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Ottawa

Today’s policing issues

It’s time for a new list of demands

By Gareth Kirkby

Culture

Back in ’77: Defacing the Queen’s goods

Two men were jailed for postering a mailbox

By Drew Rowsome

Culture

Body Politicker turned kids’ author gets nod from GG

Hugh Brewster on activism and children’s history

Power

Gay archives: Serial Survivors

Digging into the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

By Drew Rowsome

Power

Proud Life – Jane Rule: 1931 – 2007

Writer, activist and friend, Jane Rule valued community above all

By Marilyn Schuster

Toronto

Seeing through queer eyes

There are some people I’d like to thank

Culture

Playwright John Herbert’s typewriter

A look at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

By Drew Rowsome

Power

A trip down Commercial Drive’s queer memory lane

A photo essay that revisits the infamous Joe’s café and other Drive landmarks

By James Loewen

Inside the complex politics and legacy of Roy McMurtry

How did ‘the most-despised politician in the legislature’ come to bask in queer standing ovations?

By Gerald Hannon

Power

The get-the-gays decade

By Gerald Hannon

Power

Majority of queer couples not married

Census records more than 45,000 same-sex couples in Canada

By Nathaniel Christopher

Power

Nova Scotia moves to recognize gay parents

Decision comes less than four days after human rights complaint

By Brent Creelman

Toronto

Easing the sting

By Brenda Cossman

Power

INTERACTIVE: A historical walking tour of gay Vancouver

Gay footsteps through time – just in time for Pride!

By Robin Perelle

Culture

Under the hood

Lesbian mechanic Laura King takes you there

By Sarah Fraser

Power

Just pick up, dammit

Archival documents show how Bell fought queer employees

Equality on paper

By Brenda Cossman

Power

‘Thanks Bob, for nothing’

Bob Rae’s limp-wristed legacy bodes trouble for gay Canadians

By David Walberg

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