Just as they do in life, kink and eroticism can play a role in death

Plus, for those in Toronto, queer music from NXNE

An increase in anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate has forced some events to cancel, while others hire more security and take up emergency training

Forrester entered the race to hold candidates to account on the issues affecting Toronto’s most marginalized communities

We can become more skilled in navigating, subverting and transforming death and dying industries and institutions

The Filipinx kulintang ensemble explores explicit desires on their second album

We can be specific, creative and collaborative in our approach to end-of-life planning

Drag and Lego superfan Brick Queens YVR has been sharing unique “Drag Race” fan art every day for over three years

We live queer lives—and we can die queer deaths too

New Zelda game “Tears of the Kingdom” puts hero Link in a miniskirt and nail polish, but some queer and trans fans long for a game that truly reimagines gender

S. Bear Bergman curates a beautiful Pride Month of culture with a starring role for you

The trans synth pioneer changed music—and the world—forever

Disabled people aren’t a monolith, and not every autistic person is on the ace spectrum. But for me, the two parts of my identity are linked

Budding theatre queens, intersex advocates, virgin lesbian fight club and a raunchy road trip through China are among the summer’s queer cinematic treats. And Donna Summer

“Delusion is the key to confidence,” says the trans drag alien probing North Americans, er, North America this summer

Tracking the decades-long hot-and-cold relationship between elected officials and Pride festivals

The band’s sophomore EP, “places i’ve left,” tucks our confusing world into a hazy, bedroom alt-pop soundtrack

This week’s gay enticements to engage in queer culture

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Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life

Black trans town hall, masc films, Manuel Betancourt’s ‘The Male Gazed’ and Cher, Cher, Cher

‘We’re very fearful’: Pride organizers prepare for the worst as they gear up for June festivals

‘It would really change the landscape.’ Two-Spirit trans activist Monica Forrester reflects on her mayoral candidacy

The future of queer death could be outside of the funeral home

The band Pantayo want ‘honeys to pop the booty on the dance floor’

How to queer your end-of-life planning

Meet the artist who turned over 500 drag performers into Lego minifigures

We have the power to reimagine how we die and how we mourn

Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?

‘Dykes to Watch Out For’ audio play, Billy-Ray Belcourt’s new literary magazine, Torrey McDowell’s country croonin’, Leah Johnson’s tween respect, a joy break from Eurovision’s Netta and a plea for anti-censorship action

Living sound forever: The genius of Wendy Carlos

How getting diagnosed with autism helped me embrace my asexuality

Your big queer summer movie guide

Intergalactic beauty Juno Birch’s advice for mere mortals

Is it time to kick politicians out of Pride?

Distance makes the music grow stronger for bicoastal duo Bestfriend

Music by Lynnee Breedlove and Juba Kalamka, a Charlie Jane Anders trilogy, queer Brit hobby groups and Kit Yan, Melissa Li and Michael R. Jackson in NYC