Books behind bars
Incarcerated people in Canada are often without access to information. Prison librarians are working to change that
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Blood Feud
Canada has made changes to be less discriminatory toward queer blood donors, but is it enough?
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Zora
Maybe you remember Zora. I used to see her on St. Laurent selling jewellery and T-shirts and scraps of paper scribbled with art. In and out of bars and cafés, always alone, a storming shadow. Our eyes met once and I smiled. She stared, walked on. So, when I saw her on Sunday, sitting in […] More »
Daily Double
There are few things left that I can still derive joy from, the night bus being one of them. Whenever I can’t sleep and feel terrible about the state of all things—which is often—I remember that I can just walk out of my apartment in the middle of the night and wait at the […] More »
Growing out of it
If others don't notice my stutter, can I really call myself a stutterer at all?
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Birds of a feather
From stages to council meetings, this Vancouver drag queen advocates for Indigenous representation and gender-affirming care
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Cripping the Script
Queer and disabled people are changing the narrative around masculinity— and making it their own
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Occupational Hazard
Coming out at work is still a major challenge for queers across the country
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Baby
Illustration by Lilian Sim The ropes at the bottom of my macramé pot-hanger are frayed. Not on-purpose frayed. Just unravelling. The fern, the one I planted only a few months ago, is growing more on one side. It greedily reaches for the window even though the sunlight is inconsistent. Today is the first day that […] More »
The Operation
He did not hate the winter now, for he knew it was merely the Spring asleep, and that the flowers were resting. – Oscar Wilde, “The Selfish Giant”
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Talking with the dead
Across time and cultures, humans have sought to communicate with loved ones who have died. As the lone survivor of a family, I need those conversations
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