Nico Lang

Nico Lang is an award-winning reporter and editor, and former contributing editor at Xtra. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Washington Post, Vox, BuzzFeed, Jezebel, The Guardian, Out, The Advocate, and the L.A. Times.

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Alberta’s attack on books is another page out of the authoritarian playbook

OPINION: The conflation of homosexuality, gender change and pornography should have everyone in Canada on edge
Poppers bottles.

The U.S. government is coming for poppers—again

With a raid on a popular poppers brand, the Trump administration continues a decades-long attack on our right to party
A pink and purple background with a Progress Pride flag; maps of Canada and the U.S.; people walking from the latter to the former seen from behind.

Thousands of LGBTQ2S+ Americans are considering moving to Canada

Lawyers and advocates say that asylum status is unlikely, though other pathways to citizenship exist
Pope Leo XIV in front of a pink and purple collage

Where does the new pope stand on queer and trans issues?

OPINION: Pope Leo XIV has said homosexuality is “at odds with gospel.” But I’m cautiously optimistic