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What can queers learn about ourselves by conversing with the past?
Books

What can queers learn about ourselves by conversing with the past?

Comedian Tricia Black interviews writer Brian Francis about his hilarious and touching new memoir

By Tricia Black
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 6 power ranking: We’ve got magic to do
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 6 power ranking: We’ve got magic to do

An over-acting challenge puts a new favourite queen on top

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 6 recap: Witches better beware
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 6 recap: Witches better beware

An “American Horror Story”-themed acting challenge pushes the dolls to overact the house down

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Topline: Things need to get better for everybody, not just some people
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Things need to get better for everybody, not just some people

It’s hard to watch crackdowns on LGBTQ+ people in China and other countries

By Paul Gallant
Your big queer and trans guide to the Tokyo Olympics
Sports

Your big queer and trans guide to the Tokyo Olympics

Despite controversies, coronavirus and cancellations, the Olympics are happening. Here’s what you need to know.

By Mel Woods
When did Hollywood stop depicting queer seniors as victims and predators and start treating them like real people?
The Xtra Long Read

When did Hollywood stop depicting queer seniors as victims and predators and start treating them like real people?

Today’s LGBTQ2S+ seniors expect more from filmmakers than the cringe-inducing stereotypes of years past

By Frank M. Miller
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10 queer books we’re absolutely and completely loving this summer
Books

10 queer books we’re absolutely and completely loving this summer

Need a beach read? We revisit some of the best works of fiction and non-fiction our writers have picked up so far this year

By Paul Gallant
Queer comedians have found a new voice on TikTok
Tik Talk

Queer comedians have found a new voice on TikTok

Without a stage for the past year and a half, many queer comedians have taken to TikTok

By Mel Woods
How queer-friendly Shabbat helped me fully embrace my Jewish heritage
My Safe Space

How queer-friendly Shabbat helped me fully embrace my Jewish heritage

When I bring in Shabbat, I get to do so with other queer Jews—not because I have to, but because I choose to

By Emily Zinkin
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 5 power ranking: Opening up
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 5 power ranking: Opening up

Pink Table Talk puts a new queen in the top spot

By Kevin O’Keeffe
How this straight actor prepared to play gay in The CW’s ‘Kung Fu’
TV & Film

How this straight actor prepared to play gay in The CW’s ‘Kung Fu’

Aussie Jon Prasida talks about being an ally and about Asian representation on screen

By Max Gao
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 5 recap: Getting real
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6’ Episode 5 recap: Getting real

Pink Table Talk invites the queens to open up, and some bare all

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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Topline: Meet you at the bar
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Meet you at the bar

My hometown queer bar is under threat. Send in the queens!

By Gordon Bowness
An approach or two to being a daddy, plus a satirical song about gay recruitment
Queer Culture Catch-Up

An approach or two to being a daddy, plus a satirical song about gay recruitment

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning July 15

By S. Bear Bergman
Coming of age during the AIDS crisis: A dialogue
HIV/AIDS

Coming of age during the AIDS crisis: A dialogue

Authors Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Alexander McClelland discuss how a lost generation of queers came out, grieved and thrived through the height of the epidemic

By Alexander McClelland, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Vaxxed, waxed and ready to travel?
The Xtra Long Read

Vaxxed, waxed and ready to travel?

From Berlin to Bangkok, global queer tourism destinations are gearing up to welcome you back. But visitors should expect surprises

By Loren Christie
How on earth does Elle Barbara, a celebrated mother of Montreal’s ballroom scene, make music while doing so much mentoring?
Music

How on earth does Elle Barbara, a celebrated mother of Montreal’s ballroom scene, make music while doing so much mentoring?

Never mind the inter-house rivalries, vogue still has the power to bring people together

By Jesse Locke
6 new music videos from queer artists to blast this summer
Music

6 new music videos from queer artists to blast this summer

From big dick energy to clapping back at your haters, there’s a music video for every mood

By Mel Woods
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