Hide and seek

New gay film shines light on Toronto’s gay village and its dwellers

By Jonathan Valelly

Arts

Review: Looking, Episode 2

Looking for Uncut

By Matt Thomas

Culture

Madonna to perform ‘Same Love’ with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at Grammys

By Raziel Reid

Cockumentary

A raunchy existential journey exploring penis size and the curious world of the penis enlargement industry

By Michael Lyons

Arts

Cabaret with a twist and some kink

Adam Norrad is the scantily clad, high-kicking MC in a new production of Cabaret

By Jeremy Willard

Travel

Gary Levy: My favourite gay travel destination

TV personality Gary Levy booked a random trip and had his best vacation ever

By Xtra Editor

Ottawa cinephiles come in from the cold

Capital LGBT offerings this winter

By Frank Prendergast

Culture

Ben Affleck has a huge dick

By Raziel Reid

Culture

Continuum’s Luvia Petersen nominated for Canadian Screen Award

Strong bisexual character Jasmine Garza is a fan favourite

By Denise Sheppard

Review: Looking, Episode 1

The first of Matt Thomas’s weekly reviews of HBO’s gayest show yet

By Matt Thomas

What’s queer this year at Sundance

Three trans films included in influential film fest’s lineup

By Frank Prendergast

Pussy riot

A new film screening series focuses on punk women on screen

By Jeremy Willard

The search for cock

Xtra talks to The Final Member co-director Jonah Bekhor about the inspirational penises behind this fascinating documentary

By Matt Thomas

Culture

Award-winning short Shabbat Dinner makes its way online

By Raziel Reid

Video

French actor discusses cruising on a nude beach

Pierre Deladonchamps stars in thriller Stranger by the Lake

By Xtra Editor

Culture

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons at The Commodore

By Raziel Reid

Culture

I want my pink shirt back

Celebrating 10 years of Mean Girls with Mean Boyz

By Michael Lyons

TIFF selects its top 10 Canadian films of 2013

Strong queer showing in this year’s list

By Xtra Editor