Homophobia

Nova Scotia town rallies around queer-owned store after its Pride flags were repeatedly vandalized

Despite the incidents, the owners intend to continuously display the Pride flag

By Diamond Yao

Drag Race

12 queens who defined the VH1 era of ‘Drag Race’

Ahead of the start of “Drag Race” on MTV, we’re looking back at some titans of the last five years

By Kevin O’Keeffe, Mathew Rodriguez

History

Indian activists embrace the power of queer archiving to rebalance history

In a world where only the loudest and most powerful voices get heard, the preservation of historical documents give voice to the unrepresented

By Pawan Dhall

Monthly Tune-Up

December tracks you may have missed, from Phoebe Bridgers to Nakkia Gold

Start your new year off right with a selection of December 2022’s best queer and trans songs

By Jordan Currie

Sports

Homophobic soccer chants are alive and well

OPINION: It’s going to take more than awareness and education to stop the use of homophobic chants at professional soccer games

By Katelyn Burns

TV & Film

Vancouver’s Billy Nguyen is paving the way for non-binary chefs in Canada

The “Top Chef Canada” alum’s pop-up concepts are generating buzz

By Dan Clapson

Books

How the death of a lover inspired Lauren John Joseph’s compelling debut novel

Artist, performer and writer Lauren John Joseph talks about getting beyond mere trans representation

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ Episode 6 recap: The Queen of the Mother-Pucking World is …

Brooke Lynn Hytes gets the chance to crown a queen she once competed against

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Censorship

This Texas city is privatizing its library after a dispute over LGBTQ2S+ books

With book bans and restrictions at an all-time high, studies show that 33 percent of challenged books in the U.S. have queer themes or characters

By Maddy Mahoney

Rainbow Rewind 2022

50 queer and trans pop culture moments that defined 2022

From the negroni sbagliato to “Funny Girl” drama, to problematic TikTok emu farmer lesbians, these are the moments we’ll all remember

By Mel Woods

Playlist Q

Deck the halls with these queer holiday jams

Lil Nas X, Big Freedia and Tegan and Sara all have some holiday bops and bangers

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Sports

Ohio lawmakers kill controversial trans sports bill that would have required genital inspections

Republican lawmakers failed to come to agreement on the controversial provision

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Rainbow Rewind 2022

In 2022, did Hollywood finally figure out the gay rom-com?

ANALYSIS: What we can learn from “Bros,” “Fire Island” and “Spoiler Alert”

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs The World’ finalists talk poutine, edibles and what it would mean to win

Victoria Scone, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Ra’Jah O’Hara dished it all ahead of this week’s finale

By Russ Martin

Rainbow Rewind 2022

Our favourite queer and trans songs of 2022

From Carly Rae Jepsen to Destin Conrad, here are the songs we couldn’t stop listening to this year

By Xtra Staff

Politics

Minister Pascale St-Onge says ‘more work to be done’ on sport inclusivity

The openly lesbian cabinet minister says she’s not afraid to push back on issues that matter to her

By Dale Smith

TV & Film

10 huge wins in queer animation from 2022

“Flee,” “Strange World” and more headline a fantastic year for queer and trans animation

By Rendy Jones

Rainbow Rewind 2022

2022 was the year ‘Drag Race’ truly went global

Though the franchise has been steadily expanding for years, 2022 was explosive for growth

By Kevin O’Keeffe