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Lyla Miklos

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Covers:  Two Spirit & LGBTQ, Pop Culture, Live Theatre and Social Justice
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Lyla Miklos’s Journalist Portfolio

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Pride has always been a protest

Pride has always been a protest

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Far too much of the world has completely forgotten the lessons of the past.

What does Mark Carney's slimmed down cabinet signal to Canadians and the world?

What does Mark Carney's slimmed down cabinet signal to Canadians and the world?

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Our identity as Canadians needs to go beyond generating revenue from extracting our natural resources under a maple leaf banner.

Iqaluit's warm, welcoming vibe is still alive, former resident learns

Iqaluit's warm, welcoming vibe is still alive, former resident learns

Nunatsiaq News — Granddaughter of Frobisher Inn founders discovers Nunavut’s capital city is home

Celebrating more than 20 years of pagan pride in Hamilton

Celebrating more than 20 years of pagan pride in Hamilton

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Hamilton's Pagan Pride Day will take place Sept. 8 at Gage Park.

You can go home again: returning to my birthplace of Iqaluit 30 years later

You can go home again: returning to my birthplace of Iqaluit 30 years later

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — The main reason you need to experience Iqaluit is the breathtaking landscape in every direction.

Amazon's 'Fallout' a scathing critique of the military industrial complex

Amazon's 'Fallout' a scathing critique of the military industrial complex

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — The series reveals where the toxic relationship between commerce, politics and the military will ultimately lead: Death and destruction.

Hamilton and Burlington named world tree cities

Hamilton and Burlington named world tree cities

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — All of this excitement gave me a flashback to my childhood and my very first encounter with Hamilton's world-famous tree canopy.

A Hamilton pagan retail crawl: Yule be glad we did

A Hamilton pagan retail crawl: Yule be glad we did

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — With over a dozen retailers catering to pagan practitioners, Hamilton is experiencing a witchcraft boom.

Who gets to be called a hero?

Who gets to be called a hero?

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Cheering on fictional freedom fighters has long been accepted, but cheering on flesh and blood people who impact our world? That's a bit murkier, Lyla Miklos writes.

The quest for the truth and the importance of journalism

The quest for the truth and the importance of journalism

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — We need journalism to inform and educate us on pathways toward a better future, writes Lyla Miklos.

Bob Wade made sure diverse communities felt welcome

Bob Wade made sure diverse communities felt welcome

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — When it comes to depictions of queer love in popular culture Frank and Bill’s story is downright radical, Lyla Miklos writes.

A queer love story for the ages from 'The Last of Us'

A queer love story for the ages from 'The Last of Us'

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — When it comes to depictions of queer love in popular culture Frank and Bill's story is downright radical, Lyla Miklos writes.

Oscar Awards season: It's my favourite time of the year

Oscar Awards season: It's my favourite time of the year

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Leading up to the big night my friends and I would run off to Toronto for a triple bill of films to make sure we'd come into the evening well informed, Lyla Miklos writes.

Police must drop the charges and apologize

Police must drop the charges and apologize

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — If the members of the Hamilton Police Service are trained to handle medical emergencies why did they so epically fail Marcus Charles? Lyla Miklos asks.

Toxic fans denigrate sci-fi/fantasy world

Toxic fans denigrate sci-fi/fantasy world

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Backward attitude goes against central theme of liberation in Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and the Lord of the Rings

'It's A Wonderful Life,' Hamilton style

'It's A Wonderful Life,' Hamilton style

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Using the integrity commissioner to go after a citizen volunteer was an excessive abuse of power, Lyla Miklos writes.

Water in deserts of sand and snow: The parallels of Iqaluit and ‘Dune’

Water in deserts of sand and snow: The parallels of Iqaluit and ‘Dune’

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — There are many parallels to Iqaluit’s contaminated water situation and Denis Villeneuve’s screen adaptation of ‘Dune,’ Lyla Miklos writes.

‘The Exorcist’s’ timeless examination of faith and doubt

‘The Exorcist’s’ timeless examination of faith and doubt

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Love is a powerful force. One that evil can’t really understand, Lyla Miklos writes.

Loss and grief in the time of COVID

Loss and grief in the time of COVID

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — This pandemic has exposed the truth that normal wasn't all that great for far too many of us, Lyla Miklos writes.

Why not look deeper into what ails policing?

Why not look deeper into what ails policing?

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — We must do things differently. Lives depend on it, Lyla Miklos writes.

A better new reality starts with dreaming big

A better new reality starts with dreaming big

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — Gene Roddenberry dreamed big and dreaming big has led to all kinds of positive advancements for humankind, Lyla Miklos writes.

Hamilton’s Two Spirit and LGBTQIA-plus community can’t wait any longer for change

Hamilton’s Two Spirit and LGBTQIA-plus community can’t wait any longer for change

The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) — The language I hear from our leadership and police is that perpetrators of hate crimes have a legitimate viewpoint that must be defended, Lyla Miklos writes.