Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: Which queen returned to the competition?

Despite the show’s valiant effort to try something new, holy hell, this episode is rough

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Bisexuality

Embracing bisexuality with Rosa Diaz

Diaz’s storyline reminded me that my sexuality is valid and my love is authentic

By Andrea Josic

Culture

Eight LGBTQ2 movies and TV shows to look out for in 2019

Praise queer gods for better representation!

By Arvin Joaquin

Analysis

Ellen DeGeneres and the niceness trap

The queer comedian charmed straight America — but admits in her new comedy special that fame and acceptance came at a cost

By Stéphanie Verge

People Like Me

Rewriting my gay narrative with Totally F***ed Up

What happened to the Gay Boy after the final credits rolled?

By Cason Sharpe

People Like Me

Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ launched my journey as a gay sexual outlaw

I wanted to be one who was called the American gigolo

By Dale Corvino

People Like Me

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

I found my own courage when Ellen Morgan came out as gay

By Lindsay Curtis

People Like Me

Finding my place with Fun Home

I had been looking for someone like me for years

By Melanie Woods

People Like Me

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

A possibility for trans love that is rarely realized

By Gwen Benaway

Culture

Long live the radical brown queerness of Freddie Mercury

Despite its coyness, the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody can’t erase the legacy of the Queen frontman who taught the world to rock

By Eternity Martis

People Like Me

Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul

With the look between Emaline and Kate, everything made sense to me

By Rachel Chen

People Like Me

He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger

Discovering myself with the Thundercats

By Andrew Wheeler

People Like Me

Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire

I began to see the possibility of loving and being loved by women who look like me

By Tobi Abdul

People Like Me

Escaping suburbia with The Kids in The Hall

Buddy Cole was the fearless queer impresario I longed to be

By EC Marcon

Culture

Four short films to look out for at ImagineNATIVE 2018

Here are some of the films you don’t want to miss in this year’s film and media arts festival

By Xtra Staff

People Like Me

How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity

Mashrou’ Leila’s music reflects ways in which I, like other queer Arabs, am allowed to exist

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

People Like Me

Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer

While Buffy took on vampires, I took down heteronormativity with Willow

By Brianna Sharpe

People Like Me

Why LGBT representation in pop culture matters

By Natalie Wee