‘Out in the Ring’ documentary unmasks the queer history of professional wrestling

Ry Levey’s debut feature celebrates today’s out performers who are transforming the sport while unearthing its hidden past

By Christos Tsirbas

Books

Posthumous books by Canlit legends Marie-Claire Blais and RM Vaughan

Community connections, tenuous and profound, resonate across time in these heady, heart-rending titles

By Christopher DiRaddo

Sports

For queer and disabled athletes, Danielle Peers ‘changed the conversation’

The non-binary Paralympic wheelchair basketball medalist was just named to Canada’s Order of Sport

By Julia Peterson

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 7 power ranking: The ratings are in

Whose TV spoof pilot will be picked up to series?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 7 recap: Bringing drama

The queens perform in screen tests for various British TV spoofs

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Books

‘Daddy Lessons’ by Steacy Easton offers an uneven blend of memoir, literary analysis and pornography

REVIEW: At its best, this pedagogy of fucking makes transgressive queer desire palpable

By H Felix Chau Bradley

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Hot thrills from João Dall’Stella and a sexy musical with Baby Tate

Plus Kareem Khubchandani, W.A.W. Parker and a queer theatre series online

By S. Bear Bergman

Identity

The recent AI yearbook trend made me think about the girlhood I could have had

“I was intrigued by how it might let me have and hold something that had always seemed ephemeral and out of reach”

By Veronica Esposito

TV & Film

Experimental documentary ‘Orlando: My Political Biography’ is an invitation to connect with the non-binary child inside us all

Writer and philosopher Paul B. Preciado has created an unusual paean to freedom

By Eli Cugini

TV & Film

The story behind indie film ‘I Don’t Know Who You Are’

Young filmmaker M.H. Murray discusses the high cost of living in a city like Toronto—and the costs of living with trauma

By Rendy Jones

Playlist Q

Eclectic hip-hop artist Damez gets vulnerable with ‘Hell Now, Heaven Later’

“It’s okay to need help. It’s okay to get your heart broken and start over”

By Daric L. Cottingham

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 6 power ranking: Star power

Which celebrity impersonations stole the spotlight?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

For its subject’s ability to evolve alone, ‘Nyad’ is inspirational

REVIEW: The lesbian swimmer’s biopic highlights queer persistence and platonic love

By Frankie de la Cretaz

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 6 recap: Snatching hearts while heartbreak’s on hold

It’s a heart-themed week in Britain, but which queen snatched Ru’s?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Books

‘Valid’ takes on the surprisingly rich postapocalyptic transfeminine genre

REVIEW: Chris Bergeron’s dystopian new autofiction novel delivers mixed results

By Veronica Esposito

Monthly Tune-Up

Hot new music from Brittany Howard, DijahSB, Psymon Spine and Kali Uchis

Plus a spooky love ballad and goth beach party

By Jordan Currie

TV & Film

‘Days of Happiness’ is not a Canadian ‘Tár’

REVIEW: Beautifully acted and directed, this lesbian conductor movie has a heroine you can root for

By Barry Levitt

TV & Film

5 queer horror movies you need to watch this spooky season

Find your perfect Halloween weekend flick, whether it be a 1940s psychosexual Sapphic thriller or a modern meditation on gender dysphoria

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle