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Added on: 12/14/2024

Canadian mayor fined for LGBT thought crime of refusing to bend over

12/13/2024

The mayor of the Canadian township of Emo (pop: 1,204), which borders the US state of Minnesota, has to personally pay an LGBTQ group $5,000 for injury…

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Added on: 12/12/2024

Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada

12/11/2024

In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…

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Added on: 12/10/2024

Alberta Families And Advocacy Groups Challenge Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

12/10/2024

Legal battles are heating up over the recent legislation passed by the Alberta government, which imposes strict restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. This has…

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Added on: 12/08/2024

LGBTQ+ refugees languish as Kenyan government blocks Canadians from resettling them

12/07/2024

In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…

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Added on: 12/04/2024

Three bills affecting transgender Albertans pass debate, set to become law

12/03/2024

A trio of bills affecting transgender people in Alberta have passed the final stage of debate in the legislature and are set to become law. LGBTQ+ advocacy…

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Added on: 11/27/2024

Saskatchewan Premier Faces Backlash Over Transgender Policy

11/27/2024

Recent discussions surrounding education policy in Saskatchewan have sparked significant controversy, with sharp criticism aimed at Premier Scott Moe. A proposed change room policy affecting transgender students…

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Added on: 11/23/2024

Demand for safe housing for transgender and two-spirit people continues to rise

11/22/2024

A housing program in Vancouver is ensuring that transgender and two-spirit people have a safe place to call home. CBC’s Caroline Chan stopped by the Aoki Ross…

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Added on: 11/12/2024

Gay Israeli Men Are Being Turned Down by Canadian Surrogate Mothers Over Gaza War: ‘I Don’t Have Any That Will Consider It At All’

11/11/2024

Some Canadian surrogates are refusing to carry children for Israeli clients in light of the Gaza war, a standstill disproportionately impacting gay men. The ongoing conflict between…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Alberta legislature sitting to focus on rights bill, transgender policies

10/25/2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to…

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Added on: 10/04/2024

Young, Queer, and Threatened for Climate Activism

10/03/2024

When Brynn Kilpatrick was nine years old, inspired by then 16-year-old Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future, she started her own climate vigil on her main street during her grade four…

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Added on: 09/24/2024

Alberta premier blasts Trudeau’s ‘radical, extreme’ Senate appointments

09/23/2024

Alberta’s premier criticized a newly appointed Alberta senator at a speech on Saturday, calling Kristopher Wells a “radical, extreme LGBT activist.” In a video from the Canada…

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Added on: 09/17/2024

Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy

09/16/2024

Canada has expelled Uganda’s High Commissioner Joy Ruth Acheng, accusing her of breaching the diplomatic code of conduct. Acheng has served as Uganda’s High Commissioner to Canada…

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Added on: 08/30/2024

Uganda LGBTI activist honored by Canadian refugee organization

08/29/2024

Steven Kabuye, a Ugandan LGBTQI+ rights activist who survived a deadly homophobic attack in January, has been honored with the Rev. Troy Perry Medal of Pride from…

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Added on: 08/26/2024

‘A victory’: Canada halts planned deportation of bisexual man to Kenya

08/25/2024

A bisexual man in Canada has been granted one-year temporary residency just a day before his scheduled deportation to Kenya — an outcome his supporters call “a…

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Added on: 08/21/2024

Canada: Anti-Israeli statement from major LGBT group causes rift among local progressives

08/20/2024

An anti-Israeli statement issued in early August by Capital Pride in Ottawa, Canada, has sparked a major controversy and a rift among local progressives. In fact, some…

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Added on: 08/14/2024

Canada | Rights that are “becoming fragile”, the LGBT+ community on alert

08/14/2024

The country and many of its major cities have for years been considered safe havens for freely living one’s sexual and gender identity. And Canada is one…

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Added on: 07/10/2024

Queer rights are in danger in Canada. Pierre Poilievre owns some of the blame

07/09/2024

For years, Ipsos has been asking individuals around the world for their opinions on Queer people. And for years, the pollster has found, those opinions have steadily…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

LGBTQ migrants face ‘triple vulnerability’ as a group in Mexico aims to help them

06/19/2024

Dayling Ramírez says that each day that passes is a challenge to overcome because, despite having survived the persecution of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the abuses…

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Added on: 06/17/2024

Why is support for LGBT rights on the wane in Canada?

06/16/2024

Justin Trudeau may have missed the memo, but Canadians are moving on from trans obsession. A poll published by Ipsos, a day before the start of Pride Month,…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Discrimination persists against LGBTQ+ refugees – both at home and in host countries

06/06/2024

As countries around the globe mark Pride month, the plight of members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world continues to worsen. Gay, lesbian and trans people…

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Added on: 06/03/2024

Toronto unveils the world’s longest rainbow in celebration of Pride

06/02/2024

Toronto just unveiled what is being dubbed the longest rainbow in the world, stretching out at just under 2,000 feet, or 600 meters. The rainbow is an art…

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Added on: 05/22/2024

UCP legislature members banned from Alberta Pride events in push for policy changes

05/21/2024

An Alberta queer community organizer says a Pride ban on United Conservative Party legislature members challenges Premier Danielle Smith to start matching words with actions. “There’s absolutely…

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Added on: 05/22/2024

Japanese lesbian couple granted refugee status in Canada

05/21/2024

A Japanese lesbian couple has been granted refugee status in Canada after enduring discrimination in Japan. Eri, aged in her 30s, and Hana, in her 50s, got…

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Added on: 05/19/2024

Japanese lesbian couple granted refugee status in Canada

05/18/2024

Canada said it granted refugee status to two Japanese women last September due to widespread discrimination they faced in Japan as lesbians and members of the weaker…

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Added on: 05/14/2024

Saskatchewan Party MLAs barred from Regina Pride parade over school pronoun law

05/13/2024

An organizer with Regina’s Pride parade says she was surprised to get an application from the governing Saskatchewan Party asking to take part in the event next…

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Added on: 04/30/2024

How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+ activism

04/29/2024

LGBTQ+ organizations in Canada are gearing up for a “Rainbow Week of Action” that will feature rallies across the country calling on governments to do more to…

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Added on: 04/20/2024

Trudeau’s 2024 budget includes $150 million to promote ‘2SLGBTQI+’ ideology at home and abroad

04/19/2024

The Trudeau government plans to expand ‘equity groups’ to include people who identify as ‘2SLGBTQ+’ and to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to promote its…

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Added on: 04/16/2024

What Canadian doctors say about new U.K. review questioning puberty blockers for transgender youth

04/15/2024

A long-anticipated — and contentious — national review of gender-affirming care for youth in England was released last week, resulting in headlines across the U.K. saying that…

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Added on: 04/15/2024

Muslim parents seek a path forward after protests over LGBTQ rights in school

04/14/2024

When Iftekhar Ahmed’s child came out as transgender four years ago, the situation was difficult for him to comprehend. Raised in Pakistan in a Muslim household, Ahmed…

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Added on: 04/11/2024

Rainbow Veterans, LGBT Purge Fund Honour WW1 Canadian Soldiers

04/10/2024

Throughout history, members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community have made important military contributions, paving the way for others who continue to do so today. Regrettably, a legacy of…