Travel

Amazon jungle highlights deadly reality of awesome beauty

Life in this jungle paradise is a precious thing in which all creatures co-exist for survival — humans included

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Culture

The city fun forgot?

Does Ottawa deserve its bland reputation?

By Julie Cruikshank

Opinion

Letters, letters, letters

A selection of reader letters from the early days of Xtra Toronto

By Xtra Editor

Arts

Queer elders writing group releases sixth anthology in Vancouver

An excerpt from Quirk-e’s The Bridge Generation

By Xtra Editor

Arts

Power couple

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal tackles the story of sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camile Claudel

By Chris Dupuis

Culture

Filmmaker Jack Lemmon dead at 70

Lemmon one of three filmmakers responsible for documentary Track Two

By Xtra Editor

Culture

Catholic teachers’ union to march in Toronto Pride parade

Union wants to show solidarity with ‘most marginalized group in Catholic community’

By Dylan C Robertson

Arts

Gettin’ Yigi with it

How a sex-obsessed artist discovered the origins of the glory hole, and other queer folklore

By Ryan Kerr

Power

Fred Phelps, 1929–2014

One of America’s most notorious homophobes is dead. A look back at a conversation with the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church

By Matthew Hays

Power

Use of ‘queer’ split largely by age in Vancouver

Older members of the discussion group still see it as a slur

By Erin Flegg

Culture

Rugged but well-dressed gentlemen drinking

DW Alexander cocktail lounge features stellar cocktails

By Nick Green

Opinion

The Church- Wellesley Review

For a decade, we published poetry, fiction, drama and memoirs

By Jeffrey Round

Power

Arkansas: Gay student’s bio pulled from high school yearbook

School not budging in face of petition calling for decision to be reversed

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Canadian economist says unrepentant gays will go to hell

SFU professor Douglas Allen testified in Michigan gay marriage case

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Romania: Civil unions bill unanimously rejected

Measure would have extended rights to gay and straight couples

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

AIDS Committee of Toronto cuts staff to control deficits

Executive director says flat-lined government and fundraising revenue to blame

By Rob Salerno

Power

Mothers demand ‘anal bleaching’ sign be censored on the Drive

Sign is ‘grooming’ children for exploitation, one mother claims

By Shauna Lewis

Culture

WorldPride goes country

Major country music acts added to Toronto lineup

By Andrew Jacome