Compelling New Book on Trans History is the Resource the LGBTQ+ Community Has Been Missing

We all know the pain of feeling alone in our story. For LGBTQ+ young people – especially those who  identify as a gender different than the one they were assigned at birth – this pain is exacerbated by the common misconception that living as trans…

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Transmasculine Latinx pop artist JAKK FYNN releases ‘Cancelled’ EP + music video for “Special”

Pop artist Jakk Fynn (he/him), a transmasculine Latinx pop artist committed to redefining masculinity, today releases Cancelled, a 5-track EP of original, emotionally evocative dance pop music. Stream/download Cancelled HERE.
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Transmasculine Latinx pop artist JAKK FYNN releases ‘Cancelled’ EP + music video for “Special”

Pop artist Jakk Fynn (he/him), a transmasculine Latinx pop artist committed to redefining masculinity, today releases Cancelled, a 5-track EP of original, emotionally evocative dance pop music. Stream/download Cancelled HERE.
To celebrate this release…

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MEN EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, A comedy about culture, hockey, relationships and sex

Downstage, with the generous support of Hit & Myth Productions, is proud to present Men Express Their Feelings, the rollicking world premiere production by Sunny Drake, from February 28 – March 15, 2020, at the Big Secret Theatre.
“I’m deligh…

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London Drugs Creates a Valentine’s Card Collection that Celebrates All Love

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, London Drugs is launching a line of Valentine’s cards designed by Canadian illustrators for communities that aren’t typically represented in the greeting card aisle.
Cards For All is a Valentine’s card collection made to refl…

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Stop Straightwashing Susan B. Anthony

By Sted Mays
THE LEGENDARY FEMINIST Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) is too often the silenced queer elephant in the room of U.S. history. As we observe the 200th anniversary of her birth, which is on February 15th, it’s important to ask ourselves whether …

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The Fight for LGBT Equality Never Ends

By Michael Manganiello
“I spent my early career in the theater and eventually went on to own a restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. A career advocating for the rights of patients had not occurred to me until two defining moments occurred in my life.”
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Measure A Penis Day Gets People Talking About the Importance of Proper Condom Fit

What’s more uncomfortable than a poorly fitting condom? A conversation about a poorly fitting condom. Until now.
Kicking off National Condom Month—and with two weeks to go before Valentine’s Day— myONE® condoms invites everyone to celebrate the first-…

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Thirteen

By Phil Tarley
In 1964, I turned thirteen. I was a wild child, filled with a bursting curiosity about the world out there I wanted to explore. Craving adventure like the feral, ferocious horn dog, I would soon become, I was on fire for something more i…

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Government of Canada announces funding to help LGBTQI2S+ young adults stop smoking

University of Toronto’s All Together Now! project will work with LGBTQI2S+ communities to offer tailored support
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease and premature death in Canada. In Canada, young adults aged 18 to 24 who identify…

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The Fenway Institute Trump Year 3 Report Documents Expanded Harm to LGBTQIA+ Community

Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief demonstrating that in 2019, the Trump Administration dramatically expanded upon discriminatory, anti-LGBT policies implemented in 2017 and 2018 that are harming the health and well-b…

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Visibility

Sarah Priestman’s son’s s tattoo “visible” was a present from her for his 18th birthday. He is transgender, and to him, visibility is an antidote to stigma; it’s refusing what most of the world still wants trans people to do: disappear.
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There is Something Called Sin. It’s Called Masculinity.

I was that boy whose body was shackled by toxic masculinity. I was that boy, wearing a mask on a stage performing for a too large audience that I could handle, called society. In that experience, I punished my body, and it punished me in return. The so…

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Portholes

If you were to encounter Carson Russell and his husband walking down the street in downtown Seattle, you’d find yourself in a pleasant exchange with a charming man. If you caught him in uniform, you’d likely thank him for his service and disembark with…

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“The Kindness of Strangers”: My Same-Sex Wedding Story

In 2010, five years before the Obergefell decision, same-sex marriage was not legal in New York, my home state, but honored out-of-state marriages. My partner and I talked about marrying, but actually, we were ambivalent about engaging in such a ritual…

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