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Hot new music from Devours, Witch Prophet, Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware and Tafari Anthony
Monthly Tune-Up

Hot new music from Devours, Witch Prophet, Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware and Tafari Anthony

Plus a great non-binary anthem from External Signal

By Jordan Currie
‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ is a mess in the best possible way
TV & Film

‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ is a mess in the best possible way

REVIEW: Netflix’s long-awaited queer dating experience is as imperfect as the queer dating culture it seeks to showcase

By Mel Woods
Love your neighbour as yourself? The surprising queer romance set in a remote Jehovah’s Witness community
TV & Film

Love your neighbour as yourself? The surprising queer romance set in a remote Jehovah’s Witness community

REVIEW: Indie feature “You Can Live Forever” focuses on joy over trauma

By Sara Clements
‘Boyslut’ offers enlightened smut that shakes up the queer memoir shelf
Books

‘Boyslut’ offers enlightened smut that shakes up the queer memoir shelf

Bisexual sex columnist Zachary Zane’s memoir says “fuck you” to sexual shame and “fuck me” to just about everyone else

By Kevin Hurren
The intoxicating headiness of lesbian heartbreak
Books

The intoxicating headiness of lesbian heartbreak

REVIEW: “The Adult” is a masterful debut novel from Bronwyn Fischer

By H Felix Chau Bradley
Rachel Weisz doubles the gay and the fun in ‘Dead Ringers’
TV & Film

Rachel Weisz doubles the gay and the fun in ‘Dead Ringers’

REVIEW: Weisz’s dual performance saves overstuffed Cronenberg remake

By Rendy Jones
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‘Unsyncable’ doc follows an impressive group of aging athletes as they make waves and smash stereotypes
TV & Film

‘Unsyncable’ doc follows an impressive group of aging athletes as they make waves and smash stereotypes

Director Megan Wennberg’s latest is a dive into the world of artistic swimming

By Michelle Kay
The swimming pool is a place of escape, competition and a teenage crush in Jade Song’s debut novel, ‘Chlorine’
Books

The swimming pool is a place of escape, competition and a teenage crush in Jade Song’s debut novel, ‘Chlorine’

REVIEW: Narrating as a future mermaid, Jade Song’s protagonist is a prickly queer who holds readers at a distance

By H Felix Chau Bradley
Cara Delevingne’s globe-trotting ‘Planet Sex’ docuseries doesn’t quite climax
TV & Film

Cara Delevingne’s globe-trotting ‘Planet Sex’ docuseries doesn’t quite climax

REVIEW: Cara Delevingne’s sexual exploration is a vanity project peppered with grounded humanism

By Rendy Jones
In this debut story collection from Anuja Varghese, horror and shame commingle with joy and transformation
Books

In this debut story collection from Anuja Varghese, horror and shame commingle with joy and transformation

REVIEW: With “Chrysalis,” Anuja Varghese’s protagonists reject fairy-tale lives, embracing the unexpected

By H Felix Chau Bradley
‘Cassandro’ captures the triumph and heartbreak of the queer experience
TV & Film

‘Cassandro’ captures the triumph and heartbreak of the queer experience

REVIEW: Roger Ross Williams’s lucha libre biopic is a thrilling tour de force

By Barry Levitt
Online-famous writer Aurora Mattia intertwines reality and fiction in ‘The Fifth Wound’
Books

Online-famous writer Aurora Mattia intertwines reality and fiction in ‘The Fifth Wound’

REVIEW: The excesses of Aurora Mattia’s debut novel are also part of what makes it real

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
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Hot collabs from PinkPantheress/Ice Spice and Bully/Soccer Mommy, plus indie pop bliss from Chris Pierce make this one of the best Tune-Ups ever
Monthly Tune-Up

Hot collabs from PinkPantheress/Ice Spice and Bully/Soccer Mommy, plus indie pop bliss from Chris Pierce make this one of the best Tune-Ups ever

My music column turns one year old … and it’s a banger

By Jordan Currie
Margot Douaihy’s lesbian nun-turned-detective is the star of the first novel from Gillian Flynn’s new imprint
Books

Margot Douaihy’s lesbian nun-turned-detective is the star of the first novel from Gillian Flynn’s new imprint

REVIEW: “Scorched Grace” launches the unapologetic career of Sister Holiday

By H Felix Chau Bradley
In ‘The Stroll,’ Black trans former sex workers recall hard times—and some joy—in the old neighbourhood
TV & Film

In ‘The Stroll,’ Black trans former sex workers recall hard times—and some joy—in the old neighbourhood

REVIEW: The Sundance standout documentary is as intimate as it is revolutionary

By Ren Jender
The ‘Harley Quinn’ Valentine’s Day special is the chaotic queerness we need
TV & Film

The ‘Harley Quinn’ Valentine’s Day special is the chaotic queerness we need

REVIEW: The DC animated series has become a surprising bastion of sex-positive queerness

By Rendy Jones
A haunted house is a metaphor for right-wing terror in Alison Rumfitt’s frightening new novel
Books

A haunted house is a metaphor for right-wing terror in Alison Rumfitt’s frightening new novel

REVIEW: The modern gothic thriller “Tell Me I’m Worthless” grapples with how fascist tendencies urge us turn on each other

By Grace Byron
Director Ashley McKenzie talks ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty,’ Cape Breton and asexuality
TV & Film

Director Ashley McKenzie talks ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty,’ Cape Breton and asexuality

The Nova Scotia director’s second feature was a TIFF stand-out in 2022

By Danita Steinberg
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