Politics

The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada

Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

By Mel Woods

Sports

Skate Canada showed they don’t have to play by non-inclusive rules

The sports organization pulling out of Alberta is unique. But it sets a standard

By Mel Woods

On the Clock

Queer farmers are growing better futures

For generations, LGBTQ2S+ people fled rural areas. Now, they’re putting down roots, farming with a focus on community and the environment

By Ghazal Azizi

On the Clock

Trans public service workers say Ontario’s return-to-office mandate puts them at risk

Doug Ford has forced Ontario public servants back into the office. Trans workers fear the fallout

By Jacob Aron Leung

On the Clock

LGBTQ2S+ employment programs struggle to find funding, are unable to meet the needs of newcomers to Canada

Queer and trans immigrants rely on employment programs. Why don’t these programs get enough government money?

By Victoria Hincapie Gomez

On the Clock

Saskatchewan’s pronoun policy is driving teachers out of the profession

Teachers in the province are struggling to choose between protecting children and following the law

By Alice Boyle

On the Clock

For non-binary service workers, the price of authenticity is minimum wage

“They/them off, job on” started as a meme. For non-binary service workers, it’s a daily reality

By Cris Nippard

On the Clock

Work is broken. Queer and trans workers could help fix it

The five stories in Xtra’s On the Clock series show queer and trans workers searching for, fighting for and inventing work that’s fair and meaningful

By Saima Desai

Culture

Catherine O’Hara was the mother any queer person would want

O’Hara perfected the ability to play inflexible characters capable of change and emotional growth, offering generations of queer folks a form of parental wish fulfillment

By JP Larocque

Justice

The first gay man to sue Scouting America becomes a Scout leader, 45 years later

Tim Curran is enjoying the fruits of a hard-won, decades-long battle for gay inclusion in the organization

By Mike De Socio

Censorship

Book ban lists from Edmonton, Calgary school districts released

The Alberta government has mandated that school libraries remove titles with “inappropriate” content

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods

Politics

Close vote on conversion therapy ban shows divided Conservative Party

While Pierre Poilievre decisively won his leadership review, his party remains muddled on where to go next

By Mel Woods

Politics

Activists hope to harness queer rage for midterm wins

As U.S. midterms approach, LGBTQ2S+ activists are mobilizing to give homophobic and transphobic politicians the boot

By Rohan Zhou-Lee

Justice

Advocates mount new challenge to Alberta anti-trans law

Skipping Stone and Egale Canada are headed back to court to try and overturn Alberta’s youth gender-affirming-care ban

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods

Censorship

Inside the censorship campaign against this 20th century lesbian novel

Radclyffe Hall’s “The Well of Loneliness” was the target of obscenity laws in 1928

By Cody Corrall

Identity

As a trans therapist, my trans clients teach me how to build a better future

I share my client’s fears and struggles; they help me as much as I help them

By Leigh Hendrix

Activism

Queer freedom is incompatible with a world in which ICE exists

Renee Nicole Good’s death at the hands of ICE agents should be prosecuted as a homophobic hate crime

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Censorship

Publishers are acquiring fewer queer books due to U.S. book bans: Report

LGBTQ2S+ authors say they are seeing increases in rejections from publishers and significant decreases in royalties

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods