Jul 18-24, 2019

News + Opinion

• City

  Elle Noir AKA Chris Cochrane is unapologetically herself

  The only out trans, Black drag queen this side of Montreal is the 2019 Pride Ambassador

  By Julia-Simone Rutgers

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• City

  Your unofficial official guide to Halifax Pride 2019

  From The Coast’s first Pride Guide in 1996, the community—and its reach—has grown. Get this week’s edition for stories from trans youth research to a parade everyone can love.

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• City

  Honouring the African Nova Scotian community with a concrete legacy

  Marven Nelligan’s artwork finally completed at Halifax Common plaza

  By Caora McKenna

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• City

  Halifax’s Dyke and Trans March goes beyond capitalism with a fun rainbow

  A community-organized alternative to corporate Pride is equal parts glitter and bitter

  By Rebecca Dingwell

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• City

  What 2SLGBTQ+ youth want

  New study looks at respectful care in health care and social services, plus increased education

  By Jessica R. Durling

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• City

  Halifax Pride’s low-sensory zone brings all the fun but less of the noise

  Making sure everyone has a good time at Pride

  By Caora McKenna

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• News

  Martha Paynter talks about abortion on the big screen

  Don’t worry about missing Unplanned in theatres, here’s seven on-screen representations worth watching

  By Caora McKenna

  Jul 19, 2019

  
• Shoptalk

  Safer Space Massage caters to all bodies and identities

  Massage therapist Leah Inman wants to fill a void in the queer community.

  By Victoria Walton

  Jul 17, 2019

  
• Shoptalk

  Steph McNair prioritizes non-binary beauty with Maneland

  After 10 years working in hair, the Halifax artist and stylist debuts her own space.

  By Allison Saunders

  Jul 17, 2019

  
• Opinion

  Finding a place and a voice as a queer PoC artist

  Creating confrontational and vulnerable artwork that describes my queer and mixed-race identities is a priority

  By Sarah Mihara Creagen

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, July 18, 2019

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Environment

  Climate protection is not a partisan issue

  "It’s absurd to think an issue like climate change belongs to one party"

  By David Suzuki

  Jul 18, 2019

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Halifax, meet Hedwig

  Help kick off Pride with a production of the queer punk-rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

  By Sara Connors

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Arts & Culture

  Constellate’s group dynamics

  The reading series wants to create and support community.

  By Tara Thorne

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Arts & Culture

  Interrogating masculinity in The Art of Self-Defense

  The dark comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg examines what it's like to be a man.

  By Tara Thorne

  Aug 1, 2019

  
• Music

  Dolly Parton's house

  Heist’s annual Pride tribute goes big-haired with a salute to Dolly Parton.

  By Morgan Mullin

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Music

  Halifax’s first gay male choir is set to make its Pride Festival debut

  From Broadway show tunes to standard classical arrangements and folk, they’re singing it all

  By Brandon Young

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Music

  Take Pride in your weekend with these Sure Things

  By Morgan Mullin

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Comics

  Art Brat Comics

  By Mollie Cronin

  Jul 18, 2019

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Be candid and bold, Capricorn

  By Rob Brezsny

  Jul 18, 2019

  
• Savage Love

  Cuckold tales

  Why do I get off on hearing my wife’s past sex stories? Plus: My partner stopped indulging my fantasies after the kids.

  By Dan Savage

  Jul 18, 2019