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History

Petition for new West End plan
Culture

Petition for new West End plan

The ‘goal is to get full and proper community consultation’: organizer

By Shauna Lewis
Lesbian city councillor on hunger strike
Power

Lesbian city councillor on hunger strike

Ellen Woodsworth calls on federal government to re-establish a National Housing Program

By Lucy Gotell
Students stage gay rights sit-in at basketball game
Education

Students stage gay rights sit-in at basketball game

By Lina Harper
How the Second World War changed gay life
Power

How the Second World War changed gay life

During the war, gays and lesbians fought, survived and transformed their worlds

By Nick Taylor-Vaisey
Saskatchewan archive honours gay man
Power

Saskatchewan archive honours gay man

Neil Richards has spent his life collecting queer materials

By Robin Perelle
Recalling Toronto’s forgotten gay bars
Culture

Recalling Toronto’s forgotten gay bars

Bars, clubs and hangouts played a unique role in gay and lesbian history in 20th-century Toronto

By Xtra Staff
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How Canada tried to purge its queers
Power

How Canada tried to purge its queers

‘It really does punch a hole in the master narrative of Canada being nice’: Kinsman

By Jeremy Hainsworth
City council approves Bidwell St rezoning application
Power

City council approves Bidwell St rezoning application

But Woodsworth says community consultation needed

By Shauna Lewis
Rae calls it a day
Toronto

Rae calls it a day

By Matt Mills
Police reluctant to force homeless into shelters
Power

Police reluctant to force homeless into shelters

‘If there is over-resistance, we will back away and disengage’: Chu

By Jeremy Hainsworth
Wrecking Ball challenges arts cuts
Culture

Wrecking Ball challenges arts cuts

Vancouver hosts protest cabaret at the Vogue

By Shauna Lewis
Indigenous activist Jessica Yee talks theory, practice and making progress
Power

Indigenous activist Jessica Yee talks theory, practice and making progress

Working the intersections, differences and overlaps toward real liberation

By Luna Allison
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What socialism has to say about the gay struggle
Power

What socialism has to say about the gay struggle

Chatting with lesbian activist Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality & Socialism

By Marcus McCann
Bent examines the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany
Culture

Bent examines the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany

Theatre company partners with GRIS-Montreal for latest production

By Deanne Smith
Obama announces end of HIV travel ban
Power

Obama announces end of HIV travel ban

Changes to take effect within 60 days

By Michael K Lavers
Let my people go
Power

Let my people go

Toronto Star story on the gaybourhood suspiciously incomplete

By Matt Mills
Lawyer known for anti-gay cases seeks school board seat
Power

Lawyer known for anti-gay cases seeks school board seat

Cindy Silver running in North Vancouver by-election

By Jeremy Hainsworth
Montreal’s oldest gay bar to close its doors
Culture

Montreal’s oldest gay bar to close its doors

Le Mystique will change hands and then fold

By Matthew Hays
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