Books

Montreal author Neil Smith mines the tragedy (and dark comedy) of his own life for his heartbreaking new novel

Neil Smith’s tortuous upbringing made “family” the ultimate F word

By Matthew Hays

TV & Film

‘Freedom From Everything’ is a puzzling documentary with too many pieces

Mike Hoolboom’s documentary reinvents Hito Steyerl’s essay of the same name and connects COVID-19 to the AIDS crisis

By Michelle Krasovitski

TV & Film

‘Nelly & Nadine’ unearths a love story lost to time

REVIEW: Magnus Gertten’s documentary is a tender look at hidden love

By Michelle Krasovitski

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 5 power ranking: Characters welcome

It’s another round of Snatch Game, but there can only be one winner

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

‘P-Valley’ tells Black queer stories you won’t find anywhere else

The series, wrapping up Season 2 this weekend, depicts the layered experiences of Black queer Southerners with care and authenticity

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 5 recap: Snatched again

How does the third installment of Canada’s Snatch Game stack up to the first two?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

‘A League of Their Own’ becomes the queer story it should have been all along

REVIEW: While uneven in its execution, Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham’s reboot justifies its own existence

By Ren Jender

TV & Film

‘The Sandman’ actor Mason Alexander Park on the ‘liberation’ of playing Desire

The non-binary actor spoke to Xtra about portraying one of fiction’s most beloved non-binary characters

By Mel Woods

Identity

Why I started a digital shrine to Justice Smith and Nic Ashe’s relationship

The actor boyfriends are the possibility models I didn’t know I needed

By Mikelle Street

The Buzz

Get ready to plot Kehlani on your ‘The L Word: Generation Q’ chart

Plus Abbi Jacobson is engaged, Shea Couleé joins the MCU and Frank Ocean’s latest business venture

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 4 power ranking: who wore it best?

We got perhaps our best chance to compare these queens on an equal scale this week

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Billy Porter’s directorial debut, queer history and your new favourite song of the moment

Plus more of what’s up and on starting Aug. 5

By S. Bear Bergman

TV & Film

‘A League of Their Own,’ a trans skateboarding doc, and more streaming this August

Here are our picks of what’s new, queer and streaming this month

By Sarah Taher

Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3, Episode 4 recap: Same, same, but different

In a twist fans have clamoured for for years, the queens must design with the same materials

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Censorship

A Michigan town defunded its public library over LGBTQ2S+ books

Libraries in Michigan and Iowa have closed due to conservative pushback

By Oliver Haug

Culture

In a city known for its unconventionality, these three queer Kolkata artists manage to stand out

A filmmaker, a poet and a visual artist—each embodies the bohemian soul of West Bengal

By Pawan Dhall

Canada’s Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3: ‘After the Sashay’ with Chelazon Leroux

This week’s eliminated “Canada’s Drag Race” contestant talks Indigenous representation, TikTok fame and toxic fans

By Lito Howse, Russ Martin

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’ Episode 12 power ranking: Old school reigns supreme

After a season that saw three “All Stars” winners make the final four, it was Logo-era winners who reigned supreme

By Kevin O’Keeffe