Playlist Q

Mexican alt-rock band Trends is no passing fad

Lead by Marina Paiz, the Los Angeles-based outfit is slowly but surely making a name for themselves

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

TV & Film

500 Che’s of summer

OPINION: How Che Diaz in “And Just Like That” is the textbook Manic Pixie Dream Queer

By Andi Schwartz

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ season premiere recap: Drag is all over the world

Nine queens from across multiple Drag Race franchises face off, and one goes home

By Kevin O’Keeffe

The Buzz

‘Encanto’ star Jessica Darrow is your new favourite queer icon

Jessica Darrow spoke this week about the signifiance of soft butches like her character Luisa

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 4 power ranking: Press ‘Play’

One queen has already racked up her second win of the season

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 4 recap: Such a tease

A self-referential acting challenge brings out the spirit of overacting in the queens

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Books

Ignored for 40 years, Kay Dick’s paranoid dystopian novel ‘They’ rings true today

A bisexual writer and editor who was ahead of her time, Kay Dick’s prescient oeuvre deserves reappraisal

By Eli Cugini

Power

This LGBTQ2S+ group just removed Netflix from its ‘Best Places to Work’ list over Dave Chappelle

No company has ever been booted from the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index before

By Nico Lang

Sports

A historic number of LGBTQ2S+ athletes will go for gold at the Winter Olympics

At least 33 out LGBTQ2S+ athletes will compete in Beijing in February, more than doubling the number who competed in 2018

By Yvonne Marquez

TV & Film

Is this the queer dating game you’ve been waiting for?

“Dating Unlocked” and everything else LGBTQ2S+ coming to streaming platforms in February

By Sarah Taher

History

Pack your bags: Britain’s first LGBTQ+ museum is set to open this spring

The museum seeks to expand knowledge of queer history and culture

By Ursula Muñoz S.

TV & Film

Growing up queer in suburbia

Catherine Hernandez gracefully adapts her hit novel “Scarborough” for the big screen

By S. Bear Bergman

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 3 power ranking: Rising above the chaos

With two returning queens, 14 total competitors and 42 looks, this ball episode is a lot to keep track of

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 3 recap: Two! Two! Two balls in one!

A bifurcated ball format keeps the queens on their toes, while a slew of new twists needlessly wrinkle the season

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Culture

Amy Schneider on her incredible ‘Jeopardy!’ run

The trans trailblazer’s historic winning streak ranks third of all time

By J.E. Reich

Culture

André Leon Talley was my possibility model

Xtra’s editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson reflects on the life and legacy of the late, legendary fashion editor

By Tre’vell Anderson

Culture

Can TV stop burying our gays already?

Queer women die on the small screen so often it’s become a trope. It’s time to give gay and bisexual characters a shot at happiness—and life

By Emily Monaco

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Catch-up with Roxane Gay, Morgan M. Page and ‘High-Risk Homosexual’

And other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Jan. 20

By S. Bear Bergman