Power

What’s on the agenda for Canada’s first LGBTQ2 advisor?

Randy Boissonnault talks government apology, gay blood ban and Marie Curtis Park

By Dylan C Robertson

Opinion

How a homophobic 20th-century book conjured up the ghosts of Paris’ queer past

From parties, decadence and resistance, Le Troisième Sexe is a valuable if unintentional glimpse into gay nightlife

By Michael Lyons

Power

Federal government to review Canada’s tough HIV laws

HIV criminalization, funding for HIV and hepatitis organizations on the agenda

By Dylan C Robertson

Opinion

Is the queer community ready to defend public sex?

Identity, community, and privacy arguments may not be sufficient for Project Marie

By Steven Maynard

Opinion

Leitch’s hypocritical Trump-style politics have no place in Canada

If Conservatives have any principles, they must rally against leadership candidate’s anti-immigrant rhetoric

By Rob Salerno

Arts

Bank Street BIA to highlight culture and history in Ottawa’s Village

Community input needed for first phase of Village Legacy Project

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Toronto’s trans community mourns on Transgender Day of Remembrance

Trans flag was raised at Queen’s Park and Toronto City Hall to pay tribute to those lost to anti-trans violence

By Arshy Mann

Power

Protesters, residents and police discuss park sex crackdown at protest

Members of the LGBT community attend Walk the Beat event demanding accountability for Project Marie

By Arshy Mann

Power

MPs urged to remember trans, non-binary issues

Liberal, NDP MPs hear from activists, trans people and HIV experts

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Federal NDP denounces Etobicoke park crackdown

‘Here we are, 30 years later still doing this kind of stuff,’ says Randall Garrison

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 1)

For gay men in Toronto, Yonge Street’s glory days are gone. So now what?

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

How a cross-dressing lesbian playboy ruled a Bahamian kingdom

Meet Joe Carstairs, the tattooed jokester who carried around a doll and dated many women

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Feds name gay MP as ‘LGBTQ2 issues’ advisor

Edmonton MP has three years to answer calls for pardons and compensation for those convicted and fired for homosexual activity

By Dylan C Robertson

Power

Liberals move to scrap anal-sex law

Section 159 forbids group sex, puts age of consent higher than vaginal sex

By Dylan C Robertson

Opinion

What Trump’s presidency will mean for global LGBT rights

Trump’s election will slow or stop the tremendous progress LGBT Americans made under Barack Obama, but the real impact will be felt globally

By Rob Salerno

Power

Concerns raised over technology used to exonerate AIDS ‘Patient Zero’

Advanced viral genome tracking could soon identify individual virus transmission cases. What does that mean for our privacy?

By Rob Easton

Opinion

The Punjabi poet-saint who wouldn’t conform

Sufi poet Shah Hussain led an unconventional life, both as a religious man and a lover

By Michael Lyons

Power

Liberal government may not compensate men convicted under anti-gay laws, FOI suggests

By Dylan C Robertson