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Love & Sex

Inventor of the gender reveal cake is very sorry
Culture

Inventor of the gender reveal cake is very sorry

Her gender non-conforming kid has taught her that the binary is half-baked

By Rachel Giese
I want to explore polyamory but I live in a small community. What happens if word gets out?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I want to explore polyamory but I live in a small community. What happens if word gets out?

By Kai Cheng Thom
After my wife came out as trans, we found her name together
Personal Essay

After my wife came out as trans, we found her name together

Life as our family knew it was about to change. But Zoë was a perfect name to start anew

By Amanda Jetté Knox
My friends dumped me because of my stance against police. Do I try to fix this?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

My friends dumped me because of my stance against police. Do I try to fix this?

By Kai Cheng Thom
I was outed as bisexual. Falling in love helped me come out on my own terms
Love Like Mine

I was outed as bisexual. Falling in love helped me come out on my own terms

I spent years grappling with my sexuality — until she helped me come out on my own terms

By Thokozani Mbwana
The guy I’m dating is really into trans women. Is it love — or a fetish?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

The guy I’m dating is really into trans women. Is it love — or a fetish?

By Kai Cheng Thom
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Coming out and coming home to Mormon country
Love Like Mine

Coming out and coming home to Mormon country

What it’s like to return to a place where I never thought I could be myself

By Samantha Allen
Dear Dad: In your silence, I found acceptance
Personal Essay

Dear Dad: In your silence, I found acceptance

I came out, and we never talked about it again. But I know you’ve grown to love who I am

By Erica Lenti
The world is burning. Should I bring a baby into it?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

The world is burning. Should I bring a baby into it?

By Kai Cheng Thom
I came out at the height of the AIDS crisis — joining a generation of young men just waiting to die
Personal Essay

I came out at the height of the AIDS crisis — joining a generation of young men just waiting to die

When you come into adulthood in a dark age, whatever you achieve always seems secondary to the bigger problems of the world

By RM Vaughan
Seven questions with Xtra’s new advice columnist, Kai Cheng Thom
Love & Sex

Seven questions with Xtra’s new advice columnist, Kai Cheng Thom

“Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse” is a column to help you survive and thrive in a challenging world

By Eternity Martis
My queer adolescent year of extreme baking
Personal Essay

My queer adolescent year of extreme baking

Were the assertive flavours and temperatures of Fudge Ribbon Pie a metaphor for my unacknowledged desires?

By Marusya Bociurkiw
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I’m not for everyone, but she still chose me
Love Like Mine

I’m not for everyone, but she still chose me

She chose this life with me over any other, and I’ll happily do what I can to make sure she doesn’t change her mind

By Sofie Mikhaylova
I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me
Parenting

I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me

I don’t fit the labels of ‘mom’ or ‘dad.’ It’s time society tackled the gendered expectations of parenthood

By andrea bennett
How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me
Personal Essay

How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me

If these texts offer a framework for how we might embody queer desire, then they can also model for us how we might survive abuse, how we might make it home

By Andi Schwartz
Coming out to my grandmother over and over again
Love Like Mine

Coming out to my grandmother over and over again

Before she got Alzheimer’s, she never got to know me and after all of this, she never really will

By Connor Garel
How Grindr changed the way the world dated
Opinion

How Grindr changed the way the world dated

It launched a thousand dating apps, got us hooked — and then created new dating woes

By Jaime Woo
Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’
Opinion

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

It taught our Grade 7 selves everything we knew about sex. But we have concerns

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
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