Opinion

California Dreamin’ 1, by Falcon Studios

Falcon minimizes the visual impact of condoms through clever filming, lighting and editing

By Graeme Gerrard

Good for Her announces winners of 2014 Feminist Porn Awards

Toronto event celebrates another great year of inclusive adult films

By Jeremy Willard

Culture

Because what’s sexier than dating yourself?

By Raziel Reid

Arts

A taste for pain

Francis Bacon’s lifelong dance with terror and beauty

By Marcus McCann

Opinion

My butch daughter is trans

Mom seeks words for ‘unusual sex talk’

By Pega Ren

Sex

So You Think You Can Fuck, Episode 6

Watch the guys race canoes and make out on docks

By Xtra Editor

Love & Sex

Missy and Penelope’s lesbian love affair

Two penguins display signs of a courting couple in their Oceanworld home in Ireland

By Lora OBrien

Sex

Good for Her owners launch Sex and the Erotic Film Festival

Sex is awesome, but not everybody likes porn

By Ryan Kerr

Love & Sex

Fist me, baby, one more time

Queer pornstar Courtney Trouble hosts a fisting workshop

By Jeremy Willard

Sex

The Hookies celebrate male escorts’ best attributes

NYC’s Boomer Banks wins Best Cock and Mr International

By Mark Chesnut

The best in alt porn

The Feminist Porn Awards and conference celebrate inclusive, diverse porn

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

Beating the winter blues in a bathhouse

Shake off the shame and don a white towel — you’re guaranteed to find someone to connect with

By Ryan G Hinds

New porn series celebrates trans women’s desires — and desirability

Filmmaker Tobi Hill-Meyer nominated for two Feminist Porn Awards

By P Comeau

Sex

So You Think You Can Fuck, Episode 5

The lube-wrestling challenge

By Xtra Editor

Arts

Repression in rhapsody

The Queer Songbook Orchestra performs songs that capture the experience of being closeted

By Jeremy Willard

Culture

MDNA Skin

Madonna launches new skincare line in Japan

By Ryan English

Sex

So You Think You Can Fuck, Episode 4

Expect a priest, a confession and a whole lot of sin

By Xtra Staff

Love & Sex

High school crush? It’s a Long Story

Toronto developers deliver an exceptional LGBT-positive mobile game

By Michael Lyons