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Sarah Harmer and Georgia Harmer / Chris and Patrick from Sloan / Rheostatics with Alex Lifeson of Rush / Terra Lightfoot / Michie Mee / Tom Wilson of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings / Molly Johnson / Tabby Johnson / Ryan Boldt of Deep Dark Woods with Jenny Berkel / Dave Wall of Bourbon Tabernacle Choir / Emm Gryner and Sleahy / Lucas Silveira and Katelyn Molgard / Stephen Stanley and Shawn William Clark / Jane Gowan and Mary Harmer / Plus many more!
In 1985, three women started a lesbian soccer league, called Pink Turf, to have a safe place to play. Over the years, the league and the community that grew around it became about a lot more than the game. Here, they talk about the difference a queer club makes.
Defunding education means scarcity at a cost: a cohort that might never be able to dig itself out of student-loan debt or access tools to overcome barriers.
Just as being the only trans woman at a party sucks, writes Gwen Benaway, being a trans woman in Doug Ford’s Toronto isn’t great either. It’s clear who belongs in his government “for the people,” and who that government is trying to erase.
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In 1985, three women started a lesbian soccer league, called Pink Turf, to have a safe place to play. Over the years, the league and the community that grew around it became about a lot more than the game. Here, they talk about the difference a queer club makes.
Defunding education means scarcity at a cost: a cohort that might never be able to dig itself out of student-loan debt or access tools to overcome barriers.
Just as being the only trans woman at a party sucks, writes Gwen Benaway, being a trans woman in Doug Ford’s Toronto isn’t great either. It’s clear who belongs in his government “for the people,” and who that government is trying to erase.
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On Wednesday, January 17th, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau visited the West End Phoenix at our home in the Gladstone Hotel. We talked newspapers and art and life and the importance of conversation in our time. Two writers/photographers — Melissa Vincent and Alex Jacobs-Bloom — spoke about their work; we joked with Canada's head of state about the beauty and peril of home delivery; and we talked about what we are all trying hard to do, and will keep on doing for as long as we can.
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