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Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 4 power ranking: In fashion, you’re either fast or you’re slo-mo

Who’s on top after the season’s first design challenge?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 4 recap: ‘Should we speed it up a little bit?’

The queens take on fast fashion in this week’s design challenge

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Rainbow Rewind 2024

2024’s hottest onscreen trend? Toxic lesbians

From “Agatha All Along” to “Love Lies Bleeding,” complicated, messy queer women and their love lives took centre stage

By Anna Govert

The hottest celebrity heartthrobs of 2024, as voted by gay and bi men

Cruising site Squirt.org publishes hottest findings of 2024 in Squirt Unloaded—a sexy recap of the year

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Rainbow Rewind 2024

Five viral moments that defined the queer internet in 2024

We’re holding space for these queer trends

By Niya Doyle

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 3 power ranking: Syncing ships

Some frontrunners cement their positions, while others stumble

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 3 recap: The team that slays together stays together

The Lip Sync Slay-Off challenge returns with a team-based twist

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Rainbow Rewind 2024

The queer and trans songs we loved in 2024

From Chappell Roan to Shygirl and beyond, here’s what we couldn’t get enough of in 2024

By Xtra Staff

Books

“Ripcord,” turns the midlife crisis story trope on its head

In his latest novel, Nate Lippens explores what it means to be an aging queer artist

By H Felix Chau Bradley

Violence against LGBTQ2S+

Anti-trans violence is on the rise. The media must step it up

The crisis needs meaningful, sustained coverage addressing the systemic issues that allow this violence to persist

By Adam Rhodes

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 2 power ranking: To the moon

An underdog finds herself at the top

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 2 recap: PSAshay away

The queens compete in teams to produce interstellar public service announcements

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Censorship

Could the Trump administration criminalize queer speech online?

ANALYSIS: Here’s what you should and shouldn’t freak out about when it comes to Project 2025’s plans for digital communications

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Sports

Ahead of new PWHL season, fan fav CJ Jackson is soaking it all in

Ahead of the PWHL kicking off its sophomore season, the non-binary Toronto Sceptres goalie reflects on the massive boom in women’s sport

By Frankie de la Cretaz

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 1 power ranking: First impressions, second chances

No one goes home this week, but thanks to the rose-and-thorn format we have a relatively clear hierarchy

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5 premiere recap: Return to the North

After a smash fourth season, Canada’s Drag Race returns to a different Drag Race landscape

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Queer View Mirror

Why the adaptation ‘Anne with an E’ speaks to queers and misfits of all kinds

The modern interpretation of Anne of Green Gables reflected queer and gender-diverse people’s lives back at them

By Andi Schwartz