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How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history
Activism

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

There’s a vast queer history that goes beyond Stonewall and marriage equality. Schools aren’t teaching that, so young people on the internet are doing it instead

By Michael Waters
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Breaking down the rap sheets
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Breaking down the rap sheets

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 9 recap: A solid improv challenge? Yes, and!
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 9 recap: A solid improv challenge? Yes, and!

More than anything else, Season 11 deserves praise for its thoughtfully considered competitor arcs

By Kevin O’Keeffe
How queer is Lizzo’s ‘Cuz I Love You’?
Culture

How queer is Lizzo’s ‘Cuz I Love You’?

‘Lizzo is a music star for a new kind of woke world.’

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: A titanic shift
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: A titanic shift

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 8 recap: Snatch of the day
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 8 recap: Snatch of the day

Season 11 has finally crystalized, and now it’s a glamazon bitch ready for a fantastic second half

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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Defunding Catholic schools could help solve Ontario’s sex-ed woes
Opinion

Defunding Catholic schools could help solve Ontario’s sex-ed woes

The schools, still funded by the province, have created major barriers for LGBTQ2 education

By Davide Mastracci
No one likes Canada’s gay loonie
Opinion

No one likes Canada’s gay loonie

Except maybe the federal government

By Erica Lenti
Girl on girl (but no action)
Culture

Girl on girl (but no action)

The anti-climactic tease of celebrity queerbaiting

By Stéphanie Verge
5 reasons to binge “Special” on Netflix
Culture

5 reasons to binge “Special” on Netflix

Come for the gay sex scene, stay for the heart

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

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

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 7 recap: Farm-fresh feuds
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
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Does the concept of a ‘trans brain’ help or hurt our communities?
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
How queer is ‘Killing Eve’ Season 2?
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
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking: Age of A’keria
Drag Race

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

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 6 recap: Seeing red
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
Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer
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
How Grindr changed the way the world dated
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
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