How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting LGBTQ2 people with periods?

From period poverty, discrimination in the healthcare system and the additional stress of a global crisis, LGBTQ2 people are seeing an unwelcome change in their periods

By Jessica Zucker

Party for One

How masturbation can help sexual assault survivors reclaim pleasure

Masturbation helped me reconnect with my body—and it’s been a healing tool for trauma survivors for decades

By Amanda Scriver

Power

Trans in isolation: Four non-binary and trans folks on the realities of COVID-19

From the courage to come out, to freedom from misgendering, to the pains of quarantine dysphoria

By Eli Cugini, Griffin Wynne, Niko Stratis, Thomas O'Donnell

TV & Film

King of Vogue Dashaun Wesley hosts ‘Legendary’

Ten years after he competed on ‘America’s Best Dance Crew,’ the voguer and choreographer discuss his latest gig

By Tre’vell Anderson

My Queer Kitchen

Nothing says queer generosity and hospitality like a ‘hawt’ fudge sundae

Jennifer E. Crawford reminisces about kitchen tables as they melt into confusing patterns of longing

By Jennifer E. Crawford

Culture

Actor and singer Alex Newell is just getting started

The ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ star discusses his latest role and life since ‘Glee’

By Tre’vell Anderson

TV & Film

Director Andrew Ahn is challenging the definition of queer cinema

The filmmaker discusses his latest film “Driveways,” and releasing a movie during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Tre’vell Anderson

Books

Rachel Matlow’s mother is dead. So why am I laughing?

Matlow’s funny and moving memoir ‘Dead Mom Walking’ is the book on grieving we all need right now

By Gordon Bowness

TV & Film

Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story

Trailblazing athlete Terry Donahue and her partner Pat Henschel are the focus of a beautiful, moving documentary

By Stacey May Fowles

TV & Film

The internal migrations of groundbreaking filmmaker Alice Wu

Sacrifice and respect duke it out with love and self-determination in Wu’s sophomore film ‘The Half of It’

By Michelle da Silva

Pandemic Pastimes

Getting it on online: Queer sex during COVID-19

Horny LGBTQ2 folk prove yet again that sexual creativity under constraint has always been a queer superpower

By Andrea Zanin

My Queer Kitchen

Is a big bite of comfy, cheesy carbs really going to save us right now?

You bet, says chef Jennifer E. Crawford. This week, they offer sage advice on comfort food and self-care while cooking up arancheezies—that’s arancini made with Cheezies—from their pandemic pantry

By Jennifer E. Crawford

TV & Film

Rachel Mason’s parents built a legendary gay porn empire; she made a movie about it

‘Circus of Books’ chronicles the important role the Masons played in Los Angeles and LGBTQ2 history

By Tre’vell Anderson

Music

Beware the better angels of electro-pop artist Scott Hardware

On his second album, Engel, the Toronto-based musician finds inspiration in shame

By Caitlin Stall-Paquet

Books

Bestselling writer Michael Arceneaux doesn’t want to die poor and in debt

The author of ‘I Can’t Date Jesus’ discusses his latest book, the discomfort when talking about money and the paradox of social mobility

By Tre’vell Anderson

My Queer Kitchen

My Queer Kitchen with Jennifer E. Crawford: Pandemic Edition

In our first-ever cooking instalment, the “MasterChef Canada” winner asks if queer food is a real thing. Then they whip up strawberry rhubarb rye poptarts with beet and vanilla bean icing from their pandemic pantry

By Jennifer E. Crawford

Health

How does COVID-19 impact LGBTQ2 communities?

Queer and trans people face health disparities alongside precarious employment and housing that could be magnified during the pandemic

By Keren Landman

Abuse

Clear and queer conversations about intimate partner violence

A new podcast drama inspired by ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ aims to get us talking about abusive relationships

By Jennifer Orme