Cultural differences and stereotypes between the Englishman and American are at the heart of the film’s humour and play a significant role in the development of their relationship.
Volunteers carry a large rainbow flag during the 2019 Pride Parade in Toronto.
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The rainbow Pride flags flying this month obscure the ongoing legislative attacks threatening the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary people and their families.
Coming of age brings new challenges for central characters who are discovering their own sexuality.
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A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
The Taipei city hall building is lit up with Pride colours during the annual Taiwan LGBTQ event in Taipei, Taiwan, in October 2021.
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The cancellation of the WorldPride 2025 event in Taiwan is not only a loss for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia. It’s also emblematic of the influence of authoritarian regimes worldwide.
An image from the comic ‘Compassion’ by Kayleigh Fine, which was commissioned to illustrate the importance of compassionate care for 2SLGBTQ+ people.
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Accessing compassionate health care is often difficult for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual identities, such as pansexual or asexual individuals (2SLGBTQ+).
2022 marks the first year Pride Toronto events will be hosted in person since the pandemic began.
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Decolonial work is necessary. Queer people, communities and organizations have a responsibility to work toward undoing historical and contemporary wrongs.
This year, Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 1 and welcomes in the year of the water tiger.
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As we ring in Lunar New Year, we need to celebrate Asian communities, their fierceness and courage; and demand bold changes for combatting anti-Asian racism and supporting well-being.
Using social media increases our natural tendency to compare ourselves. How does this affect our well-being?
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Can multinational corporations really be fully engaging in social responsibility if they turn a blind eye to state-sanctioned hostilities against LGBT people?
Starting August 2021, the Common Application will allow students to choose their gender identity.
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The Common Application now lets students indicate their gender identities and pronouns when applying to college. But is that enough to make trans students feel welcome? A scholar weighs in.
The gaybourhood gave LGBTQ+ communities the space they urgently needed to simply be themselves. But our cities should be built in such a way that everyone feels at home
Donald Trump’s helicopter landing at the White House, Oct. 5, as he returns from being hospitalized at Walter Reed.
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A classics scholar and poet turns to Greek mythology, especially the story of Oedipus the King, to explain the drama – or perhaps tragedy – that is taking place in the highest office in the land.
Queer health scholar Virginia Brooks published a landmark study on lesbians in the 1970s, initially coming up with the ideas behind sexual minority stress theory.
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A little-known researcher’s theory on the experience of queer people continues to reverberate to today.
Ben & Jerry’s opened Art for Justice, which highlights the need for criminal justice reform and features art by formerly incarcerated artists.
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As North Americans celebrate Pride this summer, we should take it as a reminder of our colourful sexual diversity, and also the infinite ways to have sex, with nothing unnatural with any of them.