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

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

Editorial

Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial

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

By Rachel Giese

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

People Like Me

Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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

By Brianna Sharpe

People Like Me

Why LGBT representation in pop culture matters

By Natalie Wee

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

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

Created for Vancouver International Film Festival

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

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

HIV/AIDS

This film explores the legacy of HIV/AIDS stigma

By Xtra Video

Culture

Pride kicks off in Ottawa

Organizers say this year’s celebration is bigger than ever

By Maggie Parkhill

Vancouver

Out in Vancouver: Aug 23–29, 2018

Choice events in the city this week

By Tom Coleman

Vancouver

Out in Vancouver: Aug 16–22, 2018

Choice events in the city this week

By Tom Coleman

Culture

Trinity Western University drops controversial community covenant

BC Christian university says it will stop making students promise not to have sex outside of heterosexual marriage

By Riley Sparks

It shouldn’t be this hard to find trans women on screen

VQFF artistic directors are committed to showing trans actors in trans roles

Created for Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Power

I was a metaphor until I wasn’t

Being Asian, queer and a woman meant there were a myriad of ways I could vanish, and I saw it each time I watched a movie

By Natalie Wee

These local BC filmmakers put stories of queer youth on the big screen

New program at VQFF features local queer stories from emerging creators

Created for Vancouver Queer Film Festival