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Displaying 397 results for: Sochi


Power

More athletes, current and retired, weigh in on Sochi Olympics controversy

More athletes, current and retired, weigh in on Sochi Olympics controversy

Pride House International launches same-sex hand-holding campaign in response to choice of Russia as host

By Natasha Barsotti • August 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm EDT
Power

IOC will reportedly punish athletes who back gay rights at Sochi

IOC will reportedly punish athletes who back gay rights at Sochi

Games not a place for political statements, spokesperson says

By Natasha Barsotti • August 12, 2013 at 5:14 pm EDT
Power

Nearly 100,000 have signed petition to relocate Sochi Games

Nearly 100,000 have signed petition to relocate Sochi Games

Star Trek alumnus George Takei wants Vancouver to host 2014 Olympics

By Niko Bell • August 8, 2013 at 3:39 pm EDT
Power

Russia’s anti-gay laws will not apply to Sochi athletes, Duma says

Russia’s anti-gay laws will not apply to Sochi athletes, Duma says

‘We need to be as polite and tolerant as possible’

By Niko Bell • August 2, 2013 at 5:26 pm EDT
Power

Russian politician: Athletes and spectators may still face arrest at Sochi Olympics

Russian politician: Athletes and spectators may still face arrest at Sochi Olympics

Vitaly Milonov says government has no right to suspend use of anti-gay legislation

By Niko Bell • July 30, 2013 at 4:44 pm EDT
Power

Do not boycott Sochi games, says Olympic athlete Johnny Weir

Do not boycott Sochi games, says Olympic athlete Johnny Weir

Openly gay figure skater hopes to compete in Russia

By Xtra Editor • July 25, 2013 at 3:02 pm EDT
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Power

Gay athlete plans to wear rainbow pin to Sochi Olympics in Russia

Gay athlete plans to wear rainbow pin to Sochi Olympics in Russia

Russian activists call for a complete boycott of the games

By Andrea Houston • July 24, 2013 at 11:41 am EDT
Power

International Olympic Committee concerned about gays at Sochi Games

International Olympic Committee concerned about gays at Sochi Games

“We would oppose in the strongest terms” any discrimination: IOC

By Niko Bell • July 19, 2013 at 2:36 pm EDT
Canada

Judges need a lesson in sado-masochism

Judges need a lesson in sado-masochism

SM sex shouldn’t be a crime if there’s consent

By Gareth Kirkby • June 3, 2008 at 8:00 pm EDT
Toronto

We’re masochists to Marsden’s hot mamma act

We’re masochists to Marsden’s hot mamma act

First she bashes our statue, then our country

By Jared Mitchell • August 3, 2005 at 8:00 pm EDT
Proud Lives

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

The lesbian feminist writer passed on Nov. 6

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • November 8, 2024 at 4:37 pm EDT
TV & Film

Why a lesbian ‘Love Is Blind’ just makes sense 

Why a lesbian ‘Love Is Blind’ just makes sense 

OPINION: Netflix, bring out the U-Hauls!

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • February 27, 2024 at 12:48 pm EDT
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Activism

Roz Kaveney on a lifetime of fighting for trans rights

Roz Kaveney on a lifetime of fighting for trans rights

The writer, poet and anti-TERF activist reflects on half a century of fighting for trans rights

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • November 30, 2023 at 1:14 pm EDT
Queering Death

Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life

Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life

Just as they do in life, kink and eroticism can play a role in death

By Zena Sharman • June 13, 2023 at 9:24 am EDT
TV & Film

‘Please Baby Please’ is a brilliant manifesto of sexual liberation

‘Please Baby Please’ is a brilliant manifesto of sexual liberation

REVIEW: Amanda Kramer’s film is bursting with pleasure and self-discovery

By Sara Clements • August 23, 2022 at 3:14 pm EDT
TV & Film

How queer folks embraced the positive masculinity of ‘Jackass’

How queer folks embraced the positive masculinity of ‘Jackass’

The “Jackass Forever” pranksters bring a joyful love to getting their dicks crushed

By Jess Thomson • February 17, 2022 at 3:27 pm EDT
Books

In Edmund White’s latest novel, Edmund White is dead but remembered by the lover who broke his heart

In Edmund White’s latest novel, Edmund White is dead but remembered by the lover who broke his heart

In a very meta work of fiction, the gay icon turns a recent breakup into a meditation on aging and lost love

By Christos Tsirbas • February 16, 2022 at 7:37 am EDT
The Xtra Long Read

Just look at all the games queers have to play to express themselves on social media

Just look at all the games queers have to play to express themselves on social media

Sex workers, artists, models and even casual users are cropping, blurring and emoji-ing to avoid being shadow banned—or worse

By Paul Gallant • September 29, 2021 at 9:15 am EDT
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