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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.

I survived an abusive relationship. How can I feel comfortable to start dating again?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I survived an abusive relationship. How can I feel comfortable to start dating again?

Kai offers advice on how to re-engage with dating and sex after a traumatic partnership

By Kai Cheng Thom
Death is around every corner in this queer author’s grimly funny debut novel
Books

Death is around every corner in this queer author’s grimly funny debut novel

In “Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead,” Emily Austin examines the intersection of queerness, religion and mental illness

By Mel Woods
Topline: When will our bodies release the pandemic stress?
Xtra Weekly

Topline: When will our bodies release the pandemic stress?

As public spaces reopen, I’m learning to manage the anxiety caused by COVID-19

By Lito Howse
I want more sex than my partner does. How do I get my needs met without pushing her boundaries?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I want more sex than my partner does. How do I get my needs met without pushing her boundaries?

Meeting differing sexual needs and desires might be hard, Kai says, but there are practically infinite ways of giving and receiving pleasure

By Kai Cheng Thom
How to provide mental health support, even when you can’t be there in person
Mental Health

How to provide mental health support, even when you can’t be there in person

The COVID-19 pandemic has made face-to-face caregiving more difficult. Here are 6 ways we can support each other from afar

By Logan Summer
How TikTokers are giving great sex education while avoiding the censors
Tik Talk

How TikTokers are giving great sex education while avoiding the censors

From bottoming tips to alternative strap-on harnesses, there’s a lot to love

By Mel Woods
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Inside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming clinics
The Xtra Long Read

Inside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming clinics

Despite more outward support for the community, legal protections and greater visibility, trans and other LGBTQ2S+ care isn’t being prioritized in the country. And when it is, financial barriers abound

By Sarah Ratchford
Why is it so hard to make close friends as an adult?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

Why is it so hard to make close friends as an adult?

Kai advises a reader on how to deepen bonds with acquaintances and build their own “Scooby gang” 

By Kai Cheng Thom
Amid canned foods and dishes, I found pandemic solitude in my pantry
My Safe Space

Amid canned foods and dishes, I found pandemic solitude in my pantry

I needed a place to ground myself, a place of solitude, of familiarity, of nourishment. I needed the pantry

By Allyson Darling
The cost of building a family
Parenting

The cost of building a family

Ken McNeilly wants the Canadian government to make tax credits more fair for queer men—and others—grappling with the cost of assisted reproduction

By Alison Motluk
From adoption to trans pregnancy
Parenting

From adoption to trans pregnancy

One of the most famous trans dads in the world goes behind the headlines to celebrate queer parenting

By Sarah Prager
How rolling back abortion rights will harm queer and trans people
Health

How rolling back abortion rights will harm queer and trans people

Access to abortion is not only an issue for straight and cisgender people

By Mel Woods
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Topline: Looking back at the AIDS crisis’s beginnings as we (hopefully) end the COVID-19 crisis
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Looking back at the AIDS crisis’s beginnings as we (hopefully) end the COVID-19 crisis

Forty years after the first report about AIDS, what have we learned about taking care of ourselves and each other?

By Paul Gallant
Conservatives plan to spend Pride Month pressing for blood ban changes
Politics

Conservatives plan to spend Pride Month pressing for blood ban changes

The opposition party tabled a draft order to end the discriminatory practice for queer men and trans people

By Dale Smith
COVID-19 highlighted how Canada’s health care system fails trans people
Health

COVID-19 highlighted how Canada’s health care system fails trans people

There are easy things health care providers can do to be more trans-inclusive

By Mel Woods
What can I do to mend the damage I caused to my former partner?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

What can I do to mend the damage I caused to my former partner?

Transformative justice and making amends doesn’t always mean staying close

By Kai Cheng Thom
The solo back porch dance parties that revived me
My Safe Space

The solo back porch dance parties that revived me

I took queer nightlife for granted until I couldn’t access it anymore—so I made my own dance floor

By Emma Glassman-Hughes
How Elliot Page’s thirst trap sparked conversations about trans body image
Identity

How Elliot Page’s thirst trap sparked conversations about trans body image

The actor and activist showed off his top surgery and rockin’ abs in a new photo posted to his social media this week

By Mel Woods
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