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Music

5 queer songs to get you in the mood (plus 20 more to keep it going)

For Valentine’s Day, we’ve curated your perfect queer sex playlist

Trans and queer folks can’t solely rely on our resilience to survive

Perhaps LGBTQ2S+ writers, creatives and historians can teach us how to do more than just get by

By Leigh Hendrix

Drag

San Francisco to celebrate drag artistry with new laureate position

The announcement of the position comes at a time of political backlash against drag artistry

By Luca Della Penna

The ‘Harley Quinn’ Valentine’s Day special is the chaotic queerness we need

REVIEW: The DC animated series has become a surprising bastion of sex-positive queerness

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 7 power ranking: Sweeps week

Who’s helping “The Daytona Wind” hit the top of the Nielsen charts?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 7 recap: A comedy Ru-boot

Surreal humour makes this version of “The Daytona Wind” one to remember

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Nothing in place for U.K.’s trans youth as the country’s only children’s gender care clinic closes

The clinic is supposed to be replaced by regional service centres, to help reduce waiting times—but the centres don’t yet exist

Xtra News Flash

God’s gender, anti-trans legislation, Pauli Murray in your pocket, Hungarian court drama and the Super Bowl

Here are 5 queer and trans news stories we’re tracking: Feb. 10

By Maddy Mahoney

Parental rights champions in Prince Edward Island want to strip trans kids of their right to privacy

A petition and a resolution are circulating questioning the need for queer- and trans-affirming guidelines in schools

Comedy

Darcy & Jer talk marriage, live show and showing up against homophobic hate

The pair have racked up nearly 3.5 million TikTok followers since the start of the pandemic

Your big queer guide to the 2023 Super Bowl

A sports gay? A Rihanna stan? Just there for the tacos? Whoever you are, we’ve got you covered

As conservatives attack trans people, does Joe Biden still have our backs?

OPINION: In his 2022 State of the Union address, Joe Biden told trans kids, “I will always have your back.” In this year’s speech, the president was silent on trans issues

By Katelyn Burns

Books

A haunted house is a metaphor for right-wing terror in Alison Rumfitt’s frightening new novel

REVIEW: The modern gothic thriller “Tell Me I’m Worthless” grapples with how fascist tendencies urge us turn on each other

Trans activists celebrate legal victory in Hong Kong

The verdict comes after a five-year legal battle for the right to change gender markers on IDs without undergoing full gender reassignment surgeries

Alberta’s new ‘free speech reporting’ requirement for colleges and universities stokes fears in the LGBTQ2S+ community

The announcement comes after the University of Lethbridge cancelled a controversial speaker

By Kevin Maimann

Director Ashley McKenzie talks ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty,’ Cape Breton and asexuality

The Nova Scotia director’s second feature was a TIFF stand-out in 2022

By Danita Steinberg

Vancouver couple targeted on commuter train in the wake of anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate surge

Jamie Pine says he experienced homophobic harassment online after releasing a video of the incident on TikTok

By Jackie Richardson

Meet the coalition of advocates fighting for Missouri’s trans youth

In the state with the most anti-trans legislation proposed this year thus far, families, school communities and even rabbis are banding together

By Sophie Hurwitz

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