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Meet Xtra’s 2025 Ken Popert Media Fellows
Inside Xtra

Meet Xtra’s 2025 Ken Popert Media Fellows

The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work

By Xtra Staff
Queers are getting swole for a good cause at Pride deadlift parties
Activism

Queers are getting swole for a good cause at Pride deadlift parties

With deadlifts and drag acts, queer powerlifting fundraisers are reclaiming fitness culture and raising money for LGBTQ2S+ causes

By Jake Hall
Announcing the launch of ‘Script’
Inside Xtra

Announcing the launch of ‘Script’

“Xtra” readers were key to the creation of our new health product that will fill gaps in reliable queer and trans health information

By Angela Mullins
Queers at work: Xtra seeks mentees to contribute to a new editorial package
Inside Xtra

Queers at work: Xtra seeks mentees to contribute to a new editorial package

Applications for Xtra’s mentorship program for early-career BIPOC journalists are open through Oct. 27

By Xtra Staff
Second annual Pink Awards will celebrate queer Canadian actors, musicians and human rights advocates
Activism

Second annual Pink Awards will celebrate queer Canadian actors, musicians and human rights advocates

Bilal Baig, Devery Jacobs and Beverly Glenn-Copeland are among the honourees for the second annual Pink Awards

By Oliver Haug
Changing health landscape poses a questionable future for HIV organizations
HIV/AIDS

Changing health landscape poses a questionable future for HIV organizations

With the closure of the AIDS Committee of Toronto, public health experts are wondering if this is the beginning of the end for HIV service organizations in Canada

By Denio Lourenco
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Queer youth need suicide hotlines more than ever. The Trump admin is gutting them
Politics

Queer youth need suicide hotlines more than ever. The Trump admin is gutting them

Failure to provide adequate care to queer youth stands to have a generational impact

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Xtra contributors win awards in international coverage and blogging from NLGJA
Inside Xtra

Xtra contributors win awards in international coverage and blogging from NLGJA

Contributors Nico Lang and Joseph Osmundson are being recognized by the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

By Xtra Staff
The Skrmetti decision was a long time coming
Politics

The Skrmetti decision was a long time coming

The far-right campaigned to manufacture outrage over trans kids. The U.S. Supreme Court just bought into it

By Sophie Hurwitz
U.K. lesbians are resisting state-mandated transphobia
Activism

U.K. lesbians are resisting state-mandated transphobia

In response to the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling excluding trans women, lesbian organizers are committed to keeping their spaces inclusive

By Emma Bainbridge
In the face of uncertainty, U.S. queer creatives are building alternatives
Arts

In the face of uncertainty, U.S. queer creatives are building alternatives

Federal cuts are forcing LGBTQ2S+ artists and organizations to scramble for survival

By Simon Feisthauer Fournet
Trans healthcare is legal in the U.K. Prescriptions are still being denied
Trans Health

Trans healthcare is legal in the U.K. Prescriptions are still being denied

Advocates say the system has made trans people afraid to access medical care in general

By Jake Hall
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Xtra named finalist for three Digital Publishing Awards
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Xtra named finalist for three Digital Publishing Awards

Editors Mel Woods and Ziya Jones, plus columnist Kai Cheng Thom, recognized by National Media Awards Foundation

By Xtra Staff
Canada’s Parliament just got a lot less queer
Rainbow Votes 2025

Canada’s Parliament just got a lot less queer

Only three incumbent openly queer MPs are headed back to Ottawa after the 2025 federal election

By Dale Smith
Ahead of the election, LGBTQ2S+ organizations are underfunded and under attack
Rainbow Votes 2025

Ahead of the election, LGBTQ2S+ organizations are underfunded and under attack

Queer and trans organizations are calling on federal candidates to prioritize stable funding and to protect their communities

By Emma Bainbridge
Mark Carney calls LGBTQ2S+ rights ‘fundamental’
Rainbow Votes 2025

Mark Carney calls LGBTQ2S+ rights ‘fundamental’

The Liberal leader made his first public comments about LGBTQ2S+ issues of the campaign at a stop in Alberta

By Mel Woods
Rainbow Votes returns for the 2025 Canadian federal election
Rainbow Votes 2025

Rainbow Votes returns for the 2025 Canadian federal election

Subscribe now to Xtra’s free pop-up election newsletter and stay looped into all things election 2025

By Mel Woods
More than $40 million coming to queer organizations
Health

More than $40 million coming to queer organizations

Women and Gender Equality Canada is providing grants dedicated to healthcare, strengthening communities and raising awareness

By Silas Le Blanc
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