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TWU backers criticize Nova Scotia’s barring of law students

Religious communities’ autonomy over their affairs rejected: lawyer

By Jeremy Hainsworth

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Court gives BC government five weeks to decide on TWU

Ministry of advanced education delays hearing in gay plaintiff’s TWU lawsuit

By Jeremy Hainsworth

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Papasotiriou recharged for Allan Lanteigne murder

Attorney general overrules preliminary judge’s decision

By HG Watson

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Sex-work bill expected to get Senate approval soon

Further amendments to Bill C-36 unlikely before Senate passage

By Justin Ling

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West End tenants to fight eviction notices

Hofmann Manor residents allege they’ve been subjected to intimidation tactics

By Natasha Barsotti

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Pain in the ass

Canadian anal intercourse laws deemed unconstitutional, still face inequality

By Michael Lyons

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Caribbean LGBT activists protest Jamaican anti-sodomy law

Protesters join worldwide day of action against colonial law

By HG Watson

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Sex-work bill in marathon committee meetings

Conservatives race to adopt new legislation before December deadline

By Justin Ling

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January Lapuz’s killer to be sentenced in October

No indication Neel’s crime was hate-motivated, say Crown and RCMP

By Jeremy Hainsworth

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January Lapuz’s accused killer pleads guilty to manslaughter

Neel initially charged with murder in trans woman’s 2012 death

By Jeremy Hainsworth

The case against Prop 8, and other queer picks

Hot Docs heats up

By Chris Dupuis

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Trans woman fights Passport Canada over gender change refusal

Shadmith Lynda Manzo says she was asked for proof of surgery

By Dylan C Robertson

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India: Court to consider petition against upholding of Section 377

Petitioners say ruling has led to ‘immense public injury’ and seek open hearing

By Natasha Barsotti

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Special prosecutor appointed in alleged attack on MLA’s office

Vancouver lawyer Mark Jetté to review matter

By Natasha Barsotti

Toronto Diary

Texas lesbian couple murdered, left near dumpster

By Jeremy Feist

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Myanmar: Gay couple weds even though marriage has no legal standing

Law criminalizing same-sex relations not strictly enforced

By Natasha Barsotti

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Federal government seeks public input on sex laws

Manitoba justice minister pushes for continued criminalization

By Jeremy Hainsworth

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Why do Canadian courts still allow the ‘gay panic’ defence?

An Ontario court’s decision to consider ‘provocation’ in a murder case is a Criminal Code vestige of days gone by, says one legal scholar

By Justin Ling