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Is it time for Eurovision to face the music over Israel’s participation?
Music

Is it time for Eurovision to face the music over Israel’s participation?

Pressure is mounting for the über-popular song contest to drop its most controversial contestant

By Isaac Würmann
‘The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman’ remixes its author’s transformative life moments
Books

‘The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman’ remixes its author’s transformative life moments

In her new book, Stratis asks an age-old question: Is dad rock for everyone, or is everyone a dad?

By Raechel Anne Jolie
Why are queer people so obsessed with country music right now?
Music

Why are queer people so obsessed with country music right now?

Chappell Roan and Beyoncé are making it cool for us to line dance in bedazzled cowboy boots. I’ve been yee-hawing since childhood

By Tyson Bears
Canadian musicians pull U.S. tour dates in wake of visa restrictions
Video

Canadian musicians pull U.S. tour dates in wake of visa restrictions

Bells Larsen and T. Thomason are among trans travellers impacted by Trump’s immigration policies

By Mel Woods
On ‘Glory,’ Perfume Genius reaches out
Music

On ‘Glory,’ Perfume Genius reaches out

The lonely indie darling’s new album casts an eye outward—and shows the way forward

By Oliver Haug
The new Lucy Dacus album is just fine. Where does Sapphic folk go from here?
Music

The new Lucy Dacus album is just fine. Where does Sapphic folk go from here?

Forever Is a Feeling relies heavily on Dacus’s relationship with Julien Baker for inspiration. The resulting record is disappointingly safe

By Hannah Jocelyn
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With ‘Mayhem,’ Lady Gaga brings popstar flair to her disability
Music

With ‘Mayhem,’ Lady Gaga brings popstar flair to her disability

On “Abracadabra” and “Disease,” Gaga struggles with a doubled version of herself. As a disabled person, I feel seen

By Ray Stoeve
Black queer artists share how they’re ‘holding on to joy’ in 2025
Mental Health

Black queer artists share how they’re ‘holding on to joy’ in 2025

“Joy is in a life lived while you’re alive,” says dancer and choreographer Ravyn Wngz

By Syrus Marcus Ware
Ethel Cain embraces the experimental on her new project, ‘Perverts’
Music

Ethel Cain embraces the experimental on her new project, ‘Perverts’

The Florida singer-songwriter follows her 2022 debut album “Preacher’s Daughter” with an industrial-influenced, drone-heavy release

By Adam England
Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2024
Rainbow Rewind 2024

Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2024

Xtra’s annual roundup of the most awe-inspiring and most awful players of the year 

By Xtra Staff
The hottest celebrity heartthrobs of 2024, as voted by gay and bi men

The hottest celebrity heartthrobs of 2024, as voted by gay and bi men

Cruising site Squirt.org publishes hottest findings of 2024 in Squirt Unloaded—a sexy recap of the year

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The queer and trans songs we loved in 2024
Rainbow Rewind 2024

The queer and trans songs we loved in 2024

From Chappell Roan to Shygirl and beyond, here’s what we couldn’t get enough of in 2024

By Xtra Staff
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Trans cartel musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes maximalist aesthetic to the extreme
TV & Film

Trans cartel musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes maximalist aesthetic to the extreme

REVIEW: The film’s existence raises intriguing questions about appropriate subjects for the playful machinations of French auteurs

By Veronica Esposito
Celebrities, activists take red carpet at Pink Awards
Video

Celebrities, activists take red carpet at Pink Awards

Catch them here and on YouTube as LGBTQ2S+ changemakers and their champions are honoured at the inaugural celebration

By Xtra Staff
Tegan and Sara catfishing doc shows the good—and bad—of internet fandom
TV & Film

Tegan and Sara catfishing doc shows the good—and bad—of internet fandom

The documentary discusses a catfisher who targeted Tegan for 16 years and the complicated nature of fan culture 

By Gabrielle Drolet
On her new album, Orla Gartland is her own hero
Music

On her new album, Orla Gartland is her own hero

The singer-songwriter talks writing nuanced pop songs, intense female friendships, and her new album “Everybody Needs A Hero”

By Hannah Jocelyn
In defence of simply being ‘gay famous’
Music

In defence of simply being ‘gay famous’

OPINION: Chappell Roan’s mainstream success is overwhelming. But what if she’d just stayed famous with the gays?

By Mel Woods
With posthumous album, SOPHIE gets one final goodbye
Music

With posthumous album, SOPHIE gets one final goodbye

‘SOPHIE’ is a fitting farewell that might never feel like it is enough

By Niko Stratis
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