Power

Pro-Putin conductor Valery Gergiev scheduled to perform in Toronto this November

An LGBT advocacy group is asking Roy Thomson Hall to cancel the performance

By Arshy Mann

Politics

NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton pledges to fight transphobia, gender-based violence through government action

Pledging $500 million of federal funding devoted to a national strategy

By Arshy Mann

Arts

How an all-male burlesque troupe danced its way into Toronto’s queer entertainment scene

BoylesqueTO shows are sexy, political and showcase men of all body types

By Chris Dupuis

Power

Chechen leader says gay men should be taken to Canada ‘to purify our blood’

‘They are devils. They are for sale. They are not people,’ Ramzan Kadyrov said in an interview with Real Sports

By Arshy Mann

Power

An Ontario preschool rejected a child because their parents are gay — and it’s totally legal

The Ontario Human Rights Code includes an exemption that allows religious organizations to legally discriminate

By Arshy Mann

Hard Labour

I wore a snowmobile suit and winter boots for a sex-work client (Part 2)

By Devon Delacroix

Opinion

The complicated journey towards identity as a gay Canadian man of colour

I’ve grown up trying to navigate what it means to be gay, male, Chinese and Canadian. It turns out I can be everything

Opinion

What nobody tells you about being a trans woman of colour author

When mainstream media decides to make public figures out of us, you learn that rising to the top is lonely

By Kai Cheng Thom

Hard Labour

I wore a snowmobile suit and winter boots for a sex-work client (Part 1)

By Devon Delacroix

Opinion

Stop using pseudoscience and sex shaming to argue against PrEP

Maclean’s just published an anti-scientific article on PrEP

By Niko Bell

This organization is bringing queer media to rural Alberta

When you can’t find representation at home, OUTReels brings it to you

Created for Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival

Opinion

What can Trudeau celebrate at his second Toronto Pride as prime minister?

He’ll have to match his rhetoric with actions in Parliament if he wants the continued support of LGBT Canadians

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

How Facebook helped me reconcile my sexuality as a queer Arab man

I had spent years avoiding overt statements of my sexuality on social media, but I couldn’t hide any longer

By Mike Miksche

Power

Canada has finally passed a trans-rights bill

Bill C-16 would protect gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Code

By Arshy Mann

Power

The Canadian government will apologize to the LGBT community by the end of 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement at a rainbow and trans flag-raising ceremony on Parliament Hill

By Arshy Mann

Power

Yukon passes trans-rights bill

Trans people now protected from discrimination and can legally change gender in all provinces and territories

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Trudeau government fumbles on criminal justice reform again

Is the Department of Justice asleep at the wheel?

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

The political rebellion of being black and non-binary

Within black communities, there is little room for gender non-conformity. For me it’s essential to my survival

By Cicely-Belle Blain