A new queer series seeks comfort in the uncomfortable and an artist resists the pressure of productivity

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: “Community defence” of sex workers and your favourite L.A. lesbian comic talks books

More and more, queer women are at the centre of TV shows and films. But Black women and women of colour remain noticeably absent

Our favourite bops for dancing on your own

Realness, eleganza and basketball wives, oh my! It’s time for the ball challenge

The Black trans artist discusses her debut album, ‘Dawning’

There’s no better distraction from the uncertainty of COVID-19 than the unreality of deserted island life with a bunch of animal friends

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: Your weekend queer concert roundup with Jeremy Dutcher, Rufus Wainwright, Janette King and more.

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: Your invitation to the partypocalypse and something darling for the kiddies

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, March 20

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk caring and coping for each other. Today: queer Berliners mobilize to help the most vulnerable, the oldest LGBTQ2 bookstore in the world reinvents itself again, and Charli XCX spreads positivity

Performance artist uses their trans body to fascinate and challenge

The first elimination of the season means the expected loss of a lower-tier queen

What messages do we internalize, as disabled children, when we see a world that looks so easy on the screen and then struggle with the world in real life?

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, March 13

A 67-year-old straight man channels queer joy and a millennium pop diva gets the last word

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Isolation aids: Mae Martin’s Feel Good and Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing

COVID-19: Your communities at work, Mar. 24

Lesbian media is too white—and I’m tired of it

Xtra’s social distancing mixtape

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 power ranking: Foul play

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 recap: Let’s play some basketball!

Davia Spain is bringing hope and resolve to your playlist

‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ is the queer utopia we need right now

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 20

COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 19

Vladimir Putin’s possible term extension, Billy Eichner’s plea and RuPaul’s big ruveal

COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 18

Cassils transforms the way we see

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 3 power ranking: The first queen falls

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 3 recap: Drag in the time of pandemic

How Disney used disability to showcase flaws in its characters

The Canadian government’s bill to ban conversion therapy, Halsey’s candidate and Joel Kim Booster’s gay romcom

David Byrne and Jessica Simpson are the comeback kids of 2020