Skip to content
Xtra Magazine
Xtra Magazine

Need A Suggestion? We got You...

  • Addiction
  • ·
  • Arts
  • ·
  • Asexuality
  • ·
  • Bisexuality
  • ·
  • Blood Ban
  • ·
  • Coming Out
  • ·
  • Conversion therapy
  • ·
  • Cruising
  • ·
  • Disability
  • ·
  • Discrimination
  • ·
  • Education
  • ·
  • Faith & Spirituality
  • ·
  • Fetish & Kink
  • ·
  • Gender identity
  • ·
  • History
  • ·
  • HIV/AIDS
  • ·
  • Human Rights
  • ·
  • Indigenous
  • ·
  • Marriage Equality
  • ·
  • Parenting
  • ·
  • Policing
  • ·
  • Pride
  • ·
  • Race issues
  • ·
  • Sex education
  • ·
  • Social justice
  • ·
  • Trans
  • ·
  • Two-Spirit
  • ·
  • Youth
  • Power
    • Activism
    • Identity
    • Politics
    • Dispatches
    • Protest and Pleasure Series
  • Culture
    • Drag Race
    • Books
    • Music
    • Monthly Tune-Up
    • Playlist Q
    • TV & Film
    • Queer Culture Catchup
    • Queer View Mirror
  • Love & Sex
    • Dating
    • Relationships
    • Ask Kai
    • Love Like Mine Essays
  • Health
    • Sexual Health
    • Mental Health
    • Trans Health
    • Reproductive Health
    • Ask an Expert
  • Video
    • After the Sashay
    • Ask Kai: Quickies
    • Inspired
    • Lucky Stars
    • My Queer Kitchen
    • Speed Date
    • Queer Artists in a Pandemic

Xtra is an online magazine and community platform covering LGBTQ2S+ culture, politics and health. We aim to break boundaries, think outside of binaries and build bridges within our communities and beyond.

Get free Xtra newsletters

Xtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend.

Subscribe Now
  • Our principles
  • Inside Xtra
  • The Latest
  • Podcasts
Follow Us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
tiktok
reddit
RSS

Displaying 11348 results for: canada


Politics

Jagmeet Singh’s plan for an inclusive Canada

Jagmeet Singh’s plan for an inclusive Canada

The NDP leader spoke to Xtra about banning conversion therapy, improving trans healthcare and why representation is so vital in politics

By Erica Lenti • August 30, 2021 at 10:33 am EDT
Politics

How do Canada’s political parties rank on LGBTQ2S+ issues?

How do Canada’s political parties rank on LGBTQ2S+ issues?

Where the parties stand on conversion therapy, poppers, trans health care and more

By Mel Woods • August 27, 2021 at 11:50 am EDT
Politics

What an election could mean for Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ communities

What an election could mean for Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ communities

Spoiler alert: If past elections are any indication, expect broken promises

By Dale Smith • July 28, 2021 at 10:04 am EDT
Politics

All parties get to wear the failure to ban conversion therapy in Canada

All parties get to wear the failure to ban conversion therapy in Canada

Bill C-6, which would have prohibited the harmful practice on a national level, did not pass through the Senate—and there’s plenty of blame to share across party lines

By Dale Smith • July 1, 2021 at 1:19 pm EDT
The Xtra Long Read

Inside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming clinics

Inside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming clinics

Despite more outward support for the community, legal protections and greater visibility, trans and other LGBTQ2S+ care isn’t being prioritized in the country. And when it is, financial barriers abound

By Sarah Ratchford • June 16, 2021 at 10:40 am EDT
Politics

Meet the unlikely senator sponsoring Canada’s bill to end conversion therapy

Meet the unlikely senator sponsoring Canada’s bill to end conversion therapy

New Brunswick’s René Cormier never expected to be an LGBTQ2S+ advocate in the Senate. But now, he’s the senator ushering Bill C-6 to the finish line

By Dale Smith • June 10, 2021 at 2:24 pm EDT
Advertisement
Health

COVID-19 highlighted how Canada’s health care system fails trans people

COVID-19 highlighted how Canada’s health care system fails trans people

There are easy things health care providers can do to be more trans-inclusive

By Mel Woods • June 2, 2021 at 11:46 am EDT
Politics

Canadian government looking to quash inquiry into Health Canada’s role in blood ban

Canadian government looking to quash inquiry into Health Canada’s role in blood ban

Christopher Karas filed a human rights complaint against the government body over Canada’s blood donation ban in 2015

By Dale Smith • May 13, 2021 at 12:10 pm EDT
The Xtra Long Read

Can the Conservative Party of Canada come out of the closet?

