Tim McCaskell and Shakir Rahim talk Toronto’s bathhouse raids, the Bruce McArthur case and the marginalization of queer and trans people of colour
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Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing
Activist Tim McCaskell on how reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation
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Peppa Pig is officially a queer icon
Her debut album is the gayest thing since Mr Ratburn’s wedding
Catherine Hernandez on allyship and fighting white supremacy
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I stood out, and not in the way that Hollywood embraced
What matters most to Black queer Americans
Takeaways from the LGB+ Black Census, the largest survey of Black people since the Reconstruction era