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Everything queer coming to streaming platforms in May
TV & Film

Everything queer coming to streaming platforms in May

From “Halston” and “Legendary” to “Keyboard Fantasies”

By Sarah Taher
Just look at what this Canadian director went through to get us a ‘Queer as Folk’ reboot
TV & Film

Just look at what this Canadian director went through to get us a ‘Queer as Folk’ reboot

Stephen Dunn even wrote a role for friend and “Drag Race” legend Chi Chi DeVayne before she died

By Paul Gallant
6 queer podcasts we know you’ll love
Culture

6 queer podcasts we know you’ll love

From cancel culture to gay history, these are the discussions that will get you hooked

By Mel Woods
What gets ignored in campus debates over ‘free speech’
Opinion

What gets ignored in campus debates over ‘free speech’

Controversies at two Canadian universities demonstrate how students on the margins get overlooked again and again

By KC Hoard
A non-binary 23-year-old finds love and respect in the U.K.’s oldest queer youth group
Creating Community

A non-binary 23-year-old finds love and respect in the U.K.’s oldest queer youth group

Freedom Youth, founded more than 25 years ago, moved online during the pandemic

By Lowie Trevena
4 queer takeaways from a very hetero Oscars
TV & Film

4 queer takeaways from a very hetero Oscars

We pulled the queerest moments from the decidedly straight, cis Oscars

By Mel Woods
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How the New York art form of voguing invaded modern Russia
Dance

How the New York art form of voguing invaded modern Russia

Meet the flamboyant dancers who know how to strike a pose

By Mikhail Gillman
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 16 power ranking: America’s Next Drag Superstar XIII
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 16 power ranking: America’s Next Drag Superstar XIII

A Lip Sync for the Crown set up a season-long favourite for the win 

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 16 recap: Who is America’s Next Drag Superstar?
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 16 recap: Who is America’s Next Drag Superstar?

The winner of the season was the star of it all along

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Topline: And the Oscar goes to… Acting like everything is normal
Xtra Weekly

Topline: And the Oscar goes to… Acting like everything is normal

Ahead of the 93rd Academy Awards airing live from L.A. this weekend, Tre’vell Anderson gives us their predictions 

By Tre’vell Anderson
From Black lesbian thinkers to the hottest Hot Docs
Queer Culture Catch-Up

From Black lesbian thinkers to the hottest Hot Docs

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Apr. 22

By S. Bear Bergman
How an Arab-American writer turned a cross-country road trip into a ‘leave us the fuck alone’ memoir
Books

How an Arab-American writer turned a cross-country road trip into a ‘leave us the fuck alone’ memoir

Queer femme Randa Jarrar writes through her PTSD pain to clear space for a badass queer future 

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
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How Shitlord Fuckerman overcomes anxiety by ‘going apeshit’
Music

How Shitlord Fuckerman overcomes anxiety by ‘going apeshit’

The Vancouver-based musician and animator finds control in chaos

By Jesse Locke
A beginner’s guide to queer TikTok
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
Colton Underwood and the commodification of Beautiful Gays™
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
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13, Episode 15 recap: Together, but apart
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
Is HBO celebrating queer youth or exploiting them?
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
Angry, noisy, powerful, hardcore queer music
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
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