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Censorship

This controversial advocacy group has a connection to Alberta’s new school library standards

This controversial advocacy group has a connection to Alberta’s new school library standards

ANALYSIS: Alberta referenced a book rating website with ties to Moms For Liberty, report says

By Mel Woods • July 14, 2025 at 4:35 pm EDT
Censorship

New Alberta school library standards ban ‘sexually explicit’ books

New Alberta school library standards ban ‘sexually explicit’ books

After previously flagging several LGBTQ2S+ titles as “inappropriate,” the province says schools must remove “sexually explicit” books by Oct. 1

By Mel Woods • July 10, 2025 at 4:42 pm EDT
Politics

Allies have a place in Parliament. It’s not in the Pride Caucus

Allies have a place in Parliament. It’s not in the Pride Caucus

OPINION: Maintaining the Parliamentary Pride Caucus as a space for queer and trans people is key to its original intent

By Dale Smith • July 10, 2025 at 12:43 pm EDT
Politics

Trump’s mass firing of conservation workers is making nature less gay

Trump’s mass firing of conservation workers is making nature less gay

National park closures threaten the space that queer people have carved for themselves outdoors

By Alice Boyle • July 10, 2025 at 10:22 am EDT
Politics

Trump’s ban on passport gender marker changes is on hold—for now

Trump’s ban on passport gender marker changes is on hold—for now

ANALYSIS: A temporary window has opened for trans Americans to get documents that accurately match their gender identity.

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • July 8, 2025 at 5:34 pm EDT
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Our new email newsletter will bring you one great story every week

By Mel Woods • July 8, 2025 at 12:44 pm EDT
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TV & Film

Where is Cynthia Nixon in the evolution of Miranda Hobbes?

Where is Cynthia Nixon in the evolution of Miranda Hobbes?

OPINION: There should be butches in the “And Just Like That …” universe

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • July 7, 2025 at 10:53 am EDT
Censorship

China is cracking down on gay fiction and erotica writers

China is cracking down on gay fiction and erotica writers

ANALYSIS: Danmei authors say they have been increasingly targeted with arrests and censorship

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • July 3, 2025 at 1:54 pm EDT
TV & Film

In defence of ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ and its straight host

In defence of ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ and its straight host

OPINION: Netflix’s “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” just wrapped another mess-heavy season. Host JoAnna Garcia Swisher may be the key to the future of queer reality TV

By Mel Woods • July 3, 2025 at 11:55 am EDT
Books

‘Hot Girls with Balls’ is deliciously, painfully online

‘Hot Girls with Balls’ is deliciously, painfully online

Benedict Nguyễn’s debut novel is both tender and ruthless about the frictions of being internet famous

By H Felix Chau Bradley • July 1, 2025 at 9:18 am EDT
Pride

Hungary’s prime minister tried to ban Pride. Thousands showed up anyway

Hungary’s prime minister tried to ban Pride. Thousands showed up anyway

Despite Viktor Orbán’s right-wing populist government banning Pride, Budapest might have just had the largest Pride parade in its history

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • June 30, 2025 at 4:30 pm EDT
Justice

Alberta government will challenge injunction against gender-affirming care ban

Alberta government will challenge injunction against gender-affirming care ban

ANALYSIS: Egale and Skipping Stone celebrated last week’s injunction ruling as a win for trans rights. But the Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled that she plans to battle further in court

By Mel Woods • June 30, 2025 at 2:02 pm EDT
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Culture

What does an assault story look like in 2025?

What does an assault story look like in 2025?

 “Sorry, Baby,” “John Proctor Is the Villain” and “Trauma Plot” are changing the narrative about rape stories by reflecting how it hasn’t changed

By Lindsay Lee Wallace • June 30, 2025 at 1:49 pm EDT
Activism

This Pride Month, the stakes are clear

This Pride Month, the stakes are clear

OPINION: An encampment eviction has exposed a divide in Toronto’s queer community. The problem is deeper than it seems

By KC Hoard • June 27, 2025 at 1:40 pm EDT
Pride

Trump’s attack on DEI isn’t Pride Toronto’s only major problem

Trump’s attack on DEI isn’t Pride Toronto’s only major problem

ANALYSIS: One of Canada’s largest Prides has scrambled to cover sponsor losses, and some wonder if that was inevitable

By Kevin Hurren • June 26, 2025 at 2:39 pm EDT
Politics

What are we really talking about when we talk about ‘political violence’?

What are we really talking about when we talk about ‘political violence’?

ANALYSIS: The vast majority of political violence in America is coming from the right wing, and is aimed at marginalized people

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • June 26, 2025 at 1:41 pm EDT
Politics

Zohran Mamdani just showed that Democrats can talk about trans rights and win

Zohran Mamdani just showed that Democrats can talk about trans rights and win

ANALYSIS: The 33-year-old is set to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary with a platform explicitly advocating for trans people

By Mel Woods • June 25, 2025 at 4:57 pm EDT
Politics

The Skrmetti decision was a long time coming

The Skrmetti decision was a long time coming

The far-right campaigned to manufacture outrage over trans kids. The U.S. Supreme Court just bought into it

By Sophie Hurwitz • June 25, 2025 at 3:31 pm EDT
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