"Collaborating with Rowling is not simply a tone-deaf brand partnership—it’s actively harmful."

Tim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration | Xtra Magazine

Tim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade

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The Church Street Beach day community event yesterday was a huge success 😎🌴🌊 with the weather holding out and giving us a gorgeous sunny day☀️We brought in real grass sod, sandboxes, an inflatable pool and refreshments! ✨

Our campaign ads are now on Toronto public transit! Have you spotted them yet? 👀 Here’s our poster on the subway platform at Wellesley station 🌈 And while you’re at it, don’t forget to check out our newly redesigned website over at ✨ GMSH.CA ✨

A new Safer Sex health clinic location is opening up in Hamilton in fall 2026! There’s a referral form on their website so your doctor can get you on the waiting list now 😎 safersix.ca

June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, so how about this informative video from the brilliantly unhinged @selenavyle.bsky.social 💄💋🍷 We’ve watched it about a dozen times and it just keeps getting better with every watch 😂 Find out more about HIV testing at GMSH.CA #knowyourstatus #hivawareness

@gillescharette.bsky.social director of the @gmshalliance.bsky.social attended the 42nd annual AIDS Candlelight Vigil in Toronto last night. 20 new names were added to the AIDS Memorial, bringing the total to 2970. Gilles wrote a reflection over on our website. Check it out!

Blog: Reflections from the 2026 AIDS Candlelight Vigil - GMSH.ca

Yesterday, I attended the 42nd annual AIDS Candlelight Vigil at Barbara Hall Park in Toronto, to honour and commemorate those who have been lost to the AIDS epidemic

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A blast from our past but still in use today, hanky codes or ‘flagging’ was established in the early 1970s as a way of letting other gay men know your sexual interests, practices and preferences; eg: a coloured bandana or hanky worn in a back jeans pocket. More: buff.ly/BXPx3S1

@xtramagazine.com just published a fantastic long form article about the winner of @canadasdragrace.bsky.social e Season 6 @itsvangoth.bsky.social 👑💄💋 There’s so much in the original article that we couldn't fit in the excerpt here so if you want to read the whole thing check out XTRAMAGAZINE.CA

Happy Father's Day from @gmshalliance.bsky.social -- a lot of guys have complicated relationships with their birth fathers and we had to learn stuff from other more experienced men. Which is what our campaign "If no one ever told you, we will" comes from! Check out GMSH.CA for trusted info!

In this interview excerpt, drag queen Mango Lassi talks about his first experience at a gay bar with his sisters while also holding queer chosen family and family by birth. This video series is part of the new GMSH.CA campaign “If No One Ever Told You, We Will (With Love 😘)” Check it out!

Humza: Coming Out (If No One Ever Told You, We Will)

YouTube video by Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance

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Thank you to #ACAS for performing outreach at last night's L.O.C.K. & talking to us about the @gmshalliance.bsky.social's new #WellTellYou campaign & giving away free #HIVSelfTestingKits, buttons, condoms & lube! To learn more about ACAS' education, prevention, & support services visit www.acas.org

Touchdown, you’re out, it’s FIFA! 🏈 Sports is really taking over right now so it’s time get out your mesh jerseys, high athletic socks and, of course, those jock straps in your favourite team colours.

Researchers looked at 445 youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria who were seen at four youth gender clinics across Canada between 2012 and 2017.

New study finds Canadian trans youth rarely detransition | Xtra Magazine

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later

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"It’s worth noting Justin Trudeau’s 2017 gay apology...did not include those who had been arrested under Bawdy House laws—the primary law under the criminal code used to terrorize queers and whores alike." www.gofreddie.com/magazine/sex... *Relevant both for #LGBTQQIA2S+HistoryMonth and #Pride

Sex Work & Remembering Queer Whoreganizers This Pride Season

While treatment for many queer community members has changed significantly over the last forty years, sex workers are still criminalized today.

