Saying goodbye to ‘Kill Bill’

Quentin Tarantino’s martial arts epic has been tainted by shocking revelations about what went down behind the scenes. Can it be redeemed?

By KC Hoard

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 6, Episode 5 power ranking: Chatty chicks

The talk show maxi-challenge puts the queens’ charisma to the test

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 6, Episode 5 recap: Hot in ‘The Shade’

A talk show challenge sees a “made-for-tv” queen take the win

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Rainbow Rewind 2025

Sapphics on television had a disappointing year

2024 was a great year for queer women on TV. But from ‘The Last of Us’ to ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ 2025’s Sapphic storytelling slid backward

By Anna Govert

Rainbow Rewind 2025

Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2025

Here are the main characters that made, and broke, the year in queer

By Xtra Staff

Rainbow Rewind 2025

The best queer and trans books of 2025

Our picks for the year’s best fiction and non-fiction, from Alison Bechdel to Ocean Vuong

By Xtra Staff

Rainbow Rewind 2025

The top 10 ‘Drag Race’ lip syncs of 2025

International seasons dominate the list of best performances of the year

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Censorship

The legacy of Little Sister’s censorship battle over queer books

Twenty-five years after the Vancouver bookstore’s win against Canada Customs, the struggle for the freedom to read isn’t over

By Zena Sharman

Drag Race

Silky Nutmeg Ganache on taking a ‘Slaycation’ with Alyssa Edwards

The ‘Canada vs. The World’ star talks the value of a variety of drag TV and Miss Fiercalicious’ desire to be Galinda

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 6, Episode 4 power ranking: Read you, wrote you

Which queen came out on top in the Reading Battles maxi-challenge?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Rainbow Rewind 2025

2025 was about finding solace in the human-made slop

AI’s got nothing on good quality dumb entertainment—and only people can make that

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 6, Episode 4 recap: Battle it out

A fan favourite maxi-challenge from “Canada vs. The World” makes its return

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Books

‘LOVING II’ uncovers a century of forbidden gay love in photos

The new collection showcases men in love from the 1850s to the 1950s

By Rob Salerno

Who Did Gay and Bi Men Crown as 2025’s Hottie of the Year?

Cruising site Squirt.org publishes hottest findings of 2025 in Squirt Unloaded—a sexy recap of the year

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Rainbow Rewind 2025

The best queer and trans movies of 2025

Films like “Sorry, Baby” and “The Wedding Banquet” made the year worth watching

By Xtra Staff

Books

This ‘Survivor’-inspired book shows how far gay fiction has come

The queer themes in “The Book of Luke” texture the plot, but they don’t define it. It’s part of a welcome trend toward complex queer stories

By Samuel Eli Shepherd

Rainbow Rewind 2025

The queer and trans songs we loved in 2025

From Amaarae to Rosalía to Ezra Furman, here’s what we had on repeat this year

By Xtra Staff

Wrap it up, honey: serving up small biz realness all season long

Forget cookie-cutter holiday ads. This season, small businesses are taking over prime advertising real estate, thanks to BMO’s Wrap the Good campaign.

Created for BMO