Skip to content
Xtra Magazine
Xtra Magazine

Need A Suggestion? We got You...

  • Addiction
  • ·
  • Arts
  • ·
  • Asexuality
  • ·
  • Bisexuality
  • ·
  • Blood Ban
  • ·
  • Coming Out
  • ·
  • Conversion therapy
  • ·
  • Cruising
  • ·
  • Disability
  • ·
  • Discrimination
  • ·
  • Education
  • ·
  • Faith & Spirituality
  • ·
  • Fetish & Kink
  • ·
  • Gender identity
  • ·
  • History
  • ·
  • HIV/AIDS
  • ·
  • Human Rights
  • ·
  • Indigenous
  • ·
  • Marriage Equality
  • ·
  • Parenting
  • ·
  • Policing
  • ·
  • Pride
  • ·
  • Race issues
  • ·
  • Sex education
  • ·
  • Social justice
  • ·
  • Trans
  • ·
  • Two-Spirit
  • ·
  • Youth
  • Power
    • Activism
    • Identity
    • Politics
    • Dispatches
    • Protest and Pleasure Series
  • Culture
    • Drag Race
    • Books
    • Music
    • Monthly Tune-Up
    • Playlist Q
    • TV & Film
    • Queer Culture Catchup
    • Queer View Mirror
  • Love & Sex
    • Dating
    • Relationships
    • Ask Kai
    • Love Like Mine Essays
  • Health
    • Sexual Health
    • Mental Health
    • Trans Health
    • Reproductive Health
    • Ask an Expert
  • Video
    • After the Sashay
    • Ask Kai: Quickies
    • Inspired
    • Lucky Stars
    • My Queer Kitchen
    • Speed Date
    • Queer Artists in a Pandemic

Xtra is an online magazine and community platform covering LGBTQ2S+ culture, politics and health. We aim to break boundaries, think outside of binaries and build bridges within our communities and beyond.

Get free Xtra newsletters

Xtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend.

Subscribe Now
  • Our principles
  • Inside Xtra
  • The Latest
  • Podcasts
Follow Us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
tiktok
reddit
RSS

Displaying all articles tagged:

Opinion

‘Tuca & Bertie’ was here and queer
Culture

‘Tuca & Bertie’ was here and queer

Though the animated sitcom has been cancelled, it remains beloved by LGBTQ2 fans for its embrace of non-normalcy

By Avneet Sharma
Greek bishop claims he could smell homosexuality
Homophobia

Greek bishop claims he could smell homosexuality

Some people’s senses are out of this world

By Arvin Joaquin
Justin Trudeau walks into a gay bar
Politics

Justin Trudeau walks into a gay bar

The bartender asks, ‘Where’s your pink shirt?’

By Erica Lenti
After decades of mistreatment, how can police fix their relationship with LGBTQ2 communities?
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

After decades of mistreatment, how can police fix their relationship with LGBTQ2 communities?

Tim McCaskell and Shakir Rahim talk Toronto’s bathhouse raids, the Bruce McArthur case and the marginalization of queer and trans people of colour

By Erica Lenti
‘Orange is the New Black’ and incarceration as entertainment
Culture

‘Orange is the New Black’ and incarceration as entertainment

The hit series broke ground with its diverse cast, queer love scenes and stories of life in prison. But what’s the line between spotlight and spectacle?

By Nataleah Hunter-Young
This Toronto undercover police operation was reminiscent of the bathhouse raids
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

This Toronto undercover police operation was reminiscent of the bathhouse raids

Project Marie was shocking, but gay men learned how to respond — based on the past

By Marcus McCann
Advertisement

The LGBTQ2-friendly companies who bankroll homophobic and transphobic politicians
Salty Queers

The LGBTQ2-friendly companies who bankroll homophobic and transphobic politicians

The Zero for Zeros campaign has the receipts

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti
Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing

Activist Tim McCaskell on how reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation

By Tim McCaskell
7 of the all-time best runway looks on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Drag Race

7 of the all-time best runway looks on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Peppa Pig is officially a queer icon
Culture

Peppa Pig is officially a queer icon

Her debut album is the gayest thing since Mr Ratburn’s wedding

By Xtra Staff
Scarlett Johansson wants to be cast in trans roles
Salty Queers

Scarlett Johansson wants to be cast in trans roles

“As an actor, I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal”

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti
Gerald Hannon remembers the Toronto bathhouse riots
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Gerald Hannon remembers the Toronto bathhouse riots

A city galvanized, our communities remade

By Gerald Hannon
Advertisement

‘Are You The One’ is the queer reality show we always wanted
Culture

‘Are You The One’ is the queer reality show we always wanted

Everyone! Is! Queer!

By Erica Lenti
Jonathan Van Ness’ sponsored coming-out is not activism
Culture

Jonathan Van Ness’ sponsored coming-out is not activism

Why we need to stop confusing corporate LGBTQ2 visibility as anything more than advertising

By Alex V Green
Nivea says ‘we don’t do gay.’ We say we don’t do Nivea
Salty Queers

Nivea says ‘we don’t do gay.’ We say we don’t do Nivea

The company nixed an ad with two men touching hands, because no homo

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti
How far-right violence is infiltrating our Pride events
Opinion

How far-right violence is infiltrating our Pride events

I’ve seen alt-right organizers become more visible and aggressive. We need LGBTQ2 allies to step up for us

By Fae Johnstone
The nine most notable Snatch Games performances on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Culture

The nine most notable Snatch Games performances on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

From the truly inspired to the utterly disastrous

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Two-Spirit couple will compete on Amazing Race Canada
Culture

Two-Spirit couple will compete on Amazing Race Canada

Hand us the pompoms, because we’re here to stan

By Arvin Joaquin
  • 1
  • ...
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • ...
  • 104
Advertisement
Xtra Magazine
  • About us
    • Our principles
    • Inside Xtra
    • Editorial Standards
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
    • Meet the Team
    • How to pitch to Xtra
    • Advertise
    • Sponsorship
  • Connect
    • Xtra’s newsletters
    • Where to find Xtra
    • Ken Popert Media Fellowship
    • Get Queer podcast

Get free Xtra newsletters

Xtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend.

Subscribe Now

Ⓒ 1971 - 2025 Pink Triangle Press, All right reserved. XTRA™ is a trademark of Pink Triangle Press.
Follow Us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
tiktok
reddit
RSS