Culture

A beginner’s guide to queer TikTok

Get the most out of the wondrous, confounding platform by embracing its algorithm method

By Mel Woods

That’s the Way It Is

Colton Underwood and the commodification of Beautiful Gays™

Why does the success of a hunky white cis guy get us so riled up?

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 15 recap: Together, but apart

In a surprising choice, Ru keeps the queens physically distanced for the reunion

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

Is HBO celebrating queer youth or exploiting them?

The cable network started out titillating us with sex, death, mobsters and vampires. Now it’s teenage sexual fluidity

By Paul Gallant

Music

Angry, noisy, powerful, hardcore queer music

From Baltimore’s Abdu Ali to Melbourne’s Uboa, we spotlight seven bands who harness our righteous rage

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Culture

‘The Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood comes out as gay, Netflix series in the works

In an interview with Good Morning America, Colton Underwood said he’s happier than he’s ever been

By Mel Woods

TV & Film

Meet the three queer women who directed all of ‘Queen Sugar’ this season

Ahead of the finale, we chat with Cierra Glaude, Lisa France and Lauren Wolkstein

By Tre’vell Anderson

Identity

All hail the queer mullet

Once considered a dusty relic of fashion past, the mullet has resurfaced thanks to pandemic lockdown at-home haircuts. Now, it’s time that the mullet gets the queer credit it’s due

By Kurt Suchman

Books

A queer atheist goes to church

Excerpt: In her new memoir, Ontario politician-cum-minister Cheri DiNovo remembers exploring her faith for the first time

By Cheri DiNovo

Creating Community

A journalist in London finds Bollywood dreams and self care in a legendary now-virtual South Asian club night

Club Kali was a mainstay of London’s party scene until COVID-19 forced it to go online

By Dan Hastings

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 14 power ranking: She’s so ‘Lucky,’ she’s a star

Has the incredible run of two top queens set us up for a double coronation?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 14 recap: One more song

The RuMix of RuPaul’s new song “Lucky” gives all of the final four a chance to shine

By Kevin O’Keeffe

That’s the Way It Is

Demi Lovato and Tina Turner’s duelling documentaries

Thomas and Tranna unpack generational differences around stardom, authenticity and trauma

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Culture

Everything you need to know about JoJo Siwa’s rise to queer icon status

The social media superstar rocked the world when she came out as queer in January

By Mel Woods

Queer Culture Catch-Up

From vintage porn to Lesbian Visibility celebrations, everything to get you through the next two weeks

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Apr. 8

By S. Bear Bergman

Xtra Weekly

Topline: Living in a post-pandemic theatre of the absurd

A vaccinated New Yorker attends a taping of “Saturday Night Live” and ponders the crucial relationship between performer and audience

By Zaina Arafat

TV & Film

Celebrating the Black female TV characters that Black queer men love

From Khadijah James in “Living Single” to Jodie Landon in “Daria”

By Eric Ford

Queer View Mirror

Tracy Chapman is the queer mentor I didn’t know I needed

Her 1988 debut album continues to teach me lessons I might not learn elsewhere

By Angelica Cabral