Why is science so obsessed with trying to find the cause of queerness?

Shows like Queer Eye and The L Word attempt to be inclusive of all LGBTQ2 identities. But the lack of body diversity on the small screen still leaves much to be desired

Because it’s 2005?

Politicians of all stripes are dredging up the same-sex marriage debates — all in a cheap effort to win votes

Gay rights or fried chicken? Can’t decide

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, September 6

Seriously, they need hobbies

Gucci’s new ‘universal’ perfume is just another example of the misuse and abuse of non-binary and trans identities for commercial gain

Why one BC oral history project asked youth to interview activists about the past 50 years of queer and trans reform

Rupert Raj and Tatiana Ferguson talk community organization, early and late-life transition

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, August 23.

And maybe dog tails?

For starters, there’s no use of the acronym LGBTQ2 in the document

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, August 16

It took me years to use the label ‘lesbian,’ to feel I had earned it. Even if others are discarding it, I refuse to let it go

Like hundreds of others in his home country, Amin Dzhabrailov was detained and tortured because he is gay

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, August 9

Bro, no homo, but I love your reusable tote

Power

I’m not a lesbian because of polycystic ovary syndrome

The persistence of fat-shaming in queer TV

Yes, we’re still debating same-sex marriage

Dear Canadian politicians: My queer rights are not vote bait

We went to Toronto’s Chick-fil-A protest — and a lot of people didn’t care about all the homophobia

Mike Pence dines with Ireland’s gay Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

It’s September and the homophobes are busy spreading hate

What’s non-binary about a fragrance campaign?

Having tough conversations about LGBTQ2 activism across generations

A millennial and senior trans activist discuss the future of trans advocacy in Canada

Uh oh! Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in Canada

The Liberals want you to know Andrew Scheer hates gay marriage

What you need to know about Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum

It’s Hot Girl Summer: Lesbian Edition!

If lesbianism is sinking, I’m going down with the ship

He survived Chechnya’s LGBTQ purge. Now, he’s ready to tell his story

Experts say Trump’s rhetoric is related to a rising rate of hate crimes in the US

Study finds that people believe environmentalism is kinda gay