Your First Time

Gay beach virgin? New to nudity? Don’t be nervous. Here’s everything you need to know about LGBTQ2S+ beach culture

From Rio to Mykonos, insiders share tips and tricks to have the time of your life queering it up on the sand

By Paul Gallant

Identity

How to not be weird about pronouns

How to be chill, cool and a good ally when talking about peoples’ pronouns

By Mel Woods

Ask an Expert

Everything you want to know about making porn, but were too afraid to ask

Queer performer and educator Lotus Lain on getting started making porn, thriving over the long term, and why we should all be paying for porn

By Andy Bandyopadhyay

Health

How rolling back abortion rights will harm queer and trans people

Access to abortion is not only an issue for straight and cisgender people

By Mel Woods

Health

COVID-19 highlighted how Canada’s health care system fails trans people

There are easy things health care providers can do to be more trans-inclusive

By Mel Woods

Power

4 simple ways LGBTQ2S+ folks can become money savvy

Queer financial gurus offer up their best advice to thrive in a society that isn’t always set up for our success

By Chaya M Milchtein

Power

Everything you need to know about America’s latest anti-trans legislation

The anti-trans bills across the United States come from dangerous ideas that have been simmering for years

By Mel Woods

Health

Here’s what every LGBTQ2S+ person should know about COVID-19 vaccine myths

Is testosterone really an immunosuppressant? Should folks on estrogen avoid the AstraZeneca vaccine? We’ve got answers

By KC Hoard

Ask an Expert

How to navigate addiction during the pandemic

Dr. Tauheed Zaman on finding queer community and evidence-based medical care

By Andy Bandyopadhyay

Health

An HIV vaccine could be on the horizon thanks to COVID-19 research

New mRNA technology developed for the Moderna vaccine could fast-track HIV vaccine

By Mel Woods

Justice

Everything you need to know about Quebec’s gender marker legal ruling

The landmark case removes barriers for LGBTQ2S+ Quebecers who want to change their legal IDs. The rest of Canada still lags behind

By KC Hoard

Activism

What we can learn from ‘Canada’s Stonewall’ more than 40 years later

On the anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids, we reflect on the lasting impact the protests had on the LGBTQ2S+ community

By KC Hoard

Politics

Everything you need to know about Amy Coney Barrett

Trump’s latest Supreme Court pick has expressed anti-LGBTQ2 sentiment in past speaking engagements—but what that means for queer and trans Americans is still unclear

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul