Spotlight on LGBTQ+ community at Just for Laughs Festival
The LGBTQ+ community took over the annual Just for Laughs Toronto Festival on Sept. 24, sponsored by Pride Toronto.
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BI BI BABY event celebrates queer artists on Bisexual Visibility Day
BI BI BABY is back for a second year, and the event’s organizers are renewing their calls for more bisexual visibility in the community.
LGBTQ+ and Christian Canadians applaud Liberal government’s move to ban conversion therapy
The federal Liberals are standing with the LGBTQ community and has introduced a bill to ban conversion therapy nationwide.
Drag queen Devine is ‘ghetto glam and ghetto fabulous’
From Whitney Houston to Nicki Minaj, Devine Darlin, 36, loves to put on a show that includes choreography, comedy, costume changes and full glam.
Behind the profile: Facing discrimination on Grindr
Dating apps can foster toxic environments that include racism and homophobia. Grindr is one app trying to combat the problem
Proud transgender speaker looks back on memorable day
November is not just a month, it’s a meaningful month for transgender folks.
Toronto’s missing and murdered gay men
Torontonians have been shaken by these murders and shocked that their city may have housed another serial murderer.
Toronto’s LGBTQ community vigil shows resilience after serial killer arrest
A large group of Torontonians arrived bundled in layers of clothing Tuesday night at Barbara Hall Park in the heart of the city’s gay district for a vigil of solidarity with the city’s LGBTQ community, and to remember the lives taken by an alleged serial killer. Many participants sported white kerchiefs tied around their arms with the words: love, heal, resist and rise.
Toronto’s gay village residents react to arrest of serial killer suspect
One of Toronto’s best-known drag queens says Thursday’s arrest of a suspect in the murders of two gay Toronto men, with possibly other victims yet to be named, would not have happened without the LGBTQ community’s persistent pressure on Toronto police to solve these cases. Matt Coccia, who performs as Katinka Kature, was reacting to the announcement of murder charges against Bruce McArthur, 66, a self employed landscaper.
From isolation to activism
Toronto activist Justin Romanov is protesting the treatment of LGBT people in Chechnya, where three men have been killed so far and at least 100 arrested in an anti-gay campaign according to Novaya Gazeta.