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Power

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Journalist Justin Ling on his CBC podcast about cold cases of murdered gay men and finding new purpose after McArthur’s sentencing

By Gordon Bowness • April 1, 2019 at 11:54 am EDT
Opinion

How Grindr changed the way the world dated

How Grindr changed the way the world dated

It launched a thousand dating apps, got us hooked — and then created new dating woes

By Jaime Woo • March 29, 2019 at 12:38 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ2 students

Xtra Weekly: Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ2 students

Queer pets, Straight men’s cuddling clubs, and Cardi B. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, March 29

By Arvin Joaquin • March 29, 2019 at 11:27 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 5 recap: It was a graveyard smash

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 5 recap: It was a graveyard smash

The Monster Ball — no, not the Gaga one — shakes out mostly as expected

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 28, 2019 at 10:30 pm EDT
Opinion

Why Vancouver’s funding cut to a women’s shelter is a win for trans rights

Why Vancouver’s funding cut to a women’s shelter is a win for trans rights

Vancouver Rape Relief excluded trans women from using its support services

By Adrienne Smith • March 25, 2019 at 4:43 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 4 recap: Trump and goats and Oprah, oh my

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 4 recap: Trump and goats and Oprah, oh my

The only time in our lives we were rooting for Kellyanne Conway

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 21, 2019 at 10:31 pm EDT
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Opinion

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

It taught our Grade 7 selves everything we knew about sex. But we have concerns

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis • March 20, 2019 at 3:32 pm EDT
Power

Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?

Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?

A roundtable discussion on new curriculum and what it means for LGBTQ2 youth

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese • March 18, 2019 at 5:42 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 3 recap: The six merry murderesses of the Lip Sync for Your Life

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 3 recap: The six merry murderesses of the Lip Sync for Your Life

‘Drag Race’ herstory is made with a battle royale

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 14, 2019 at 10:34 pm EDT
Power

Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?

Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?

AKA: Should we reward allies for being good humans?

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis • March 13, 2019 at 2:20 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 2 recap: Good God, girl, get a grip

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 2 recap: Good God, girl, get a grip

Season 11 is in trouble — and it’s only week two

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 7, 2019 at 10:30 pm EDT
Power

Eight badass LGBTQ2 women to celebrate on International Women’s Day

Eight badass LGBTQ2 women to celebrate on International Women’s Day

These activists, actors, athletes and authors make every day Women’s Day

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis • March 6, 2019 at 1:52 pm EDT
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Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Conservative attack on trans people

Xtra Weekly: Conservative attack on trans people

Donald Trump Jr supported an anti-trans story, gay Walmart ad and queerness at the Oscars. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, Mar 1.

By Arvin Joaquin • March 1, 2019 at 2:27 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 premiere recap: Queens here, queens there, queens everywhere

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 premiere recap: Queens here, queens there, queens everywhere

‘Drag Race’ looks to the past while pushing the fast-forward button in the present

By Kevin O’Keeffe • February 28, 2019 at 10:30 pm EDT
Personal Essay

What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship

What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship

Streep was there to support and empower women like her, women who’d spent a lifetime sidestepping entitled men. And in me, she saw a man

By Lorimer Shenher • February 28, 2019 at 12:59 pm EDT
Opinion

Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors

Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors

‘From now on, will innocent queer Black men be treated as liars when they come forward with their stories of survival?’

By Arkee E • February 27, 2019 at 10:47 am EDT
Power

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Queer community doesn’t lack for discourse around sexual abuse. Yet for all of our talk, not much seems to have significantly changed—there are still victims, and there are still abusers.

By Kai Cheng Thom • February 26, 2019 at 1:50 pm EDT
Opinion

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

By Pascale Diverlus • February 22, 2019 at 11:51 am EDT
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