage

By Erica Lenti • June 13, 2019 at 10:48 am EDT
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

The government’s official narrative denies our actual histories and the battles we fought for our rights

By Gary Kinsman, Karen Pearlston, Tom Hooper • June 6, 2019 at 11:14 am EDT
Feature

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

But when it comes to period pain, we’re not even close

By Sadiya Ansari • May 31, 2019 at 1:15 pm EDT
Health

Who can donate sperm in Canada? Not gay men

Who can donate sperm in Canada? Not gay men

New Health Canada regulations mean gay men can donate blood after three months. But there’s still a lifetime ban on sperm

By Alison Motluk • May 30, 2019 at 4:48 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

A new bill will make it illegal to advertise conversion therapy to kids in Canada

A new bill will make it illegal to advertise conversion therapy to kids in Canada

Misogynoir, Havana’s pride march and James Charles. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 17

By Arvin Joaquin • May 17, 2019 at 12:11 pm EDT
Opinion

How is conversion therapy still happening in Canada?

How is conversion therapy still happening in Canada?

A new government bill could help ban the practice, but more needs to happen for it to truly end

By Ziya Jones • May 15, 2019 at 1:02 pm EDT
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Xtra Weekly

What you need to know about Canada’s blood donation ban on men who have sex with men

What you need to know about Canada’s blood donation ban on men who have sex with men

Gender fluid emojis, gay beer, and the Met Gala. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 10

By Arvin Joaquin • May 10, 2019 at 12:41 pm EDT
Opinion

No one likes Canada’s gay loonie

No one likes Canada’s gay loonie

Except maybe the federal government

By Erica Lenti • April 17, 2019 at 4:12 pm EDT
Opinion

Canada’s hidden HIV epidemic

Canada’s hidden HIV epidemic

Most HIV-positive people can’t transmit the virus, so why are there still more than 2,000 new infections in this country every year?

By Laurie Edmiston • November 27, 2018 at 4:11 pm EDT
Analysis

Laws that affect LGBT people in Canada may soon be struck down. Other sections of the Criminal Code are still anti-queer

Laws that affect LGBT people in Canada may soon be struck down. Other sections of the Criminal Code are still anti-queer

Keeping outdated laws in the Code still have negative implications for queer people

By Rob Salerno • October 29, 2018 at 5:12 pm EDT
Video

How Degrassi brought a lesbian theatre performer to Canada

How Degrassi brought a lesbian theatre performer to Canada
By Xtra Video • October 18, 2018 at 4:46 pm EDT
Analysis

Chick-fil-A is coming to Canada. Why should LGBTQ2 people care?

Chick-fil-A is coming to Canada. Why should LGBTQ2 people care?

A rundown of the fast food chain’s anti-LGBTQ2 past

By Nathan Sing • July 27, 2018 at 12:38 pm EDT
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Opinion

To help LGBT advocates in East Africa, Canada must start by listening

To help LGBT advocates in East Africa, Canada must start by listening

Every country and community requires a tailored, specific approach

By Arshy Mann • June 12, 2018 at 3:26 pm EDT
Feature

Augustas Dennie was deported from Canada. Now he lives in a dangerous exile

Augustas Dennie was deported from Canada. Now he lives in a dangerous exile

Dennie’s claim was rejected because he couldn’t prove he was gay. Now he’s back in St Vincent and the Grenadines fearing for his life

By Arshy Mann • March 29, 2018 at 7:21 pm EDT
Power

Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home

Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home

A year after her last reprieve, Angela is once again facing deportation to a country where being gay is illegal

By Derek Brown • January 25, 2018 at 6:48 pm EDT
Power

Vancouver could become the first city in Canada to ban anti-LGBT conversion therapy

Vancouver could become the first city in Canada to ban anti-LGBT conversion therapy

‘I think there is still great value in bylaws like this,’ says gay survivor

By Ethan Reyes • January 5, 2018 at 2:38 pm EDT
Opinion

Here’s how Canada led the world on LGBT issues in 2017

Here’s how Canada led the world on LGBT issues in 2017

But Justin Trudeau and his Liberals still have outstanding promises to queer Canadians that must be kept

By Rob Salerno • December 27, 2017 at 6:16 am EDT
Power

Canada’s first openly gay MP on the long road to an apology for LGBT people

Canada’s first openly gay MP on the long road to an apology for LGBT people

Now the government must release all documents related to the purges, says Svend Robinson

By Arshy Mann • December 13, 2017 at 11:22 pm EDT
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