Drag Race

How the cast of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 13 met the moment

Despite a production bubble and a slow start, this crop of queens wound up tackling pressing issues in America

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

Everything queer coming to streaming platforms in May

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

By Sarah Taher

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

TV & Film

4 queer takeaways from a very hetero Oscars

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

By Mel Woods

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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