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Queer missionary kids need a community to call their own
Faith & Spirituality

Queer missionary kids need a community to call their own

The intolerance of Christian missionary communities leaves LGBTQ2S+ children with a lasting longing for a place to belong

By David Cassels
Under scarlet lights, Coeur de pirate’s lyrical disco gets our hearts pumping
Music

Under scarlet lights, Coeur de pirate’s lyrical disco gets our hearts pumping

The lush sounds and kick-ass energy of Montreal singer/songwriter Béatrice Martin 

By Jesse Locke
Shawn Hitchins’ new memoir charts path through bewildering grief
Books

Shawn Hitchins’ new memoir charts path through bewildering grief

In “The Light Streamed Beneath It,” the author and comedian writes about the worst moments of his life with honesty and optimism 

By Christopher DiRaddo
For LGBTQ2S+ people, the term ‘universal’ health care is a misnomer
Health

For LGBTQ2S+ people, the term ‘universal’ health care is a misnomer

Zena Sharman’s “The Care We Dream Of” allows queer and trans people to imagine a health care system that actually works for them

By Ziya Jones
Claude Vivier is the most famous composer you’ve never heard of
Music

Claude Vivier is the most famous composer you’ve never heard of

Killed by a trick in Paris at age 34, his tragic end is perhaps the least interesting thing about him

By Gordon Bowness
On the road to Mi’kma’ki
TV & Film

On the road to Mi’kma’ki

Director Bretten Hannam discusses his beautiful and difficult new film “Wildhood” 

By S. Bear Bergman
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Two-Spirit: In their own words, on their own terms
Identity

Two-Spirit: In their own words, on their own terms

Marie Laing discusses her landmark study on Indigenous queerness among urban youth

By Riley Yesno
Meemo Comma has created an eclectic electric soundtrack for an expanding universe
Music

Meemo Comma has created an eclectic electric soundtrack for an expanding universe

The brainchild of musician Lara Rix-Martin embraces dance music, trans culture, kabbalah and ’90s cyberpunk anime

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
Tomson Highway, Canada’s trailblazing Two-Spirit writer, takes us back to his childhood
Books

Tomson Highway, Canada’s trailblazing Two-Spirit writer, takes us back to his childhood

In his memoir “Permanent Astonishment,” Highway celebrates life in the Canadian North in the 1950s and ’60s

By Paul Gallant
The state of queer theatre around the world
Culture

The state of queer theatre around the world

A roundtable discussion on lessons from the pandemic, reopening and hopes for the future

By Jordan Pike
America’s anti-abortion agenda is also anti-trans
Power

America’s anti-abortion agenda is also anti-trans

As far-right organizers rack up victories on the anti-abortion front, they are zeroing in on their next target: trans communities

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Succumb to these international collectors’ mania for maximalism
The Xtra Long Read

Succumb to these international collectors’ mania for maximalism

Glamour, horror, “Sailor Moon” and Britney, Britney, Britney

By Mikhail Gillman
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Planningtorock celebrates wedded bliss in the face of bigotry
Music

Planningtorock celebrates wedded bliss in the face of bigotry

Their new EP, “Gay Dreams Do Come True,” finds joy and resilience in queer synth-pop

By Jesse Locke
The incandescent rage of New Queer Cinema is as necessary now as it was 30 years ago
The Xtra Long Read

The incandescent rage of New Queer Cinema is as necessary now as it was 30 years ago

Pioneering filmmakers taught us to relish our queer difference, to be bad, immoral and complicated

By Morgan Lightle
Aristotle and Dante are back. Nine years later, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz delivers the sequel to a beloved queer YA love story
Books

Aristotle and Dante are back. Nine years later, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz delivers the sequel to a beloved queer YA love story

“It is one thing to fall in love. It is quite another thing to stay in love”

By Daniel Sanchez Torres
The queer, Muslim rom-com we’ve been waiting for has arrived
TV & Film

The queer, Muslim rom-com we’ve been waiting for has arrived

Filmmakers Fawzia Mirza and Kausar Mohammed discuss their short film, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”

By Tariq Raouf
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 recap: Wild things
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 recap: Wild things

An outdoor unconventional materials challenge gives us a surprising winner

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘Canada’s Drag Race’ contestant Ilona Verley: ‘I’m supposed to be famous and I don’t have a roof over my head?’
Culture

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ contestant Ilona Verley: ‘I’m supposed to be famous and I don’t have a roof over my head?’

How the show made it hard for Verley to make a living and how she felt she had to suppress her trans identity on screen

By KC Hoard
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