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Health

Health is a core pillar of Xtra’s content … sexual health, mental health, trans health, reproductive health. From our recurring Ask an Expert series to our Ask Kai sex and relationship advice column to in-depth features on breaking medical news, we take a serious, science-based, shame-free approach to all aspects of your health.

New epidemic or flawed research?
Health

New epidemic or flawed research?

Debate rages over emergence of HIV ‘super strain’ in New York

By Julie Weisberg
Same-sex Celts
Love & Sex

Same-sex Celts

Saint Brigid & her special friend

By Gayle Gibson
A new Icon
Health

A new Icon

Nightspot to be refuge for street youth

By Julie Weisberg
A new Icon
Ottawa

A new Icon

Nightspot to be refuge for street youth

By Julie Weisberg
What about us?
Power

What about us?

New BC budget disappoints queers

By Matt Mills
Meth & HIV panic
Health

Meth & HIV panic

A single case in New York has unleashed a storm

By Zoë Bake-Paterson
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Throwback to the 1970s
Vancouver

Throwback to the 1970s

BC scrambles to remove homosexuality from mental disorder list

By Jeremy Hainsworth
In brief
Vancouver

In brief

Local and national news

By Xtra West Staff
One small step
Vancouver

One small step

In the search for positive leadership

By Phillip Banks
Local and national news in brief
Power

Local and national news in brief

By Xtra West Staff
Throwback to the 1970s
Power

Throwback to the 1970s

BC scrambles to remove homosexuality from mental disorder list

By Jeremy Hainsworth
Just what the doctor ordered
Health

Just what the doctor ordered

New ED wants to move TPWAF past merger mess

By Kevin Ritchie
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I call it home
Vancouver

I call it home

Beyond loneliness in the gay ghetto

By Phillip Banks
ACO cuts counselling service
Health

ACO cuts counselling service

Focus on other support services

By Julie Weisberg
Trans ‘do-it-yourself’ activism
Health

Trans ‘do-it-yourself’ activism

Trans youth form support group and social scene

By Julie Weisberg
PTS creates trans group
Ottawa

PTS creates trans group

By Julie Weisberg
Depressed testes
Vancouver

Depressed testes

Will gets his first scrotal ultrasound

By Michael Harris
In brief
Vancouver

In brief

Local and national news

By Xtra West Staff
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