LSTW Mag – Calling all rural queers!
July 19, 2017 10:58 am Leave your thoughtsIn the next issue of LSTW, we’ll be featuring a story about LGBTQ+ visibility in rural Canada. Do you know any queer women living...
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Helem – Plural Identities
June 29, 2017 4:59 pm Leave your thoughtsA round-table discussion on being gay and Arab with the women of Helem Banet In certain cultures, homosexuality is considered a choice, a...
LSTW launches new collab with Peau de Loup
June 14, 2017 10:25 am Leave your thoughtsJust in time for Pride season, LSTW is happy to announce a new partnership with Vancouver clothing brand Peau de Loup. Over the next few...
Dental What?
June 5, 2017 11:20 am Leave your thoughtsVery few lesbians use protection as a way to practice safer sex on a regular basis. So here’s a primer on our very own, deeply misunderstood, prophylactic. If the average queer woman were to...
Dance Dance Revolution
June 2, 2017 8:10 am Leave your thoughtsCalling all weirdos! After a long hiatus, queer dance party favourites POMPe and Gaybash are back for a one-night bacchanal. We spoke with POMPe founder Laura Boo about the magic...
LSTW x Aires Libres Movies Nights 2017
May 31, 2017 2:08 pm Leave your thoughtsYou know summer is on its way when a wave of colourful balls adorns the skies over the Village. The arrival of the serpentine strings of...
The Quin Sisters Want to Change the World
May 30, 2017 11:36 am Leave your thoughtsTegan and Sara are using pop’s platform to bring their message—and their queerness—to the masses TWO MINUTES, MAYBE THREE. That’s...
Type With Pride: In Memory of Gilbert Baker
April 26, 2017 12:48 pm Leave your thoughtsIt’s hard to believe it’s been almost a month since Gilbert Baker passed away at the age of 65. The creator of the iconic...
LSTW Magazine – Call for Submissions
March 20, 2017 1:56 pm Leave your thoughtsDo you want to contribute to LSTW? We are currently accepting pitches for our second print issue! We’re seeking submissions from writers,...
LSTW launches a bilingual print magazine
December 8, 2016 12:39 pm Leave your thoughtsLez Spread the Word is launching the first issue of its bilingual print magazine. A 230-page annual created by and for queer women, the...
My Secret Life With Leonard Cohen
November 11, 2016 3:56 pm Leave your thoughtsThe year Stranger Music was released, I was 15. I bought a copy of Leonard Cohen’s selected poems and songs for a queer friend of...
First Girl I Loved – Watch the trailer now
August 24, 2016 5:45 pm Leave your thoughtsA coming-of-age tale that captures all the anxiety, bravery, and heartbreak of first love. First Girl I Loved is the Sundance 2016 Audience...