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

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

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 5 recap: It was a graveyard smash
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
Who is the queerest pet of all time?
Culture

Who is the queerest pet of all time?

Forget March Madness. Help us settle a more pressing matter

By Xtra Staff
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How queer is Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’?
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
Why Vancouver’s funding cut to a women’s shelter is a win for trans rights
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
The Spice Girls are kind of gay, viva forever
Culture

The Spice Girls are kind of gay, viva forever

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

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

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

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 4 recap: Trump and goats and Oprah, oh my
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 4 recap: Trump and goats and Oprah, oh my

The only time in our lives we were rooting for Kellyanne Conway

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’
Opinion

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

It taught our Grade 7 selves everything we knew about sex. But we have concerns

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
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Does someone need to cast a Silencio spell on JK Rowling?
Power

Does someone need to cast a Silencio spell on JK Rowling?

By using queerness retroactively, Rowling has turned her legacy into a farce

By Eternity Martis
Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?
Power

Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?

A roundtable discussion on new curriculum and what it means for LGBTQ2 youth

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese
The ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking lip syncs for its life
Drag Race

The ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 power ranking lip syncs for its life

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 3 recap: The six merry murderesses of the Lip Sync for Your Life
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 3 recap: The six merry murderesses of the Lip Sync for Your Life

‘Drag Race’ herstory is made with a battle royale

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?
Power

Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?

AKA: Should we reward allies for being good humans?

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
Big Dyke Energy, explained
Culture

Big Dyke Energy, explained

Make room for the superior BDE

By Erica Lenti
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