Dance

Ballet comes out of the closet with a kiss

After 400 years, classical ballet explicitly celebrates queer lust

By Juan Michael Porter II

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 6 power ranking: Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this ranking

A hustle back to the disco era has an up-and-comer shining like a mirror ball

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 6 recap: After the disco

Dancing together, ain’t nothing that could be better for these queens’ dynamics

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 2, Episode 4 recap: Wake up, Great Britain!

The final episode before the pandemic filming hiatus takes us into the world of morning telly

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra Weekly

Topline: Goodbye, SOPHIE, our immaterial girl

Mourning the loss of a trans icon

By Ziya Jones

TV & Film

‘Ailey’ is a cautionary tale for Black creatives

The documentary, premiering at Sundance, pulls back the curtain—ever so slightly—on the titan of modern dance Alvin Ailey

By Tre’vell Anderson

Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Feb. 4

What to watch, read, listen to or look this week

By Sarah Taher

The Xtra Long Read

What does it really mean to be non-binary?

Editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson interrogates the growing use of the term by non-trans folk

By Tre’vell Anderson

Music

Saying goodbye to SOPHIE

Remembering the boundary-breaking 34-year-old trans musician’s life and legacy

By Niko Stratis

Personal Essay

How sneaker culture saved my life

A young man returns to the hobby he shared with his father as a way of survival

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Culture

The world according to Abigail Thorn

The personality behind the massive Philosophy Tube brand has come out as trans—and with that comes heaps of expectations

By Niko Stratis

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 5 power ranking: It’s in the bag

A fan favourite falters in a episode designed to let the fashion queens werk it

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 5 recap: Ball o’ bags

It’s time for the season’s ball challenge. Theme? Bags

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 2, Episode 3 recap: Who wore it best?

She stole my look! And she stole hers, and she stole hers…

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra Weekly

Topline: The new normal-not-normal of Amanda Gorman and Kamala Harris

Have we really been released from years of manipulation, gaslighting and existential threats?

By Zaina Arafat

Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Jan. 28

What to watch, read, listen to or look this week

By Sarah Taher

Music

The trunk-rattling beats and impassioned vocals of R&B singer Quinton Barnes

“I have a fire inside me,” says the 23-year-old musician from Kitchener, Ontario

By Jesse Locke

TV & Film

‘Euphoria’s Jules continues to break our hearts

The latest special from the HBO drama, co-written by Hunter Schafer, will hit you right in the feels—as usual

By Casey Plett