Mandatory anti-homophobia policies were just the beginning

By Frederick Blichert

What some students want to know but don’t know how to ask about HIV

Members of a non-profit group are sharing their sexual health stories with students in a Vancouver suburb

Created for Heart of Richmond AIDS Society

Power

How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms

I spent my teens trying to embrace my identity. When I finally came out there was a whole community of people like me

By Cicely-Belle Blain

Power

Trinity Western law school would be an affront to LGBT equality, Supreme Court hears

Don’t disregard or discount the school’s LGBT students, Egale argues

By Arshy Mann

Power

Supreme Court justices joust with Trinity Western over homophobic covenant

Canada’s largest Christian university starts hearings in highest court

By Arshy Mann

History

Why queer history is a radical act of remembering

Queer history has never been a straight line. It’s haphazard, it’s lost annotations and stories passed down through the ages

By Michael Lyons

Opinion

Provinces need to do their homework when it comes to protecting LGBT kids in school

Alberta’s new gay-straight alliance law is a step in the right direction, but gaps remain nationwide

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Chilliwack trustee’s ignorant comments show the limits of religion in public life

What Barry Neufeld has in common with Quebec’s new niqab ban

By Arshy Mann

Power

Parents are standing up for LGBT-inclusive education in BC’s Bible Belt

Langley has become a battleground between supporters and opponents of LGBT-friendly education

By Hannah Ackeral

Education

Langley school board won’t let opposition derail its support for LGBT students

The parents’ objections don’t ‘hold water morally or scientifically,’ says education advocate

By Chahira Merarsi

Power

This student was called a racial slur then stuffed into a recycling bin

So why didn’t his school intervene sooner to protect him?

By James Goldie

Power

Abbotsford’s new LGBT policy doesn’t go far enough, says educator

‘Listen to what the students actually need,’ urges former Mouat Secondary student

By Chahira Merarsi

Power

The painful truth about being gay at Canada’s largest Christian university

Trinity Western’s covenant and the queer students it hurts

By Layla Cameron

Power

Richmond inches toward protecting LGBT students

School board chair does not expect district to comply with BC order until June

By Chahira Merarsi

Power

Should private schools be allowed to discriminate against LGBT families in BC?

The Liberals’ order to protect LGBT students doesn’t apply to admissions policies for religious schools, Xtra has learned

By Tessa Vikander

Power

Ten percent of BC school districts missed deadline for new LGBT policy

How will independent schools fare under new policy?

By Tessa Vikander

Power

Advocacy group wants coin, stamp, to celebrate 50 years of gay decriminalization

Canadian government curtailed buggery and gross indecency charges in 1969, though arrests continued

By Dylan C Robertson

Education

Vancouver protesters rally against LGBT-inclusive school program

How a small BC pilot project is creating queer-friendly schools

How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms

Trinity Western law school would be an affront to LGBT equality, Supreme Court hears

Supreme Court justices joust with Trinity Western over homophobic covenant

Why queer history is a radical act of remembering

Provinces need to do their homework when it comes to protecting LGBT kids in school

Chilliwack trustee’s ignorant comments show the limits of religion in public life

Parents are standing up for LGBT-inclusive education in BC’s Bible Belt

Langley school board won’t let opposition derail its support for LGBT students

This student was called a racial slur then stuffed into a recycling bin

Abbotsford’s new LGBT policy doesn’t go far enough, says educator

The painful truth about being gay at Canada’s largest Christian university

Richmond inches toward protecting LGBT students

Should private schools be allowed to discriminate against LGBT families in BC?

Ten percent of BC school districts missed deadline for new LGBT policy

Advocacy group wants coin, stamp, to celebrate 50 years of gay decriminalization