Toronto Diary

James Franco’s fabulously gay roast

By Jeremy Feist

Subhuman dance

Chris Dupuis highlights some of the homegrown queer flicks on offer at this year’s TIFF

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Atlantic Fringe Festival offers plenty of queer theatre

Halifax event celebrates 23 years

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Toronto Diary

‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ gets NC-17 rating

By Jeremy Feist

Power

Vancouver Queer Film Festival panel debates Israeli boycott

No Israeli feature film in 2013 program

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Bwakaw

A bitter old man and his happy-go-lucky dog

By Brett Josef Grubisic

Culture

Hollywood fail: Study shows lack of gay characters in studio films

By Raziel Reid

Power

Greyson and Loubani in ‘good health’ and ‘good spirits’

Legal counsel hired for Canadians arrested in Egypt; hearing scheduled for Aug 28

By Xtra Editor

Fashion philosopher

A fascinating doc about the rise of Patricia Field

By Johnnie Walker

Video

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Pariah

Xtra’s video interview with the film’s director and stars

By Xtra Editor

Breaking out

Laverne Cox talks about her new life as a mainstream trans actress

By Matt Thomas

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Taboo . . . Yardies

The relief of fleeing, and the courage to stay in Jamaica

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: She Said Boom

Film explores history of Toronto ‘queercore’ sub-culture

By Xtra Editor

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Chitrangada

Centrepiece gala grapples with identity in a rigid world

By Erin Flegg

Arts

Babes in Space

An evening of nerdlesque

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Local talent brings Lilies back to life

A motley crew of performers gathers to read the beloved script in benefit of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

By Jeremy Willard

The nanny

Protagonist Margarita provides the under-appreciated glue of life

By Denise Sheppard

Culture

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: GBF

This season’s must-have gay dates

By Raziel Reid