Three large corporate sponsors, including Nissan Canada, have walked back support of this year’s festival

Non-binary illustrator En Tze Loh’s involvement was limited to a single item sold online. Other artists say they also have been affected

A new bill introduced in the Missouri state legislature shows how far state governments are willing to go to dictate what private companies can and cannot say

Plus a short film on Ukraine, “Girlfriends” by Emily Zhou and I Put A Spell On You Broadway fundraiser

“The data here is emblematic of a tidal wave shift that is coming with the younger generation”

His new star-studded memoir dishes deflection and reflection in equal measure

The playwright, filmmaker, performer and now business leader discusses how he is shining a light for those less privileged

Indie news outlets are caught in the middle of a fight between giant corporations, legacy media and the Canadian government

This year, LGBTQ2S+ Pride marketing encountered a backlash like no other. But the lessons learned might transform it into something better going forward.

In the 1980s, hundreds of feminist restaurants and cafés dotted the U.S. Though most are gone, a new generation is embracing their queer spirit

4 queer and trans stories we’re watching: May 31

5 queer and trans stories we’re following: May 23

A five-year-long legal dispute between owners of Steamworks comes at a time when gay bathhouses are reinventing themselves

Do men in towels want to dance? See a show? Or just search for sex?

OPINION: The e-commerce giant has refused repeated calls to deplatform a known hate group. When will they do the right thing?

Will Simon & Schuster’s conservative bent infect the more welcoming Penguin Random House?

New report examines queer and trans experiences in the workplace

Anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate groups, however, reportedly got millions in pandemic loans

Business

Multiple Toronto Pride sponsors back out amid DEI backlash

Artists call out Target after company scales back Pride collection

Why state boycott bills matter for queer rights

A corporate podcast and a science fiction novel among Bear’s latest recommendations?

New survey breaks down how LGBTQ2S+ consumers respond to boycotts

Bejewelled and beguiled: meet businessman and philanthropist Salah Bachir

Meet D’Arcy Drollinger, the world’s first Drag Laureate

Why 2023 was a transformational year in how companies do Pride marketing

Enjoying the legacy of feminist restaurants and cafés

Twitter hate speech, students put on LGBTQ2S+ play, advocates urge corporations to stand up for queer people, Pride Demon shirts

Dodgers reinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Mexico allows ‘X’ gender passports, Utah named most closeted state, trans prom held at the U.S. Capitol and Bud Light brewers lose perfect HRC rating

Inside the nasty battle to control North America’s biggest bathhouse brand

While Steamworks’ owners duke it out, the bathhouse industry is trying to reinvent itself

By refusing to drop Libs of TikTok, Shopify is selling hate

How a proposed book publishing merger will further marginalize LGBTQ2S+ authors across the English-speaking world

More than 50 percent of LGBTQ2S+ employees aren’t comfortable being out at work

LGBTQ2S+ businesses were disproportionately hurt by the pandemic, but less likely to receive help