Opinion

No one likes Canada’s gay loonie

Except maybe the federal government

By Erica Lenti

Culture

Girl on girl (but no action)

The anti-climactic tease of celebrity queerbaiting

By Stéphanie Verge

Culture

5 reasons to binge “Special” on Netflix

Come for the gay sex scene, stay for the heart

By Arvin Joaquin

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Hoedown the chart we go

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 7 recap: Farm-fresh feuds

The story of Season 11 finally takes shape: it’s rivalries down the road

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Opinion

Does the concept of a ‘trans brain’ help or hurt our communities?

It supports a ‘born this way’ narrative, but the idea of a biological source of transness raises more questions than it answers

By Alex V Green

Culture

How queer is ‘Killing Eve’ Season 2?

BBC America’s cat-and-mouse game stays queer in the new season

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Age of A’keria

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 6 recap: Seeing red

Just as we start to like a queen, she gets sent home in dubious circumstances

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Power

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Journalist Justin Ling on his CBC podcast about cold cases of murdered gay men and finding new purpose after McArthur’s sentencing

By Gordon Bowness

Opinion

How Grindr changed the way the world dated

It launched a thousand dating apps, got us hooked — and then created new dating woes

By Jaime Woo

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Lurks on lurks on lurks

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 5 recap: It was a graveyard smash

The Monster Ball — no, not the Gaga one — shakes out mostly as expected

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Culture

Who is the queerest pet of all time?

Forget March Madness. Help us settle a more pressing matter

By Xtra Staff

Culture

How queer is Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’?

His latest film leaves much up to audience interpretation — including a queer reading

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Opinion

Why Vancouver’s funding cut to a women’s shelter is a win for trans rights

Vancouver Rape Relief excluded trans women from using its support services

By Adrienne Smith

Culture

The Spice Girls are kind of gay, viva forever

That’s the kind of girl power we’re here for

By Erica Lenti

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11’s power ranking goes orange

By Kevin O’Keeffe