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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.
Closing the doors on vulnerable patients “was our worst fear,” says The Lavender Clinic’s CAO
Author and midwife Kristin Liam Kali weighs in on the significant challenges and transformational benefits of becoming a parent
In the nine-part series Queering Family, Xtra guest editor Stéphanie Verge introduces us to people who are redefining what it means to build and sustain a family
Perhaps LGBTQ2S+ writers, creatives and historians can teach us how to do more than just get by
The clinic is supposed to be replaced by regional service centres, to help reduce waiting times—but the centres don’t yet exist
OPINION: In his 2022 State of the Union address, Joe Biden told trans kids, “I will always have your back.” In this year’s speech, the president was silent on trans issues
The process no longer requires that trans people have surgery or a psychiatric assessment
The study also found that when a transphobic bill was defeated, the number of searches on those topics decreased
The court case comes amidst a nationwide sperm-donor shortage, which has left many Canadian queer families, single women and people experiencing infertility in the lurch
Daily cases have fallen from 450 in August to single-digit diagnoses now
OPINION: On Wednesday, when the Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green, U.K., was forced to shutter for the second time in less than two years, the community lost a vital sexual health resource
OPINION: In recent years, legislators in the state have occasionally shown compassion on LGBTQ2S+ issues. Utah’s recent anti-trans bill shows that empathy has run out
Experts say the state could experience a major outbreak as a result of the funding loss
Participants of the study showed increased life satisfaction, decreased anxiety and depression
OPINION: When schools are required to disclose a child’s trans identity, they prioritize parents over students’ well-being
OPINION: Newly proposed legislation shows that attempts to curb trans rights were never going to stop with kids
Researchers found the vaccine, Mosaico, was “safe but ineffective”
Scientists hope the findings may change the political conversation around hormone therapy for trans youth
