Power

Students forbidden from distributing condoms in frosh kits

No complaints about longstanding policy, New Brunswick university says

By Marcus McCann

Power

Scott Brison on Halifax, China and Colombia

By dale_smith

Power

Critics track Canadian fallout from Vienna AIDS conference

Vaccine money reallocated; Canada refuses to sign harm reduction statement

By Dale Smith

Canada

Liberals mark five years of same-sex marriage

By dale_smith

Health

Next on the chopping block: affirmative action

By dale_smith

Power

RCMP investigation into officer’s alleged homophobic graffiti questioned

RCMP says Lake Cowichan man has no proof

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Power

Unarmed man shot by police in New Jersey cruising area

Officer ‘feared for his life’ after being propositioned for sex

By Mark Sullivan

Power

City election puts Church-Gloucester 25-storey development on hold

Kyle Rae opposed original proposal; BIA hasn’t committed

By Allison Martell

Power

Fred Phelps’ son gets new job: promoting atheism and battling homophobia

Son of ‘God Hates Fags’ preacher likes Lady Gaga and wants more gay bars in Calgary

By Neil McKinnon

Power

Can Canada’s queer community sponsor more queer refugees?

Kenney asks community to step up, but it’s not that simple, say queer groups

By Dale Smith

Power

Hanging with sexual outlaws at San Francisco Pride

What happens when Pride organizations kowtow to respectability?

By Regan McClure

Power

Halifax Pride honours Robin Metcalfe

2010 grand marshal has long history of gay activism

By Simon Thibault

Arts

Fox News dreams up lesbian prison rape fantasy for Lindsay Lohan

Homo-ness, physical violence conflated to induce straight terror, desire

By Lisa Foad

Arts

Bruce LaBruce’s latest gay zombie film banned in Australia, but that’s a good thing, he says

‘Once you do this, you’ve guaranteed that people will want to see it,’ says the Toronto filmmaker

By Matthew Hays

Canada

Yay and yawn: Canada-wide gay marriage, five years later

By Lina Harper

Video

Cyndi Lauper on the news, blues and her gay fans

Xtra talked with Lauper at Toronto Pride, where she performed from her new album, Memphis Blues

By Xtra

Culture

Bike curious? Montreal’s queer bike shop can help

From lesbian haircuts to co-producing the Bicycle Film Festival, shop carves out a niche in Montreal

By Deanne Smith

Power

Elaine McCoy is one of four holding back a Conservative majority in the Senate

McCoy speaks out against Tories’ tough-on-crime agenda and drug policies

By Dale Smith