Culture

10 things to expect at Boston’s Straight Pride

So many flip flops and cargo shorts

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti

Books

Canadians clean up at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards

Casey Plett, Joshua Whitehead and Larissa Lai were among winners

By Xtra Staff

TV & Film

‘Tales of the City’ gets a millennial makeover

The beloved 1970s San Francisco saga has been reinvented for a new generation of queer and trans folks

By Gordon Bowness

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11: Who are the true winners and losers of the season?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra Weekly

Kenya refuses to stop using old laws that consider homosexuality a crime

Jason Kenney, Tornado engagement and Drag Race. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 31

By Arvin Joaquin

Drag Race

What you missed at the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11’ finale taping

Because not all the tea made it to your screen

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Personal Essay

My queer adolescent year of extreme baking

Were the assertive flavours and temperatures of Fudge Ribbon Pie a metaphor for my unacknowledged desires?

By Marusya Bociurkiw

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season finale recap: Who won Season 11?

In the battle between technician and performer, only one could reign supreme

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Culture

This ad about a trans man shaving for the first time will truly make you feel things

I’m not crying, you’re crying!

By Arvin Joaquin

Culture

Is Céline Dion a lesbian icon?

The Célinaissance is for more than just gay men

By Kelli María Korducki

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 reunion recap: Wigs fly

But really, what is the purpose of a ‘Drag Race’ reunion?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra Weekly

US government considers a gay couple’s child as born ‘out of wedlock’

Adorable queer proposals, Chick-fil-A, and The Bachelorette. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 24

By Arvin Joaquin

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Who will win?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Books

10 queer books we can’t wait to read this summer

Whether you’re looking for a love story in a hopeless place or a heart-stopping thriller, we’ve got you covered

By Eternity Martis

Culture

What to see at Toronto’s Inside Out film festival

Tell us who you are and we’ll tell you what to watch

By Arvin Joaquin

Xtra Weekly

A new bill will make it illegal to advertise conversion therapy to kids in Canada

Misogynoir, Havana’s pride march and James Charles. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 17

By Arvin Joaquin

Culture

I couldn’t outrun the period monster

As a trans teen, the only thing scarier than horror movies was that time of the month

By Henry Giardina

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: The final four

By Kevin O’Keeffe