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Books

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the link between the COVID-19 and AIDS crises

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the link between the COVID-19 and AIDS crises

Sycamore’s new novel “Terry Dactyl” shirks nostalgia, instead showing how queer history often repeats

By Veronica Esposito • November 11, 2025 at 11:48 am EDT
History

The history of queer kiss-in protests

The history of queer kiss-in protests

Kiss-ins have been used as a nonviolent form of activism since the 1970s

By Cody Corrall • November 5, 2025 at 10:16 am EDT
Books

This trans zine from the ’90s has never been more relevant

This trans zine from the ’90s has never been more relevant

“Gendertrash From Hell” collects all the issues of the iconoclastic publication. It’s a major event

By H Felix Chau Bradley • November 4, 2025 at 1:16 pm EDT
Politics

U.S. airlines told to ignore ‘X’ gender markers

U.S. airlines told to ignore ‘X’ gender markers

Travellers will have to be listed under “M” or “F” under a new rule stemming from Trump’s executive order on gender

By Mel Woods • October 21, 2025 at 4:57 pm EDT
Activism

How campus activists got their university to drop an anti-trans research funder

How campus activists got their university to drop an anti-trans research funder

McMaster recently cut ties with the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine in a win for students and faculty

By Denio Lourenco • October 21, 2025 at 4:50 pm EDT
Work

Why are queer people so drawn to the coffee industry?

Why are queer people so drawn to the coffee industry?

From self-expression to sober spaces to labour organizing, there’s a lot more to the queer barista phenomenon than the meme suggests

By Jill Webb • October 21, 2025 at 12:59 pm EDT
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Education

How far-right groups brought the culture war to Alberta schools

How far-right groups brought the culture war to Alberta schools

Many of the most vocal groups in developing Alberta’s school policies have no affiliation to kids or the education system

By Mel Woods • October 17, 2025 at 9:27 am EDT
Politics

Carney’s hate crime bill is mostly empty symbolism

Carney’s hate crime bill is mostly empty symbolism

The new Liberal hate crime legislation is more symbolic gesture than actual change

By Dale Smith • October 16, 2025 at 1:41 pm EDT
Drag

Sasha Colby and The Girlfriend Experience on dolling across the world

Sasha Colby and The Girlfriend Experience on dolling across the world

The drag legend and the rising star talk chosen trans family, post-Drag Race jet-setting and how to survive this moment in history

By Xtra Staff • October 15, 2025 at 5:11 pm EDT
Inside Xtra

Queers at work: Xtra seeks mentees to contribute to a new editorial package

Queers at work: Xtra seeks mentees to contribute to a new editorial package

Applications for Xtra’s mentorship program for early-career BIPOC journalists are open through Oct. 27

By Xtra Staff • October 15, 2025 at 4:33 pm EDT
Politics

Poilievre and the Conservatives are going after DEI again

Poilievre and the Conservatives are going after DEI again

In a new petition, the party is calling for a return of “merit”

By Mel Woods • October 15, 2025 at 4:13 pm EDT

51st Festival not the 51st State: Fall 2025 at the Ottawa International Writers

51st Festival not the 51st State: Fall 2025 at the Ottawa International Writers

Celebrating 51 editions of stories, ideas and inspiration, the 51st Ottawa International Writers Festival kicks off October 22.

Created for Ottawa International Writers Festival • October 15, 2025 at 1:30 pm EDT
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Politics

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

By Dale Smith • October 9, 2025 at 10:21 am EDT
Sports

Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports

Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports

Gender forms mandated by Bill 29 are forcing families into tough decisions around whether to put their daughters in sports

By Michelle Kay • October 8, 2025 at 1:33 pm EDT
Activism

Second annual Pink Awards will celebrate queer Canadian actors, musicians and human rights advocates

Second annual Pink Awards will celebrate queer Canadian actors, musicians and human rights advocates

Bilal Baig, Devery Jacobs and Beverly Glenn-Copeland are among the honourees for the second annual Pink Awards

By Oliver Haug • October 2, 2025 at 3:15 pm EDT
Books

Lana Lin’s new book channels—and challenges—Gertrude Stein

Lana Lin’s new book channels—and challenges—Gertrude Stein

“The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” is an intimate and experimental love story

By H Felix Chau Bradley • October 1, 2025 at 11:01 am EDT
Indigenous

Trans prison policies aren’t just about gender—they are about Indigenous rights

Trans prison policies aren’t just about gender—they are about Indigenous rights

Trans-affirming prison policies are being revoked in parts of Canada and the U.S. We need to protect Two-Spirit and trans people in prisons

By Fallon Aubee, Leon Laidlaw • September 29, 2025 at 4:49 pm EDT
Politics

Quebec bans gender-neutral pronouns from official government communications

Quebec bans gender-neutral pronouns from official government communications

Minister of the French Language Jean-François Roberge says it’s about preserving the French language

By Mel Woods • September 25, 2025 at 4:41 pm EDT
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