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Supporting gay and bi men's health
Scott Neigh | Michael Kwag talks about the work of the Community-Based Research Centre and how it promotes the health of gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer men.
News
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Catherine Hernandez is 'not here for nuance' at this critical time in history
Alexandra Valahu | Although the world Hernandez builds in her new novel "Crosshairs" has been described as sci-fi and dystopian, it looks a lot like the one we live in right now.
Blog
Protesters against the TMX pipeline. Image: Sally T. Buck/Flickr
Multiculturalism is not decolonization
Khadijah Kanji | Part four in a series addressing the myths that conflate multiculturalism and anti-racism.
Book Review
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'A History of My Brief Body': Queer love and life on the Prairies
Sheila Laroque | Billy-Ray Belcourt's new memoir will have a lasting impact on contemporary Indigenous writing.
Columnists
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole. Image: Erin O'Toole/Twitter
Erin O'Toole is not pro-choice
Joyce Arthur | For a politician to be truly pro-choice, they must take a strong stance against any attempt to restrict abortion rights or access. O'Toole has made it clear he will not do so.
Podcast
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'Bricks and Glitter' -- radical queer music, arts and politics
Scott Neigh | Musician Max ZB talks about Bricks and Glitter, a community arts festival in Toronto that "celebrates Two-Spirit, trans, and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger and abundance."
Blog
Police officer at a Toronto Black Lives Matter demonstration in June, 2020. Image: Mitchel Raphael
Changing public institutions also requires changing the people who build and maintain them
Francis Carbonu | As law enforcement and public institutions face scrutiny following incidents of police violence, we might gain insight into the true omnipresence of injustice by hearing stories from our peers.
Podcast
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Long shadow of 2019 violence still affecting Pride Hamilton this year
Victoria Fenner | In addition to COVID-19, Hamilton Pride is dealing with the aftermath of police actions from 2019. A conversation with Cameron Kroetsche of the Pride board about this year's festival.
Blog
Alberta's associate minister of natural gas and electricity, Dale Nally, at a press conference on May 6, 2020. Image: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr
UCP associate minister lashes out over criticism at Pride flag raising
David J. Climenhaga | After NDP MLA Marie Renaud criticized the UCP government's track record on LGBTQ rights for students, Dale Nally expressed his outrage in a letter to St. Albert's mayor.
Blog
Women drummers at a KAIROS blanket exercise in Ottawa, 2017. Image: Extremeline Productions
Centring Black, Indigenous, women of colour in a post-pandemic recovery
Chrystal Waban | Is the federal government's delay in delivering its response to the MMIWG report due to plans to infuse it into its pandemic recovery strategy? Recent government actions leave room for doubt.
Blog
Pro-choice demonstrators in Bern, Switzerland, in 2018. (Image: jan zuppinger/Flickr)
'Pro-woman, pro-life' is a fundamental contradiction
Olivia De Brabandere | To truly care about women's rights means recognizing the harmful effects that the criminalization of abortion can have on women and transgender people throughout the world.
Blog
A pile of anti-choice placards at the 2016 March for Life in Ottawa. Image: Ross Dunn/Flickr
The anti-choice movement's agenda goes beyond rolling back reproductive rights
Sandeep Prasad, Alba Onofrio | The "March for Life" rally may not seem like a major problem in the short term. But its supporters have a broad agenda aimed at promoting Christian supremacy and marginalizing vulnerable groups.
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