








No elected officials walked in Kingston’s Pride parade on June 13, following a decision by the Kingston Pride board to keep the event non-political.
To better understand queer life at Queen’s across generations, The Journal spoke with current and former students about their experiences finding community on campus.
Kingston’s sole dedicated gay bar, Bottoms Up, has closed its doors after only six short months.
While Queen’s Career Services can polish a resume, it’s sheer student willpower that ultimately earns the signature on a summer employment contract.
While mental suffering is no less real than the physical kind, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) was built for failing bodies, and Canada needs to reckon with that.
The growing push to enforce a strict gender binary ignores not only the lived realities of transgender and non-binary people today, but also the long history of Indigenous gender diversity on Turtle Island.

As medical students, we are taught that patient-centered care, health equity, and accessibility are the foundational pillars of our future profession.
If you’re worried about the future of the humanities — or humanity in general — in this age of generative AI, go to a Queen’s graduation and you’ll walk away with renewed hope.
Thousands of people united downtown to celebrate Kingston’s 37th annual Pride Parade.
On June 9 at 7:00 p.m., Kingston hosted its 6th annual Drag in the Park.
Dr. Ashley Waddington, MPA ’13, a Queen’s OB/GYN who helped open Kingston’s first Transgender Health Clinic, is retiring this month.
The lakes north of Kingston don’t exactly look like the site of an international science story. But for Queen’s PhD student Haolun (Allen) Tian, that was the point.
Chris Zimmerman, ArtSci ’27, is making an impact on and off the court.
Stevenson, ArtSci ’28, was nominated for the World Rugby Women’s SVNS Rookie of the Year award in early June.
I’ve been told that I talk about being gay every five minutes.
University is often said to be some of the most enjoyable years of your life, but I can’t seem to let go of my life before.
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