Power

AIDS Awareness Week begins in Ottawa

NDP MP Olivia Chow and Health Minister Rona Ambrose to attend World AIDS Day gala

By Adrienne Ascah

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Moscow: Gay club comes under attack for second time in a week

Report says ‘harmful gas’ sprayed into Central Station

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

World AIDS Day award will honour gay activist from Cameroon

Alternatives-Cameroon works with LGBT people in ‘profoundly hostile’ country

By Andrea Houston

Arts

Vancouver’s Rainbow Concert Band members appreciate their eclectic mix

Reconnecting, note by note

By Stacy Thomas

Culture

What makes them beautiful

Two English actors reenact a YouTube comment fight

By Michael Lyons

Travel

Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories

Tales of encounters on the road, some porn-worthy, some simply charged with the sweet spark of unrequited romance

By LoAnn Halden

Culture

The Village that never sleeps

As a commercial artery, Vancouver’s Davie Street has everything

By Tony Correia

Power

Talking LGBT issues with Toronto Centre’s Conservative candidate

Xtra sits down with Geoff Pollock ahead of federal by-election

By Andrea Houston

Culture

Gods of the stadium

New calendar takes athletes off the field and into your home

By Taylor Parsons

Power

Mariela Castro receives LGBT award in Montreal

Daughter of Cuban President reflects on LGBT civil rights in Cuba and abroad

By Richard Burnett

Power

Svend Robinson’s legacy

Former MP’s first authorized biography mixes personal tales with principled drama

By Gareth Kirkby

Travel

Nice, Marseille and Côte d’Azur

A two-hour drive along the French Riviera

By Aefa Mulholland

Power

North Carolina: Small group protests school’s anti-gay policy

School says it could ban students from homes with homosexual or bisexual activity

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Obama signs bill to end ban on research into HIV organ transplants

HOPE Act could lead to transplants from one HIV-positive person to another

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

Gay Cup celebration planned in Regina for Grey Cup weekend

Regina’s gay nightclub Q is ready to cheer the home team

By D Grant Black

Power

McQuaig and Freeland square off in Toronto Centre debate

By-election to replace Bob Rae will be held Nov 25

By Andrea Houston

Messed-up Creeps

Check out this Indiegogo project to help fund Guinevere Turner’s gay new film project

By Ryan English

Power

Hong Kong lesbian lives shaped by money and space

New book by UBC grad looks at ‘Hong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life’

By Niko Bell