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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.
ANALYSIS: A new report is setting the stage for the future of trans healthcare in the U.K.—and it could spell bad news
Young people say adults, schools and politicians are failing them
How do we mourn people we’ve never met, yet feel inextricably connected to? How do we honour the dead without appropriating their stories?
What sort of healthcare is available? Do parents have any say? Is the healthcare safe and effective?
OPINION: Calls to restrict access to supposed adult content should be called out for their true intentions: relegating queer content to the shadows
The Canadian Stage artistic director brings Matthew López’s two-part masterpiece to the stage
OPINION: The Comstock Act, a 150-year-old federal obscenity law, has advocates on edge
ANALYSIS: Far-right campaigners are leveraging censorship to promote their own anti-trans agenda
Experts weigh in on what the term tells us about the goals, language and future of the global anti-trans movement
REVIEW: Swedish author Alvina Chamberland’s prose is relentlessly inventive
Where did this idea come from? How does it affect the trans community? Does the science hold up?
Run by queer and trans professionals, Action Potential Fitness was created with LGBTQ2S+ clients in mind
Young people will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to a new policy released this week
ANALYSIS: Why restricting social media would be dangerous for kids
ANALYSIS: A recent French-language piece is another example of poor reporting on trans issues from Canada’s mainstream media
The author, activist and public figure has fought back against trans men’s erasure for decades
With new elections on the horizon, more LGBTQ+ Russians than ever before are being pushed to leave the country
ANALYSIS: Ohio has set a new precedent for using gubernatorial powers to indirectly outlaw transition—other states may follow
