Music

A very chaotic yet realistic soundtrack to my life

These songs by Black artists shaped music journalist Daric L. Cottingham’s taste through the years

By Daric L. Cottingham

Sex

TV shows need to stop being so weird about blowjobs

It shouldn’t be shocking that a woman—or any consenting adult for that matter—enjoys giving head

By Quinn Rhodes

Identity

The unique challenges and rewards of transitioning later in life

OPINION: Trans culture skews young. Bringing trans elders into the conversation benefits us all

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Politics

Why Jason Kenney’s vile HIV/AIDS comparison struck a nerve

OPINION: The Alberta premier compared the experience of unvaccinated people now to those with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

By Mel Woods

Power

A Black female U.S. Supreme Court nominee is long overdue

OPINION: Nominating a Black woman is the first step toward representing the diversity of the country the court seeks to serve

By Stacey Stevenson

TV & Film

500 Che’s of summer

OPINION: How Che Diaz in “And Just Like That” is the textbook Manic Pixie Dream Queer

By Andi Schwartz

Queer View Mirror

The siren song of Andrew Holleran’s 1978 novel ‘Dancer from the Dance’

How one queer classic keeps moving me after all these years

By Christopher DiRaddo

Rainbow Rewind 2021

The best and worst social media moments of 2021

Here are 10 times queer and trans people broke the internet over the past year

By Jordan Currie, Michelle da Silva

Rainbow Rewind 2021

The righteous queens and shady bitches of 2021

Celebrating the GOATs and condemning the flops in yet another pandemic year

By Xtra Staff

That’s the Way It Is

The top 100 defining pop culture moments of 2021

Here’s Thomas and Tranna’s mega-list of the good, the bad and the cringe from the past year

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Rainbow Rewind 2021

7 moments of trans brilliance from 2021

While there is plenty from the last year to hate, these are the culture touchpoints we should focus on

By Tre’vell Anderson

Drag Race

What casting a straight cis man means for ‘Drag Race’

OPINION: RuPaul’s empire has transformed over the last two decades. A cis straight contestant is the latest big change

By Mel Woods

Politics

House of Commons surprisingly passes a tougher conversion therapy ban

ANALYSIS: A unanimous vote on Bill C-4 has fast-tracked the legislation. But has anything actually changed for the government and its opposition?

By Dale Smith

That’s the Way It Is

Tammy Faye, Gucci, Halston, Spencer, Céline… when reality is a drag

A recent spate of films prove biopics are the ultimate Snatch Game

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Health

Overcoming fatphobia takes hard work

OPINION: But the rewards are worth it, especially the sex—wet, filthy, kinky sex where bellies slap and flesh wobbles in shameless ecstasy

By Quenby

That’s the Way It Is

Why do people love Adele so much?

Is it her voice, her artistry, her relatability, her ascent to Mount Olympus?

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Identity

True gender-neutral clothing must go beyond fancy sweatpants

OPINION: As we head into the holiday season, brands are championing “gender neutral” lines that are really just fancy loungewear

By Mel Woods

Power

The cost of policing public sex

OPINION: Five years ago, Toronto police cracked down on park cruising in a campaign called Project Marie. But LGBTQ2S+ activists fought back, reshaping the community’s relationship to the police

By Marcus McCann