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History

Gerald Hannon remembers the Toronto bathhouse riots
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Gerald Hannon remembers the Toronto bathhouse riots

A city galvanized, our communities remade

By Gerald Hannon
Looking back at the past 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism in Canada
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Looking back at the past 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism in Canada

From bathhouse raids to Supreme Court cases to same-sex marriage

By Erica Lenti
Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?
Activism

Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?

It’s not with corporate floats and circuit parties.

By Eric Wright
Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

The government’s official narrative denies our actual histories and the battles we fought for our rights

By Gary Kinsman, Karen Pearlston, Tom Hooper
We need to talk about the last 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

We need to talk about the last 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism

Introducing our new series, Still Fighting

By Erica Lenti
Whose camp is it, anyway?
Style

Whose camp is it, anyway?

As tonight’s Met Gala celebrates “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” a new generation of LGBTQ2 artists are reinvigorating and reclaiming this distinctly queer code

By Elio Iannacci
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How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history
Activism

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

There’s a vast queer history that goes beyond Stonewall and marriage equality. Schools aren’t teaching that, so young people on the internet are doing it instead

By Michael Waters
Nine of the most iconic bisexual figures throughout history
History

Nine of the most iconic bisexual figures throughout history

The legends to whom we owe literature, science, art and politics

By Lauren Sproule
Queer women are stepping up to preserve stories from lesbian history

Queer women are stepping up to preserve stories from lesbian history

Archivists working to collect and digitize oral testimonies from same-sex and same-gender attracted women

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Overkill: Murder in Toronto-the-Good
Feature

Overkill: Murder in Toronto-the-Good

By Robin Hardy
Pioneering gay Vancouver politician won’t run again
Power

Pioneering gay Vancouver politician won’t run again

‘Everything that I really wanted to see accomplished within our community I think has been done,’ says city councillor Tim Stevenson

By Robin Perelle
How a neon heart is sparking renewed interest in recognizing Vancouver’s LGBT Village
Culture

How a neon heart is sparking renewed interest in recognizing Vancouver’s LGBT Village

Will one community member’s petition to make it permanent succeed?

By Chahira Merarsi
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Rushed bill to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex is flawed, critics say
Power

Rushed bill to erase past convictions for consensual gay sex is flawed, critics say

Canada’s new expungement bill only covers a fraction of the charges it should, says queer historian

By Arshy Mann
Canada’s first openly gay MP on the long road to an apology for LGBT people
Power

Canada’s first openly gay MP on the long road to an apology for LGBT people

Now the government must release all documents related to the purges, says Svend Robinson

By Arshy Mann
Early underground LGBT communities put down roots across Ottawa

Early underground LGBT communities put down roots across Ottawa

Church basements, hotel bars and theatres played host to the city’s burgeoning gay scene

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How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short
Opinion

How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short

‘We are sorry’ is not enough, queer historian tells Justin Trudeau

By Gary Kinsman
How being HIV-positive saved me from a narrow world view
HIV/AIDS

How being HIV-positive saved me from a narrow world view

One man’s story, from his slow diagnosis more than a decade ago to now

By Michael Burtch
Canada settles LGBT class-action suit with $110 million in compensation
Power

Canada settles LGBT class-action suit with $110 million in compensation

People accused or purged from military or public service will be eligible to apply

By Arshy Mann
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