LGBTQ community

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says if Opposition Leader Jason Kenney of the United Conservatives is serious about eradicating extremist views in his party, he can start with a member who compared the LGBTQ flag to the swastika.

Ottawa wants to make it free and fast for Canadians to obtain criminal pardons for simple pot possession, but Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made it clear on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, the government does not support the push for conviction records to be destroyed outright.

Toronto's Pride Parade has lifted a ban on uniformed police officers participating in the colourful annual event, saying the force was welcome to apply to be a part of next summer's festivities.

The Toronto Police Services Board says it has retained an Ontario Appeal Court judge to lead an external review into how the police force handles cases of missing persons.

As Toronto's annual Pride parade wound through the city's core on Sunday, June 24, 2018, the streets might have been their usual sea of colour, but at moments, a heaviness hung in the air.

A teenager behind an Ontario town's first Pride parade was still getting over his surprise on Thursday, June 14, 2018, at having found himself taking a congratulatory phone call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A rainbow crosswalk in an Indigenous community south of Edmonton might be the first one on a First Nation reserve in Canada.

When Kayla Hearn heard a small Newfoundland community had voted down a motion to paint the rainbow symbol on a crosswalk, she swiftly joined in the diverse outpouring of support for the high school students who proposed it.

The already sprawling investigation into alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur has expanded more than 40 years into the past, police said Wednesday as they laid another murder charge in the case.

The organization behind one of the world's largest pride parades is asking Toronto police to withdraw an application to take part in the event this year.

Carole Pope says she's standing in "solidarity" with Toronto's LGBTQ community as they grapple with questions surrounding alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur.

Four leading researchers say a federal plan to destroy the criminal records of people convicted of same-sex activity is a "troubling feature" of proposed legislation intended to help make amends to the LGBTQ community.

The Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or ended due to their sexual orientation.

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.

The Liberal government will introduce legislation on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, to expunge the criminal records of Canadians previously convicted of consensual sexual activity with same-sex partners.