[NEWS] Five LGBT links: Freddie Mercury, Carly Rae Jepsen, Craig Russell, Toronto police, Pride

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• This Daily Xtra article makes the case for Freddie Mercury as a radical, queer, brown icon.


• This CBC Arts article features six men talking about why Carly Rae Jepsen can claim such a strong fanbase in queer audiences.


• CBC Arts reintroduces readers to Canada's first drag superstar, Craig Russell.


• Carolyn Strange at The Conversation looks at the background, recent and otherwise, behind tensions between Toronto LGBTQ communities and the police, rooted in the neglect and outright criminality of the police.


• Dorianne Emmerton at Daily Xtra argues that the Pride Toronto organization may be coming to a natural end, as its financial dependency on politicized funding means that it can no longer speak to the needs of queer and trans communities.