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Added on: 04/24/2021

What’s in Canada’s budget for LGBTQ2S+ people?

4/23/21

After the pandemic wiped out decades of progress for gender equality in Canada, most especially in terms of women’s participation in the workforce, the Liberal government’s budget…

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Added on: 04/17/2021

How a Canadian court system officially ended misgendering in the courtroom

4/16/21

For trans people, navigating the judicial system can feel daunting at the best of times, and unsafe at worst. If you have to present in court, how…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Judge to decide if gay couple who tied the knot in 1974 will have marriage validated

04/12/2021

Nearly five decades after they tied the knot, a gay Winnipeg couple is still fighting to have their marriage registered by the Manitoba government. “We’re dealing with…

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Added on: 03/29/2021

Meet the Jamaican refugee who now runs the community centre that took her in

03/28/2021

Toronto’s Church-Wellesley neighbourhood, bustling and even ebullient in better days, has survived more than a year of COVID-19 lockdown measures, but not without loss. Though a few…

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Added on: 02/23/2021

New LGBTQ society gets off the ground in Iqaluit

02/22/2021

Branching off from a high school club, Positive Space Nunavut aims to create inclusive spaces, culturally relevant resources and eventually jobs for sexually and gender-diverse Nunavummiut. The…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Housing for transgender, two-spirit people opens in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

02/21/2021

New housing for transgender, two-spirit and gender-diverse people is set to start accepting residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Ross-Aoki House, a century-old 24-room hotel, was purchased by…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

A Support Group for Trans Newcomers that Goes ‘Beyond Borders and Binaries’

02/15/2021

Trans, non-binary and gender divergent immigrants and refugees living in British Columbia now have a support group to call their very own. Beyond Borders and Binaries, a…

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Added on: 01/30/2021

Parents win landmark ruling for transgender Quebecers with right to change official documents

1/29/21

On their farm outside of Montreal, Eby and Jenna are just two parents raising a family. But it’s been a long process to get the courts to…

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Added on: 01/25/2021

Canada: Anti-LGBTQ politician who proudly opposed conversion therapy ban is kicked out of his party

01/24/2021

A right-wing politician has been voted out of his party for a series of actions that officials found contrary to their party’s conservative values. That ostensibly includes…

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Added on: 01/05/2021

‘Queering Cancer’ website creates community for LGBTQ+ cancer patients

01/03/2021

Cancer doesn’t discriminate, but the health care system does. That’s the key message behind a new initiative co-developed by a University of the Fraser Valley professor aimed…

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Added on: 12/26/2020

Lawyers will now have to specify pronouns in courts in British Columbia

12/24/2020

Lawyers, witnesses, defendents, and other individuals in court proceedings in British Columbia will now have to specify a gendered title – Mr., Ms., Mx., or “Counsel” –…

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Added on: 12/22/2020

Canadian lawmakers vote for non-binary gender option on citizenship cards in ‘respect of basic human rights’

12/21/2020

“We want this resolution to remind all our LGBTQ2+ citizens that you are embraced in our community and your Métis government, and we are proud of who…

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Added on: 12/12/2020

Canada’s police chiefs apologize for opposition to decriminalize homosexuality

12/11/2020

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) has apologized for its historical mistreatment of LGBTQ communities in Canada. In a video message CACP president Bryan Larkin,…

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Added on: 11/29/2020

Rainbow Railroad Launches #60in60 Campaign: How You Can Help

11/28/2020

Rainbow Railroad is a charitable organization that should be on everybody’s lips right now. What they are able to accomplish is beyond incredible and super admirable. Rainbow…

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Added on: 11/28/2020

Conservative MP pushes health minister to end limits on blood donations from gay men

11/27/2020

Eric Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced into the federal health minister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donating…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

How teens made Yukon one of the only places in Canada to ban conversion therapy

11/15/2020

Aiden Falkenberg was in Grade 11 when they found out conversion therapy was still legal in Canada. They were with a friend, Mercedes Bacon-Traplin, when the two…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad launches #60in60 campaign to help save at-risk LGBTQ people

11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad, the Canadian-based international organization that helps LGBTQI people around the globe escape violence and persecution, has launched its #60in60 campaign, which aims to raise $600,000…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

100 Boys Wear Skirts to School to Fight Homophobia, Sexism

10/19/2020

A group of schoolboys in Canada wore skirts to school recently to protest systemic forms of oppression against queer students, along with a dress code that inhibits…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images

10/04/2020

Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag. Proud…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

The pandemic hit LGBTQ Canadians differently. Researchers want to know why

09/26/2020

Why were sexual and gender minority people more affected by layoffs, and saw their physical and mental health impacted more severely than Canadians overall as COVID-19 spread…

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Added on: 07/29/2020

LGBT youths’ suicidal thoughts decline with community supports: study

07/28/2020

Supportive communities and a progressive political climate can help combat LGBT teen suicides, especially among girls, new UBC school of nursing research shows. “Consistent evidence has indicated…

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Added on: 07/03/2020

COVID-19 forces closing of Fredericton’s only LGBTQ nightclub

06/29/2020

Losses attributed to COVID-19 have forced a popular LGBTQ nightclub in Fredericton to close its doors. Boom! Nightclub’s drag performances, shimmery curtains and colourful parties featuring glow…

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Added on: 06/18/2020

How one Egyptian lesbian stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

06/17/2020

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year-old…

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Added on: 05/27/2020

‘We were so ready’: LGBT refugees in Kenya live in fear as global resettlement is put on hold

05/26/2020

After four years of waiting, he had the ticket booked: Nairobi, Frankfurt, Toronto. He had fled Uganda’s violent homophobia, survived in neighboring Kenya, where it’s only a…

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Added on: 05/11/2020

Canada to memorialize LGBT victims of Cold War-era ‘gay purge’

05/10/2020

Todd Ross was a naval combat information operator on the HMCS Saskatchewan in 1989 when he was called out over the public address system, escorted off the…

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Added on: 04/19/2020

‘A second home’: Halifax’s only dedicated LGBTQ bar closes for good

04/15/2020

Menz and Mollyz, described as Halifax’s only dedicated LGBTQ bar and one of the few safe spaces for the community, is closing permanently. The bar and performance…

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Added on: 03/08/2020

Mayor condemns posters spreading ‘fear and hate’ that targeted Saskatoon LGBT, newcomer groups

03/07/2020

Saskatoon’s mayor says a poster campaign spreading “fear and hate” that targeted OUTSaskatoon and the Saskatoon Open Door Society has no place in the city. The posters,…

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Added on: 03/01/2020

Pressure to keep up: status imbalance a major factor in stress in gay men

02/29/2020

The persistence of mental health hardships among gay and bisexual men, which endure even as LGBTQ people gain greater acceptance and civil rights, can be explained at…

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Added on: 02/13/2020

Senegal’s leader defends LGBT record during Canada PM visit

02/12/2020

Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Wednesday defended his country’s ban on same-sex activity, saying during a visit from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that it “has nothing…

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Added on: 01/05/2020

Advocates blast $750,000 bail for suspect in transgender teen’s slaying

01/03/2020

Advocates in the Washington LGBTQ community on Thursday blasted a judge’s decision to set bail at $750,000 for a man charged with a hate crime in the…