Power

Newfoundland trans activist runs for city council in St John’s

Jennifer McCreath also hopes to serve as deputy mayor

By Andrea Houston

Culture

Robert Pattinson’s gay pleasure and mortification

By Raziel Reid

Power

Unilever withdraws ad amid accusations of homophobia

Margarine commercial suggests learning a child is gay is like being shot through the heart

By Niko Bell

Culture

Lesbian swimmer makes record-setting Cuba-to-Florida crossing

Diana Nyad succeeded after trying for 35 years

By Niko Bell

Culture

The Blitz book club: Shuck

By Raziel Reid

Power

Lesbian couple sues to overturn South Carolina’s gay-marriage ban

‘They are treated as legal strangers in their home state’: lawyer

By Niko Bell

Power

Jamaican police: No evidence LGBT people face more violence than general population

Devon Watkis doesn’t dispute intolerance but says gays must take some responsibility for safety

By Niko Bell

Power

UK Foreign Office says British PM to raise anti-gay laws with Putin at G20 summit

Barack Obama will reportedly meet with Russian LGBT activists

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Gay film pioneer wants National Film Board to re-release 1992 documentary

Vancouver women’s salon to offer rare screening of Forbidden Love: The Unabashed Stories of Lesbian Lives

By Justin Ling

Power

Four companies still in the running for .gay

New York’s dotgay hopes community application will succeed

By Matthew DiMera

Travel

Touring LA: Tom of Finland Foundation

Explore the work of trailblazing gay artist Touko Laaksonen, aka Tom of Finland

By Steven Bereznai

Power

Talk wordy to me

Grammatical gender smack-down

By Michael Lyons

Power

Married gay couples still at mercy of individual US border agents

Despite Kerry’s promise to treat married couples equally for immigration

By Niko Bell

Travel

Folsom Europe

Berliners revel in their liberated approach to sexuality in all its forms

By Rob Salerno

Power

Toronto homes with rainbow flags targeted by anti-gay vandals

Homeowners fighting back by ordering 200 rainbow flags for neighbours

By Andrea Houston

Power

Canadians do not support Olympics boycott: poll

Almost 60 percent of Canadians polled think athletes should be allowed to protest Russia’s anti-gay laws

By Justin Ling

Culture

Queer disability art showcased at Vancouver’s Kickstart festival

‘We don’t see ourselves very much,’ says artistic director

By Sondi Bruner

Culture

Indigo Girls set to launch first comprehensive Canadian tour

New mom Emily Saliers says she’s excited to start the tour in Vancouver

By Sondi Bruner