With “Young Mungo,” Douglas Stuart solidifies his legacy as the chronicler of working-class queer Scotland

“Despite trauma and tragedy, we Indigenous people and queer people produce joy in our lives”: Billy-Ray Belcourt on his new novel

In Jessi Hempel’s collaborative memoir, “The Family Outing,” the journalist is just the first to show her authentic self

The literary debut of Argentina-born New York trans and sex work activist deserves all the adjectives

The veteran comedian talks rom-com tropes and the importance of straight women for gays

Vera Drew’s trans superhero masterpiece made headlines for copyright problems. We spoke to Drew about the creatively triumphant film

The latest version of Matthew Rettenmund’s “Encyclopedia Madonnica” is a testament to the power of the Queen of Pop—and a fan’s obsession

Neil Smith’s tortuous upbringing made “family” the ultimate F word

The non-binary actor spoke to Xtra about portraying one of fiction’s most beloved non-binary characters

In “Pretty Baby,” Belcher makes intriguing connections between the patriarchy, capitalism and queerness

In her debut memoir, graphic novelist Emma Grove chronicles her experience navigating the mental healthcare system while trans

In a beautiful new book, artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has co-edited a celebration of places around the world that bring LGBTQ2S+ people together

This week’s eliminated “Canada’s Drag Race” contestant talks Palestine, politics and being gone too soon

In Davey Davis’s “X,” a sadist has their world upended by an elusive sexual partner

Laurie Marhoefer’s book on Magnus Hirschfeld looks at the famed German sexologist’s darker side and his relationship with a younger Asian man

Rodriguez stars in the new Apple TV+ comedy “Loot” alongside Maya Rudolph

In a conversation hosted by Xtra, the two authors talk about their new books and how far they’ve come

Ben Miller, co-author of the new book “Bad Gays,” takes a look at “evil and complicated” people over the course of centuries

Q&A

‘From the queer perspective, the best that we could have been was invisible’: Booker winner Douglas Stuart on growing up gay in Glasgow

In Billy-Ray Belcourt’s ‘A Minor Chorus,’ happiness seems to lurk just out of reach

What happens when a whole family comes out, one at a time?

In her new memoir, the legendary Cecilia Gentili introduces us to the witches and mothers in her life

Guy Branum on embracing the gay best friend role in queer rom-com ‘Bros’

Inside ‘The People’s Joker,’ the TIFF sensation that got pulled after one screening

Inside the mind of the ‘Encyclopedia Madonnica’ author who can’t stop adding entries (Madge was great in ‘Evita’!?)

Montreal author Neil Smith mines the tragedy (and dark comedy) of his own life for his heartbreaking new novel

‘The Sandman’ actor Mason Alexander Park on the ‘liberation’ of playing Desire

From winning a ‘beautiful baby’ pageant in Appalachia to working as a dominatrix in L.A., Chris Belcher recounts a multifaceted life in her new memoir

‘Third Person’ captures what it’s like to be a trans person with dissociative identity disorder

Queer spaces are, in fact, whatever we damn well declare them to be

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 3: After the Sashay with Halal Bae

Set amidst futuristic political turmoil, Davey Davis’s new book unpacks pain and pleasure

One of the world’s first gay rights activists was racist and sexist. The author of a new book explores how much should it bug us

After ‘Pose,’ Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is ready to delve into something new

Almost 30 years after their breakout literary successes, Shani Mootoo and Shyam Selvadurai are (mostly) no longer outsiders

What can we learn from all of history’s ‘bad gays’?