Slowly but surely, things are improving for queer Canadians in country music

Soundtrack the end of your summer with smooth electropop and buoyant punk

REVIEW: The Brooklyn-based electronic artist expands on her deeply felt electronic soundscape

Plus that Amandla Stenberg Twitter drama, and JoJo Siwa is back on the market

Plus Abbi Jacobson is engaged, Shea Couleé joins the MCU and Frank Ocean’s latest business venture

Jordan Currie programs a splendidly queer summer of music, just for you

Thirty-five years after launching her harrowing AIDS trilogy with the release of “The Divine Punishment,” Galás turns her unflinching gaze at the depravity of the First World War

REVIEW: The new documentary follows the Australian musician on the road

The recording artist calls their latest album “emotional, kind of dramatic … very honest”

Xtra readers voted and ABBA’s classic ran away with the final tally

The non-binary burlesque performer and “Slag Wars” winner gives Xtra a personal tour of LGBTQ+ London

From camp excess to sapphic joy, music columnist Jordan Currie has your summer playlist ready

The artist’s recently released EP, centred on liberation and Pride, is a reintroduction to the world

Morales discusses the history of house, the hard truth about safe spaces, the drama behind diva remixes and being the gayest straight DJ of all time

Plus more of what’s up and on starting June 10

Lady Gaga? Gloria Gaynor? Lil Nas X? Which artist’s song tops them all?

From seedy dives and lavishly decorated halls to twisted drag and acerbic social commentary, here are the venues and shows to check out this summer

This month I’m serving up everything from the melancholic warmth of sunlight streaming through stained glass to a gay one-night-stand anthem for the ages

Music

Meet the queer voices taking the Canadian Country Music Awards by storm

August’s best queer music includes punk rock bangers from WILLOW and Pussy Riot

Rachika Nayar’s sophomore album ‘Heaven Come Crashing’ is a layered exploration of sound

Harry Styles’s opinions on gay sex in film come under social media fire

Get ready to plot Kehlani on your ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ chart

From bisexual R&B artist Steve Lacy’s trippy slow groove to trans rapper Mykki Blanco’s dreamy proclamation of new love

The thrilling horrors of singer Diamanda Galás

‘Anonymous Club’ finds Australian musician Courtney Barnett in flux

Speed Date with Irish musician SOAK

You have spoken: the most iconic queer anthem of all time is … ‘Dancing Queen’?

Cabaret star Tyreece is the toast of London—and the internet!

Singles from Lil Nas X, Perfume Genius and MUNA keep Pride alive

Chicago rapper Cuee is ‘Coming Out’ swinging

45 years on the edge with legendary DJ David Morales

‘Sex Is as Sex Does,’ Kelechi, Green Room 42 and more Pride Month happenings

Help Xtra find the greatest Pride anthem of all time

Fall boozily in love with London’s queer performance scene

Rina Sawayama rides a mechanical bull in hell while Remi Wolf sings tenderly of longing