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Canada just turned a page on decriminalizing HIV

Canada just turned a page on decriminalizing HIV

People with undetectable viral loads should no longer be prosecuted for non-disclosure, Ontario and feds say

By Niko Bell • December 1, 2017 at 8:58 pm EDT
Opinion

How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short

How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short

‘We are sorry’ is not enough, queer historian tells Justin Trudeau

By Gary Kinsman • December 1, 2017 at 4:26 pm EDT
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Canada settles LGBT class-action suit with $110 million in compensation

Canada settles LGBT class-action suit with $110 million in compensation

People accused or purged from military or public service will be eligible to apply

By Arshy Mann • November 28, 2017 at 11:34 pm EDT
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Canada to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex

Canada to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex

Bill to expunge ‘historically unjust convictions’ introduced on the same day as LGBT apology

By Arshy Mann • November 28, 2017 at 11:17 pm EDT
Opinion

It’s time for Canada to ban anti-gay conversion therapy

It’s time for Canada to ban anti-gay conversion therapy

Only Ontario and Manitoba have taken legal steps to limit the practice

By Rob Salerno • October 23, 2017 at 1:01 pm EDT
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Can gay men donate organs in Canada?

Can gay men donate organs in Canada?

Perplexing campaigns by public health agencies say they’ll take organs from gays, but the truth is more complicated

By Rob Salerno • September 8, 2017 at 6:40 pm EDT
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Meet the two-spirit people fighting to be included in Canada’s reconciliation process

Meet the two-spirit people fighting to be included in Canada’s reconciliation process

Indigenous queers and non-binary people want to be heard

By Dylan C Robertson • August 14, 2017 at 12:01 pm EDT

How everyone living with HIV in Canada became a potential criminal

How everyone living with HIV in Canada became a potential criminal

Add your voice to the growing call for prosecutorial guidelines today

Created for Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network • August 8, 2017 at 8:44 pm EDT
Opinion

Same-sex marriage illustrates how Canada got it right on rights

Same-sex marriage illustrates how Canada got it right on rights

While it’s important to recognize the gaps in our struggle for equality, the moment we take our achievements for granted, we risk losing them

By Rob Salerno • August 2, 2017 at 4:10 pm EDT
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Chechen leader says gay men should be taken to Canada ‘to purify our blood’

Chechen leader says gay men should be taken to Canada ‘to purify our blood’

‘They are devils. They are for sale. They are not people,’ Ramzan Kadyrov said in an interview with Real Sports

By Arshy Mann • July 14, 2017 at 7:03 pm EDT
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Canada has finally passed a trans-rights bill

Canada has finally passed a trans-rights bill

Bill C-16 would protect gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Code

By Arshy Mann • June 15, 2017 at 6:44 pm EDT
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Canada not approached by Chechen gay men: senior bureaucrat

Canada not approached by Chechen gay men: senior bureaucrat

Government worries emergency-visa scheme could backfire

By Dylan C Robertson • May 5, 2017 at 3:15 pm EDT
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Morgane Oger is Canada’s best chance at electing a trans person in 2017

Morgane Oger is Canada’s best chance at electing a trans person in 2017

Activist turned politician hopes to unseat Liberal incumbent in BC’s May 9 election

By James Goldie • April 21, 2017 at 8:46 pm EDT

How one book wants to get Canada talking about the challenges faced by LGBT youth

How one book wants to get Canada talking about the challenges faced by LGBT youth

Christopher Gudgeon’s latest book, The Encyclopedia of Lies, offers insight into isolation and loss

Created for Anvil Press • April 20, 2017 at 4:37 pm EDT
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‘How many months can we stay alive?’: Meet the Iranian-Indian couple abandoned by Canada

‘How many months can we stay alive?’: Meet the Iranian-Indian couple abandoned by Canada

Alireza and Kiran are struggling to survive in Turkey after Canada halted their resettlement to prioritize Syrian refugees

By Dylan C Robertson • April 13, 2017 at 5:13 pm EDT
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The painful truth about being gay at Canada’s largest Christian university

The painful truth about being gay at Canada’s largest Christian university

Trinity Western’s covenant and the queer students it hurts

By Layla Cameron • April 12, 2017 at 5:06 pm EDT
Power

Why did Canada take days to respond to the reported Chechen deaths?

Why did Canada take days to respond to the reported Chechen deaths?

Foreign affairs minister tells Xtra she’s ‘looking into ways’ to support LGBT Russians

By Dylan C Robertson • April 11, 2017 at 7:20 pm EDT
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The two-spirit artists breaking down the colonial narrative for Canada 150

The two-spirit artists breaking down the colonial narrative for Canada 150

UnSettled will feature the works of 17 two-spirit artists at the 2017 Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver

By Chahira Merarsi • March 24, 2017 at 5:33 pm EDT
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