Power

The U.S. is facing a national blood crisis. Why are queer men still barred from donating?

A new study hopes to change the “outdated” and “stigmatizing” requirements

By Oliver Haug

Power

Queer men will finally be able to fully donate blood in France and Greece without discrimination

Canada currently requires that donors abstain from same-sex intercourse for three months prior to donation

By Nico Lang

Health

Am I the only gay guy who still finds condoms sexy?

Rolling on a condom is romantic, right on the precipice between foreplay to penetration, an intermission filled with sexual anticipation

By Sam Sferrazza

Health

How better HIV treatment could prevent future COVID-19 variants

Treating and curing immunity-related diseases like HIV could help prevent new variants like Omicron, new research suggests

By Mel Woods

Health

What is a period coach—and can they actually help?

A closer look at the educators trying to make menstruation just a little more comfortable

By Sarah Prager

Justice

This Supreme Court judge is trying to exploit same-sex marriage to overturn Roe v. Wade

Lambda Legal calls Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s comments “disingenuous”

By Yvonne Marquez

Health

Overcoming fatphobia takes hard work

OPINION: But the rewards are worth it, especially the sex—wet, filthy, kinky sex where bellies slap and flesh wobbles in shameless ecstasy

By Quenby

Sexual Health

What you need to know about anal sex and IBD

Experts weigh-in on the questions about inflammatory bowel disease and anal sex you’re probably too embarrassed to ask

By Mike De Socio

Health

Rinaldo Walcott on how to build a better queer future

The writer and scholar weighs in on how a strong set of queer values can help us build a better world for everyone

By Ziya Jones

Justice

What the Supreme Court’s signals so far mean for LGBTQ2S+ rights in the U.S.

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

By Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

Health

Sniffing out the truth about poppers

Health Canada has cracked down on sellers since 2013, which advocates say only hurts queer users. Is it time to make poppers legal?

By Kevin Hurren

Politics

This Conservative MP’s call to study poppers may just be the right move

Michelle Rempel Garner’s open letter to the minister of health is an example of true allyship—if it doesn’t become an election punchline

By Dale Smith

Ask Kai: Quickies

How can I ask for what I want in bed?

“Great question,” Kai Cheng Thom responds to a reader. “If you figure it out, let me know”

By Xtra Video

Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

How do I hire a sex worker?

The business of buying and selling skilled, ethical sexual labour is more complex than it ought to be

By Kai Cheng Thom

HIV/AIDS

Coming of age during the AIDS crisis: A dialogue

Authors Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Alexander McClelland discuss how a lost generation of queers came out, grieved and thrived through the height of the epidemic

By Alexander McClelland, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore