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Analysis

Trans people in Canada are still facing major health inequities. This new study can help us understand the gaps
Trans Health

Trans people in Canada are still facing major health inequities. This new study can help us understand the gaps

From harassment, poverty and mental health, the groundbreaking study by Trans Pulse Canada shows us we still have work to do

By Fae Johnstone
We should’ve learned from the AIDS epidemic. We didn’t
Opinion

We should’ve learned from the AIDS epidemic. We didn’t

We know that transparency, testing, reducing stigma and increasing access can save lives in the COVID-19 crisis. So why are we repeating past mistakes?

By Keren Landman
How Disney used disability to showcase flaws in its characters
Power

How Disney used disability to showcase flaws in its characters

What messages do we internalize, as disabled children, when we see a world that looks so easy on the screen and then struggle with the world in real life?

By Amanda Leduc
Is HIV causing premature aging?
HIV/AIDS

Is HIV causing premature aging?

The degree to which HIV acts as a risk factor for chronic conditions that predict poor health or itself accelerates the aging process remains an unanswered question

By Keren Landman
Mike Pence failed to confine an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Now he’s managing coronavirus
Politics

Mike Pence failed to confine an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Now he’s managing coronavirus

Why activists and organizers in the state are wary of the VP’s handling of COVID-19 nationally

By Nico Lang
Here’s where U.S. Democratic hopefuls stand on LGBTQ issues
Politics

Here’s where U.S. Democratic hopefuls stand on LGBTQ issues

Ahead of Super Tuesday, we unpack the policies and plans of four candidates

By Erica Lenti
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Inside Jason Kenney’s anti-LGBTQ2 Alberta
Politics

Inside Jason Kenney’s anti-LGBTQ2 Alberta

In a relatively queer-friendly country, the province remains an outlier under Kenney’s power

By Michael Ott
How conversion therapy affects trans Canadians
Analysis

How conversion therapy affects trans Canadians

A new study suggests 11 percent of trans and non-binary people in Canada have undergone the harmful practice

By Fae Johnstone
How doulas can help LGBTQ2 parents navigate childbirth
Parenting

How doulas can help LGBTQ2 parents navigate childbirth

Doulas can improve birth outcomes in marginalized communities. For LGBTQ2 parents, this means a trained companion to help them in the labour room and beyond

By Keren Landman
Why anti-Black racism in Canadian blood donation is also a gay issue
Health

Why anti-Black racism in Canadian blood donation is also a gay issue

Canada’s history of banning men who have sex with men and Haitians from donating blood goes back to its panic over HIV/AIDS and miscegenation

By OmiSoore Dryden
Everything you need to know about conversion therapy in Canada
Politics

Everything you need to know about conversion therapy in Canada

What the practice is, where it’s banned and what the government is doing about it

By Kevin Hurren
Pride Toronto’s executive director is out. Now what?
Power

Pride Toronto’s executive director is out. Now what?

Xtra editors weigh in on the organization, the celebrations and the future of the festival

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Gordon Bowness
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Getting coverage for top surgery is harder than you think. I would know
Health

Getting coverage for top surgery is harder than you think. I would know

Last year, I finally decided it was time—but the insurance process is lengthy, frustrating and unnecessarily mysterious

By Abby Higgs
Powerful trans documentary offers major lesson in diversity for Hollywood
Trans

Powerful trans documentary offers major lesson in diversity for Hollywood

Sundance’s ‘Disclosure’ redefines what it means to be for us, by us

By Tre’vell Anderson
‘Cats’ is the oh-so-gay, oh-so-campy cinematic experience we’ve been waiting for
Culture

‘Cats’ is the oh-so-gay, oh-so-campy cinematic experience we’ve been waiting for

Queer people find community in the plotless Jellicle Ball

By KC Hoard
What matters most to Black trans and gender non-conforming Americans
Trans Health

What matters most to Black trans and gender non-conforming Americans

Takeaways from the Black Futures Lab’s latest census

By Eternity Martis
Why Andrew Scheer is Canada’s last anti-gay political leader
Politics

Why Andrew Scheer is Canada’s last anti-gay political leader

His endless dodges on queer rights are out of sync with both the country and the future of his party

By Erica Lenti
The evolution of the trans memoir
Books

The evolution of the trans memoir

Six new memoirs by trans authors show the genre is growing far beyond its once-stifled roots

By Casey Plett
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