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This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity
Housing

This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity

Trans activist Ceyenne Doroshow created a queer-friendly housing project with a focus on Black trans women and sex workers

By Simon Feisthauer Fournet
Mashed-up historical romance from Lex Croucher, ‘Yesterqueers’ on TikTok and musicians Kaien Cruz and Moe Reen top our calendar this week
Queer Culture Catch-Up

Mashed-up historical romance from Lex Croucher, ‘Yesterqueers’ on TikTok and musicians Kaien Cruz and Moe Reen top our calendar this week

Plus national treasure Walter Borden is onstage in Toronto

By S. Bear Bergman
Is this the future of queer elder care?
Queering Family

Is this the future of queer elder care?

My stepdad’s long-term care facility has a Rainbow Wing for LGBTQ2S+ seniors. It’s a first in North America

By Stéphanie Verge
Finding dementia care is exhausting—especially if you’re queer or trans
The Xtra Long Read

Finding dementia care is exhausting—especially if you’re queer or trans

From homophobic microaggressions to being denied gender-affirming care, LGBTQ2S+ seniors and their caregivers face added barriers to accessing proper support

By Tobin Ng
Erotic model (and musical theatre guy) David Pevsner reveals how he got to where he is now
Books

Erotic model (and musical theatre guy) David Pevsner reveals how he got to where he is now

Author, actor and sex worker David Pevsner talks about his new memoir, “Damn Shame”

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
The unique challenges and rewards of transitioning later in life
Identity

The unique challenges and rewards of transitioning later in life

OPINION: Trans culture skews young. Bringing trans elders into the conversation benefits us all

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
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Accidents happen: Why we need to get comfortable talking about incontinence in the bedroom
Sexual Health

Accidents happen: Why we need to get comfortable talking about incontinence in the bedroom

Overcoming stigma means better, more comfortable sex for everyone

By Dev Ramsawakh
When did Hollywood stop depicting queer seniors as victims and predators and start treating them like real people?
The Xtra Long Read

When did Hollywood stop depicting queer seniors as victims and predators and start treating them like real people?

Today’s LGBTQ2S+ seniors expect more from filmmakers than the cringe-inducing stereotypes of years past

By Frank M. Miller
Dr. Jen Gunter answers your questions about menopause
Ask an Expert

Dr. Jen Gunter answers your questions about menopause

“This has totally been erased from our public discourse”

By Xtra Video
Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story
TV & Film

Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story

Trailblazing athlete Terry Donahue and her partner Pat Henschel are the focus of a beautiful, moving documentary

By Stacey May Fowles
Is HIV causing premature aging?
HIV/AIDS

Is HIV causing premature aging?

The degree to which HIV acts as a risk factor for chronic conditions that predict poor health or itself accelerates the aging process remains an unanswered question

By Keren Landman
When growing old means going back in the closet
Feature

When growing old means going back in the closet

Canada is facing a grey wave of LGBTQ2 seniors, but spaces where they can connect are few and far between

By Shauna McGinn
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Are we doing enough to help folks aging with HIV?

Are we doing enough to help folks aging with HIV?

A whole new set of challenges arise as people living with HIV get older

Created for Heart of Richmond AIDS Society
How Rhubarb 2018 is bridging the intergenerational gap for artists
Arts

How Rhubarb 2018 is bridging the intergenerational gap for artists

From shows about aging and sex to coming out later in life, creators are getting the LGBT community to rethink its relationship with our elders

By Chris Dupuis
What the rise of the alt-right means for HIV prevention
Opinion

What the rise of the alt-right means for HIV prevention

We need to talk to each other openly about sex and our sexual health

By Mike Miksche
Rejected HIV/AIDS organizations will now receive funding until 2018
Power

Rejected HIV/AIDS organizations will now receive funding until 2018

Funding extension welcome but longer-term solution still needed, groups say

By Erika Stark
Liberal government may not compensate men convicted under anti-gay laws, FOI suggests
Power

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

By Dylan C Robertson
Out in Ottawa: Nov 1–15, 2016
Arts

Out in Ottawa: Nov 1–15, 2016

Choice events in the city

By Jeremy Willard
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