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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.
“Care so often needs to flow in a circle. Sometimes the best way to care for others is to care for ourselves”
The writer and scholar weighs in on how a strong set of queer values can help us build a better world for everyone
A new set of studies aims to explore how weed affects people from diverse communities, including queer and trans folks
OPINION: As opposition to gender-affirming care grows, we must engineer a world in which youth coming out as trans is a moment to rejoice in
The pilot project in Calgary and London will use a behaviour-based screening questionnaire in lieu of policies that single out queer and trans people
A new bill proposes creating a gender-affirming health care advisory committee in the province
It can cost thousands of dollars more out of pocket to get top surgery in Ontario compared to B.C.
A new documentary explores gay psychiatrist John Fryer’s efforts to end the American Psychiatric Association classification of homosexuality as an illness
Conservatives’ takeover of the Supreme Court has been decades in the making. Just a year after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Justices have begun rolling back women’s and LGBTQ2S+ rights
And other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Oct. 7
A new survey from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health highlights the dramatic impact COVID-19 has had on unhoused LGBTQ2S+ youth
Kai gives dating advice to a lesbian looking for no-strings-attached sex
A writer asks if it is acceptable—or even possible—to feel happiness when so many trans people are dying
Health Canada has cracked down on sellers since 2013, which advocates say only hurts queer users. Is it time to make poppers legal?
Kai affirms a reader’s right to live in his truth as a gay person, and advises him on how he might build bridges with his family
“You Are Not My Mother,” which debuted this week at TIFF, uses ancient folklore to reveal modern truths
Brian Broome’s best-selling memoir “Punch Me Up to the Gods” cuts close to the bone
LGBTQ2S+ folks are far more likely than their cis and straight counterparts to develop eating disorders. But peer support can kickstart recovery
