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Culture

What do we want? Queer spaces for women
Culture

What do we want? Queer spaces for women

How do we get them? Here are some inspiring tips

By Natalie Wee
Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl
People Like Me

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

A possibility for trans love that is rarely realized

By Gwen Benaway
Long live the radical brown queerness of Freddie Mercury
Culture

Long live the radical brown queerness of Freddie Mercury

Despite its coyness, the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody can’t erase the legacy of the Queen frontman who taught the world to rock

By Eternity Martis
Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul
People Like Me

Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul

With the look between Emaline and Kate, everything made sense to me

By Rachel Chen
Naked Heart festival gets real about success and struggles for queer and trans writers
Opinion

Naked Heart festival gets real about success and struggles for queer and trans writers

The Toronto literary festival is in its fourth year

By Andrea Zanin
He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger
People Like Me

He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger

Discovering myself with the Thundercats

By Andrew Wheeler
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Walking the queer tightrope with Janelle Monáe
People Like Me

Walking the queer tightrope with Janelle Monáe

Being queer doesn’t mean any one specific thing

By Mary Ann Thomas
Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire
People Like Me

Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire

I began to see the possibility of loving and being loved by women who look like me

By Tobi Abdul
Escaping suburbia with The Kids in The Hall
People Like Me

Escaping suburbia with The Kids in The Hall

Buddy Cole was the fearless queer impresario I longed to be

By EC Marcon
Four short films to look out for at ImagineNATIVE 2018
Culture

Four short films to look out for at ImagineNATIVE 2018

Here are some of the films you don’t want to miss in this year’s film and media arts festival

By Xtra Staff
Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial
Editorial

Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial

‘I can’t wait to launch this new chapter’

By Rachel Giese
How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity
People Like Me

How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity

Mashrou’ Leila’s music reflects ways in which I, like other queer Arabs, am allowed to exist

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
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Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer
People Like Me

Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer

While Buffy took on vampires, I took down heteronormativity with Willow

By Brianna Sharpe
Why LGBT representation in pop culture matters
People Like Me

Why LGBT representation in pop culture matters

By Natalie Wee
Colette is the queer period drama we’ve been waiting for
Video

Colette is the queer period drama we’ve been waiting for

By Xtra Video
M/M is a queer psycho-sexual thriller that explores alienation from a new environment

M/M is a queer psycho-sexual thriller that explores alienation from a new environment

Director Drew Lint’s feature debut puts a queer twist on a familiar story

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The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture
Culture

The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture

Being bisexual can often mean being invisible — but we’re catching more glimpses of ourselves

By Frederick Blichert
This arts festival is celebrating bisexual visibility and cultural diversity
Bisexuality

This arts festival is celebrating bisexual visibility and cultural diversity

‘Bisexuals are not an afterthought or a token,’ festival founder says

By Arvin Joaquin
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