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The blurred lines between ‘transamory’ and chasing
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The blurred lines between ‘transamory’ and chasing

In this excerpt from their new book, “Gender/Fucking,” writer and professor Florence Ashley unpacks “chaserdom” and the fetishization of trans femininity

By Florence Ashley
What makes for a good gay cruising grounds
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What makes for a good gay cruising grounds

In his new book, “Park Cruising,” author Marcus McCann looks at the forces that triggered a police sting of Toronto’s Marie Curtis Park

By Marcus McCann
Trans resilience shining through a glass darkly
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Trans resilience shining through a glass darkly

Journalist Tre’vell Anderson’s very personal tour of trans representation in film and TV

By Tre’vell Anderson
What Queen Anne and Marie Antoinette had in common (rhymes with thespian dove)
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What Queen Anne and Marie Antoinette had in common (rhymes with thespian dove)

EXCERPT: Kirsty Loehr’s playful new book, “A Short History of Queer Women,” introduces us to women across history who weren’t just friends

By Kirsty Loehr
‘We have defined, for ourselves, what our relationship looks like:’ Candy Palmater in an excerpt from her new memoir
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‘We have defined, for ourselves, what our relationship looks like:’ Candy Palmater in an excerpt from her new memoir

In “Running Down a Dream,” Candy Palmater recounts how dating the woman who was to be her wife felt different from dating men

By Candy Palmater
‘I hope you’re not going to make too much of this:’ Gerald Hannon recounts how his sex work got splashed all over international media
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‘I hope you’re not going to make too much of this:’ Gerald Hannon recounts how his sex work got splashed all over international media

In this excerpt from his posthumous memoir, the late activist and journalist Gerald Hannon relives the “hooker” headline

By Gerald Hannon
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Where the fuck are we in your dystopia?
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Where the fuck are we in your dystopia?

In this excerpt from their new book, Laurence Fox challenges cishet norms in the current wave of dystopian novels

By Laurence Fox
More than a century ago, rural queers were invisible. Thankfully, this same-sex couple had a camera
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More than a century ago, rural queers were invisible. Thankfully, this same-sex couple had a camera

A new book spotlights a photogenic queer couple in rural New Brunswick in the 1910s and ’20s

By Meredith J. Batt and Dusty Green
Women are the world: Anita Kunz’s fascinating foray into history
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Women are the world: Anita Kunz’s fascinating foray into history

The celebrated artist turns a keen eye on the often unsung work of women

By Roxane Gay
The battle against AIDS was waged on the streets
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The battle against AIDS was waged on the streets

“Up Against the Wall” explores the meaning and impact of the AIDS epidemic as told through posters over the last 40 years

By Jennifer Brier, Matthew Wizinsky
How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity
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How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity

An excerpt from Emily Garside’s new book “Love that Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek”

By Emily Garside
How the fight to legalize gay marriage in the U.S. was kickstarted by a PR stunt in Hawaii
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How the fight to legalize gay marriage in the U.S. was kickstarted by a PR stunt in Hawaii

Bill Woods thought his plot to procure marriage licences for gay couples would make news on the islands. He didn’t think, 25 years later, it would make history

By Sasha Issenberg
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