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Books

Aristotle and Dante are back. Nine years later, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz delivers the sequel to a beloved queer YA love story

“It is one thing to fall in love. It is quite another thing to stay in love”

By Daniel Sanchez Torres

Off the Chart

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Episode 10: The hot mess express

How Bette Porter single-handedly destroyed the lives of four L.A. lesbians in under five minutes

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti

Politics

From queerest Parliament to queerest Cabinet?

ANALYSIS: With a record number of LGBTQ2S+ MPs elected this fall, the prime minister has plenty of worthy queer candidates to appoint

By Dale Smith

TV & Film

The queer, Muslim rom-com we’ve been waiting for has arrived

Filmmakers Fawzia Mirza and Kausar Mohammed discuss their short film, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”

By Tariq Raouf

History

How one gay man fought the medical establishment and won

A new documentary explores gay psychiatrist John Fryer’s efforts to end the American Psychiatric Association classification of homosexuality as an illness

By KC Hoard

The Buzz

Netflix suspends trans employee who called out transphobic Dave Chappelle special

Plus the buzz on gay Superman, Jamie Clayton in “Hellraiser” and Coming Out Day

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 power ranking: The gay outdoors

A design-savvy queen comes from behind to break Krystal Versace’s winning streak

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Justice

What the Supreme Court’s signals so far mean for LGBTQ2S+ rights in the U.S.

Conservatives’ takeover of the Supreme Court has been decades in the making. Just a year after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Justices have begun rolling back women’s and LGBTQ2S+ rights

By Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 recap: Wild things

An outdoor unconventional materials challenge gives us a surprising winner

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Sports

A WNBA playoff game featured three couples on the court this week

A semifinal match between Chicago and Connecticut got super queer as three couples were on the court at the same time

By Mel Woods

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Jillian Christmas’ queer femme slam poetry extravaganza

And other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Oct. 7

By S. Bear Bergman

Excerpt

How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity

An excerpt from Emily Garside’s new book “Love that Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek”

By Emily Garside

Culture

People are calling out the vile transphobia in Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special

The comedian said “he’s done” with queer and trans jokes, yet filled a special with them

By Mel Woods

Culture

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ contestant Ilona Verley: ‘I’m supposed to be famous and I don’t have a roof over my head?’

How the show made it hard for Verley to make a living and how she felt she had to suppress her trans identity on screen

By KC Hoard

Health

One in three homeless LGBTQ2S+ Toronto youth attempted suicide since start of pandemic

A new survey from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health highlights the dramatic impact COVID-19 has had on unhoused LGBTQ2S+ youth

By Mel Woods

The Xtra Long Read

The hidden lives and uncertain future of trans prisoners

For decades, trans people in Canadian prisons fought for their right to be housed safely and humanely. Despite some victories, new policy proposals could set their rights back even more

By Simon Rolston

Off the Chart

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Episode 9: Prom queens

Angie and Jordi aren’t prom royalty? We demand a recount!

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti

TD, Forever Proud and the Rainbow Railroad

Aligning themselves with the LGBTQ2+ community 25 years ago helped TD get to where they are today

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