One of America’s most successful programs for reducing new HIV infections among young gay and bisexual men comes to Vancouver this June. “We’re going back to an empowerment model, which is what the HI...

Gay men in Vancouver will soon have expanded access to a drug therapy that can prevent them from becoming HIV-positive after exposure to the virus. Next month the Ministry of Health and the BC Centre ...

On March 27 Gold Trail became the 16th school district in British Columbia to implement an anti-homophobia policy. “We didn’t have any specific incident that was of deep and dire concern that was the ...

When Gary Allen was a teenager he prayed that morning would never come so he wouldn’t have go to school. Allen was a student at Vancouver’s Killarney Secondary from 1979 to 1981 where, he says, he was...

Prince George school trustees have decided against adopting a stand-alone anti-homophobia policy similar to those adopted in 15 other British Columbia school districts. Instead, the Prince George scho...

The Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows school board chamber was a sea of pink on Feb 29 as trustees responded positively to presentations from district teachers and students seeking a stand-alone anti-homop...

Administrators at Burnaby’s Confederation Park Elementary School are relieved that a rumoured protest by Parents’ Voice failed to materialize on Pink Shirt Day. Word of the protest first surfaced on F...

The Langley Teachers Association went before the district’s school board Feb 21 to call for specific policy to protect queer students and staff. “This district for about four or five years has not mad...

Organizers of the fifth annual Fraser Valley Taboo Naughty But Nice Show have cancelled the Abbotsford show, citing restrictive liquor bylaws, as well as opposition from some in the local Christian co...

Members of Vancouver’s trans community are alarmed by what one person describes as “the ongoing failure of Vancouver Coastal Health to provide adequate care to the gender-diverse community of BC.” “I ...