Drag

The House of Machos brought the ballroom scene to Mexico City and made it ‘fabuloso’

What happens when voguing and waacking migrate south of the border?

Rina Sawayama rides a mechanical bull in hell while Remi Wolf sings tenderly of longing

This month I’m serving up everything from the melancholic warmth of sunlight streaming through stained glass to a gay one-night-stand anthem for the ages

By Jordan Currie

Playlist Q

Singer SHAH is keeping R&B alive

This queer Gen Z songbird has all the right ingredients to be the next big thing

By Daria Lynn Cottingham

Activism

Two hours from the Ukraine border, a group of Polish volunteers work to create a safe haven for LGBTQ+ refugees

Dance artist Filip Kijowski’s “Asylum Library” is an act of resistance and compassion for Ukrainian refugees

By Sarah Prager

Travel

These 10 must-see LGBTQ2S+ monuments celebrate our achievements and commemorate our struggles

From San Francisco and Santiago to Dublin and Berlin, these sites reflect our history, both good and bad, with creativity and heart

By Morgan Lightle

Reproductive Health

How to make Pap tests more comfortable for queer and trans patients

Too many queer and trans folks avoid regular Pap tests. Simple steps can make the process more welcoming

By Nayanika Guha

Books

A writer for screen, stage and page, R. Eric Thomas uses comedy to recalibrate the American experience

“It’s important that we find love,” says R. Eric Thomas, “but it’s also important that we we queer people find community and a sense of belonging”

By S. Bear Bergman

Music

Joyful Joyful sing their own sacred hymns after being exiled from the church

Expelled from a religious community because of their queerness, Peterborough’s Cormac Culkeen is reinventing devotional traditions

By Jesse Locke

Music

Tomson Highway invites listeners to ‘Cree Country,’ the Two-Spirit artist’s new Cree-language country album

The celebrated playwright, author and musician teams up with singer Patricia Cano in a loving act of reclamation

By Jesse Locke

TV & Film

The gospel of ‘Legendary’: How the ballroom series keeps spreading the good word

Leiomy Maldonado, Keke Palmer and more take us behind the scenes of Season 3

By Cameron Scheetz

Queer View Mirror

‘Chasing Amy’ taught me how to date bi men

Kevin Smith’s controversial straight movie about queer culture changed my life

By Lauren Parker

Fashion

This stylist is revolutionizing Brazil’s art scene

Olavo Dias has worked with some of the country’s most iconic queer artists, including Pabllo Vittar, Luìsa Sonza and Urias

By Thomas Iglesias Trombetta

Books

Just a three-minute walk from Stonewall, New York’s House of D was the site of an overlooked and turbulent queer history

Hugh Ryan’s new book “The Women’s House of Detention” spotlights a crossroads of Black, trans and gay liberation

By Ren Jender

TV & Film

Two Nigerian filmmakers discuss the future of queer cinema in Nollywood

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim and Wapah Ezeigwe make art that pushes back against homophobic norms in Nollywood

By Dika Ofoma

Pride 2022: Party & Protest

What Pride events around the world are doing to lure you back—and what they’re doing to keep you safe

Pandemic shutdowns gave some organizers an opportunity to rethink their celebrations and make them more inclusive

By Loren Christie

Proud Lives

Gerald Hannon, a key figure in the gay liberation movement, has died at age 77

Friends and colleagues recall one of Canada’s most infamous journalists and longtime board member of Xtra’s publisher

By Ed Jackson

TV & Film

‘Framing Agnes’ lets our trans ancestors tell their own stories

Director Chase Joynt and historian Jules Gill-Peterson on the present resonance of their groundbreaking documentary

By Mel Woods

Music

Beyond the camp and frivolity of Eurovision

Despite being dismissed as frivolous spectacle in North America, the song contest has always shaped geopolitics and been a force for queer and trans representation

By Isaac Würmann