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Power

Eight badass LGBTQ2 women to celebrate on International Women’s Day
Power

Eight badass LGBTQ2 women to celebrate on International Women’s Day

These activists, actors, athletes and authors make every day Women’s Day

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
Xtra Weekly: Conservative attack on trans people
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Conservative attack on trans people

Donald Trump Jr supported an anti-trans story, gay Walmart ad and queerness at the Oscars. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, Mar 1.

By Arvin Joaquin
What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship
Personal Essay

What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship

Streep was there to support and empower women like her, women who’d spent a lifetime sidestepping entitled men. And in me, she saw a man

By Lorimer Shenher
Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors
Opinion

Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors

‘From now on, will innocent queer Black men be treated as liars when they come forward with their stories of survival?’

By Arkee E
Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community
Power

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Queer community doesn’t lack for discourse around sexual abuse. Yet for all of our talk, not much seems to have significantly changed—there are still victims, and there are still abusers.

By Kai Cheng Thom
Xtra Weekly: Jussie Smollett allegedly staged attack
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Jussie Smollett allegedly staged attack

The Empire actor faces a felony charge, and other LGBTQ2 content from Xtra and around the world. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, Feb 22.

By Arvin Joaquin
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Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month
Opinion

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

By Pascale Diverlus
The wolf in the fold
Power

The wolf in the fold

Dispatches from Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

By Anthony Oliveira
The real price of transphobia
Opinion

The real price of transphobia

The demonization of trans people is a relentless hurt with few escapes, one that hinders our search for joy

By Gwen Benaway
Bruce McArthur sentenced to life imprisonment: How the week unfolded
Power

Bruce McArthur sentenced to life imprisonment: How the week unfolded

The serial killer won’t be eligible for parole for 25 years, when he is 91

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
How Ontario tuition cuts are threatening queer lifelines on campus
Opinion

How Ontario tuition cuts are threatening queer lifelines on campus

The cuts, imposed by Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, could spell the end of crucial LGBTQ2 resource centres

By Kevin Hurren
What we learned at Bruce McArthur’s sentencing
Power

What we learned at Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

Hearing from the Crown and victims’ loved ones

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
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How the Canadian government legally recognized this gay couple’s 50 years together
Feature

How the Canadian government legally recognized this gay couple’s 50 years together

Ron and Lloyd Cameron-Lewis built a relationship the government wouldn’t recognize — until now

By Rachel Levy-McLaughlin
‘There’s an opportunity to hold systems that are supposed to protect us accountable’
Power

‘There’s an opportunity to hold systems that are supposed to protect us accountable’

The executive director of the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention on how we move forward after Bruce McArthur’s guilty plea

By Xtra Staff
Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?
Opinion

Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?

As it becomes less acceptable for conservative politicians to express anti-woman and anti-gay hatred, trans people have become their new targets

By Alex V Green
Bruce McArthur pleaded guilty, but justice has not yet been served
Power

Bruce McArthur pleaded guilty, but justice has not yet been served

We’ve been spared the media circus of a trial, but may have lost the chance to reckon with how authorities paid to protect all citizens failed the victims

By RM Vaughan
Bruce McArthur pleads guilty: how the case unfolded
Power

Bruce McArthur pleads guilty: how the case unfolded

Xtra’s coverage of the case, the victims and the communities they left behind

By Arvin Joaquin
Embracing bisexuality with Rosa Diaz
Bisexuality

Embracing bisexuality with Rosa Diaz

Diaz’s storyline reminded me that my sexuality is valid and my love is authentic

By Andrea Josic
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