Gender + Sexuality

news

Girls Gone Geek in Vancouver

Take in a night of 'nerdlesque,' a burlesque bonanza for the cerebral crowd.

By Laura Kane, 10 Feb 2012

opinion

Needlessly, Porn Work Is Now More Risky

Time to legislate and enforce condom use on every adult film set in North America.

By Emily Walker, 16 Jan 2012

news

Sex Without HIV Disclosure: Should It Remain a Crime?

Why the Supreme Court is about to hear public health experts say it's time to soften the law. A special report.

By Stephanie Law, 12 Jan 2012

artsculture

Angelina Jolie's Lens on Rape as War Crime

The subject is vital but Jolie's politics are murky in her directorial debut.

By Lynn Parramore, 5 Jan 2012

life

For All the Targeted Women

Notes, and poems, on the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

By Fiona Tinwei Lam, 6 Dec 2011

artsculture

'Shame' and 'No Sexual Rapport'

A fictional sex addict, and the real life of pornographers who feed his hunger.

By Dorothy Woodend, 2 Dec 2011

news

A Tyee Series

Ten Years After Aaron Webster's Death, What's Changed?

The crime spurred changes among police and in classrooms. There's still far to go, say LGBT advocates.

By Kate Adach and Sam Eifling, 17 Nov 2011

life

A Tyee Series

Girl Meets Boy II

Dinner winding down, I ask more about my transgender friends' experience with sex, families and tough criticism. Last of two.

By Ryan Elias, 21 Oct 2011

life

A Tyee Series

Girl Meets Boy

I always wondered how my transgender friends Amy and Gavin dealt with love, sex, surgery -- everything, really. So I invited them for dinner. First of two.

By Ryan Elias, 20 Oct 2011

news

A Tyee Series

'Dissolve': A Show About Date Rape

An unforgettable forgotten night inspired Meghan Gardiner's enduring play, embraced by schools across Canada.

By Chris Reynolds and Aleks Sagan, 5 Oct 2011

news

In Saudi Arabia, a New Era for Women

Thousands educated beyond the kingdom return home to exert pressure for political change.

By Frank Viviano, 29 Sep 2011

life

Meet the Portable Pole Dancer

Street performing has evolved. Which helps pay for Natalie Dinsdale's graduate studies in biology.

By Christopher Grabowski, 30 Aug 2011

artsculture

Kristen Wiig, Screwball Genius, I Salute You!

Is 'Bridesmaids' really that funny? Yes, miraculously, it is.

By Dorothy Woodend, 27 May 2011

life

What Is Wrong with the Men In This Town?

Too shy? Too nice? Blame the suburbs and our collective good nature. Now get me a cat.

By Vanessa Richmond, 18 May 2011

news

So What, I'm a Slut

Slutwalk Vancouver, the next step in a controversial women's empowerment movement.

By Katie Hyslop, 13 May 2011

news

Lenora Stenersen, Sparking Change

She pushed through barriers to be one of BC's few women mechanics. Now she works alongside her dad at Coast Mountain.

By Justin Langille, 5 May 2011

life

Why I Had to Watch The Royal Wedding

And why you did, too. We're grasping at fantasies as fairy tale traditional marriages fade away.

By Vanessa Richmond, 28 Apr 2011

books

'Everything Was Good-bye,' a Canadian Romeo and Juliet

BC Book Prize winner Gurjinder Basran on constricted girlhood, arranged marriage, a mother's pride and more.

By Fiona Tinwei Lam, 22 Apr 2011

news

'Woman of the Year' Is Out of a Job

Provincial cuts finally catch up with Cranbrook’s Women's Resource Centre run by Vicky Dalton.

By Tom Sandborn, 31 Mar 2011

opinion

Canadian Women Might Envy Obama's US

As Harper's replay of Bush policies hurts the vulnerable, we no longer can look south and feel superior.

By Alison Brewin, 24 Feb 2011