OPINION: There are reasons to worry that go far beyond “Straight Pride” T-shirts

What is it? Does it protect the LGBTQ2S+ community? How is it evolving to better protect queer people? Find answers to all these questions and more in this explainer

Between overwhelming wait-lists for trans-competent doctors and new virtual fees, transition-related care is becoming less accessible

ANALYSIS: Breaking down the recent White Paper on the Status of Trans and Gender Diverse People

Just 2 of the 5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 30

With anti-drag protests intensifying and spilling across borders, drag artists worldwide are losing gigs and fearing violence

Randy Boissonnault pledges to continue work on LGBTQ2S+ issues, including a special envoy

OPINION: Blaine Higgs’ push for parental rights will harm trans kids

OPINION: Whether or not he attends Pride, he’s made his indifference toward LGBTQ2S+ safety known

Christian groups that rose to prominence in last year’s Freedom Convoy have turned their “language of genocide” on LGBTQ2S+ Canadians

Attention: We’ve arrived at peak party season

Insurance costs and new safety measures are already impacting events across the country

Plus, for those in Toronto, queer music from NXNE

An increase in anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate has forced some events to cancel, while others hire more security and take up emergency training

More LGBTQ+ refugees will be resettled faster under new partnership plan

The Filipinx kulintang ensemble explores explicit desires on their second album

Ontario’s education minister says schools should “do the right thing” and celebrate Pride, but will not mandate flying the Pride flag

Drag and Lego superfan Brick Queens YVR has been sharing unique “Drag Race” fan art every day for over three years

Canada

Controversial photo ops are a warning sign of shifting conservative political goals

Your questions about free speech, answered

Months after Ontario slashed funding for virtual healthcare, trans patients are still struggling to find alternatives

Randall Garrison’s white paper on trans health and safety a call for the government to act

An F-you to drag bans from boygenius, plus two trans healthcare bans overturned

Drag artists are workers, and protests are putting them in danger

Tourism minister talks special envoy for international queer rights

New Brunswick premier’s attack on trans students is unconstitutional

Poilievre’s silence on harassment is cause for concern

Christian nationalists fuelling anti-LGBTQ2S+ agenda across Canada

Mexico City, New York, Toronto, Madrid… at which Pride in which city are you celebrating?

Feds and Fierté Canada Pride partner to disperse $1.5 million in emergency funds for Pride security

Black trans town hall, masc films, Manuel Betancourt’s ‘The Male Gazed’ and Cher, Cher, Cher

‘We’re very fearful’: Pride organizers prepare for the worst as they gear up for June festivals

Canadian government partners with Rainbow Railroad to resettle queer and trans refugees

The band Pantayo want ‘honeys to pop the booty on the dance floor’

York Catholic school board votes against flying Pride flag: students plan walkout in protest

Meet the artist who turned over 500 drag performers into Lego minifigures