The winners of 2020’s LGBTQ2S+ January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Awards were announced last week.
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Canada not Immune to Trumpism
What can I say: I called it. It may have been my lifetime exposure to dictatorships. It may be my gradual and irreversible loss of faith in humanity that has made me become so jaded.…
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Poet’s Raw, Direct Verses Confront Ideas of Race
Vivek Shraya does not mince words. In even this page is white, her language is visceral, and even the form of her poetry helps to draw attention to the sensitive issue of racism. Most of…
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“Immigration played a role in the Brexit campaign”, reported The Wall Street Journal. Since there were only four percentage points between the winning side (to leave the European Union) and the losing side, it is…
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Pinoys Launch First Miss Gay Montreal
Joseph Dadua couldn’t muster up the courage to try on a bikini at a women’s lingerie store in Montreal. It took two of his fellow gay friends to encourage him to go to the dressing…
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A Teachable Moment: Alberta’s Gay-Straight Alliance Debacle
One year ago, as Sochi geared up to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, Canadians united in condemnation of Russia’s anti-gay laws. Now, in preparation for hosting the Pan Am Games this summer, the city of…
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History repeating itself in Vancouver
Within the animal kingdom, there are few images more compellingly grotesque than the Rat King. A cluster of vermin that has been fused together through blood, dirt, and excrement, the Rat King is a harbinger…
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