Social Media

The internet is toxic for queer people—and this new survey proves it

ANALYSIS: Policy advocate Sam Andrey provides insight into how queers confront hate while building digital communities

By Jon Heggestad

TV & Film

Japanese coming-of-age drama ‘Monster’ is one of the year’s best

REVIEW: Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has crafted a “Rashomon”-like fable about the secret lives of children

By Rendy Jones

TV & Film

Leonard Bernstein was a towering genius, a man of multitudes. Addressing his sexuality is no easy feat

ANALYSIS: While the new biopic “Maestro” embraces Bernstein’s queerness, it still leaves questions lingering

By Barry Levitt

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 1 power ranking: 11 queens stand before us

No one goes home this week, but there is a bottom two

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4 premiere recap: What is the Golden Beaver?

We don’t find out in this week’s episode, but it’s clear that a twist is afoot

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 8 power ranking: The final four

Which queens will make it to the finale?

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 8 recap: Makeover-the-top

A Lip Sync Assassin survives once again, while another RuPeter Badge winner goes home

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Reproductive Health

Britain’s Vagina Museum reopens with a trans-inclusive endometriosis exhibit

Ten months after it was forced to close, the museum is back to providing accurate and inclusive reproductive health info

By Quinn Rhodes

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Miss Chief’s memoirs, ‘Next Goal Wins,’ drag kings, gay bar history and more

Looking for a happy cry? S. Bear Bergman has you covered

By S. Bear Bergman

Nightlife

Queer people of colour are still left out of Chicago’s queer neighbourhood

Local drag performers say the area mostly serves affluent white men

By Adam Rhodes

TV & Film

‘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