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Identity

What happens when we erase trans people and gender from CDC research?
Video

What happens when we erase trans people and gender from CDC research?

ANALYSIS: The Trump administration’s directive to purge CDC research and data from mentions of gender will have broad impacts

By Mel Woods
Meet the trans artist behind one of the internet’s favourite webcomics
Culture

Meet the trans artist behind one of the internet’s favourite webcomics

Haus of Decline marries irreverent humour and bodily autonomy for hundreds of thousands of fans

By Kevin Hurren
‘Comedic Timing’ is an unusually accurate depiction of dating as a bi woman
Books

‘Comedic Timing’ is an unusually accurate depiction of dating as a bi woman

REVIEW: Upasna Barath’s swoony debut novel challenges the norms of queer literature

By Kerensa Cadenas
More than $40 million coming to queer organizations
Health

More than $40 million coming to queer organizations

Women and Gender Equality Canada is providing grants dedicated to healthcare, strengthening communities and raising awareness

By Silas Le Blanc
How ‘Enchanted’ hit a high note in spurring my gender awakening
Queer View Mirror

How ‘Enchanted’ hit a high note in spurring my gender awakening

Becoming more like Princess Giselle helped me become more like myself

By Lisa Laman
Project Violet creates mentorship opportunities in the advertising industry
Work

Project Violet creates mentorship opportunities in the advertising industry

New program equips participants with enhanced confidence, larger networks and new skills

By Rob Csernyik
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This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity
Housing

This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity

Trans activist Ceyenne Doroshow created a queer-friendly housing project with a focus on Black trans women and sex workers

By Simon Feisthauer Fournet
Trans representation isn’t trans liberation
Dangerous Space

Trans representation isn’t trans liberation

OPINION: Even at its zenith, the trendiness of “diversity” appears to have done little to improve the day-to-day lives of trans people as a vulnerable and exploited class

By Kai Cheng Thom
Black queer artists share how they’re ‘holding on to joy’ in 2025
Mental Health

Black queer artists share how they’re ‘holding on to joy’ in 2025

“Joy is in a life lived while you’re alive,” says dancer and choreographer Ravyn Wngz

By Syrus Marcus Ware
Why queer people should worry about Meta’s new hate speech guidelines
Video

Why queer people should worry about Meta’s new hate speech guidelines

ANALYSIS: In promising to allow “discourse about transgenderism,” Zuckerberg and Meta make a clear political choice

By Mel Woods
The queer fantasy of playersexuality
Gaming

The queer fantasy of playersexuality

ANALYSIS: Opponents of playersexuality argue that it erases queer representation. Does it really?

By SF Boswell
2024 was the year without truth
Rainbow Rewind 2024

2024 was the year without truth

ANALYSIS: From the wilds of the internet to the most venerated and reputable mainstream publications, the collapse of truth has fallen squarely on the heads of queer and trans people

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
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Why is the anti-trans movement so obsessed with trans women?
Dangerous Space

Why is the anti-trans movement so obsessed with trans women?

Our bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else

By Kai Cheng Thom
Ahead of new PWHL season, fan fav CJ Jackson is soaking it all in
Sports

Ahead of new PWHL season, fan fav CJ Jackson is soaking it all in

Ahead of the PWHL kicking off its sophomore season, the non-binary Toronto Sceptres goalie reflects on the massive boom in women’s sport

By Frankie de la Cretaz
Xtra Explains: Parental rights
Xtra Explains

Xtra Explains: Parental rights

What does Canadian law actually say when it comes to the rights of parents and trans kids?

By Mel Woods
Trans cartel musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes maximalist aesthetic to the extreme
TV & Film

Trans cartel musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes maximalist aesthetic to the extreme

REVIEW: The film’s existence raises intriguing questions about appropriate subjects for the playful machinations of French auteurs

By Veronica Esposito
There is a crisis playing out in Canadian schools
Education

There is a crisis playing out in Canadian schools

The pipeline from misinformation to fear to hate is very clear, says teacher

By Rhea Rollmann
5 things to know about Dorothy Allison
Proud Lives

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

The lesbian feminist writer passed on Nov. 6

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
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