Monthly Tune-Up

Dance, cry and sing your way into spring with these 7 new tracks

From British pop darling Charli XCX and NYC’s vibrant MICHELLE to Vancouver’s punk Kitty Prozac

By Jordan Currie

Culture

Why trans family visibility matters

ANALYSIS: Three parents talk about what it means to see celebrity families like theirs, from Cher to Dwyane Wade

By V.S. Wells

Speed Date with queer, Danish pop star Asbjørn

The musician says he’s looking forward to touring his new album “Boyology”

By Lito Howse

Excerpt

More than a century ago, rural queers were invisible. Thankfully, this same-sex couple had a camera

A new book spotlights a photogenic queer couple in rural New Brunswick in the 1910s and ’20s

By Meredith J. Batt and Dusty Green

The Buzz

Netflix is basically making a U-Haul queer reality dating show

Season 2 of “The Ultimatum” will feature a cast of majority queer women

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 12 power ranking: Because you can can can

The “Moulin Ru!” Rusical almost sends someone home

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

Queer rom-coms and a new drag reality competition show streaming this April

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

By Sarah Taher

TV & Film

The 5 queerest moments from a wild 2022 Oscars ceremony

Ariana DeBose, Lady Gaga and Elliot Page all stood out on a memorable night

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 12 recap: It’s not chocolate

The gold bar twist finally pays off. Or does it?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

History

Here’s what Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ National Monument will look like

The winning design was just unveiled and construction is expected to be completed by 2025

By V.S. Wells

Politics

Virginia is about to enact a Florida-style law censoring LGBTQ2S+ education in schools

If passed, the bill would give parents the power to ban curriculum they deem “controversial”

By Ursula Muñoz S.

TV & Film

How ‘Titane’ captures the messy brutality of transition

ANALYSIS: Julia Ducournau’s sophomore feature deserves to be part of the trans cinematic canon

By Kaiya Shunyata

The Buzz

Disney puts a same-sex kiss back into ‘Lightyear’ after employee uproar

The move comes amid employee criticism and walkouts related to the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” bill

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 11 power ranking: Nothing lasts forever

The LaLaPaRuZa Smackdown finally breaks up our final eight queens

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Power

A record number of Americans support LGBTQ2S+ non-discrimination laws, same-sex marriage

Eight in 10 Americans support equal protection for LGBTQ2S+ people

By Nico Lang

Sports

Lia Thomas becomes first out trans woman to win a NCAA championship

The swimmer cinched the 500-yard freestyle title, and qualified for two other finals in her last year of NCAA competition

By V.S. Wells

Music

Claud’s evolution into a rocking, exhilarating headliner

The shy purveyor of “bedroom pop” blossoms onstage with a beguiling mix of vulnerability and verve

By Sergio Lopez

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 11 recap: Loose lips sync ships

The LaLaPaRuZa battle is the shot of competitive energy that Season 14 has been needing

By Kevin O’Keeffe