6 news stories impacting LGBTQ2S+ folk today

The court case comes amidst a nationwide sperm-donor shortage, which has left many Canadian queer families, single women and people experiencing infertility in the lurch

OPINION: Conservatives are trying to protect political belief on human-rights grounds, betraying the whole reason human rights protections exist

Celeste Trianon talks youth activism, trans rights and and what lies ahead

Catching up with Desjarlais on his—very busy—first year in Parliament

While chest binders can reduce gender dysphoria, they can be expensive and difficult to access in more rural areas

OPINION: Defunding the police is a matter of queer safety

After more than 30 years, the queer-coded album still thrills

Despite the incidents, the owners intend to continuously display the Pride flag

The non-partisan caucus has brought queer leaders together, but their goals aren’t clear just yet

A trans-led research team spent a year compiling data from hundreds of survey responses

Victoria Scone, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Ra’Jah O’Hara dished it all ahead of this week’s finale

The project hopes to alleviate the loneliness and alienation the youth might face during the winter

From Carly Rae Jepsen to Destin Conrad, here are the songs we couldn’t stop listening to this year

“Many people predicted something like this would happen”

The openly lesbian cabinet minister says she’s not afraid to push back on issues that matter to her

From Cherelle T. Griner, Amy Schneider and drag performers on the front lines to Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk and the Freedom Convoy, we’ve rounded up the best and the worst of 2022

Many LGBTQ2S+ advocates believe there is still a lot of work to do beyond the latest efforts of reconciliation

Canada

Celebrating more inclusion on ‘The Sims,’ anti-trans bills killed in Virginia and Finland’s gender update—just a few of the stories we’re tracking this week

Gay man sues Health Canada over discriminatory sperm-donation policies

No, Conservatives, you aren’t being discriminated against

Montreal trans activist was a key organizer of a recent protest at McGill

Two-Spirit NDP MP Blake Desjarlais on trans rights, oil and gas companies, diversity and inclusion work and more

These queer organizations are providing free binders to people in New Brunswick

Last year, B.C. police killed 14 people, including queer activist and organizer Dani Cooper

The deviant, danceable liberation of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult’s ‘Sexplosion!’

Nova Scotia town rallies around queer-owned store after its Pride flags were repeatedly vandalized

Queer MPs and senators across the political spectrum come together in Canadian Pride Caucus

Trans Sask releases the first detailed look at the province’s trans community

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ finalists talk poutine, edibles and what it would mean to win

Two-Spirit youth gift-giving project demonstrates the power of community care

Our favourite queer and trans songs of 2022

Trans student’s suicide at Redeemer University sparks demands for change

Minister Pascale St-Onge says ‘more work to be done’ on sport inclusivity

Righteous Queens and Shady Bitches of 2022

Twenty years after gay bathhouse raid, Calgary police promise reconciliation