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Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community
Power

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Queer community doesn’t lack for discourse around sexual abuse. Yet for all of our talk, not much seems to have significantly changed—there are still victims, and there are still abusers.

By Kai Cheng Thom
The 2019 Oscars: So, how queer were they?
Culture

The 2019 Oscars: So, how queer were they?

Even with a Lady Gaga performance and several queer-adjacent films, the awards weren’t queer enough for us

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month
Opinion

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

By Pascale Diverlus
How can ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ become great — and gay — again?
Drag Race

How can ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ become great — and gay — again?

In the wake of a loathed double win, a diagnosis of the franchise’s maladies

By Kevin O’Keeffe
The wolf in the fold
Power

The wolf in the fold

Dispatches from Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

By Anthony Oliveira
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’: Who are the true winners of the season?
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’: Who are the true winners of the season?

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: Which queen joins the ‘Drag Race’ Hall of Fame?
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: Which queen joins the ‘Drag Race’ Hall of Fame?

The battle comes down to Season 9 versus Season 10

By Kevin O’Keeffe
13 LGBTQ2 heroes we’re crushing on this month
Love & Sex

13 LGBTQ2 heroes we’re crushing on this month

In honour of Pink Triangle Day and Valentine’s, let’s share some queer love

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti
The real price of transphobia
Opinion

The real price of transphobia

The demonization of trans people is a relentless hurt with few escapes, one that hinders our search for joy

By Gwen Benaway
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’: what are the queens’ chances heading into the finale?
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’: what are the queens’ chances heading into the finale?

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: The final four is set
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: The final four is set

One final queen goes home before the ‘All Stars 4’ finale

By Kevin O’Keeffe
How Ontario tuition cuts are threatening queer lifelines on campus
Opinion

How Ontario tuition cuts are threatening queer lifelines on campus

The cuts, imposed by Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, could spell the end of crucial LGBTQ2 resource centres

By Kevin Hurren
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ power rankings embrace the inevitable
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ power rankings embrace the inevitable

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: A star is born
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: A star is born

Auntie Ru, I’m frightened

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Nine questions we demand answers for in the L Word reboot
The L Word

Nine questions we demand answers for in the L Word reboot

Is everyone over Shane yet?

By Erica Lenti
How the Canadian government legally recognized this gay couple’s 50 years together
Feature

How the Canadian government legally recognized this gay couple’s 50 years together

Ron and Lloyd Cameron-Lewis built a relationship the government wouldn’t recognize — until now

By Rachel Levy-McLaughlin
‘There’s an opportunity to hold systems that are supposed to protect us accountable’
Power

‘There’s an opportunity to hold systems that are supposed to protect us accountable’

The executive director of the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention on how we move forward after Bruce McArthur’s guilty plea

By Xtra Staff
Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?
Opinion

Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?

As it becomes less acceptable for conservative politicians to express anti-woman and anti-gay hatred, trans people have become their new targets

By Alex V Green
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