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Written by Avishta Seeras Translated by Avishta Seeras

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30 September 2024

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6 January 2024

Is the exiled Iranian queer community finally getting acceptance in the Iranian diaspora?

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Yiddish: A language to celebrate also for its hilarious curses

May you grow like an onion with its head in the ground!

Written by Filip Noubel

13 October 2023

Queering the internet: anonymous online spaces for LGBTQ+ people

Amid persecution, violence, or judgement, many queer folks turn online

Written by Sydney Allen

7 February 2023

State capture in South Africa by the Gupta family: A lesson on political influence

The three Gupta brothers have disproportionate influence in South Africa

Written by Stephanie Wild

7 December 2022

‘Handmaid’s Tale’ author Margaret Atwood shuns Russian sanctions, ridicules travel ban

Russian personal sanctions amount to a travel ban

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

21 November 2022

Five songs to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Women and nonbinary musicians represent their identity through song

Written by Melissa Vida

9 August 2022

‘Your’dle: Wordle is now available in many of the world’s languages

Wordle has been dubbed "the sourdough starter of Omicron"

Written by Tanya Lokot

2 February 2022

Artist collective rekindles Argentine folklore from a queer perspective

"We build on the tradition, with much respect"

Written by Romina Navarro Translated by Anthony Sutterman

2 December 2021

Colonial prejudices and vaccine nationalism drive COVID-19 African travel bans

Don’t single out Africa. The virus is also in the West.

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike, Lisa Plank, Rosemary Ajayi, Pernille Baerendtsen

1 December 2021

Reviving the Cree and Ojibwe languages of Manitoba with TikTok

Q&A with Tiktoker Sharissa Neault, promoting Indigenous languages online

Written by Rising Voices

25 September 2021

Not just Atlanta, but also Victoria, B.C.

Acknowledging the racism and white supremacy embedded in Canadian society

Written by Nevin Thompson

19 March 2021

Canadian, US cannabis corporations threaten Colombia's indigenous communities

Why the Misak people oppose cannabis monocrops on their land

Written by J. Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo

9 February 2021

First Nations artist explores ‘indigenous futurisms’ in his Woodland-style work

In Canada, Anishnaabe and Onyota’aka artist incorporates technological and traditional imagery

Written by Eduardo Avila

21 January 2021

Want to learn to curse like a Russian? There's an Instagram account for that

A Russian-Canadian visual dictionary celebrates the richness of Russian profanity.

Written by Filip Noubel

16 January 2021

To revitalise their ‘severely endangered’ language, Gitxsan internet users get creative

The virtual contest also helps “lift spirits” during COVID-19

Written by Ella Hannon

13 December 2020

How indigenous women in Canada heal through art

Indigenous women in Canada suffer high rates of violence

Written by Sabrina Velandia

8 September 2020

Is moving to Canada the real American Dream?

"I thought Canada was just another America, only with nicer people and colder weather. Since moving to Toronto, I’ve been fascinated by the special relationship between the two."

Written by Owen Guo

15 August 2020

Americans, your fantasies about Canada enable Canadians’ complacent sense of white superiority

It's time to listen, to learn, and to help

Written by Nevin Thompson

18 June 2020

Are Japanese ‘murder hornets’ invading North America?

It's unlikely they will murder you, but they pose a serious threat to honey bees

Written by Nevin Thompson

6 May 2020

Ghost cities in a COVID-19 world

Videos of empty cities from around the world curated by Global Voices' contributors.

Written by Global Voices

14 April 2020

Kim Kardashian, cultural appropriation, and genocide

Is cultural appropriation really just a harmless exchange of ideas?

Written by Nevin Thompson

6 July 2019

How an Uyghur activist felt the long arm of the Chinese Communist party, in Canada

For two decades Rukiye Turdush thought she had left China behind but, last month, the country finally caught up with her.

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

8 March 2019

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