Approximately 350 people took to Commercial Drive Aug 1 for the fifth annual Trans, Two-Spirit and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March to help kick off Pride weekend in Vancouver. The event b...

Residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside held their first Pride parade July 19 and plan to make it an annual celebration. “We’re bringing Pride to the people who really, really need it the most,” or...

Nanaimo City Council has rescinded a controversial decision to ban a webcast sponsored by Chick-fil-A from a city-owned facility. The original motion, passed May 5, had banned any events “associated w...

The anticipated financial benefits of hosting Pride events may not be enough to persuade some British Columbian communities to unfurl the rainbow flag anytime soon. An online poll conducted by the Pen...

The boardroom of the Vancouver School Board (VSB) erupted with deafening cheers, shouts of joy, hugs, high-fives and dancing as trustees approved revisions to the district’s anti-homophobia policy Jun...

The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) has expelled school trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo from caucus for their continued opposition to LGBT initiatives. “The decision to expel Denike and Woo was nece...

The Vancouver School Board’s education and student services committee approved revisions to the district’s anti-homophobia policy June 11 that will make schools more welcoming to transgender students....

Hundreds of supporters and opponents packed a Vancouver School Board meeting May 14 to discuss the board’s plan to update its anti-homophobia policy to make schools more welcoming to transgender stude...

There’s no doubt that Leo Anthony Mantha was a murderer; he confessed to it prior to his execution 55 years ago in BC. The question is why was he executed in a time when capital punishment was decided...

Kika Mueller was in Grade 1 when Victoria’s school board made history in 2003 as the first in BC to adopt a policy to address homophobia and support its gay students and staff. The policy may have loo...