There are some people (this writer included) for whom Colin Firth’s Academy Award-worthy performance was in 2010’s "A Single Man" (Firth’s initial gay role), his first such nomination, even though he won the trophy the following year for The King’s Speech.

(EDGE) As the Trump Administration continues to barely pay lip service to the reported abuse, torture and murder of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya, a group of Canadians is springing action like latter day Harriet Tubmans.

An anti-LGBT proposal was defeated in Russia, and a mother tries to block her 17-year-old son’s transition in Canada.

(AP) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put forward a bill to extend human rights protections to transgender Canadians.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The latest economic data from Canada shows that it is inching toward recession, after its economy posted its fifth straight month of contraction.

This is how the LGBT community embraces a leader who embraces them. 

(LA Blade) The Canadian government on Dec. 31 once again said it will resettle LGBT Afghans in the country.

In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Canada Post has chosen to celebrate marriage equality.

After nearly five decades of discrimination by the Canadian government towards LGBT public servants, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the government will submit a formal apology.

(CNN) Ruby Alexander just wanted to go to the beach. As a transgender 11-year-old, she struggled to find comfortable, well-fitting bikini bottoms.

Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Shawn Barber took to Facebook on Monday to come out as "gay and proud!"

After a groundbreaking ruling, a 12-year-old boy from Alberta, Canada, received a new birth certificate Sunday that identifies him as male, the Canadian Press reports.

We could all use a vacation, preferably to a place that isn’t a sweltering mess during the summer. Now is your chance to enter to win a vacation to Toronto’s PrideFest where the weather the temperature is a blissful seventy degrees.

Quebec will soon teach kids about same-sex relationships and sex education.

An anti-LGBT group infiltrated a Canadian Pride festival last month and is now facing consequences for those actions.

It may just be the best place to march for trans pride.

This week read about a school in China telling a gay student to "deal with" the bullying, and a Canadian school education board ordered to reform after numerous scandals.

This week read about protests in Namibia over Phillip Lühl's twin daughters, and LGBT people being the most targeted in hate crimes in Canada.

This week read about Zimbabweans reactingtoNelson Chamisa's views on LGBT rights, and Canadian Blood Services wanting to reduce wait time for gay men to donate blood.

This week read about the first transgender finalist in the Miss Universe Nepal pageant, and a Ugandan trans woman receiving an advocacy award in Canada.

This week read about the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, and Penguin Random House moving forward with a book by a transphobic author in Canada.

This week read about Kaitlyn Weaver coming out as queer, the online concert Roaring Rainbow raising money for organizations that support transgender children, and Michele Rayner-Goolsby hoping to become Florida’s first out woman in Congress.

This week read about Canada passing a bill to ban conversion therapy, and an activist dressed as a bearded Virgin Mary appearing on an LGBT magazine in Berlin.

This week read about Canada prolonging Pride celebrations, and a Ghana court keeping a group of LGBT activists in custody.

This week read about Canada putting the conversion therapy bill ban on hold, and hospitals offering "anti-gay" therapy to "alter" people's sexualities in East Africa.

This week read about swimmer Markus Thormeyer setting a national record for Canada, and activists urging Japan to fight discrimination using the Olympics.

This week read about Catholic schools in Canada standing up for LGBT students when the board voted to not fly Pride flags, and Erikas Malisauskas using homophobic tweets to raise money for LGBT groups in Lithuania.

This week read Japan's bill falling short of adding protections to the LGBT community, and Ken Haire winning his pension case after claiming discrimination by CN Rail in Canada.

This week read about Malaysia seeking stricter laws against people who "promote the LGBT lifestyle," and Canada passing a bill that will criminalize conversion therapy.

This week read about a Namibia court ruling against two gay couples, and a bill to ban conversion therapy in Canada facing pushback.