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[Opinion] Queerbaiting hurts the LGBTQ+ community

[Opinion] Queerbaiting hurts the LGBTQ+ community

November 16, 2020 by in EDITORIAL, POLITICS & ACTIVISM 0 comments

Main stream media uses “gay culture” to imitate diversity and attract an audience. Graphic by Melodie Vo

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"Anne with an E" promotional poster provided by Netflix.

Fans fight for shows renewals via Twitter

December 11, 2019 by in ARTS & LEISURE 0 comments

Social media has a very strong impact on all aspects of media and show cancellations is a perfect example of this. Recently, Canadian classic and Netflix show “Anne with an E” aired their last episode and announced that it was their final season. While the […]

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Photo illustration by Nyan Clarke

MSD students in the LGBTQ+ community must cope with judgement when expressing themselves

January 11, 2019 by in FEATURE 0 comments

“Straight people have never been negatively affected because they’re straight. They don’t get weird glances when holding hands; they aren’t afraid to be seen and they aren’t treated differently. We are, we do. That’s our reality. People will judge us because of who we love, […]

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Egyptian crackdown on LGBT community sparks outrage

Egyptian crackdown on LGBT community sparks outrage

October 7, 2017 by in NEWS, POLITICS & ACTIVISM 1 comment

A massive blow was delivered to the LGBT community over the weekend when the Egyptian government arrested 22 people on the charges “debauchery” and “promoting sexual deviancy”: mere pretenses engaging in homosexual activity. The crackdown began after a Mashrou’ Leila concert whose lead singer, Hamed […]

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