How the Cheongsam helped me find my trans womanhood

The more I am told that the traditional dress of my ancestors will never be mine, the more stubbornly I try to squeeze my body into its confines

By Kai Cheng Thom

Arts

I watched the new Wonder Woman biopic with a room full of polyamorous people

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is the first Hollywood film to target the poly market

By Niko Bell

Arts

What really happened to Stonewall’s founding mother?

Director David France reopens an unsolved mystery in The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson

By Niko Bell

Opinion

How a film about Carnival captures the struggles and triumphs of LGBT Trinidadians

In Play the Devil, I saw aspects of my own inner conflict on the road to acceptance of my sexuality

By Natasha Barsotti

How CeCe McDonald survived prison and became a voice for trans activism

Documentary Free CeCe! screens at the 2017 Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Created for Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Why Vancouver’s Queer Film Festival is shining a spotlight on queer filmmakers of colour

‘Queer people of colour are not a monolith,’ says co-artistic director

Created for Vancouver Queer Film Festival

This organization is bringing queer media to rural Alberta

When you can’t find representation at home, OUTReels brings it to you

Created for Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival

Arts

How the Toronto Queer Film Festival is shaking up Pride Month

In its second year, the fest screens queer and activist films without the influence of corporate sponsorships

By Chris Dupuis

Inside Out festival gears up to choose an LGBT international film winner

Jury will select from 19 film entries

Created for Inside Out

Arts

Five queer films you don’t want to miss at Toronto’s Inside Out 2017

From romantic comedies to gut-wrenching documentaries, there’s something for everyone

By Chris Dupuis

Five films to look out for at Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival 2017

Festival insiders share their picks for this year’s event

Created for Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival

Opinion

How my love of an ’80s musical made me the ultimate Xanadude

Seeing Xanadu again 37 years later brought back fond memories of my gay adolescence

By Tony Correia

Arts

Five queer films you don’t want to miss at Hot Docs 2017

Here’s a few of the fest’s best LGBT documentaries

By Chris Dupuis

Culture

ClexaCon is shedding light on the lack of LGBT women in film and TV

What happened when queer women in the entertainment industry gathered to talk about better representation on screen?

By Chloe Tse

Opinion

Netflix and stress: The lesbian movie night dilemma

Choosing the wrong queer film can lead to awkwardness or ugly crying

By Jessie Randall

Arts

Five festive films that actually have LGBT storylines

For when the weather outside is frightful, here’s a few Christmas movies with queer and trans narratives

By Chris Dupuis

Opinion

Instead of a happy ending, Moonlight gives into black pain

Damaging tropes about black masculinity overshadow positive narratives about being black and queer

By Cicely-Belle Blain

Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 2)

Yonge Cinemas may be gone, but at least there’s still Steamworks

By Mike Miksche