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Rachel Giese

Rachel Giese is a deputy national editor at The Globe and Mail and the former director of editorial at Xtra. She lives in Toronto and is an English speaker.

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Seven: Lez Kill Jenny
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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Seven: Lez Kill Jenny

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Six: Lights, Camera, (Lots of) Action

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Five: Lotharios in Limos Getting Laid

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Four: Letting Go

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Three: Lesbian Whisperer

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Two: Long Live Nipple Confidence

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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode One: Lez Begin
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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode One: Lez Begin

October 30, 2019
Is ‘Joker’ about angry white men or for them? It’s still unclear
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Is ‘Joker’ about angry white men or for them? It’s still unclear

The film distorts real histories of racism in favour of depicting the victimhood of a single white man

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Inventor of the gender reveal cake is very sorry

Her gender non-conforming kid has taught her that the binary is half-baked

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Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?
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Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?

A roundtable discussion on new curriculum and what it means for LGBTQ2 youth

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Xtra’s queer year in review

We hope you were buckled in, because 2018 was a bumpy and beautiful ride

December 21, 2018
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Q&A with Olivia Nuamah

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Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial
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Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial

‘I can’t wait to launch this new chapter’

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Sex and survival in The Paying Guests

The new Sarah Waters novel is a thrilling tale of class struggle, lesbian love and murder

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Wayson Choy’s life and work
Culture

Wayson Choy’s life and work

Gay literary superstar tackles family definitions

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In print: Crack wise

The funny, uncomfortable juxtapositions of America

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In print: ‘Tickling space’
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In print: ‘Tickling space’

Fictitious landscapes sprout real blood & guts characters

October 12, 2005
Opera: Words made flesh
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Opera: Words made flesh

A designer’s poetic inspiration

September 14, 2005
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