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Wilde’s moving to new location

Owner says rising rent behind move

By Julie Cruikshank

Opinion

Panegyric for Pyotr

Embracing the parts of Tchaikovsky’s life that Putin would rather forget

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Project aims to document 2,700 years of gay history

Documentary filmmaker seeking seed money for Out of History

Power

Queerstory remembers our past

Walking tour app chronicles Body Politic’s beginnings

By Andrew Jacome

Opinion

Queen Christina, the little prince

How a kickass butch woman shook up Swedish royalty

By Michael Lyons

Culture

From Russia, with hope

Two Russian films at Vancouver Queer Film Fest suggest escape is the only option

Opinion

Hangin’ out at Hanlan’s Point

The queer events that shaped Toronto’s clothing-optional beach

Opinion

Experienced seamen needed!

From 1950 to 1980, the British Merchant Navy was a gay man’s heaven

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

On this day in Quistory

A year after founding Quist, Sarah Prager reflects on a lifelong interest in queer history

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

Kabuki all-stars

The rich and sexually confusing traditions of Japanese theatre

By Michael Lyons

Power

Morocco: Convictions of men arrested for sodomy upheld

Defendants say they were forced to make incriminating statements

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

Why Russell Brand is the greatest celeb gay ally

Opinion

Portrait of a spy

18th-century diplomat Chevalier d’Éon lived first as a man, then as a woman

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Queerstory app maps Toronto’s LGBT history

Surprising tales of hope and resistance come alive on self-guided walking tour

Opinion

Kiss of the spider scientist

Ferdinand Karsch-Haack challenged theories of same-sex love

By Michael Lyons

Culture

Canadian Museum of History to add gay stories to exhibit

Museum partnering with Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives to fill gaps in History Hall

Opinion

The singing blade

The opera-singing, sword-fighting Julie d’Aubigny seduced both men and women

By Jeremy Willard

Mom didn’t approve

But fairy tale of lesbian love during First World War survived

By Danny Glenwright

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