By using queerness retroactively, Rowling has turned her legacy into a farce

A roundtable discussion on new curriculum and what it means for LGBTQ2 youth

Terror attack in New Zealand, Brazil and Beyoncé. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, March 15.

AKA: Should we reward allies for being good humans?

International Women’s Day, lesbian power, and straight men’s masturbation clubs. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, Mar 8.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

Dispatches from Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

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

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

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

Hearing from the Crown and victims’ loved ones

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

Power

Does someone need to cast a Silencio spell on JK Rowling?

Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?

Xtra Weekly: Apparently there are no gay people in Malaysia

Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?

Xtra Weekly: A patient seems to have been cured of HIV

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

Xtra Weekly: Conservative attack on trans people

What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship

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

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Xtra Weekly: Jussie Smollett allegedly staged attack

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

The wolf in the fold

The real price of transphobia

Bruce McArthur sentenced to life imprisonment: How the week unfolded

How Ontario tuition cuts are threatening queer lifelines on campus

What we learned at Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

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