Culture

How gay guys really have sex

By Raziel Reid

Culture

Shouting ‘sex bomb’ on a plane

Apple bans gay satire comic by Northwest Press

By Michael Lyons

Power

Elton John criticizes Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law at Moscow concert

Pop star dedicates performance to murdered gay man

By Natasha Barsotti

Video

Remembering Nelson Mandela through film

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom out in Canada Dec 25

By Xtra Editor

Opinion

The keeper

Behind the scenes of the National Ballet’s Nutcracker with Grant Heaps

By Diego Armand

Toronto Diary

James Franco comes on Batman, because — art!

By Jeremy Feist

Culture

Pic of the gay: James Franco as Batman (covered in cum)

By Raziel Reid

Arts

The pinnacle of male beauty

Universal Hunks celebrates the ‘greatest hunks of all time’

By Raziel Reid

Arts

Drag kings in the Seven Kingdoms

Toronto’s Yes-Men drag king troupe bring Games of Thrones to the stage

By Jeremy Willard

Power

Mass letter-writing event to support gay Belarusian

Annual Amnesty International campaign includes participants in more than 80 countries

By Elah Feder

Arts

The Girl in the Picture Tries to Hang Up the Phone

Hume Baugh’s one-man show tries to make sense of his mother’s life and death

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Sneak peek – Xtra’s interview with Anne Rice

Famed writer comments on sexuality and gender

By Xtra Editor

Culture

Couple alert: Newly out Olympian Tom Daley and Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black

By Raziel Reid

Gore Vidal stirs up controversy even after death

Xtra talks with the director of a new doc about the writer and intellectual

By Nicolas Kazamia

Opinion

The isolation of dementia

Bridget Coll and her partner quietly held hands the day they got the diagnosis that changed their lives

By Robin Perelle

Opinion

The funny continues with Dumpster Couture

Hot trends or just trashy fashion?

By Xtra Editor

Culture

Mom, I’m gay

Ottawa conference to explore culture and coming-out narratives in queer art and cinema

By Adrienne Ascah

Culture

Lady Gaga shows off her vagina (and mustache) on magazine cover

By Raziel Reid