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Sarah McBride’s inclusive America
Politics

Sarah McBride’s inclusive America

Two months into her role, the new state senator wants to make Delaware a better, safer place—not just for LGBTQ2S+ people but all of its residents

By Max Gao
No, lesbians are not disappearing
Identity

No, lesbians are not disappearing

A new Gallup poll finds more Americans than ever identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans—especially Gen Z

By Erica Lenti, Rachel Giese
‘My Name is Pauli Murray’ celebrates an overlooked Black queer civil rights leader and non-binary role model
TV & Film

‘My Name is Pauli Murray’ celebrates an overlooked Black queer civil rights leader and non-binary role model

The latest documentary from the directors of “RBG” tells the story of Pauli Murray, a queer lawyer, racial justice activist and priest born in 1910

By Ilana Masad
A non-binary writer and editor banished from London starts an online zine
Creating Community

A non-binary writer and editor banished from London starts an online zine

Trapped in their parents’ house in Bristol, Sam Moore has found a whole new community of queer writers and editors

By Sam Moore
Everyone thinks I’m gay—except me. Do I need to do anything about this?
Ask Kai: Quickies

Everyone thinks I’m gay—except me. Do I need to do anything about this?

Or should I just let it be?

By Xtra Video
A tiny apartment in Lagos is my personal oasis
My Safe Space

A tiny apartment in Lagos is my personal oasis

In my small-roomed sanctuary, I can exist in a space where my queerness is not policed

By Nelson C.J
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‘It’s a Sin’ snatches ephemeral joy from the jaws of death
TV & Film

‘It’s a Sin’ snatches ephemeral joy from the jaws of death

A Gen-Z skeptic reviews Russell T. Davies’ paean to ’80s hedonism and community

By KC Hoard
Topline: Video calls saved my life
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Video calls saved my life

The surprising siblinghood of depression, Kurt Cobain and Super Mario 

By Chelle Turingan
Topline: The ABCs of Black queer history
Xtra Weekly

Topline: The ABCs of Black queer history

From Alvin Ailey to Lena Waithe

By Tre’vell Anderson
Inside the world of trans voice training
The Xtra Long Read

Inside the world of trans voice training

Learning to feminize the voice isn’t like learning to ride a bike; it’s like learning to walk with someone else’s feet

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future
Music

Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future

On her new release, the Montreal-based Algonquin Two-Spirit artist is joined by over 50 collaborators including Owen Pallett, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Tim Nelson

By Jesse Locke
Building a pandemic garden helped me find glory in nature
My Safe Space

Building a pandemic garden helped me find glory in nature

I’m no cottagecore queer, but tilling the land in my parents’ backyard brought a comfort I was missing in New York City

By Gaby Messino
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Remembering the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids
Queer History

Remembering the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids

Here’s what some of the men caught up in the raids experienced on that pivotal night, and in the protests after

By Lito Howse
Topline: Goodbye, SOPHIE, our immaterial girl
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Goodbye, SOPHIE, our immaterial girl

Mourning the loss of a trans icon 

By Ziya Jones
What we can learn from ‘Canada’s Stonewall’ more than 40 years later
Activism

What we can learn from ‘Canada’s Stonewall’ more than 40 years later

On the anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids, we reflect on the lasting impact the protests had on the LGBTQ2S+ community

By KC Hoard
The gay Kenyans trying to fight homophobia from the inside
Politics

The gay Kenyans trying to fight homophobia from the inside

Why some LGBTQ+ people say running for political office is their best shot at legalizing homosexuality in the country

By Gitonga Njeru
Inside the fight against transphobia in Singapore schools
Dispatch

Inside the fight against transphobia in Singapore schools

A journalist attends a five-person protest for a trans student—a rarity in the restrictive Southeast Asian city-state

By Kirsten Han
What does it really mean to be non-binary?
The Xtra Long Read

What does it really mean to be non-binary?

Editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson interrogates the growing use of the term by non-trans folk

By Tre’vell Anderson
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