Skip to content
Xtra Magazine
Xtra Magazine

Need A Suggestion? We got You...

  • Addiction
  • ·
  • Arts
  • ·
  • Asexuality
  • ·
  • Bisexuality
  • ·
  • Blood Ban
  • ·
  • Coming Out
  • ·
  • Conversion therapy
  • ·
  • Cruising
  • ·
  • Disability
  • ·
  • Discrimination
  • ·
  • Education
  • ·
  • Faith & Spirituality
  • ·
  • Fetish & Kink
  • ·
  • Gender identity
  • ·
  • History
  • ·
  • HIV/AIDS
  • ·
  • Human Rights
  • ·
  • Indigenous
  • ·
  • Marriage Equality
  • ·
  • Parenting
  • ·
  • Policing
  • ·
  • Pride
  • ·
  • Race issues
  • ·
  • Sex education
  • ·
  • Social justice
  • ·
  • Trans
  • ·
  • Two-Spirit
  • ·
  • Youth
  • Power
    • Activism
    • Identity
    • Politics
    • Dispatches
    • Protest and Pleasure Series
  • Culture
    • Drag Race
    • Books
    • Music
    • Monthly Tune-Up
    • Playlist Q
    • TV & Film
    • Queer Culture Catchup
    • Queer View Mirror
  • Love & Sex
    • Dating
    • Relationships
    • Ask Kai
    • Love Like Mine Essays
  • Health
    • Sexual Health
    • Mental Health
    • Trans Health
    • Reproductive Health
    • Ask an Expert
  • Video
    • After the Sashay
    • Ask Kai: Quickies
    • Inspired
    • Lucky Stars
    • My Queer Kitchen
    • Speed Date
    • Queer Artists in a Pandemic

Xtra is an online magazine and community platform covering LGBTQ2S+ culture, politics and health. We aim to break boundaries, think outside of binaries and build bridges within our communities and beyond.

Get free Xtra newsletters

Xtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend.

Subscribe Now
  • Our principles
  • Inside Xtra
  • The Latest
  • Podcasts
Follow Us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
tiktok
reddit
RSS

Displaying all articles tagged:

Culture

Why are cis women suddenly into taking testosterone?
Love & Sex

Why are cis women suddenly into taking testosterone?

An emerging trend in wellness has women seeking out T to improve their sex lives or energy levels

By Mel Woods
Richard Linklater showed me how to love
Consumed

Richard Linklater showed me how to love

During a honeymoon phase with a new partner, I clung to Linklater’s “Before” trilogy. His new film, “Blue Moon,” helped me carve a new path forward

By KC Hoard
‘Radical Unlearning’ explores what it takes to shift our beliefs
Books

‘Radical Unlearning’ explores what it takes to shift our beliefs

Lewis Raven Wallace’s new book digs into the science of personal transformation

By Syrus Marcus Ware
5 queer horror films to watch this Halloween
TV & Film

5 queer horror films to watch this Halloween

Xtra staff members recommend their favourite queer horror films that deliver plenty of scares

By Xtra Staff
‘DILF’ asserts trans people’s rightful place in feminism
Books

‘DILF’ asserts trans people’s rightful place in feminism

With “Did I Leave Feminism?,” Jude Ellison S. Doyle takes on TERFs—while drawing on unlikely sources

By Veronica Esposito
Why are queer people so drawn to the coffee industry?
Work

Why are queer people so drawn to the coffee industry?

From self-expression to sober spaces to labour organizing, there’s a lot more to the queer barista phenomenon than the meme suggests

By Jill Webb
Advertisement

Sasha Colby and The Girlfriend Experience on dolling across the world
Drag

Sasha Colby and The Girlfriend Experience on dolling across the world

The drag legend and the rising star talk chosen trans family, post-Drag Race jet-setting and how to survive this moment in history

By Xtra Staff
51st Festival not the 51st State: Fall 2025 at the Ottawa International Writers

51st Festival not the 51st State: Fall 2025 at the Ottawa International Writers

Celebrating 51 editions of stories, ideas and inspiration, the 51st Ottawa International Writers Festival kicks off October 22.

Created for Ottawa International Writers Festival
Bari Weiss’s hiring at CBS signals a much bigger problem
Media

Bari Weiss’s hiring at CBS signals a much bigger problem

CBS is crumbling under the weight of a billionaire and his favourite news lackey. This is emblematic of the larger issues facing U.S. media

By Katelyn Burns
Grace Byron’s ‘Herculine’ shows what a trans cult might actually look like
Books

Grace Byron’s ‘Herculine’ shows what a trans cult might actually look like

Byron flips right-wing stereotypes about trans people with her frightening and funny debut novel

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
Why is Elon Musk raging against a Netflix cartoon?
TV & Film

Why is Elon Musk raging against a Netflix cartoon?

Elon Musk and Libs of TikTok are calling for a Netflix boycott because of a trans character in “Dead End: Paranormal Park”

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods
Second annual Pink Awards will celebrate queer Canadian actors, musicians and human rights advocates
Activism

Second annual Pink Awards will celebrate queer Canadian actors, musicians and human rights advocates

Bilal Baig, Devery Jacobs and Beverly Glenn-Copeland are among the honourees for the second annual Pink Awards

By Oliver Haug
Advertisement

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ era shows it’s time to leave Gaylors alone
Music

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ era shows it’s time to leave Gaylors alone

Swift fans who have built a community around queer readings of the singer’s work are being bullied into submission. Why are they so misunderstood?

By Frankie de la Cretaz
Lana Lin’s new book channels—and challenges—Gertrude Stein
Books

Lana Lin’s new book channels—and challenges—Gertrude Stein

“The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” is an intimate and experimental love story

By H Felix Chau Bradley
Mae Martin’s ‘Wayward’ doesn’t work
TV & Film

Mae Martin’s ‘Wayward’ doesn’t work

Martin’s new Netflix series, starring Toni Collette, tackles the troubled teen industry. The show is confused and wholly conventional

By Michelle Krasovitski
Among the archives, you can find love, community and history
Taking Space

Among the archives, you can find love, community and history

Queer and trans archives preserve our past—they also offer community space that is essential to our future

By Aino Pihlak
Rose Dommu is bringing back messy rom-coms
Books

Rose Dommu is bringing back messy rom-coms

The viral writer talks trans shenanigans, the power of contradiction and her debut novel “Best Woman”

By Sam Franzini
How BookTok inspired this real-life romance bookstore
Taking Space

How BookTok inspired this real-life romance bookstore

Edmonton’s Book Boudoir is building queer-inclusive community one page at a time

By Lauren Kalinowski
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • ...
  • 916
Advertisement
Xtra Magazine
  • About us
    • Our principles
    • Inside Xtra
    • Editorial Standards
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
    • Meet the Team
    • How to pitch to Xtra
    • Advertise
    • Sponsorship
  • Connect
    • Xtra’s newsletters
    • Where to find Xtra
    • Ken Popert Media Fellowship
    • Get Queer podcast

Get free Xtra newsletters

Xtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend.

Subscribe Now

Ⓒ 1971 - 2025 Pink Triangle Press, All right reserved. XTRA™ is a trademark of Pink Triangle Press.
Follow Us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
tiktok
reddit
RSS