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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.

Genie in a bottle
Toronto

Genie in a bottle

How far will gay men go for a perfect body?

By David Collins
Hassle Free broke the law
Toronto

Hassle Free broke the law

Anonymous testing was a vicious fight with ‘phobes

By Nancy Irwin
Budget in jeopardy
Toronto

Budget in jeopardy

By Paul Gallant
Anatomy of risk
Toronto

Anatomy of risk

Negotiating HIV when your lover’s died

By David Tuller
Dropping drug prices to stop cheap drugs
Toronto

Dropping drug prices to stop cheap drugs

Big pharma companies will do anything to hold onto market share

By Kerwin McLeister
Mental cases
Toronto

Mental cases

Queer sex transforms from issue to asset for psychiatric survivors

By Gigi Suhanic
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The letter of the law
Toronto

The letter of the law

Don’t let the Criminal Code push you around

By Paul Gallant
Touch, but don’t look
Toronto

Touch, but don’t look

It’s illegal to show perfectly legal sex

By David Walberg
Throbbing desire
Toronto

Throbbing desire

Aphrodisiacs old & new are about letting your love juice free

By Kerwin McLeister
Punished for working
Toronto

Punished for working

Bureaucracies have a knee jerk reaction if you show initiative

By Ann Silversides
Just for fun?
Toronto

Just for fun?

Guys tell why they bareback

By Bonte Minnema
Drop the doll!
Toronto

Drop the doll!

Toronto’s gender identity clinic aims to set kids aright when they’re young – very young

By Gillian Morton
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Horny & on meds
Toronto

Horny & on meds

Broken beds sometimes result

By John Finlay
Seniors can’t be HIV-positive, can they?
Toronto

Seniors can’t be HIV-positive, can they?

People make all the wrong assumptions about older folks

By Ann Silversides
Healthier drug holidays
Toronto

Healthier drug holidays

Breaking away from the HIV cocktail

By Kerwin McLeister
The dirty old man?
Toronto

The dirty old man?

Youth mentoring group won’t let fear get in the way

By Mark Brodsky
In agony for days
Toronto

In agony for days

Doctors treated lesbian like a case study, instead of a person

By Denise Balkissoon
Sex since Trudeau
Toronto

Sex since Trudeau

His revolution got lost in the ’80s

By Brenda Cossman
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