It’s about time LGBTQ2 folks get to be as messy in love on reality TV as our straight counterparts

‘I’ve been trying to find myself far too long in stories that were not mine or in characters that never looked like me’

Still talking to the manatees all these years later

Honestly babe, tell us who you are and we’ll tell you what’s up

Though the animated sitcom has been cancelled, it remains beloved by LGBTQ2 fans for its embrace of non-normalcy

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, July 26

The hit series broke ground with its diverse cast, queer love scenes and stories of life in prison. But what’s the line between spotlight and spectacle?

A new documentary showcases the talented generation of sashay-shantay

His new film, ‘Killing Patient Zero,’ explores the life and death of Gaëtan Dugas

I stood out, and not in the way that Hollywood embraced

She spills the tea on drag’s diva-encrusted past and politically-rousing future

From the truly inspired to the utterly disastrous

Hand us the pompoms, because we’re here to stan

In her roles, her romantic life and her LGBTQ2 activism, the actor proves it’s possible to be openly gay, bankable and happy

The show has exposed drag’s troubling traditions of appropriation and blackface

TV & Film

It’s TIFF season, but LGBTQ2 representation in films still sucks

9 reasons Blanca from Pose is the best character on TV right now

Are You The One gives queer and trans people a shot at happily ever after (whatever that means)

Vancouver Queer Film Festival highlights Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous artists

The L Word’s Jenny Schecter might still be alive. What we think she’s been up to

What to see at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival based on your mood

‘Tuca & Bertie’ was here and queer

Tessa Thompson plays an openly bisexual superhero and we are ready

‘Orange is the New Black’ and incarceration as entertainment

Amid hateful backlash, ‘Drag Kids’ celebrates families and loving oneself

Looking back at politics of the AIDS crisis with filmmaker Laurie Lynd

7 of the all-time best runway looks on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

What I learned going on auditions as a lesbian actor in LA

The gospel of truth according to Latrice Royale

The nine most notable Snatch Games performances on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

Two-Spirit couple will compete on Amazing Race Canada

Ellen Page and the payoff of queer celebrity risk

RuPaul’s Drag Race has a racism problem