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“Since U=U, most of the men that have mattered in my life didn’t care about that part. They cared about me, not these pieces of me.” Here’s a short clip of our interview with Daniel for the new GMSH.CA campaign “If No One Ever Told You, We Will” 🌈 #hivawareness #hivaids #uequalsu

Daniel: Living with HIV (If No One Ever Told You, We Will)

YouTube video by Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance

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MPOX is still around in Ontario (we had over 150 cases in 2025, mostly in Toronto) but less than half of eligible guys have finished getting 2 doses of the vaccine. Symptoms are NOT a good time. The vaccine protects against severe symptoms in case of breakthrough infection! Learn more at gmsh.ca

It's time for the May 2026 edition of POZPLANET Magazine and this month we get UP CLOSE & PERSONAL with Zvika Weidenfeld, we say goodbye to Iris Long, meet ally Vernal Scott and more. Download your free PDF here: mega.nz/file/YqUUHJQ... Or just browse online here: issuu.com/pozplanetmag...

Along with our new website at GMSH.CA, we're going to be rolling out content all summer shot from community interviews asking queer guys from all walks of life about the sex advice, dating tips, coming out, accessing healthcare, building community, and things they wish someone had told them!

GMSH "If no one ever told you, we will" Campaign Interview Teaser

YouTube video by Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance

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A Toronto man is set to be the first Canadian to be cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant

Toronto man set to be the first Canadian cured of HIV | Xtra Magazine

The patient received a stem cell transplant for his cancer that acted as a “double cure” because it contained a rare genetic mutation resistant to HIV

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Today, @gmshalliance.bsky.social is launching a new campaign called "If no one ever told you, we will (with love 😘) We're calling back to a different generation with the visuals here to make connections across decades of sexual liberation, community, wisdom and care. Check it out at GMSH.CA 🌈

May 7 is International Harm Reduction Day ❤️ With all of the recent changes to harm reduction policy in the province of Ontario, it’s a great time to remember that principles of harm reduction and the resulting movement have strong roots in the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Researchers at CAMH are conducting a study to understand decisions around the use of crystal meth by queer guys. They want to recruit guys who used crystal meth for the first time in the past two years OR who considered it but ultimately decided not to. Check the link below! tinyurl.com/muefphub

December 1 is World AIDS Day 🌎🩸 Here are some facts: HIV is on the rise. Every four hours, someone in Canada is diagnosed with HIV. Whether positive, negative, or unknown, each one of us has an HIV status. #worldaidsday #hivawareness #knowyourstatus

We were headed to a point at which HIV/AIDS might have been eradicated in our lifetimes but now the devastation wreaked by RFK Jr, Trump and their MAHA delusions are undoing all that progress 😡

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment disrupt prevention and treatment...

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Rock Hudson was born on this day 100 years ago. He was the epitome of the handsome, seemingly hetero, Hollywood star. AIDS outed him and killed him. He died in 1985, aged 59. His death shocked the world. For many, he was the first person they knew of to die as a result of HIV.

Europe is the only region of the globe that saw more deaths due to HIV in 2022 than it did in 2010. An @aidsmap.bsky.social report from #EACS2025. www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-202...

More Europeans are dying from HIV now than 15 years ago

Europe, taken as a whole, is losing some of the gains it has made in tackling the burden of HIV, the 20th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2025) heard in Paris. Teymur Noori of the European C...

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Update from Toronto's Drug Checking Service shows carfentanil was found in 14% (18) of the fentanyl samples collected in Toronto - the most they have seen in a month to date. View the data at: drugchecking.community View their post at: www.instagram.com/p/DOJTpmWDq4J

Shaving your beard into a moustache is getting bangs for boys.

On August 28, 1971, the historic We Demand Rally took place in Ottawa. Activists and protestors marched on Parliament Hill with a 13-page brief containing a list of 10 demands for federal lawmakers. This would be the first large scale gay rights demonstration in Canada.

On this day, July 3, 1981, the New York Times reported on a "rare cancer seen in 41 homosexuals" in New York and California -- what would eventually become the AIDS crisis. #gayhistory #hivaids #aidsawareness