On April 26, 2025, celebrate Lesbian Visibility Day! This day is part of an entire week devoted to celebrating lesbians around the world, as part of Lesbian Visibility Week. Both Lesbian Visibility Day and Lesbian Visibility Week started in West Hollywood in 1990 and ran for a short two-year period. Lesbian Visibility Week was initially […]

As we mark International Women’s Day, it’s important to remember that gender equality isn’t a finished conversation—especially for 2SLGBTQIA+ women in Canada. While we’ve made some progress, there are still plenty of obstacles in areas like workplace discrimination, gender-based violence and healthcare access. These issues show just how much more needs to be done to […]

October 8th is International Lesbian Day, a day to celebrate the history, impact, and beautiful diversity of the Lesbian community, uplift their voices and reaffirm our commitment to supporting Lesbians throughout the entire year. The origins of the word ‘Lesbian’ can be traced back to ancient Greece, where the lyric poet Sappho lived on the […]

To delve into a historical event from over two decades ago, let’s rewind to February 2000. Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in May 1999, the Liberal Party introduced Bill C-23, known as the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act. This legislation aimed to afford same-sex partners who had cohabited for over a year the same […]

In the vibrant history of gender, sexual, and relationship Diverse (GSRD) activism and women’s activism, Dyke Marches in Canada have carved out their own unique space, where intersectional voices can be centred. This distinct avenue of advocacy began in the early 1980s, driven by the conviction that lesbian experiences and struggles, particularly those of […]

September 14 marks the day the The Pussy Palace, Toronto’s first women and transgender bathhouse, opened in 1998. However, two years later in 2000 it also marked the first – and last – police raid of a bathhouse in Toronto. The Pussy Palace was the first of its kind in Toronto, as it not only […]

Not so long ago, tens of thousands of Canadian women trusted in their power and demanded equal rights with men. They initiated the women’s suffrage movement, eventually granting white women the right to vote in federal elections in 1918. By 1960, the movement had achieved full suffrage for […]

Four women were enjoying a night out on January 5, 1974, when an uninvited man approached them and became aggressive and insulting. Following the incident, the women were verbally harassed while in police custody and were not allowed to call a lawyer.