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Asia

The Malaysian government is reportedly funding anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

Anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and violence are pervasive in Malaysia, according to a new report

Canada’s Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 6 power ranking: So Fierce

Miss Fiercalicious storms to the top of the ranking, but who falls off?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Canada’s Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 6 recap: Palette cleanser

This season’s branding challenge takes on makeup, and one queen makes good

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Motherhood is hell in the Mexican horror film ‘Huesera’

REVIEW: The crushing weight of familial pressures on women and queer people make for juicy horror flick fare

By Sara Clements

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Pulpy romance novels, figurative painting and other culture picks from queer friends

Plus more of what’s up and on starting Aug. 18

By S. Bear Bergman

Canada’s Drag Race

Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3: ‘After the Sashay’ with Lady Boom Boom

This week’s eliminated “Canada’s Drag Race” contestant talks genderqueer fashion and Mado Lamotte

By Lito Howse, Russ Martin

Health

Scotland just passed a historic, trans-inclusive law mandating the right to free period products

Effective this week, the country’s new law is groundbreaking in more ways than one

By Maddy Mahoney

The devastating costs of Republican attacks on schools

What happens when good teachers are prohibited from giving students the support they need? They leave teaching

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Books

Montreal author Neil Smith mines the tragedy (and dark comedy) of his own life for his heartbreaking new novel

Neil Smith’s tortuous upbringing made “family” the ultimate F word

By Matthew Hays

Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

How much space should white-passing people take up in the antiracist movement?

I told my friend she needed to stop centring herself and step back, and she got upset. Was I being too harsh?

By Kai Cheng Thom

‘Freedom From Everything’ is a puzzling documentary with too many pieces

Mike Hoolboom’s documentary reinvents Hito Steyerl’s essay of the same name and connects COVID-19 to the AIDS crisis

By Michelle Krasovitski

America’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills are fuelling a surge in homophobic online attacks

Since the passage of Florida’s law in March, the prevalence of “grooming” rhetoric has increased 406 percent

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Florida is about to gut trans medical care under its government health program

At least 9,000 trans residents are estimated to lose gender-affirming care

‘Nelly & Nadine’ unearths a love story lost to time

REVIEW: Magnus Gertten’s documentary is a tender look at hidden love

By Michelle Krasovitski

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 5 power ranking: Characters welcome

It’s another round of Snatch Game, but there can only be one winner

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘P-Valley’ tells Black queer stories you won’t find anywhere else

The series, wrapping up Season 2 this weekend, depicts the layered experiences of Black queer Southerners with care and authenticity

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 5 recap: Snatched again

How does the third installment of Canada’s Snatch Game stack up to the first two?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Power

It’s a ‘witch hunt.’ Uganda’s largest LGBTQ+ group speaks out after being shut down by government

Sexual Minorities Uganda has been forced to halt its LGBTQ+ advocacy following the decision

By Jackie Richardson

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