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A ban on the practice of so-called conversion therapy in Vancouver sends a powerful message of rejection for controversial "pray the gay away" treatments, say advocates and experts.

The federal minister in charge of a decade-long housing strategy says the plan will be based on a "right to housing" as he faces criticism the Liberals are watering down the pledge.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for past state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people in Canada, but advocates argue his Liberal government could be doing more to stop it from happening now.

A "hellish" week of hard-fought negotiations sealed a deal to financially compensate members of the military and other federal agencies who were investigated and sanctioned because of their sexual orientation, says the lawyer representing them.

Alberta is proposing new legislation to ensure students who join gay-straight alliances in school are not outed without their permission.

Canada's top soldier expressed solidarity with the LGBTQ community on Sunday, August 27, 2017, by walking in Ottawa's annual Pride parade.

British Columbia's NDP government is bringing back the province's human rights commission, which was scuttled by the previous Liberal regime in 2002 in favour of a complaint-driven tribunal.

A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won a years-long battle to serve the remainder of her sentence for first-degree murder at a women's prison.

Gemma Hickey applied for a non-binary birth certificate in April and is believed to be the first in Canada to do so.

The Defence Department says a painstaking review of old personnel files in the national archives may be done to determine how many were forced out of the military for being gay or lesbian.

Ojibwa-Cree elder Ma-Nee Chacaby says coming out nearly 30 years ago was like unzipping her skin so she could reveal her true self.

Social Development Minister Jean−Yves Duclos said in this week his department will only collect the information if needed to receive a benefit or for legitimate purposes, such as policy development.

In a world with more than its share of injustice and intolerance, Canada has been a land of opportunity for those fleeing oppression for generations. But our work isn’t done yet.

Leadership at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is apologizing after an independent report said systemic racism and other mistreatment is pervasive at the Winnipeg institution.