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Culture

Topline: The ABCs of Black queer history
Xtra Weekly

Topline: The ABCs of Black queer history

From Alvin Ailey to Lena Waithe

By Tre’vell Anderson
4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Feb. 11
Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Feb. 11

What to watch, read, listen to or look at this week

By Sarah Taher
A very queer guide to Valentine’s Day 2021
Love & Sex

A very queer guide to Valentine’s Day 2021

Queer the saccharine Hallmark holiday with gifts for your friends, lovers, chosen family and more!

By S. Bear Bergman
Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future
Music

Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future

On her new release, the Montreal-based Algonquin Two-Spirit artist is joined by over 50 collaborators including Owen Pallett, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Tim Nelson

By Jesse Locke
Building a pandemic garden helped me find glory in nature
My Safe Space

Building a pandemic garden helped me find glory in nature

I’m no cottagecore queer, but tilling the land in my parents’ backyard brought a comfort I was missing in New York City

By Gaby Messino
Ballet comes out of the closet with a kiss
Dance

Ballet comes out of the closet with a kiss

After 400 years, classical ballet explicitly celebrates queer lust

By Juan Michael Porter II
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 6 power ranking: Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this ranking
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 6 power ranking: Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this ranking

A hustle back to the disco era has an up-and-comer shining like a mirror ball

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 6 recap: After the disco
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 6 recap: After the disco

Dancing together, ain’t nothing that could be better for these queens’ dynamics

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’  Season 2, Episode 4 recap: Wake up, Great Britain!
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 2, Episode 4 recap: Wake up, Great Britain!

The final episode before the pandemic filming hiatus takes us into the world of morning telly

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Topline: Goodbye, SOPHIE, our immaterial girl
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Goodbye, SOPHIE, our immaterial girl

Mourning the loss of a trans icon 

By Ziya Jones
‘Ailey’ is a cautionary tale for Black creatives
TV & Film

‘Ailey’ is a cautionary tale for Black creatives

The documentary, premiering at Sundance, pulls back the curtain—ever so slightly—on the titan of modern dance Alvin Ailey

By Tre’vell Anderson
4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Feb. 4
Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Feb. 4

What to watch, read, listen to or look this week

By Sarah Taher
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What does it really mean to be non-binary?
The Xtra Long Read

What does it really mean to be non-binary?

Editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson interrogates the growing use of the term by non-trans folk

By Tre’vell Anderson
Saying goodbye to SOPHIE
Music

Saying goodbye to SOPHIE

Remembering the boundary-breaking 34-year-old trans musician’s life and legacy

By Niko Stratis
How sneaker culture saved my life
Personal Essay

How sneaker culture saved my life

A young man returns to the hobby he shared with his father as a way of survival

By Daria Lynn Cottingham
The world according to Abigail Thorn
Culture

The world according to Abigail Thorn

The personality behind the massive Philosophy Tube brand has come out as trans—and with that comes heaps of expectations

By Niko Stratis
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 5 power ranking: It’s in the bag
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 5 power ranking: It’s in the bag

A fan favourite falters in a episode designed to let the fashion queens werk it

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 5 recap: Ball o’ bags
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 5 recap: Ball o’ bags

It’s time for the season’s ball challenge. Theme? Bags

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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