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Queer Culture Catch-Up

Holidays got you blue? Here’s some joy and fight and warm hugs

Our culture maven S. Bear Bergman has some terrific suggestions on navigating family drama and crafting your own traditions

By S. Bear Bergman

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 10 power ranking: The UK’s Next ‘Drag Race’ Superstar is …

Which of our top three took home the crown, and how’d they do it?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘May December’ is Todd Haynes at his most camp

REVIEW: Trappings of the camp aesthetic tell emotional truths in this acidic melodrama

By Kerensa Cadenas

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 3 power ranking: Love Bugs and Vixens galore

A unique judging structure for the girl groups challenge produces an unusual power ranking

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 3 recap: Heartbeats, heartbroken

A pre-season favourite goes home far earlier than we expected

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5 finale recap: Queen of the Northeast

Which of our final three snatched the crown?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Monthly Tune-Up

New tunes from Sleater-Kinney and Kevin Abstract

Plus drag queen Pattie Gonia’s environmental anthem performed with trans Indigenous singer-songwriter Quinn Christopherson and acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma

By Jordan Currie

Sports

Meet the trans NHL organist who’s doing things her way

Anaheim Ducks organist Lindsay Imber is using her visibility to boost inclusion in hockey

By Frankie de la Cretaz

Culture

Face to face with ballroom star Jazmine Miyake-Mugler

Following last year’s win at the World AIDS Day Ball in Toronto and an impressive showing in NYC earlier this fall, Jazmine’s home is the runway

By Mikelle Street

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 2 power ranking: The first elimination

Which queen joins Juice Boxx, Beth and Halal Bae in Canada’s first outs club?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 2 recap: For a limited time only

The queens take on something I’m shocked they never have before: a QVC parody

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 9 power ranking: Who will win?

What looked like an open-and-shut finale got a little more interesting this week

By Kevin O'Keeffe

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 9 recap: Roastess with the mostest

Our final four becomes a final three heading into the finale

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Why Angelica Ross jumped at the chance to guest star on ‘Sort Of’

Playing a gender-affirming specialist inspired the multi-talented star to share her insights on transitioning: “The more comfortable you get with change, the more beautiful the experience becomes”

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

The internet is toxic for queer people—and this new survey proves it

ANALYSIS: Policy advocate Sam Andrey provides insight into how queers confront hate while building digital communities

By Jon Heggestad

Japanese coming-of-age drama ‘Monster’ is one of the year’s best

REVIEW: Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has crafted a “Rashomon”-like fable about the secret lives of children

Leonard Bernstein was a towering genius, a man of multitudes. Addressing his sexuality is no easy feat

ANALYSIS: While the new biopic “Maestro” embraces Bernstein’s queerness, it still leaves questions lingering

By Barry Levitt

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 1 power ranking: 11 queens stand before us

No one goes home this week, but there is a bottom two

By Kevin O'Keeffe

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