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A gringo’s guide to ‘Drag Race México’ 
Drag Race

A gringo’s guide to ‘Drag Race México’ 

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

By Evan Lambert
Top 10 films at TIFF 2023
TV & Film

Top 10 films at TIFF 2023

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

By Christos Tsirbas
‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ sparks debate over how Hollywood depicts queer sex in film
TV & Film

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

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

By Adam Rhodes
Author Khashayar J. Khabushani, films ‘Mutt’ and ‘Summer Qamp’ and music by Thea Grace and Um, Jennifer? top this week’s culture calendar
Queer Culture Catch-Up

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

Plus patient advice from the Trans Handy Ma’am

By S. Bear Bergman
The gonzo fight club comedy ‘Bottoms’ is deeply, gloriously queer
TV & Film

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

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

By Barry Levitt
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ just keeps getting queerer
TV & Film

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

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

By Catherine Caruso
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A new release from R. Eric Thomas and ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ delivers the happy gay fluff we deserve
Queer Culture Catch-Up

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

Plus Darcy & Jer, Kai Cheng Thom and queer ASL

By S. Bear Bergman
The fight to get Fox News taken off of Canadian cable explained
Media

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

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

By Emma Arkell
Sex is rarely so hot, raw and honest as it is in ‘Passages’
TV & Film

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

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

By Pat Mullen
Gabby Windey is dating a woman, a win for queer ‘Bachelor’ fans
Celebrity

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

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

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
Charlie, Nick and the rest of the heartwarming ‘Heartstopper’ crew are back for another season of the sweetest, loveliest show for young people
TV & Film

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

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

By Barry Levitt
‘Black Mirror’ episode ‘Beyond the Sea’ is a brutal reflection of toxic masculinity in the Digital Age
TV & Film

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

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”

By Jon Heggestad
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What does ‘Barbie’ owe the queers?
TV & Film

What does ‘Barbie’ owe the queers?

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

By Mel Woods
‘Barbie’ takes the world by storm, lesbian rights in Italy and the U.K. and more
Xtra News Flash

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

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

By Eve Cable
From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel
Culture

From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel

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

By Kerry Manders
‘Dungeons and Drag Queens’ and country music without the gun-toting hate top the QCC playlist this week
Queer Culture Catch-Up

‘Dungeons and Drag Queens’ and country music without the gun-toting hate top the QCC playlist this week

Plus Caitlin Metz, gay science, C.A. Tanaka and more

By S. Bear Bergman
Gender-affirming care wins and losses in Texas and Maine, queers take home Emmy noms and more.
Xtra News Flash

Gender-affirming care wins and losses in Texas and Maine, queers take home Emmy noms and more.

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 14

By Maddy Mahoney
‘Every Body’ is a feel-good yet urgent look into the lives of intersex people
TV & Film

‘Every Body’ is a feel-good yet urgent look into the lives of intersex people

Julie Cohen’s latest feature is a traditional documentary bolstered by compassionate storytelling

By Ursula Muñoz S.
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