From the ages of 18 to 22, I learned more about what being a woman of colour brought out in other people than about who I was

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, March 27

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: The 519 community centre in Toronto and North Carolina’s Campus Pride

Matt Ashcroft’s story illustrates why a federal ban on conversion therapy is vitally important

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

Power

I went to university to find myself. I learned I wasn’t welcome

Terrence McNally dies of COVID-19 complications, Michelle Visage’s looks and free Pornhub Premium

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting LGBTQ2 refugees waiting to come to Canada?

Surviving conversion therapy

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