Plus, a ’70s-inspired wedding at a mid-century modern home
On the first day of his second term, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order denying the existence of trans people. He equated biological sex with gender and instructed federal agencies to refuse to alter genders on government documents, along with other changes. A week later, he issued another executive order seeking to ban gender-affirming health care for people under the age of 19. With those strokes of the president’s pen, the tide of transphobic rhetoric and hateful misinformation sweeping the country became policy. Almost immediately, immigration lawyers on this side of the border began receiving calls from trans people and their families looking to move north. We spoke with Adrienne Smith, a Toronto lawyer specializing in LGBTQ immigration, about what she’s been hearing from down south. For all of our city coverage, visit torontolife.com or subscribe to our print edition. |
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| Anna Copeland and Alex Harrison met in the summer of 2021. Sparks flew on their first date, and within six months, they moved in together. In 2023, Alex proposed. That same year, they found their dream home, a mid-century gem that was also the perfect venue for their wedding. Here’s how their celebration came together. |
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| After mesmerizing audiences for more than 20 years, Guillaume Côté is retiring from the stage at the end of this season. Next, he’ll focus on choreography for his company, Côté Danse. He’s been a devoted east ender for the past 25 years. “I used to love the area for its grunginess. Now I love it for the community feel,” he says. Here are his go-to haunts. |
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What to see, do, hear and read this month |
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| Known for chronicling the UK’s modern anxieties, Scottish author Ali Smith imagines an equally discomfiting future in her latest novel. It follows two children who are ostracized from a dystopian surveillance state and live alone in a strange city. Under these grim conditions, the young protagonists run wild with words, playing with synonyms and homonyms as a way to reject the state’s dominance over their minds. Out Feb. 4 |
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| FEBRUARY 2025: SCOTTIE’S WORLD |
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