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Immigration & Refugees

Meet the Canada-based activists fighting the Australian refugee crisis from abroad
Activism

Meet the Canada-based activists fighting the Australian refugee crisis from abroad

Ads Up Canada brought together a group of Aussie ex-pats to help queer and trans refugees out of detention and into safe homes

By KC Hoard
The amazing aunties and uncles of Desi Rainbow
Relationships

The amazing aunties and uncles of Desi Rainbow

Why this support network for South Asian families took off last year during the pandemic

By Krishna Rau
When a circle of Vancouver queers sponsors a Ugandan refugee, both sides learn hard lessons
TV & Film

When a circle of Vancouver queers sponsors a Ugandan refugee, both sides learn hard lessons

An award-winning new documentary teaches us about the importance—and the pitfalls—of helping LGBTQ+ people flee persecution

By Niko Bell
How an Arab-American writer turned a cross-country road trip into a ‘leave us the fuck alone’ memoir
Books

How an Arab-American writer turned a cross-country road trip into a ‘leave us the fuck alone’ memoir

Queer femme Randa Jarrar writes through her PTSD pain to clear space for a badass queer future 

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
Inside Isabel Sandoval’s radical trans female gaze
TV & Film

Inside Isabel Sandoval’s radical trans female gaze

The writer, director and star of “Lingua Franca” discusses her sensual and frank film about an undocumented trans Filipina

By Tre’vell Anderson
‘Canada’s Drag Race’ showcases how refugees’ lives are made over, onscreen and off
Immigration & Refugees

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ showcases how refugees’ lives are made over, onscreen and off

One of the latest episode’s guests, Rebal, talks about moving to Canada from Syria, being queer and ending up in drag

By KC Hoard
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COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: The 519 community centre in Toronto and North Carolina’s Campus Pride

By Gordon Bowness, Jon Higgins
All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people
Canada

All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people

Just a tiny reminder this Canada Day 2019 that we are still fighting for our rights

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
What can you do to help LGBT refugees?
Immigration & Refugees

What can you do to help LGBT refugees?

Write your MP, get a newcomer a library card or just be a friend — there are many ways to pitch in

By Riley Sparks
Augustas Dennie was deported from Canada. Now he lives in a dangerous exile
Feature

Augustas Dennie was deported from Canada. Now he lives in a dangerous exile

Dennie’s claim was rejected because he couldn’t prove he was gay. Now he’s back in St Vincent and the Grenadines fearing for his life

By Arshy Mann
Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home
Power

Canada wants to deport this lesbian, even though she may be jailed or worse if sent home

A year after her last reprieve, Angela is once again facing deportation to a country where being gay is illegal

By Derek Brown
Gay Honduran asylum seeker given four-week reprieve from deportation
Power

Gay Honduran asylum seeker given four-week reprieve from deportation

Josué Martín Elvir Zamora’s refugee claim was rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board because it didn’t believe that he’s gay

By Arshy Mann
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This gay Honduran man only has hours to convince the Canadian government to not deport him
Power

This gay Honduran man only has hours to convince the Canadian government to not deport him

‘If I go back home, it’s suicide,’ says Josué Martín Elvir Zamora

By Arshy Mann
Meet the Russian activists smuggling queer men out of Chechnya
Power

Meet the Russian activists smuggling queer men out of Chechnya

The purge may have slowed but arrests continue, says Igor Kochetkov

By Arshy Mann
Refugee support group pulls out of Vancouver Pride parade over police and border guard concerns
Power

Refugee support group pulls out of Vancouver Pride parade over police and border guard concerns

Pride Society co-chairs say they support Rainbow Refugee’s decision

By Derek Brown
The silent war for Indonesia’s LGBT community
Power

The silent war for Indonesia’s LGBT community

Two refugees look back at their exodus from Jakarta to Vancouver

By Niko Bell
Canadian LGBT refugee groups ask federal government for permanent funding
Power

Canadian LGBT refugee groups ask federal government for permanent funding

What will happen to queer refugees if Canada’s pilot project loses funding?

By Dylan C Robertson
‘How many months can we stay alive?’: Meet the Iranian-Indian couple abandoned by Canada
Power

‘How many months can we stay alive?’: Meet the Iranian-Indian couple abandoned by Canada

Alireza and Kiran are struggling to survive in Turkey after Canada halted their resettlement to prioritize Syrian refugees

By Dylan C Robertson
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