As Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 begins, Xtra gets the tea from this “Drag Race” icon

A more empathetic version of “Canada’s Drag Race” premieres and instantly shines

A surprising twist on the girl group challenge gives some underdogs a chance to thrive

Gruden’s emails—and the response to them—show the league has a long way to go when it comes to inclusivity

“It is one thing to fall in love. It is quite another thing to stay in love”

How Bette Porter single-handedly destroyed the lives of four L.A. lesbians in under five minutes

Filmmakers Fawzia Mirza and Kausar Mohammed discuss their short film, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”

A new documentary explores gay psychiatrist John Fryer’s efforts to end the American Psychiatric Association classification of homosexuality as an illness

Plus the buzz on gay Superman, Jamie Clayton in “Hellraiser” and Coming Out Day

A design-savvy queen comes from behind to break Krystal Versace’s winning streak

An outdoor unconventional materials challenge gives us a surprising winner

A semifinal match between Chicago and Connecticut got super queer as three couples were on the court at the same time

And other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Oct. 7

An excerpt from Emily Garside’s new book “Love that Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek”

The comedian said “he’s done” with queer and trans jokes, yet filled a special with them

How the show made it hard for Verley to make a living and how she felt she had to suppress her trans identity on screen

Angie and Jordi aren’t prom royalty? We demand a recount!

Aligning themselves with the LGBTQ2+ community 25 years ago helped TD get to where they are today

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Speed Date with the Queen of the North, Brooke Lynn Hytes

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2 premiere recap: A dozen more queens of the North

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 4 recap: Bop versus ballad

The NFL must work harder to fix the hate behind those Jon Gruden emails

Aristotle and Dante are back. Nine years later, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz delivers the sequel to a beloved queer YA love story

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Episode 10: The hot mess express

The queer, Muslim rom-com we’ve been waiting for has arrived

How one gay man fought the medical establishment and won

Netflix suspends trans employee who called out transphobic Dave Chappelle special

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 power ranking: The gay outdoors

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 recap: Wild things

A WNBA playoff game featured three couples on the court this week

Jillian Christmas’ queer femme slam poetry extravaganza

How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity

People are calling out the vile transphobia in Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ contestant Ilona Verley: ‘I’m supposed to be famous and I don’t have a roof over my head?’

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Episode 9: Prom queens

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