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Trans

Why Vancouver’s funding cut to a women’s shelter is a win for trans rights
Opinion

Why Vancouver’s funding cut to a women’s shelter is a win for trans rights

Vancouver Rape Relief excluded trans women from using its support services

By Adrienne Smith
Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community
Power

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Queer community doesn’t lack for discourse around sexual abuse. Yet for all of our talk, not much seems to have significantly changed—there are still victims, and there are still abusers.

By Kai Cheng Thom
The real price of transphobia
Opinion

The real price of transphobia

The demonization of trans people is a relentless hurt with few escapes, one that hinders our search for joy

By Gwen Benaway
Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?
Opinion

Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?

As it becomes less acceptable for conservative politicians to express anti-woman and anti-gay hatred, trans people have become their new targets

By Alex V Green
One love story told two ways
Love Like Mine

One love story told two ways

“I think I’m trans, too,” I said. “That’s okay,” he said, “I know.”

By Dylan Morrison, Rowan Morrison
You thought your coming out story was complicated?
Love Like Mine

You thought your coming out story was complicated?

I was a lesbian who turned straight overnight. Then my husband came out as a trans woman.

By Lindsay
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Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives
Trans

Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives

This unspecified threat that cis people express in relation to trans art is resulting in that trans art being censored

By Katie Sly
Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day
Trans

Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day

Trans is here and it is here to stay

By Terrence Abrahams
Transilience: a poem to mark Trans Day of Remembrance
Video

Transilience: a poem to mark Trans Day of Remembrance

By Xtra Video
This documentary celebrates the life of murdered BC trans woman
Video

This documentary celebrates the life of murdered BC trans woman

By Xtra Video
The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer
Love & Sex

The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer

It’s not F to M, it’s F to something else entirely

By Katie Sly
A year after the trans-rights bill, fear and loathing run rampant
Opinion

A year after the trans-rights bill, fear and loathing run rampant

Hundreds applaud fear-mongering and bigotry at anti-trans panel

By Arshy Mann
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Concerns raised with Pride Toronto’s new drink-and-carry program
Pride

Concerns raised with Pride Toronto’s new drink-and-carry program

Some critics say the ID and bag checks target queer and trans people of colour

By Sophie Sutcliffe
LGBT activists file challenge of Barbados’ anti-gay laws
Power

LGBT activists file challenge of Barbados’ anti-gay laws

With the support of Canadian advocates, Barbadian activists have taken their country to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By Rob Salerno
What I learned, loved and lost as a trans Zumba addict
Power

What I learned, loved and lost as a trans Zumba addict

Finding a physical activity that I loved came at the cost of putting up with countless small acts of hostility

By Kai Cheng Thom
Here’s a simple way to show respect for trans and non-binary folks

Here’s a simple way to show respect for trans and non-binary folks

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This trans teenager is the driving force behind legislation to protect trans privacy in BC
Privacy

This trans teenager is the driving force behind legislation to protect trans privacy in BC

Astrid Neilson-Miller inspired the BC Greens to bring forward bills that would amend the province’s privacy laws

By Niko Bell
Toronto gay bathhouse apologizes after refusing entry to men wearing makeup
Toronto

Toronto gay bathhouse apologizes after refusing entry to men wearing makeup

Steamworks says its trans and gender non-conforming patrons won’t be turned away again

By Rob Salerno
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