Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 1 power ranking: ’Round my hometown, memories are fresh

A strong field of fresh queens means the slightest slip is a ticket to the bottom

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Lucky Stars

Bask in all things beautiful with Kim Kardashian and our Libra buddies

Celebrity astrologers Thomas and Tranna roast the cardinal air sign of the Zodiac

By Xtra Video

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3 premiere recap: Back across the pond we go

A fun premiere introduces the franchise’s first cis woman competitor and a lip sync twist

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

Lost during Nazi rule in Germany, one of the world’s first pro-gay films has finally been restored for modern viewers

Filmmaker and scientist Magnus Hirschfeld’s “Laws of Love” promoted his controversial views about sex

By Isaac Würmann

TV & Film

In Bruce LaBruce’s latest, the director unleashes his maverick sexuality on the family unit

“Saint-Narcisse” teases us with its twisty reunion of twins separated at birth

By Frank M. Miller

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Big Freedia’s latest tracks have us bouncing all over the place

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Sept. 23

By S. Bear Bergman

Culture

Horror queen Elvira is queer! Spooky gays rejoice!

Cassandra Peterson, the entertainer behind Elvira, reveals her 19-year relationship with a woman in a new memoir

By Mel Woods

Music

Eve Parker Finley’s smooth moves between music and comedy has built her an impressive fan base

The Montreal musician has a strategy for dealing with fans who think they really know her

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Off the Chart

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2, Episode 7: Make it rain

Romance is found under an umbrella, in the arms of another lesbian

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti

TV & Film

The queerest moments from the 2021 Emmy Awards

Bowen Yang’s shoes did a lot of heavy lifting Sunday night in Los Angeles

By Mel Woods

Music

‘Montero’ is the moment: a track-by-track review of Lil Nas X’s debut album

The rapper introduces the world to his true self, a Black gay man living his truth, one day at a time

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Books

What doors did Omar Sharif Jr.’s famous name open for him?

In his new memoir, the actor and model shares his coming out story and his experiences of sexual assault

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

TV & Film

Was Tammy Faye Bakker too deliciously camp to be bad?

A fizzy, glitzy biopic starring Jessica Chastain redeems the fallen televangelist by making her into gay icon

By Rachel Giese

TV & Film

‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ has that secret sauce that gets queerness and class just right

Co-creator Tom MacRae realized that the high-school drag musical’s lead character had to be flawed: “Teenagers are awful”

By Frank M. Miller

Identity

In defense of the meaty tuck

An offhand comment at a party inspires editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson to interrogate how we police trans bodies

By Tre’vell Anderson

Xtra Weekly

Topline: Lights! Masks! Guest list! Just do your best at TIFF, darling!

Covering the Toronto International Film Festival has reminded me of the power and beauty of being in a room with other LGBTQ2S+ people

By Paul Gallant

The Xtra Long Read

The troubled golden age of trans literature

Despite recent successes, a growing chorus of trans writers are asking tough questions, like where’s the nuance and context in literary criticism, and who’s holding the publishing industry to account?

By Eli Cugini

TV & Film

How a new documentary captures the joys and fears of migrant trans sex workers

While making “Caer (Caught),” Nicola Mai invited a Latina advocacy group into the editing suite

By Noelle Perdue