Iranian-Canadian immigrant, Hanisa Rahbari shares her “coming out” story for Pride Month. It’s a journey marked by struggles and barriers that leads to a celebration of self-identity.
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Queer Author Helps Other LGBT Iranians Seek Asylum
Queer activist Arsham Parsi took a risk when he left Iran and began to help other Iranians escape persecution for being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). At a reading for his book Exiled for…
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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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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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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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