Arts

The language of lesbianism

Nicole Brossard’s unique poetic voice

By Alice Lawlor

Literature

Shamelessness!

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

Lesbian love spell

Storytelling couple living a fairytale romance

By Jessica Ruano

Power

Smaller magazines to take funding hit

Gay periodicals could lose circulation exemption

By Dale Smith

Culture

Oops, she did it again…

By Sean Horlor

Toronto

Comic books come of age

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

Jimmyjane’s Form 6: smoother than your left hand

By Xtra West Staff

Arts

Outsider’s Expressway

Poet Sina Queyras takes alienation on the road

By Alice Lawlor

Literature

The Lonely Planet guide

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

TAINTED LOVE: Jonathan Hobin photographs the darker side of childhood

Hobin’s first Ottawa date will give you ‘goose’ bumps

By Jessica Ruano

Arts

A hot list of banned books

Free-speech advocates pick fave censored books

By Gordon Bowness

Arts

Theatre: Tom Stoppard’s Travesties

Erudite vaudevillian camp?

By Alice Lawlor

Arts

Movie: The Shadows

Worth a look for fans of queer psychological thrillers

By Rob Salerno

Arts

Engaging the elusive other at the NAC

Walls Krum-ble in French theatre

By Stephen Slessor

Power

Looking back on issue #1 of Capital Xtra

As Capital Xtra celebrates its 200th issue, we look back on how it all began

By Dale Smith

Power

ARCHIVES: Sep 24, 1993: Blazing a new trail

The evolution of Ottawa’s pink press

By Brandon Matheson

Arts

Edmund White, the double life of a rebel

Author chats about his life and work

By Xtra.ca

Culture

Vancouver’s Next Gay Top Model 2009 – Round 2 review

By Sean Horlor