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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
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
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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
Canada’s new Liberal government still has work to do on LGBTQ2 rights
Politics

Canada’s new Liberal government still has work to do on LGBTQ2 rights

Our country is still not the progressive beacon it’s made out to be

By Fae Johnstone
Can trans women and radical feminists find sisterhood?
Power

Can trans women and radical feminists find sisterhood?

The debate over whose lives and rights are more important distracts from revolutionary work that could benefit us all

By Kai Cheng Thom
Meghan Murphy, the Toronto Public Library and fighting transphobia: an explainer
Hate Watch

Meghan Murphy, the Toronto Public Library and fighting transphobia: an explainer

Everything you need to know about the anti-trans speaker, the library and the trans activists and allies fighting against them

By Arvin Joaquin, Cameron Perrier, Erica Lenti
What’s next for LGBTQ2 Canadians post-election?
Rainbow Votes 2019

What’s next for LGBTQ2 Canadians post-election?

Everything you need to know about the federal parties and their positions on queer rights

By Erica Lenti
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Where your new Canadian government stands on LGBTQ2 issues
Politics

Where your new Canadian government stands on LGBTQ2 issues

Receipts on Justin Trudeau’s past and present promises

By Arvin Joaquin
Where have all the queer MPs gone?
Rainbow Votes 2019

Where have all the queer MPs gone?

A country divided, a community made invisible

By Erica Lenti
Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2 MPs
Rainbow Votes 2019

Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2 MPs

Here’s where queer and trans candidates were elected tonight

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti
Why queer voters in New Brunswick are turning to the Greens
Politics

Why queer voters in New Brunswick are turning to the Greens

With the NDP—usually a sure queer vote—relatively absent in the province, LGBTQ2 voters are throwing their support elsewhere

By RM Vaughan
Why are trans Canadians being deadnamed on their voter cards?
Politics

Why are trans Canadians being deadnamed on their voter cards?

More than a dozen trans folks across the country received cards with the wrong identification

By Ziya Jones
LGBTQ2 first-time voters on why they’re casting their ballots
Politics

LGBTQ2 first-time voters on why they’re casting their ballots

Five millennials talk about their hopes, fears, concerns—and the political issues that matter to them

By Ashleigh-Rae Thomas
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