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June 25, 2012

Q & Ass with Rahim Thawer

June 25, 2012/ Denise Balkissoon
Q & Ass with Rahim Thawer

Speaking with Denise Balkissoon, sexual health counsellor Rahim Thawer discusses HIV prevention, fetishes, stereotypes and, most importantly, keeping the ass fun.

 

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    The Ass Issue
    brown people, coming out, ethnicity, family, Fetish, gay, HIV, queer, religion
    June 24, 2012

    Of Mice and Faceless Men

    June 24, 2012/ Jaime Woo

    Jaime Woo reveals the most shocking thing about being a faceless torso on Grindr.

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    June 24, 2012/ Jaime Woo/ 2 Comments
    The Ass Issue
    assumptions, diversity, ethnicity, gay, Grindr, interracial dating, queer, sex
    April 23, 2012

    Contents Under Pressure: A Queer Muslim Unsilenced

    April 23, 2012/ Rahim Thawer

    “Being both Muslim and queer always seemed like mutually exclusive identities to me.” Rahim Thawer explores how he came to see queerness and Islam as compatible, at least in himself.

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    April 23, 2012/ Rahim Thawer/ 4 Comments
    The Religion Issue
    brown people, family, gay, homophobia, Ismaili, Muslim, politics, queer, religion, representation
    June 28, 2011

    Whatever Happened To My Homophobia?

    June 28, 2011/ Jef Catapang

    Jef Catapang figures out where his own homophobia went.

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    The Queer Issue
    gay, immigrants, lesbian, queer, suburbs
    June 28, 2011

    Down a Different Kind of Aisle

    June 28, 2011/ Jaime Woo

    Jaime Woo imagines his wedding day (fun!) and muses on the idea that ethnics are always weird about queers (smart!).

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    The Queer Issue
    chinese, family, gay, lesbian, marriage, queer
    June 28, 2011

    Love Letter to Juan Gabriel

    June 28, 2011/ Kelli Korducki

    Kelli Korducki interviews two Latino pop experts--her parents--about Mexican crooner Juan Gabriel, the Johnny Mathis of mariachi.

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    The Queer Issue
    assumptions, gay, Juan Gabriel, lesbian, Mexican balladry, queer, representation
    June 28, 2011

    In Defence of Minority Homophobes (Sorta)

    June 28, 2011/ Navneet Alang

    Navneet Alang comes to the defense of minority homophobes.

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    June 28, 2011/ Navneet Alang/ 1 Comment
    The Queer Issue
    assumptions, gay, immigrants, lesbian, queer
    June 28, 2011

    Coming Out of the Cupboard: Q&A with my cuz

    June 28, 2011/ Denise Balkissoon

    Denise Balkissoon has got a huge family: 50+ first cousins, of which exactly one is openly gay.

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    June 28, 2011/ Denise Balkissoon/ 1 Comment
    The Queer Issue
    diversity, family, gay, lesbian, queer
    June 27, 2011

    Open Secrets

    June 27, 2011/ Renee Williams

    Renée Sylvestre-Williams discusses the "open secret" of sexuality among her parents' extra-fabulous friends.

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    June 27, 2011/ Renee Williams/ 1 Comment
    The Queer Issue
    diversity, gay, lesbian, queer
    June 27, 2011

    Pride and (Gay) Prejudice

    June 27, 2011/ Canice Leung

    Canice Leung talks about the day her parents came home wearing t-shirts that read "Man + Woman = Marriage.

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    June 27, 2011/ Canice Leung/ 2 Comments
    The Queer Issue
    chinese, elections, family, gay, immigrants, Jason Kenney, lesbian, politics, queer, religion, representation, very ethnic
    June 10, 2011

    Link: Post-Mos and the Dangers of Privilege

    June 10, 2011/ Jaime Woo

    Over at Torontoist, Jaime Woo responds to The Grid piece "Dawn of a New Gay" (which is, apparently, all-white and all-boy).

    June 10, 2011/ Jaime Woo/ Comment
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    The Wellness Issue

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    Soko Negash
    Remedy in Practice: A Still Life
    Soko Negash

    For centuries, community-focused care and ancestral healing knowledge have existed as practices of resistance and freedom for folks of colour.

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    Soko Negash
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    Joy Henderson
    Wanted: Health Care That Works For Indigenous Women
    Joy Henderson

    I wish I could share a different story of my reproductive life, one filled with love and ancient wisdom. But like the stories of many Indigenous women, mine reflects Canada’s ongoing legacy of colonization.

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    Joy Henderson
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    Shazlin Rahman
    Wellness Begins At Home, But Where Is That?
    Shazlin Rahman

    Our identities, no matter how malleable or elastic, are rooted in geographical locations. How do you get well when your wellness is connected to home, and home is thousands of miles away?

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    Shazlin Rahman
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    Janika Oza
    Confessions Of A Brown Yoga Teacher
    Janika Oza

    As an Indian yoga teacher in white spaces, I occupy a strange position: trying to honour the yogic tradition that I grew up with and simultaneously feeling unwelcome in the space.

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    Janika Oza
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    Melissa Haughton
    Cash Rules Everything Around Me—Especially My Health
    Melissa Haughton

    Saving money for school, managing competing schedules and spending hours on public transit put immense pressure on me, and left no time to prioritize my health.

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    Melissa Haughton
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    Michelle Kay
    The Sipping Point: Lessons From Mom's Kitchen
    Michelle Kay

    Chinese food and certain aspects of Eastern medicine have entered the mainstream, but traditional Chinese medicine is often regarded with suspicion and sometimes labelled as pseudoscience.

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    Michelle Kay

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