Even amid a pandemic, blood and plasma bans remain in place for queer and trans people across North America

The Conservative leadership hopeful criticized an opponent’s support for trans people in a recent email blast to supporters. It’s a reminder of the stark division between gay rights and trans rights in Canada

LGBTQ Guatemalans are battling on all fronts: against a discriminatory government, against a religious society that marginalizes them and against the racism that divides their own community

How LGBTQ2 communities are affected, what laws remain in place and what’s being done to end unjust criminalization

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, May 1

How gay sex became vulnerable to outdated hetero gender roles

Yes, the rumours are true. Tine and Sarawat’s story will make you remember your first queer love

Phyllis Lyon was a U.S. lesbian pioneer. But with fewer self-identified lesbians than ever, what is the future of the term?

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Apr. 24

Spokane-based support group Odyssey adapts to COVID-19; gaps in service delivery revealed

The creative ways queer and trans students are connecting during the pandemic—from Zoom calls to Instagram board games

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Apr. 17

Four years ago, the Tanzanian government began targeting queer and trans communities. Since then, life has gotten exponentially more difficult for LGBTQ folks

A year after the trans military ban was enacted, the Pentagon has fallen short of its military recruitment targets. But trans folks hoping to join the fight against coronavirus are still prohibited

No one is a stranger; we are responsible for one another

Before COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill, queer politicians and their partners were having a moment. Reflecting on Pete and Chasten, and the LGBTQ2 political couples who came before them

The author of ‘I Can’t Date Jesus’ discusses his latest book, the discomfort when talking about money and the paradox of social mobility

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Queer men and trans women can’t donate plasma for COVID-19 research

Why Peter MacKay is questioning trans rights

Fighting to exist in Guatemala

Everything you need to know about Canada’s HIV non-disclosure laws

Tom Felton makes out with Austin Swift, Rebecca Black’s relaunch and Patti LuPone’s reveal

Getting to the bottom of topping stereotypes

‘2gether: The Series’ celebrates the lasting sweetness of young love

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

America wants to limit sharing information with countries that criminalize homosexuality, Cyndi Lauper headlines online benefit concert and Ansel Elgort’s thirst for a cause

Washington LGBTQ2 youth move online for support

How Alberta GSAs are supporting LGBTQ2 youth during COVID-19

Virginia enacts an anti-LGBTQ2 discrimination law, Melania Trump thanks seniors and Antoni Porowski’s dating life becomes a film

Tanzania is still arresting and persecuting LGBTQ people

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military needs trans service members more than ever

Despite virtual family gatherings this year, the message of Passover resonates more profoundly than ever during COVID-19

My roommates aren’t physically distancing and I’ve had enough. Should I call the police?

In an uncertain time, an ode to the queer political spouse

Bestselling writer Michael Arceneaux doesn’t want to die poor and in debt