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Canada

Why this Nova Scotia boxer’s acquittal is big news for Canadian HIV criminalization
Analysis

Why this Nova Scotia boxer’s acquittal is big news for Canadian HIV criminalization

By Niko Bell
Sex workers are dying and the Trudeau Liberals are doing nothing
Opinion

Sex workers are dying and the Trudeau Liberals are doing nothing

The Liberals can’t say they’re fighting sexual violence while they maintain the status quo on sex work laws

By Arshy Mann
The social conservatives have taken back the PC party. Now they’re coming for Ontario
Opinion

The social conservatives have taken back the PC party. Now they’re coming for Ontario

If PC leader Doug Ford becomes premier, many of the gains made on LGBT rights will be under threat

By Arshy Mann
Why is Facebook censoring Vancouver’s Dyke March?
Opinion

Why is Facebook censoring Vancouver’s Dyke March?

Social media channels have a bad habit of going after marginalized communities

By Arshy Mann
When a one-on-one encounter becomes a ménage à quatre
Hard Labour

When a one-on-one encounter becomes a ménage à quatre

Tricks often think of sex workers as fuck machines up for anything — that doesn’t mean you can surprise us with additional parties

By Devon Delacroix
Bruce McArthur charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Skanda Navaratnam
Power

Bruce McArthur charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Skanda Navaratnam

Navaratnam was one of the three missing men whose disappearance was investigated by Project Houston

By Arshy Mann
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Why Facebook won’t let this gay artist change his band’s name to something gayer
Music

Why Facebook won’t let this gay artist change his band’s name to something gayer

‘Get me Zuckerberg, I will kiss him, I will make him believe it,’ musician Will Riley says

By Arshy Mann
Welcome to the ridiculous hellscape that is the Progressive Conservative leadership race
Opinion

Welcome to the ridiculous hellscape that is the Progressive Conservative leadership race

How often can a social conservative say “anal sex” with a straight face?

By Arshy Mann
Bermuda just banned same-sex marriage
Power

Bermuda just banned same-sex marriage

Toronto gay couple who won the right to marriage in the island say this isn’t the end of the fight

By Rob Salerno
David Shannon’s journalism and activist legacy lives on in Montreal’s queer community
Power

David Shannon’s journalism and activist legacy lives on in Montreal’s queer community

Shannon passed away on Feb 2, 2018

By Matthew Hays
Ontario Progressive Conservative reset could come with an LGBT advocate
Opinion

Ontario Progressive Conservative reset could come with an LGBT advocate

If she wins, Christine Elliott’s return to provincial politics could turn the page on the party’s history of homophobia

By Rob Salerno
It’s not just police who have something to answer for in the wake of Toronto’s serial murders
Opinion

It’s not just police who have something to answer for in the wake of Toronto’s serial murders

Our institutions are all complicit in turning a blind eye to the most vulnerable

By Arshy Mann
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Why role-play is more complex than you think
Hard Labour

Why role-play is more complex than you think

From language, limits and safewords, each situation has its own set of unique challenges

By Devon Delacroix
Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home
Power

Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home

A year after her last reprieve, Angela is once again facing deportation to a country where being gay is illegal

By Derek Brown
Patrick Brown’s fall will give social conservatives hope to rise again in Ontario
Opinion

Patrick Brown’s fall will give social conservatives hope to rise again in Ontario

The homophobic elements of the Progressive Conservatives are lying in wait

By Arshy Mann
Bruce McArthur, charged with two murders, dated missing man Skanda Navaratnam: source
Power

Bruce McArthur, charged with two murders, dated missing man Skanda Navaratnam: source

Navaratnam was last seen leaving a bar in Toronto’s gay village in September 2010

By Arshy Mann
Andrew Kinsman’s sisters remember their little brother as kind and dependable
Power

Andrew Kinsman’s sisters remember their little brother as kind and dependable

Police allege Kinsman was murdered by Bruce McArthur after disappearing from Toronto’s gay village

By Arshy Mann
Man charged with murder of two gay Toronto men makes first court appearance
Power

Man charged with murder of two gay Toronto men makes first court appearance

Bruce McArthur is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman

By Arshy Mann
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