News

Gay couple asked to provide marriage certificate or move out

A Toronto condo board says the policy is to prevent unwelcome tenants

By Mel Woods

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

Health

Queerness, cannabis and mental health: everything you need to know

A new set of studies aims to explore how weed affects people from diverse communities, including queer and trans folks

By Logan Summer

The Xtra Long Read

The incandescent rage of New Queer Cinema is as necessary now as it was 30 years ago

Pioneering filmmakers taught us to relish our queer difference, to be bad, immoral and complicated

By Morgan Lightle

Identity

Finding queerness and finding God

Sharon Lewis’ documentary “With Wonder” asks BIPOC participants around the world how they reconcile their religion and sexualities

By Ashleigh-Rae Thomas

Health

The troubling resurgence of trans conversion practices

OPINION: As opposition to gender-affirming care grows, we must engineer a world in which youth coming out as trans is a moment to rejoice in

By Florence Ashley

Opinion

We need to talk about transphobia in Canadian media

Three recent pieces from the “Toronto Star,” CBC and CTV show a worrying trend towards anti-trans narratives

By Mel Woods

Politics

Nova Scotia’s first genderqueer MLA is blazing a trail

Lisa Lachance is the province’s first “Mx. Deputy Speaker”

By Mel Woods

Culture

The queer ‘Thelma and Louise’ comic book you didn’t know you needed

Author Tee Franklin discusses “Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour”

By DarkSkyLady

News

Here’s what happened at the Netflix trans workers walkout

Elliot Page, Dan Levy, Wanda Sykes and others shared their support

By Mel Woods

Arts

Raven Two Feathers envisions bright Indigiqueer futures

The Two-Spirit award-winning artist showcases candid and hopeful audio and video installations at this year’s ImagineNATIVE Festival

By Thirza Cuthand

That’s the Way It Is

Ricky Martin at 49 is the Latin pop daddy we deserve

His tour with Enrique Iglesias proves that masculinity is performative

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Sports

The NFL must work harder to fix the hate behind those Jon Gruden emails

Gruden’s emails—and the response to them—show the league has a long way to go when it comes to inclusivity

By Mel Woods

Health

Everything you need to know about getting top surgery in Canada

It can cost thousands of dollars more out of pocket to get top surgery in Ontario compared to B.C.

By Mel Woods

TV & Film

The queer, Muslim rom-com we’ve been waiting for has arrived

Filmmakers Fawzia Mirza and Kausar Mohammed discuss their short film, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”

By Tariq Raouf

History

How one gay man fought the medical establishment and won

A new documentary explores gay psychiatrist John Fryer’s efforts to end the American Psychiatric Association classification of homosexuality as an illness

By KC Hoard

Sports

A WNBA playoff game featured three couples on the court this week

A semifinal match between Chicago and Connecticut got super queer as three couples were on the court at the same time

By Mel Woods

Culture

People are calling out the vile transphobia in Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special

The comedian said “he’s done” with queer and trans jokes, yet filled a special with them

By Mel Woods