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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.
We live queer lives—and we can die queer deaths too
Writer Zena Sharman says she wanted to look at how death can become a site of creativity, collective care, self-determination and resisting oppression
6 queer and trans stories we’re watching: May 24
OPINION: As it expands, the social media platform will have to adapt its moderation policies if it wants to keep vulnerable users safe
Kai weighs in on whether every breakup has to come with an explanation
Disabled people aren’t a monolith, and not every autistic person is on the ace spectrum. But for me, the two parts of my identity are linked
OPINION: Visiting my parents in Florida used to feel like a safe home away from home. Now, the idea of it makes my stomach turn
6 queer stories we’re watching: May 2
OPINION: I question what consuming so much doomerism will do to us as a community over the long term—and I want us to make more space for celebration
OPINION: Missouri’s targeting of gender-affirming care is part of the goal to eradicate trans people entirely
5 queer and trans stories we’re following: April 14
OPINION: When media publish trans kids’ medical histories without their full consent, they thrust them into a harmful spotlight
6 queer and trans stories we’re watching: April 10
Dianna Boileau’s life is being celebrated in the small northwestern community of Fort Frances
British Columbia—Canada’s epicentre for HIV research and treatment—falls behind other provinces when it comes to injectables, say advocates
5 queer and trans news stories we’re watching: March 31
Parents call their experience “traumatizing”
Kai Cheng Thom weighs in on how trans and detransitioned communities can cut through pain and anger to try to find compassion and understanding
