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LGBTQ+ Americans are Calling for Help in Record Nu... News
by NewsWeek
LGBTQ+ Americans are Calling for Help in Record Numbers
According to data provided to Newsweek, Rainbow Railroad, a group that provides services worldwide including travel, financial grants and information support to LBGTQ+ people at risk of discrimination,...
August 16, 2024
Queer Activist’s Advocacy Continues in Canada After... News
by IN Magazine
Queer Activist’s Advocacy Continues in Canada After Surviving Violence in Uganda
Steven Kabuye refuses to let a near-death experience due to a homophobic hate crime derail him from fulfilling his destiny to advocate for 2SLGBTQI+ rights. The 2SLGBTQI+ Ugandan activist was stabbed...
July 30, 2024
‘It just makes me feel home’: LGBTQ2 newcomers celebrate... News
by CBC
‘It just makes me feel home’: LGBTQ2 newcomers celebrate first Pride in Toronto
Hundreds of 2SLGBTQ+ newcomers will take part in Toronto's Pride Parade Sunday. When Zhya Aramiy was living in Turkey and Iraq, he had to keep his Pride flags hidden away. Aramiy, who identifies as gay,...
June 29, 2024
Rainbow refugees increasingly look to Canada for s... News
by CBC
Rainbow refugees increasingly look to Canada for safety
Requests for assistance climbing as members of 2SLGBTQ+ community displaced in crackdowns around the world. Steven Kabuye didn't know what it was like to be gay and safe before he came to Canada. He fled...
June 29, 2024
LGBTQ people deserve freedom, a sense of home, and... News
by Washington Blade
LGBTQ people deserve freedom, a sense of home, and belonging
Latoya Nugent found refuge in Canada after fleeing Jamaica. Seven years ago, my fight for queer liberation in notoriously homophobic Jamaica culminated in a violent and brutal unlawful arrest and detention....
June 27, 2024
She fled persecution for being a lesbian. She found... News
by Toronto Star
She fled persecution for being a lesbian. She found Pride and a new LGBTQ family in Toronto
Fresh off a flight for asylum in Canada, Lylie Ouko was staying in a refugee shelter when she saw a recruitment flyer for volunteers at Pride Toronto. Not knowing a soul in the city, she mustered...
June 27, 2024
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