Documentary ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile’ now showing in theaters and on demand (VIDEO)

A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile, a documentary about a false online relationship between a Canadian woman and a Syrian girl, premiered Friday in select theaters and through the on demand service SundanceNow Doc Club. The documentary follows the story of Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American girl who got involved in an online relationship…

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Canadian gay publisher ‘Xtra’ to embrace digital, close print

Toronto — Pink Triangle Press (PTP), Canada’s leading gay and lesbian publisher, today announced a major strategic re-positioning to an all-digital publishing company. As a result, next month PTP will close print editions of the Xtra gay and lesbian community newspapers in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. PTP will focus on developing its journalism website DailyXtra.com…

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Tide’s latest commercial features same-sex couple (VIDEO)

A new commercial by Tide features a same-sex couple arguing over their laundry and “past mistakes.” Tide, a Procter and Gamble (P&G) product, has only released the commercial in Canada. Earlier this year, P&G, a Fortune 500 company, came out in support of marriage equality. P&G also received a 100 on HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality…

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For LGBT seniors in long-term care facilities, Canada offers little in the way of support

For the generation born just before the Baby Boomers, life in residential care homes, assisted living facilities and other elderly living arrangements appears to offer no respite from the closet nor the homophobia that so many of those in that cohort grew up with. Despite Canada’s reputation for tolerance and inclusion – the Canadian government…

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Smart fortwo owners welcome the world to WorldPride 2014 (VIDEO)

TORONTO — Saturday, June 14, smart owners from the Greater Toronto Area gathered to welcome the world to Toronto and mark the onset of WorldPride 2014, which starts today in Toronto, Ontario and runs to June 29. This exclusive by invitation-only event was orchestrated by smart Canada, and was open to smart fortwo owners, as well as car2go members….

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Toronto’s 10-day extravaganza that is WorldPride

In preparation for WorldPride, June 20-29, Toronto has literally laid out a welcome mat in the form of rainbow-painted crosswalks for the hundreds of thousands expected to attend the celebration. WorldPride Toronto is an event that “incorporates activism, education and the history and culture of global LGBTTIQQ2SA* communities.” According to Andrew Weir, vice president of…

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