gender + sexuality

Schools have been working to be more inclusive towards 2SLGBTQIA+ students, but many queer students have had to bear the weight of finding themselves on their own. Where do we go from here?

Since the Beatles, women and girls have been shamed for what they like, but female fans haven’t let that stop them. In every era, fangirls have found each other and bonded over their interests, getting together in bedrooms — and stadiums — to celebrate the things that make them shriek.

A business collapse. A child’s leukemia diagnosis. A realization that life could be different. For three Manitoban women, midlife became the moment to rethink work and to rebuild their careers on their own terms.

Incels, looksmaxxers, and pick-up artists – what draws young men to these communities? Follow me as I descend into the depths of the Manosphere to learn what it truly takes to become a Top G.

Do you know who gave Canadian women the right to maternity leave? Who fought to have Canadian women seen as people in the eyes of the law? In her latest book, “Women Who Woke up the Law: Inside the Cases that Changed Women’s Rights in Canada”, Karin Wells brings readers into the legal trials and personal tribulations of the women who made Canadian legal history.

Many young Canadians dream of becoming professional hockey players — a dream that women and girls were excluded from until the inaugural season of the PWHL, a league that finally provided female players a livable wage. How has the reality of a professional women’s hockey league impacted elite female players? For Manitoba’s Kati Tabin, it changed everything — and the effects are rippling out to younger women and girls across the province.

Women are disproportionately affected by invisible illnesses, often turning to alternatives when conventional medicine falls short. Some symptoms aren’t always measurable — but that doesn’t make them imaginary.

As AI makes our modern world ever weirder, this dream-like novel gets more relevant. Ben Berman Ghan’s debut novel “The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits” gives AI a soul — without skimping on the action.

Award-winning author Kazim Ali uses vivid imagery and poetic dialogue to explore themes of love, identity, and cultural displacement in his latest novel, “Indian Winter.”

In his cutting 2024 memoir “Crooked Teeth,” Syrian-Canadian author Danny Ramadan chronicles his tumultuous journey as a queer writer, lover, and refugee across the Middle East, Africa, and Canada.

Connie Kuhns’s book “Rubymusic: A Popular History of Women’s Music and Culture” chronicles how women have shaped the music scene while working twice as hard as the men.

Christine Lai’s literary fiction “Landscapes” combines traumatic memories, art, and resilience against the backdrop of a decaying English manor, scheduled for demolition.