When Sithara Fernando stared into the bright yellow eyes of an injured snowy owl, flapping furiously in the dirt, she immediately thought of Hedwig, Harry Potter's magical, mail-delivering companion.

Sithara Fernando's story of coming out as a lesbian in Fort McMurray is featured in the documentary Out In Oil Town. (Snapshot Studios) "You are kind of under a microscope," she said.

An Edmonton couple's wedding video is going viral in Sri Lanka and sparking conversations about same-sex marriage in a country where it is still illegal. Sithara and Jenn Fernando were married in ...