Power

The Vancouver police force’s new gay liaison is straight — does it matter?

Constable Dale Quiring says he’s up for the job, but some observers are already concerned

By Derek Brown

Power

Parents are standing up for LGBT-inclusive education in BC’s Bible Belt

Langley has become a battleground between supporters and opponents of LGBT-friendly education

By Hannah Ackeral

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

History

Revisiting the curious case of Dr James Barry

Barry’s gender has been questioned for decades. But history is as much about fact as it is interpretation

By Michael Lyons

Power

NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh pledges to support homeless LGBT youth

Singh launches full LGBT policy platform, and promises to do more than just ‘show up at a Pride parade’

By Rob Salerno

Politics

This is what Niki Ashton thinks about the Trudeau government’s record on LGBT issues

The NDP leadership hopeful is introducing an LGBT platform to address the needs of queer and trans communities

By Arshy Mann

Politics

Trudeau government must condemn Trump’s trans military ban: NDP

‘We have to stand up against discrimination where we see it, even when it’s our closest ally,’ NDP LGBT critic Randall Garrison says

By Arshy Mann

Power

Vancouver police force finally passes new trans policies

A year and a half past deadline but a step in the right direction, say trans activists

By Tessa Vikander

Opinion

What nobody tells you about being a trans woman of colour author

When mainstream media decides to make public figures out of us, you learn that rising to the top is lonely

By Kai Cheng Thom

Opinion

What can Trudeau celebrate at his second Toronto Pride as prime minister?

He’ll have to match his rhetoric with actions in Parliament if he wants the continued support of LGBT Canadians

By Rob Salerno

Power

Canada has finally passed a trans-rights bill

Bill C-16 would protect gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Code

By Arshy Mann

Power

Yukon passes trans-rights bill

Trans people now protected from discrimination and can legally change gender in all provinces and territories

By Rob Salerno

Opinion

Trudeau government fumbles on criminal justice reform again

Is the Department of Justice asleep at the wheel?

By Rob Salerno

Power

Toronto is on the way to making a plan to fight discrimination against trans youth

The proposed action plan aims to address the inequities faced by trans Torontonians in accessing city services

By Arshy Mann

Health

Here’s where underhoused trans folks in Ontario can recover from surgery

Sherbourne Health Centre has upgraded its one-of-a-kind short-term care program

By Arshy Mann

Power

Vancouver police have yet to fully protect trans people, more than a year past deadline

VPD’s unfinished update to trans policies part of a pattern of delays and inaction, activist alleges

By Tessa Vikander

Power

Trans flag raised at Toronto Pride flag raising 2017

‘Pride is political, Pride is intersectional,’ says city councillor

By Arshy Mann

Opinion

Meet the new Conservative leadership: the same as the old one

Andrew Scheer rode to victory on the backs of anti-LGBT voters while pledging to maintain Harper’s mostly-benign antipathy to us

By Rob Salerno