What being queer taught me about death
After my mother’s death, I turned to my queer community to learn how to grieve
After my mother’s death, I turned to my queer community to learn how to grieve
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A new study suggests 11 percent of trans and non-binary people in Canada have undergone the harmful practice
And ‘The Inheritance’ brings gay stories—and gay nudity!—to Broadway
Can we live up to the rousing words of the French Revolution: Liberté, Egalité… Froeurorité?
Doulas can improve birth outcomes in marginalized communities. For LGBTQ2 parents, this means a trained companion to help them in the labour room and beyond
A fantastically diverse collection of performers run rampant through the country’s fertile fields of gender
Canada’s history of banning men who have sex with men and Haitians from donating blood goes back to its panic over HIV/AIDS and miscegenation
They’ll really get to know the queers whose votes they want!
Here’s what to expect from Xtra Weekly, Jan. 31
Xtra editors weigh in on the organization, the celebrations and the future of the festival
Last year, I finally decided it was time—but the insurance process is lengthy, frustrating and unnecessarily mysterious
Site for ambitious LGBTQ2 monument announced in Ottawa
They send the problematic message that trans women’s bodies are anything-goes sexual playgrounds
A friend’s heartfelt tribute to the trans woman recently murdered in Toronto, and a personal plea for change
Does a big, white dress betray my queer politics?
Legal wins may make the country appear queer friendly—but the social realities for LGBTQ Cubans suggest otherwise