Speed Date

Fantasia Royale Gaga is the Next Queer Sex Symbol

Xtra catches up with the legendary showgirl following her “Hot Haus” win

By Russ Martin

Queer Culture Catch-Up

‘Keyboard Fantasies,’ Queering The Canon and Harvey Fierstein

Plus other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning March 3

By S. Bear Bergman

Music

The ferocious beauty of Tanya Tagaq

Filmmaker Thirza Cuthand talks with the Inuk musician about her latest album, Indigenous resistance and the intersection of rage and love

By Thirza Cuthand

Books

Harvey Fierstein tells almost all in his star-studded new memoir about Brooklyn, Broadway and beyond

We interview one of the first out powerhouses of American showbiz about his life on and off stage, and about why endings are so important

By S. Bear Bergman

TV & Film

Sorry, Sam Elliott, movie cowboys have always been gay

ANALYSIS: Elliott slammed “The Power of the Dog” for being too queer, but queerness has always been a key ingredient of westerns

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 5 recap: ‘London’ girls

The final frontrunner is eliminated, leaving us with an even race among the final four

By Kevin O’Keeffe

The Buzz

Elliot Page, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gabrielle Union slam trans reporting policy

Stars are speaking out against Gov. Greg Abbott’s “horrific” new policy

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 8 power ranking: Top of the charts

After a brief fall from the top tier, our frontrunner returns to the peak of the power rankings

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Monthly Tune-Up

What is the best new queer music, you ask?

Music writer Jordan Currie has picked 7 of the best singles released over the last month. Check out the first instalment of “Monthly Tune-Up”

By Jordan Currie

Books

Fashion, death, sex—Derek McCormack’s not entirely unglamorous world

In a new collection of essays about fashion, Canada’s favourite funhouse author Derek McCormack pokes at the perversity of a decadent industry

By Paul Gallant

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 8 recap: There goes my baby

The girl groups of the past inspire a very fun challenge—with some very strange judging results

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

Queer film festivals, movies and TV shows streaming this March

From lesbian nuns to “Queer Eye Germany,” here’s what to watch

By Sarah Taher

Music

A very chaotic yet realistic soundtrack to my life

These songs by Black artists shaped music journalist Daric L. Cottingham’s taste through the years

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Sex

TV shows need to stop being so weird about blowjobs

It shouldn’t be shocking that a woman—or any consenting adult for that matter—enjoys giving head

By Quinn Rhodes

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World’ Episode 4 recap: International Snatch

The shocks just keep on rolling in on “UK Versus The World”

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Books

Erotic model (and musical theatre guy) David Pevsner reveals how he got to where he is now

Author, actor and sex worker David Pevsner talks about his new memoir, “Damn Shame”

By Andy Bandyopadhyay

The Buzz

How Season 14 became the most trans season of ‘Drag Race’ yet

Plus Kristen Stewart’s thoughts on weddings, the end of “Arthur” and some very gay Olympic medals

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14, Episode 7 power ranking: Shantay you all stay

There may not have been an elimination this week, but the power rankings have been shaken up nonetheless

By Kevin O’Keeffe