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The $100 million Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan expires in March 2027. On October 6, dozens of queer and trans organisations lobbied Ottawa to renew it, warning that groups are already closing. The government says it's still reviewing.
Grindr has agreed to buy PurposeMed, the parent company of HIV-prevention telehealth service Freddie, and fold it into a new Grindr Health. It could put PrEP a few taps from millions of users in the US and Canada. It also puts sensitive health care inside a dating app.
The producers behind the gay hockey romance have launched the Irina Foundation, named after Ilya's late mother, to fund sports and arts programs for LGBTQIA2S+ and underserved communities in Canada and the US.
Thunderhead, a monument on Parliament Hill honoring survivors of Canada's decades-long LGBT Purge, was officially unveiled in Ottawa on August 21 — funded by the settlement of the lawsuit victims filed against their own government.
