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

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

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

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

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

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

Why it’s a loss for queer media and communities

From R Kelly to the Gillette boycott, toxic men are having a rough start to the new year

From the federal election to major anniversaries, it’s going to be a busy year

How meeting one of my heroes reminded me to love my feminine self

We hope you were buckled in, because 2018 was a bumpy and beautiful ride

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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

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

Why do Canadian conservatives love to pick on trans people?

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

Bruce McArthur pleads guilty: how the case unfolded

Embracing bisexuality with Rosa Diaz

Grindr shuts down LGBTQ2 publication Into

Is 2019 the year we finally cancel toxic masculinity?

Five political stories LGBTQ2 Canadians should keep an eye on in 2019

Coming out to David Sedaris

Xtra’s queer year in review