Mel Woods News Today

Culture critics Kathryn VanArendonk, Chris Murphy and Mel Woods join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to kick off the new year with a look at what's coming to the small screen.

Culture critics Craig Jenkins and Mel Woods about Sufjan Stevens' 10th album and the conversation around the album’s dedication to his late partner, Evans Richardson IV.

Madeline Ducharme and Mel Woods review the wonderfully absurd and hilarious movie — and to look at how queer coming-of-age stories are growing up on screen.

The directors behind the movies Red, White & Royal Blue and Passages say the don't agree with the R and NC-17 ratings their films received, alleging that the Motion Picture Association, which is responsible for film classification in the U.S., is discriminating against LGBTQ films.

The Juno actor's memoir, Pageboy, is an intimate look at his journey coming out first as queer and later as trans. Culture writer Mel Woods joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to review the memoir.

In her Grammy award acceptance speech, Kim Petras paid tributes to trans icons who came before her and paved the way.

Much more still needs to be done to accommodate the different standpoints of the LGBTQ community in different facets of everyday life, advocates say.

CBC Kids News contributor Isabel DeRoy-Olson explores how LGBTQ+ representation on TV has changed with shows like Netflixs Heartstopper.

The film, with its title pronounced "They Slash Them," takes place in a conversion therapy camp and stars Kevin Bacon and Anna Chlumsky.

From Unexpected Gardens to weekend festivals and story trails, Dandelion comes to Scotland in creative ways, with a green world at heart.