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Lesbian media is too white—and I’m tired of it

More and more, queer women are at the centre of TV shows and films. But Black women and women of colour remain noticeably absent

By Kinsey Clarke

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 power ranking: Foul play

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 3 power ranking: The first queen falls

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 3 recap: Drag in the time of pandemic

The first elimination of the season means the expected loss of a lower-tier queen

By Kevin O’Keeffe

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How Disney used disability to showcase flaws in its characters

What messages do we internalize, as disabled children, when we see a world that looks so easy on the screen and then struggle with the world in real life?

By Amanda Leduc

David Byrne and Jessica Simpson are the comeback kids of 2020

A 67-year-old straight man channels queer joy and a millennium pop diva gets the last word

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

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What happens now that Sherry Pie is disqualified from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’?

VH1 and World of Wonder handled the controversy the right way. Here’s how they can prevent this from happening in the future

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 2 power ranking: They can’t do it alone

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 2 recap: Cell Tuck Tango

Six more queens make their first appearances—but who stands out?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

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Angelica Ross is living and speaking her truth

The ‘American Horror Story’ star talks about her journey and supporting her community

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 1 power ranking: Top dog

By Kevin O’Keeffe

The 11 must-see titles that make up the Black queer film canon

From the legendary ‘Paris is Burning’ to the lesser known ‘Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen,’ here are the seminal films charting the best of Black LGBTQ2 visibility on screen

By Tre’vell Anderson

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7 highlights from the 2020 Black queer arts calendar

The films, music, games and artists you should look out for this year

By Valerie Complex

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Dear Hollywood: Where are the Black queer romance movies?

I’m tired of seeing myself in the stories of others. For once, I want to see me

By Tre’vell Anderson

What I learned celebrating trans women’s brilliance at Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon

Seeing the women of ‘Pose’ honoured shows how the shared humanity of Black queer and trans folk is finally being recognized

By Tre’vell Anderson

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Why drag is quintessentially Canadian

A fantastically diverse collection of performers run rampant through the country’s fertile fields of gender

By Gordon Bowness

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Here’s what 10 queer and trans creatives predict for the next decade of LGBTQ2 representation

Angelica Ross, Wilson Cruz and others share their hopes and dreams for the next 10 years of visibility on film and TV

By Tre’vell Anderson

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The best and worst of ‘The L Word: Generation Q’

Bad haircuts, gay trousers, gratuitous side boob and more!

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti

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