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Love Like Mine

One love story told two ways

One love story told two ways

“I think I’m trans, too,” I said. “That’s okay,” he said, “I know.”

By Dylan Morrison, Rowan Morrison • December 4, 2018 at 6:01 pm EDT
People Like Me

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

I found my own courage when Ellen Morgan came out as gay

By Lindsay Curtis • November 30, 2018 at 1:55 pm EDT
People Like Me

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

A possibility for trans love that is rarely realized

By Gwen Benaway • November 16, 2018 at 11:33 am EDT
Health

New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination

New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination

Sperm donors must refrain from having sex with men for six months prior

By Rob Salerno • November 8, 2018 at 4:38 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Keeping outdated laws in the Code still have negative implications for queer people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
Hard Labour

I had sex with a client in a Chinese restaurant

I had sex with a client in a Chinese restaurant

‘I wasn’t sure I was in the right place’

By Devon Delacroix • October 25, 2018 at 1:45 pm EDT
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Analysis

The four ways that LGBT communities are responding to Pride Toronto welcoming back police

The four ways that LGBT communities are responding to Pride Toronto welcoming back police

Is it time to move towards a small-p pride?

By Andrea Zanin • October 19, 2018 at 5:14 pm EDT
Culture

Four short films to look out for at ImagineNATIVE 2018

Four short films to look out for at ImagineNATIVE 2018

Here are some of the films you don’t want to miss in this year’s film and media arts festival

By Xtra Staff • October 12, 2018 at 5:21 pm EDT
Coming Out

Queer and here: LGBT Canadian youth come out to immigrant families

Queer and here: LGBT Canadian youth come out to immigrant families

LGBT Canadian youth talk about coming out to a family that might have a different point of view

By Jordan Steinhauer • October 11, 2018 at 10:51 am EDT
Power

The escalating violence against LGBT people in Honduras

The escalating violence against LGBT people in Honduras

Almost 300 LGBT deaths have been reported in the last eight years

By Linda Farthing • September 24, 2018 at 6:01 pm EDT
Love Like Mine

Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love

Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love

Acknowledging that I was bisexual was the best, most radical thing I ever did

By Eleanor Wilson • September 18, 2018 at 9:10 am EDT
Opinion

Doug Ford’s attack on Charter rights should also worry LGBT people in Ontario

Doug Ford’s attack on Charter rights should also worry LGBT people in Ontario

Ford could use the notwithstanding clause to strip other rights away in the future

By Rob Salerno • September 11, 2018 at 4:40 pm EDT
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Opinion

Supreme Court victory for India’s LGBT people is only the start

Supreme Court victory for India’s LGBT people is only the start

India’s LGBT movement can be a model for other countries

By Rob Salerno • September 7, 2018 at 4:32 pm EDT
Hard Labour

My client asked me to wear a balaclava during sex

My client asked me to wear a balaclava during sex

I look more like a bike courier trying to stay warm and less of a sex worker

By Devon Delacroix • August 31, 2018 at 11:37 am EDT
Health

What does ‘undetectable’ really mean?

What does ‘undetectable’ really mean?

Things you need to know about the HIV breakthrough

By Niko Bell • August 22, 2018 at 6:03 pm EDT
Love & Sex

I met her the year they told me my love wasn’t real

I met her the year they told me my love wasn’t real

In Grade 12 I wish I knew that it was nothing new to like girls

By Allyson Aritcheta • August 8, 2018 at 5:03 pm EDT
Sex education

I’m a young gay man. Here’s how sex-ed class failed to represent students like me

I’m a young gay man. Here’s how sex-ed class failed to represent students like me

Sex ed taught me little about LGBT relationships, so I went searching on my own

By Nathan Sing • July 13, 2018 at 4:03 pm EDT
Opinion

The global far right is riding a homophobic wave

The global far right is riding a homophobic wave

From Russia to Poland to Brazil: how the far right weaponizes homophobia

By Arshy Mann • July 10, 2018 at 5:51 pm EDT
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