LGBTQ Canada

• Medical records should accurately identify LGBTQ2 Canadians: advocates

  A report is calling for the addition of more fields on medical forms in all jurisdictions to capture the full diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2023
  
• Canada’s anti-LGBTQ movement emboldened by U.S. events: advocates

  Anti-LGBTQ protesters are claiming to protect children by calling for book bans, but advocates say youth are harmed when books about sexual orientation are removed.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2023
  
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• Being Two-Spirit and trans in Canada: How colonization shaped the way we view gender diversity

  Two-Spiritedness, a relatively new term to describe an historic concept in Indigenous communities, acknowledges the fluidity and spectrum of gender identity and expression.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2022
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• Labelling a lesbian: How stereotypes harm and help the community

  In the lesbian community — and most other communities in existence, whether they’re race-based, orientation-based or really, anything-based — stereotypes are plentiful.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2022
• How the 2SLGBTQQIA+ term can be both helpful and harmful

  People in the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community say labels can help build a sense of camaraderie, but they may also create confusion.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2022
• Sex vs. gender: What J.K. Rowling got wrong that you can get right

  'As our understanding of the nuance between sex and gender has evolved, we as a society have felt the need to create words differentiating those.'

  Features

  Jun 20, 2020
• Health-care disparities faced by LGTBQ Canadians widened by coronavirus: researchers

  The research group had already been developing a curriculum to address inequities in the health-care system for people who identify as LGBTQ.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2020
• Fearing for their lives, Serbian gay couple seeks refuge in Calgary

  A couple from Serbia living in Calgary quite literally took on the fight for their lives as they struggled to be recognized for who they are. Their journey led them to Canada.

  Features

  Aug 26, 2019
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• Jason Kenney: Accusations that party wants to out LGBT kids are ‘ridiculous’

  United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney says his caucus is willing to meet in the middle on a provincial bill that would make it illegal for teachers to tell parents if their child has joined a gay-straight alliance.

  Politics

  Nov 12, 2017