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Alberta

Alberta’s teachers registry is outing trans teachers
Power

Alberta’s teachers registry is outing trans teachers

OPINION: Trans teachers already face many barriers. Registries with their deadnames are another hurdle

By j wallace skelton
Meet the queer voices taking the Canadian Country Music Awards by storm
Music

Meet the queer voices taking the Canadian Country Music Awards by storm

Slowly but surely, things are improving for queer Canadians in country music

By Dan Clapson
A busy intersection in Edmonton has been dominated by homophobic street preachers for years
Activism

A busy intersection in Edmonton has been dominated by homophobic street preachers for years

At the city’s Pride Corner, a group of queer counter protestors is trying to drown out the hate

By Pamela Young
How Alberta GSAs are supporting LGBTQ2 youth during COVID-19
Your Communities in Action

How Alberta GSAs are supporting LGBTQ2 youth during COVID-19

The creative ways queer and trans students are connecting during the pandemic—from Zoom calls to Instagram board games

By Erica Lenti
Inside Jason Kenney’s anti-LGBTQ2 Alberta
Politics

Inside Jason Kenney’s anti-LGBTQ2 Alberta

In a relatively queer-friendly country, the province remains an outlier under Kenney’s power

By Michael Ott
UCP dissolves group tasked with banning conversion therapy in Alberta
Power

UCP dissolves group tasked with banning conversion therapy in Alberta

Jason Kenney’s government says it’s not a ‘valid health service’

By Arvin Joaquin
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Alberta students to protest UCP’s stance on GSAs
Gay-Straight Alliance

Alberta students to protest UCP’s stance on GSAs

What you need to know about the walkout

By Arvin Joaquin
Jason Kenney is Alberta’s new premier. What does it mean for LGBTQ2 people?
Politics

Jason Kenney is Alberta’s new premier. What does it mean for LGBTQ2 people?

We dig into his track record, his party’s promises and his new MLAs to find out

By Arvin Joaquin
Inside GSAs, where kids learn to ‘talk gay’
Feature

Inside GSAs, where kids learn to ‘talk gay’

Nearly a decade ago, I started a Gay-Straight Alliance. I went back to high school to find out why they still matter

By Erica Lenti
Xtra Weekly: Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ2 students
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ2 students

Queer pets, Straight men’s cuddling clubs, and Cardi B. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, March 29

By Arvin Joaquin
How Edmonton became a political battleground for queer students’ rights
Alberta

How Edmonton became a political battleground for queer students’ rights

Religious conservatism has long dominated the politics of Edmonton, but a day of reckoning might be on the horizon for the religious right

By Michael Ott
Adrian Stimson’s gender bending Buffalo Boy takes aim at colonialism

Adrian Stimson’s gender bending Buffalo Boy takes aim at colonialism

The artist celebrates two-spirit identity on screen

Created for Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival
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Doug Ford and Jason Kenney can’t slay the homophobic monsters they helped create
Opinion

Doug Ford and Jason Kenney can’t slay the homophobic monsters they helped create

Social conservatives are a resurgent force in Albertan and Ontarian politics

By Arshy Mann
How Pride became a business — and lost its soul along the way
Pride

How Pride became a business — and lost its soul along the way

Here’s what Canadian Prides are doing to vet sponsors. Is it enough?

By Rebecca Rose
Calgary’s cowboys, mountains and Pride
Travel

Calgary’s cowboys, mountains and Pride

Calgary Pride celebrations will take place Aug 28–Sept 7, 2015

By Rob Salerno
Gay man among five people killed in Calgary mass murder
Power

Gay man among five people killed in Calgary mass murder

Lawrence Hong was so cheerful and ‘so dedicated’: Fairy Tales director

By Douglas Boyce
Calgary: Gay men allege police are targeting them for using park for hookups
Power

Calgary: Gay men allege police are targeting them for using park for hookups

Police deny they are singling out any particular group of people

By Natasha Barsotti
Edmonton
Travel

Edmonton

Alberta’s hip, active city has a strong pioneering spirit

By Rob Salerno
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