What can you expect from our next edition of Rainbow Votes 2020? Here’s The Brief for Sept. 8

Activists call the latest protests against homophobia and transphobia the “Polish Stonewall,” as anti-LGBTQ President Andrzej Duda is re-elected for another term

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Sept. 4

Legislation that would have banned the practice across the country has been killed. A survivor weighs in on the Canadian government’s responsibility to address its shortcomings

At the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, two very different versions of where marginalized communities fit into the country’s future

Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, August 28

Queer and trans people are systematically harmed by continued attempts to dismantle abortion access in the U.S.

Where the new Conservative leader stands on trans rights, conversion therapy, Pride and more

What to expect from Rainbow Votes 2020, from our U.S. political correspondent Nico Lang

Where Joe Biden’s historic vice-presidential pick stands on LGBTQ2 issues, justice and more

As a bisexual trans man with a straight cis husband, the discussion of having kids is complicated by questions of surrogacy, adoption and raising kids in the U.S.

Here’s what to expect from Rainbow Votes 2020, August 11

With few safe spaces for LGBTQ2 communities and a burgeoning alt-right movement, Hamilton, Ontario has become a microcosm of other urban centres grappling with hate

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Here’s what to expect from the “Xtra Weekly” newsletter, July 24

Politics

The Trump bump paints a terrifying picture of America’s future

‘A rainbow is enough to get arrested’: Inside Poland’s clash for LGBTQ rights

Topline: Joe Biden and Lady Bunny

Canada’s failed plot to end conversion therapy

A tale of two Americas

Topline: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Cher

How abortion bans harm LGBTQ2 people, too

Bisexual former Congresswoman Katie Hill is still battling biphobia

5 things LGBTQ2 people should know about Erin O’Toole

Topline: Tammy Baldwin and the calamari chef

A record of outrage and an instrument of change

Everything you need to know about Kamala Harris

Topline: Kamala Harris and Jaida Essence Hall

I’m a trans man with a straight cis husband. We’re ready to start a family

The Brief: LGBTQ2 youth candidates and trans housing protections

The anatomy of a city with a hate problem

We’re launching ‘Rainbow Votes 2020,’ a U.S. election newsletter

Topline: Former ‘Glee’ actor Chris Colfer and Polish president Andrzej Duda