A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: Your weekend queer concert roundup with Jeremy Dutcher, Rufus Wainwright, Janette King and more.

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, March 20

LGBTQ2 people want to donate blood, but Canada’s system relies on paid-for plasma instead. If the country’s tainted blood scandal is any proof, we’re in for trouble

A case headed for SCOTUS could set a new, ugly precedent for marginalized communities. It’s why we need to rethink our approach to queer rights in the U.S.

What messages do we internalize, as disabled children, when we see a world that looks so easy on the screen and then struggle with the world in real life?

They announced they’re running for the leadership of the Green Party earlier this week

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, March 13

A new women-only app uses biometric software to determine users’ genders. For trans people, it’s yet another pseudo-scientific method of gatekeeping

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Mar. 6

Why activists and organizers in the state are wary of the VP’s handling of COVID-19 nationally

Ahead of Super Tuesday, we unpack the policies and plans of four candidates

In a relatively queer-friendly country, the province remains an outlier under Kenney’s power

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Feb. 28

It may be a ubiquitous queer staple, but the sparkly stuff is slowly destroying our planet

After my mother’s death, I turned to my queer community to learn how to grieve

Medical students applying for residency are asking that the application include an optional field to self-identify as queer

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Feb. 21

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Feb. 14

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COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 20

Vladimir Putin’s possible term extension, Billy Eichner’s plea and RuPaul’s big ruveal

We were warned about the problems with Canada’s gay blood ban

The Supreme Court is no longer a bastion of hope for queer Americans

How Disney used disability to showcase flaws in its characters

Astrophysicist Amita Kuttner could be Canada’s first non-binary federal party leader

The Canadian government’s bill to ban conversion therapy, Halsey’s candidate and Joel Kim Booster’s gay romcom

What it means for trans folks when AI ‘verifies’ our genders

LGBTQ2 voters backed Bernie Sanders, Cher for Biden and Barbra Streisand on Trump

Mike Pence failed to confine an HIV outbreak in Indiana. Now he’s managing coronavirus

Here’s where U.S. Democratic hopefuls stand on LGBTQ issues

Inside Jason Kenney’s anti-LGBTQ2 Alberta

California queers support Pete Buttigieg, Lady Gaga’s new single and Ben Affleck would like you to know he’s not on Grindr

It’s time for queers to give up glitter

What being queer taught me about death

Does being out help or hinder LGBTQ2 doctors?

Mike Bloomberg’s anti-trans comments, queers against Pete Buttigieg and Mj Rodriguez’s new boyfriend

Trump gives to anti-LGBTQ religious organization, Janelle Monáe slays at the Oscars and Sex Education gets renewed