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So, Why Do They Need a Parade?

Trina Read | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada Living
Trina Read

Call me a slow learner, but I suddenly realized why there have to be gay pride parades at all. It does not matter if it is a big city, small city, Canada or the U.S. There are not enough straight people supporting homosexual rights. And I couldn't help but wonder when the day will come that there will be no need for a Pride Parade.

Jenna Talackova, Transgender Beauty Queen, Says She's Made A Reality Show

CP | Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.02.2013 | Canada TV

Jenna Talackova made a worldwide splash in the surreal world of beauty pageants in 2012, but next year the gender equality crusader says it's back to ...

What I Learned at the Rocky Horror Picture Show

Natalie Karneef | Posted 02.20.2013 | Canada Living
Natalie Karneef

After a four-hour trek through downtown to find coloured fishnet stockings, a garter, and plastic water pistols in an outfit that reveals more skin than I do at the doctor's office, we are on our way to the Late Night Double Feature Picture Show. I begin to get very nervous when remember that I am not wearing pants.

Beauty Queen Fights Mentally Ill Label

The Huffington Post B.C. | Zi-Ann Lum | Posted 10.14.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Jenna Talackova, the transgender beauty queen famous for fighting for her right to compete in Miss Universe Canada, has picked a new battle with the W...

New Policy Give Guidelines For Transgender Students, Teachers In Toronto Schools

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.04.2012 | Canada Impact

TORONTO - Transgender students in Toronto schools must be accommodated according to their own stated gender preference and do not need to produce offi...

Transwoman Connor Ferguson Takes Prom Queen Title In Trenton

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 07.05.2012 | Canada Living

It's not many schools that can say they struck a blow against discrimination by naming its prom queen, but for Trenton High School in Ontario, their e...

Danielle Smith and the Trouble with Trans Medicine in Alberta

Valerie Keefe | Posted 08.26.2012 | Canada Politics
Valerie Keefe

Danielle Smith came out against Alberta Health Insurance funding genital reconstruction surgery. She said it was because she didn't want vital resources spent on elective medicine when there was important care to be paid for. But currently, a trans person expressing a need for hormone replacement therapy, has a very long -- and difficult -- road ahead of them.

He, She, It -- Does It Really Matter What our Gender is on Passports?

Aviva Rubin | Posted 07.16.2012 | Canada
Aviva Rubin

Passport Canada is looking into policy changes to the gender requirement on passport, and introducing a "genderless" passport for transgendered peoples. But the question isn't whether we should introduce a third "gender" to passport policies, but rather, should there be gender at all on passports?

What We Learned From the Amp Radio Breast Implant Contest

Jarrah Hodge | Posted 09.20.2011 | Canada
Jarrah Hodge

Many contestants in AMP Radio's "Breast Summer Ever" contest challenged the idea that cosmetic breast surgery is always something women to do conform to a beauty ideal and please men. Maybe the contestant who most challenged that idea was the eventual winner, Avery -- a trans woman.