A ninja league sets a model for all-gender divisions, even as “American Ninja Warrior” backs away from its prior commitment to gender inclusivity

REVIEW: Devery Jacobs gives a intensely physical and emotionally nuanced performance

Director Sophie Dupuis and star Théodore Pellerin discuss why the artform of drag is so contested—and necessary—right now

Ahead of this week’s finale, we get the inside scoop on the debut season’s best lewks, the judges’ “riggory” and the queens’ surprising lack of drama

We preview the buzziest queer and trans films at this year’s festival

The sex scene in “Red, White & Royal Blue” has led to significant discussions of safe sex depicted in film, realistic scenes between two men, and the continued heterosexual confusion around the most basic aspects of queer sex

Plus patient advice from the Trans Handy Ma’am

REVIEW: The film places young queer female sexuality at the forefront and bristles with an anarchic, subversive energy

Now in its fifth season, the bonkers vampire comedy revels in being a pansexual playground

Plus Darcy & Jer, Kai Cheng Thom and queer ASL

Egale Canada calls for “a serious Canadian conversation about the broadcasting of Fox News in Canada”

Perhaps that’s why Ira Sachs’s latest feature was slapped with an NC-17 rating. The director talks censorship, queer forbears and making films that turn people on

Queer members of Bachelor Nation rejoice! The former Bachelorette has come out, introduced world to her girlfriend

REVIEW: Does Season 2 offer too much of a good thing? Almost

The series known for its dark reflections on a tech-obsessed society turns its focus to the Space Age, toxic geek masculinity and the danger of the “magic circle”

ANALYSIS: The “Barbie” film is a fiercely feminist project that reinforces the gender binary. And yet we can also read into it what we want

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 24

Queer and trans folk have been doing wonderfully awful things to Barbie since the doll’s creation

TV & Film

Can ‘American Ninja Warrior’ stay gender-inclusive as it goes mainstream?

What makes high-intensity cheerleading drama ‘Backspot’ such a winner

‘Solo’ at TIFF is a celebratory love letter to Montreal’s drag scene

A gringo’s guide to ‘Drag Race México’

Top 10 films at TIFF 2023

‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ sparks debate over how Hollywood depicts queer sex in film

Author Khashayar J. Khabushani, films ‘Mutt’ and ‘Summer Qamp’ and music by Thea Grace and Um, Jennifer? top this week’s culture calendar

The gonzo fight club comedy ‘Bottoms’ is deeply, gloriously queer

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ just keeps getting queerer

A new release from R. Eric Thomas and ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ delivers the happy gay fluff we deserve

The fight to get Fox News taken off of Canadian cable explained

Sex is rarely so hot, raw and honest as it is in ‘Passages’

Gabby Windey is dating a woman, a win for queer ‘Bachelor’ fans

Charlie, Nick and the rest of the heartwarming ‘Heartstopper’ crew are back for another season of the sweetest, loveliest show for young people

‘Black Mirror’ episode ‘Beyond the Sea’ is a brutal reflection of toxic masculinity in the Digital Age

‘Barbie’ takes the world by storm, lesbian rights in Italy and the U.K. and more

From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel