Power

Northern Cyprus: MPs vote to legalize gay sex

Europe will be free of laws criminalizing gay sex once measure is enacted

By Niko Bell

Culture

Cattle beware

Leather 4 Gay offers all sorts of goodies to fulfill kink and fetish needs

By Xtra Editor

Power

Uganda: President wants scientists to weigh in on sexual orientation

Museveni says he won’t sign bill unless there’s proof gays choose orientation

By Niko Bell

Arts

Review: Looking, Episode 2

Looking for Uncut

By Matt Thomas

Arts

Character study

Ottawa actor Margo MacDonald explores gender roles and women’s empowerment

By Julie Cruikshank

Love & Sex

Love Sense author says we’re (mostly) like monogamous voles

Meet monogamy’s crusader, Sue Johnson

By Niko Bell

Arts

Picking up the slack

Two newish lesbian parties worth checking out

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

Open wide

The smiling dentists at Yonge and Bloor Dental have been serving Toronto’s gay community for years

By Serafin LaRiviere

Power

Meet PTS vice-president Mike Jan

Jan’s history in the Ottawa organization dates back to the mid-1990s

By Adrienne Ascah

Arts

Sexuality and social justice in the shadow of colonialism

New book sheds optimistic light on the future of gay rights in Africa

By Julie Cruikshank

Power

BC Law Society debates Trinity Western application

‘We will be thorough. We will be fair. We will be open,’ president says

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Power

City council amends West End zoning bylaws for greater density

Stevenson says changes will provide more housing options near gay hub

By Shauna Lewis

Arts

Desperate times

Toronto author Greg Kearney’s first novel is hilarious, harrowing and — dare we say? — heartwarming

By Scott Dagostino

Opinion

Xtra Hot: Shazad

By night he’s a Bollywood go-go-dancing star

By Drasko Bogdanovic

Arts

The year ahead in music

Essential bands and artists to watch in 2014

By Kevin Ritchie

Opinion

Strange creatures

Burma’s brave LGBT community refuses to stay silent as the Southeast Asian country undertakes a historic political transition

By Carlos Sardina Galache

Arts

An Ottawa playwright asks, ‘What do you think about the church?’

Megan Piercey Monafu’s new play, Grain of Salt, is a series of vignettes taken from real interviews

By Steven Fouchard

Power

PM says Russian gays haven’t complained about rights violations

‘I believe this problem is partially non-existent’: Dmitry Medvedev

By Natasha Barsotti