Identity

I wanted to marry my trans girlfriend in the U.K. I can’t

How archaic laws across the pond fail to recognize trans-affirming marriages

By V.S. Wells

Love Like Mine

I was scared to kiss my husband on our wedding day

There are a lot of stressful things about a wedding—kissing your partner shouldn’t be one of them

By Brian Francis

Feature

How the Canadian government legally recognized this gay couple’s 50 years together

Ron and Lloyd Cameron-Lewis built a relationship the government wouldn’t recognize — until now

By Rachel Levy-McLaughlin

Love Like Mine

How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better

‘She told me I must now embrace the man I was always supposed to be’

By Max Morgan

Power

Bermuda just banned same-sex marriage

Toronto gay couple who won the right to marriage in the island say this isn’t the end of the fight

By Rob Salerno

Power

This court ruling may have just changed same-sex marriage and trans rights across the Americas

Activists are cautiously optimistic that the Inter-American human rights decision could improve LGBT rights in nearly 20 countries

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Progress, pain and resistance: a look back at global LGBT rights in 2017

Despite a deterioration of rights in some countries, in many ways 2017 was a banner year for LGBT progress

By Rob Salerno

Power

Bermuda could be the first country to repeal same-sex marriage

‘It’s a difficult pill to swallow,’ says Canadian-Bermudian couple whose court case won marriage just seven months ago

By Rob Salerno

Love & Sex

When motherhood feels out of reach as a young lesbian

I had been obsessed with procreating since I could stand on two feet. But what happens when that path becomes obscured by who you fall in love with?

By Jessie Randall

Opinion

Why LGBT people should embrace Australia’s same-sex marriage vote

There’s nothing to fear from a referendum that we don’t face in any other election

By Rob Salerno

Power

NDP politician Cheri DiNovo may be leaving politics, but her work on LGBT issues isn’t over

DiNovo’s legacy on LGBT rights in Ontario includes banning conversion therapy, equal parenting laws, and a trans-rights bill

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

Same-sex marriage illustrates how Canada got it right on rights

While it’s important to recognize the gaps in our struggle for equality, the moment we take our achievements for granted, we risk losing them

By Rob Salerno

Power

Toronto couple gets Bermuda Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage

Bermudian and Canadian at centre of legal challenge are celebrating an ocean apart

By Rob Salerno

Love & Sex

Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?

My mother had no problem with other people’s fluid sexualities, but she had absolutely no desire for her daughter to be anything but straight

By Ludmila Leiva

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

Arts

Five queer films to watch at Inside Out Ottawa 2016

The festival boasts some of the world’s best LGBT cinema

By Chris Dupuis

Opinion

Marriage equality delay in Australia holds a lesson for Canadian MPs

Aussie legislators are showing more backbone than Canadian counterparts

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Gay, straight or just Craigslist (Part 1)

Doing the sexual limbo, both online and off

By Mike Miksche