Can the Conservative Party of Canada come out of the closet?

Tories have long made LGBTQ2S+ rights a wedge issue. Now the issue is dividing the party—and thwarting its chances at winning the next federal election

By Erica Lenti • April 28, 2021 at 11:54 am EDT
Health

Can HIV self-tests help counter Canada’s rising transmission rates?

Can HIV self-tests help counter Canada’s rising transmission rates?

At-home testing kits were greenlit in November 2020, but few Canadians have used them

By Kevin Hurren • April 28, 2021 at 8:00 am EDT
Politics

What’s in Canada’s budget for LGBTQ2S+ people?

What’s in Canada’s budget for LGBTQ2S+ people?

The Liberal government’s proposed ‘inclusive recovery’ addresses queer and trans folks’ lived realities—and that’s a good start

By Dale Smith • April 23, 2021 at 10:35 am EDT
Politics

Canada’s bill to end conversion therapy stalled by Conservative ‘concern trolling’

Canada’s bill to end conversion therapy stalled by Conservative ‘concern trolling’

Conservative MPs continue to call into question motives behind Bill C-6, which would end the discredited practice on a national scale

By Dale Smith • April 19, 2021 at 5:40 pm EDT
Advertisement
Trans Health

Yukon trans health-care coverage now the most comprehensive in Canada

Yukon trans health-care coverage now the most comprehensive in Canada

The territory’s newly-introduced policy provides a roadmap for the future of trans care in the country

By Fae Johnstone • March 30, 2021 at 11:36 am EDT
Speed Date

Speed Date with ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ star Tynomi Banks

Speed Date with ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ star Tynomi Banks

“Drag has literally saved my life”

By Xtra Video • February 17, 2021 at 5:01 pm EDT
Activism

What we can learn from ‘Canada’s Stonewall’ more than 40 years later

What we can learn from ‘Canada’s Stonewall’ more than 40 years later

On the anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids, we reflect on the lasting impact the protests had on the LGBTQ2S+ community

By KC Hoard • February 4, 2021 at 10:51 am EDT
Health

Canada has every tool it needs to end the spread of HIV—but it hasn’t

Canada has every tool it needs to end the spread of HIV—but it hasn’t

Now, rates of transmission are up, especially among young Canadians

By Kevin Hurren • December 1, 2020 at 10:10 am EDT
Politics

Annamie Paul wants to be Canada’s vanguard on progressive public policy

Annamie Paul wants to be Canada’s vanguard on progressive public policy

The new Green Party leader has set her sights on making Canada a diverse, climate-forward country—even with a small caucus

By Erica Lenti • October 14, 2020 at 10:49 am EDT
Canada’s Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Episode 10 Power Ranking: All hail Queen Pri!

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Episode 10 Power Ranking: All hail Queen Pri!
By Kevin O’Keeffe • September 4, 2020 at 2:27 pm EDT
  • 1
  • ...
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • ...
  • 631
Advertisement
Xtra Magazine
  • About us
    • Our principles
    • Inside Xtra
    • Editorial Standards
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
    • Meet the Team
    • How to pitch to Xtra
    • Advertise
    • Sponsorship
  • Connect
    • Xtra’s newsletters
    • Where to find Xtra
    • Ken Popert Media Fellowship
    • Get Queer podcast

Get free Xtra newsletters

Xtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend.

Subscribe Now

Ⓒ 1971 - 2026 Pink Triangle Press, All right reserved. XTRA™ is a trademark of Pink Triangle Press.
Follow Us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
instagram
tiktok
reddit
RSS