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Music

Angry, noisy, powerful, hardcore queer music

Angry, noisy, powerful, hardcore queer music

From Baltimore’s Abdu Ali to Melbourne’s Uboa, we spotlight seven bands who harness our righteous rage

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul • April 15, 2021 at 10:21 am EDT
That’s the Way It Is

Demi Lovato and Tina Turner’s duelling documentaries

Demi Lovato and Tina Turner’s duelling documentaries

Thomas and Tranna unpack generational differences around stardom, authenticity and trauma

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • April 9, 2021 at 9:36 am EDT
Queer Culture Catch-Up

From vintage porn to Lesbian Visibility celebrations, everything to get you through the next two weeks

From vintage porn to Lesbian Visibility celebrations, everything to get you through the next two weeks

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Apr. 8

By S. Bear Bergman • April 8, 2021 at 2:59 pm EDT
Media

Meet Kissy Duerré, a fast-rising star on TikTok who embraces righteous politics and hard conversations

Meet Kissy Duerré, a fast-rising star on TikTok who embraces righteous politics and hard conversations

With 600,000-plus followers, the trans TikTok creator talks to the world from her home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

By Niko Stratis • March 31, 2021 at 11:23 am EDT
That’s the Way It Is

#GoldenGlobesSoWhite #NoSweatsattheOscars #DearGodPleaseLetGlennWin

#GoldenGlobesSoWhite #NoSweatsattheOscars #DearGodPleaseLetGlennWin

Thomas and Tranna, voting members of the Cynical Queer Press Corps, take issue with this year’s award season

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • March 23, 2021 at 10:06 am EDT
Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Mar. 18

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Mar. 18

What to watch, read, listen to or look at this week

By Sarah Taher • March 18, 2021 at 10:16 am EDT
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Making tech queer- and trans-friendly is about much more than hiring

Making tech queer- and trans-friendly is about much more than hiring

Diversity is not an end in itself. Technologies need to serve their users

By Caitlin Stall-Paquet • March 10, 2021 at 8:30 am EDT
That’s the Way It Is

Thomas and Tranna dissect ‘Framing Britney Spears’

Thomas and Tranna dissect ‘Framing Britney Spears’

Xtra’s resident debate club wrangles with media, misogyny and that magical child, Britney

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • February 23, 2021 at 10:10 am EDT
Creating Community

A bisexual writer in Ottawa fights isolation one focaccia recipe at a time

A bisexual writer in Ottawa fights isolation one focaccia recipe at a time

Alanna Why’s group chat offers practical advice, new connections and healthy servings of gossip

By Alanna Why • February 17, 2021 at 9:33 am EDT
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Inside the world of trans voice training

Inside the world of trans voice training

Learning to feminize the voice isn’t like learning to ride a bike; it’s like learning to walk with someone else’s feet

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul • February 10, 2021 at 10:04 am EDT
Music

Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future

Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future

On her new release, the Montreal-based Algonquin Two-Spirit artist is joined by over 50 collaborators including Owen Pallett, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Tim Nelson

By Jesse Locke • February 9, 2021 at 12:04 pm EDT
Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Jan. 28

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down beginning Jan. 28

What to watch, read, listen to or look this week

By Sarah Taher • January 28, 2021 at 9:57 am EDT
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Music

The trunk-rattling beats and impassioned vocals of R&B singer Quinton Barnes

The trunk-rattling beats and impassioned vocals of R&B singer Quinton Barnes

“I have a fire inside me,” says the 23-year-old musician from Kitchener, Ontario

By Jesse Locke • January 27, 2021 at 10:07 am EDT
Rainbow Rewind 2020

The righteous queens and shady bitches who dominated 2020

The righteous queens and shady bitches who dominated 2020

Celebrating the best and condemning the worst of a year unlike any other

By Erica Lenti, Gordon Bowness, Rachel Giese, Ziya Jones • December 17, 2020 at 4:18 pm EDT
Rainbow Rewind 2020

5 literary debuts that got us excited

5 literary debuts that got us excited

The resilience of first-time writers was tested in a year without IRL book launches

By Christopher DiRaddo • December 14, 2020 at 11:14 am EDT
Culture

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down this week

4 queer and trans happenings to wind you up or down this week

What to watch, read, listen to or look at beginning Dec. 3

By Sarah Taher • December 3, 2020 at 11:48 am EDT
Music

Don’t fake the funk, says pop-powerhouse TiKA

Don’t fake the funk, says pop-powerhouse TiKA

Mining pain and vulnerability leads to the Montreal-based singer’s spectacular artistic metamorphosis

By Jesse Locke • November 2, 2020 at 1:01 pm EDT
Culture

Remembering poet, novelist and playwright RM Vaughan

Remembering poet, novelist and playwright RM Vaughan

A friend recalls the magically talented and gregarious artist

By Paul Gallant • October 30, 2020 at 9:27 am EDT
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