A Kennedy Center Honors-style roast tasks locks two queens in for the finale

Who’s on top of the newest Canadian cast after the premiere?

The rough edges of “Canada’s Drag Race” provide a healthy contrast with the polish of “All Stars 7”

REVIEW: The new documentary follows the Australian musician on the road

OPINION: A well-orchestrated effort for years to pit cis women against trans folks is working through traditional mainstream media and straight to beloved stars

Plus Lea Michele replaces Beanie Feldstein, and queer former Disney stars are making a horror movie

The recording artist calls their latest album “emotional, kind of dramatic … very honest”

With just two episodes’ worth of Legendary Legend Stars remaining, it’s make or break for a few queens

A stunning spoken word lip sync is the highlight of an otherwise sleepy episode

Right-wing commentators say Twitter stifles free speech, but the rampant harassment of LGBTQ2S+ users proves otherwise

Plus more of what’s on and happening starting July 8

REVIEW: The steamy new show ramps up the drama when vampire and slayer fall in love

The milestone reflects the work of groups advocating that homosexuality is not “haram”

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

In this excerpt from his posthumous memoir, the late activist and journalist Gerald Hannon relives the “hooker” headline

Plus Neil Patrick Harris on aging and that star-studded British “Vogue” cover

Xtra readers voted and ABBA’s classic ran away with the final tally

In Davey Davis’s “X,” a sadist has their world upended by an elusive sexual partner

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‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3 premiere recap: up to the North we go again

‘Anonymous Club’ finds Australian musician Courtney Barnett in flux

How did Bette Midler get to tweeting anti-trans nonsense?

Fans have some ideas for the next ‘Drag Race’ spoken word lip sync

Speed Date with Irish musician SOAK

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’ Episode 9 power ranking: Going viral

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Colouring with Pride, a non-binary Disney star and your new favourite TikTok butch

Queer teens take centre stage in Netflix’s ‘First Kill’

This mosque claims to be the first in Germany to display a Pride flag

‘Canada’s Drag Race,’ Kesha’s ghost show and ‘Tuca & Bertie’ are streaming this July

‘I hope you’re not going to make too much of this:’ Gerald Hannon recounts how his sex work got splashed all over international media

Right-wing trolls can’t handle a trans person buying pads in new Disney+ show

You have spoken: the most iconic queer anthem of all time is … ‘Dancing Queen’?

Set amidst futuristic political turmoil, Davey Davis’s new book unpacks pain and pleasure