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Opinion

Ten interesting facts about the queer women of history

Ten interesting facts about the queer women of history

The value isn’t in their names — it’s in their stories

By Jeremy Willard • December 21, 2016 at 2:02 pm EDT

Tips for bringing your same-sex partner home for the holidays

Tips for bringing your same-sex partner home for the holidays

Meeting the family for the first time doesn’t have to be an ordeal

Created for ManPlay • December 20, 2016 at 5:14 pm EDT
Opinion

How queer femmes made friends with the internet

How queer femmes made friends with the internet

For queer femmes, being online can create safe spaces to meet friends and form lasting relationships

By Andi Schwartz • December 20, 2016 at 11:02 am EDT
Opinion

A year in review 2016: It’s been a bad year

A year in review 2016: It’s been a bad year

Taking a look back at the stories that defined and defeated our community

By Arshy Mann • December 13, 2016 at 9:02 am EDT
Health

Toronto sex shop launches new website to help trans youth buy gear

Toronto sex shop launches new website to help trans youth buy gear

Safe-for-work site, owned by Come As You Are, is more parent- and firewall-friendly

By Jeremy Willard • December 9, 2016 at 4:00 pm EDT
Opinion

Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain

Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain

Damaging tropes about black masculinity overshadow positive narratives about being black and queer

By Cicely-Belle Blain • December 9, 2016 at 11:47 am EDT
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Opinion

When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap

When queer sexual mentorship comes in the form of cling wrap

Samantha was beautiful and young. I doubt sex with her had anything to teach me

By Katie Sly • December 8, 2016 at 12:17 pm EDT

What are you really saying when you ask, ‘where are you from?’

What are you really saying when you ask, ‘where are you from?’

Toronto-based WAYF Collective seeks to empower Asian-identified youth

Created for Where Are You From Collective • December 8, 2016 at 10:09 am EDT
Opinion

How a homophobic 20th-century book conjured up the ghosts of Paris’ queer past

How a homophobic 20th-century book conjured up the ghosts of Paris’ queer past

From parties, decadence and resistance, Le Troisième Sexe is a valuable if unintentional glimpse into gay nightlife

By Michael Lyons • December 6, 2016 at 2:11 pm EDT
Love & Sex

Is asexuality a sexual orientation?

Is asexuality a sexual orientation?

What we still don’t know about people who don’t want sex

By Niko Bell • November 29, 2016 at 4:40 pm EDT
Opinion

How my princess got to be a slut

How my princess got to be a slut

A true story of innocence, HIV and growing up

By Kevin Moroso • November 25, 2016 at 7:30 pm EDT
Opinion

When your client wants to take drugs during sex (Part 1)

When your client wants to take drugs during sex (Part 1)

For some, taking drugs together heightens the sexual experience. For others, it’s the only way to enjoy it

By Devon Delacroix • November 25, 2016 at 6:34 pm EDT
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Opinion

What do you say when you’re offered a young consenting houseboy?

What do you say when you’re offered a young consenting houseboy?

His brown puppy dog eyes said, ‘please sir, won’t you take me home?’

By Kevin Dale McKeown • November 24, 2016 at 6:29 pm EDT
Power

Gay Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes denies all allegations of sexual assault

Gay Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes denies all allegations of sexual assault

Defence suggests student was gay and sought advice from Hawkes after Hawkes decided to quit teaching

By Matthew DiMera • November 17, 2016 at 11:32 pm EDT
Power

HIV activists form Canadian coalition to fight criminalization

HIV activists form Canadian coalition to fight criminalization

Aggravated sexual assault convictions for HIV non-disclosure are unjust, members say

By Rob Easton • November 14, 2016 at 7:15 pm EDT

Queer men in Ontario can finally get the HPV vaccination

Queer men in Ontario can finally get the HPV vaccination

Men who have sex with men vastly overrepresented in cases of cancers linked to HPV

Created for The AIDS Network • November 14, 2016 at 1:49 pm EDT
Power

Burnaby teen remembered as a free spirit and beloved friend

Burnaby teen remembered as a free spirit and beloved friend

RCMP investigating Oliver Zamarripa’s death as suspicious, appealing to public for more information

By Vincent Matak • November 10, 2016 at 7:02 pm EDT
Power

Richmond school board responds to reports of homophobia

Richmond school board responds to reports of homophobia

Trustees move forward with stand-alone policy after students demand action

By Nathaniel Christopher • November 9, 2016 at 6:01 pm EDT
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