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 11272 results for: canada


Identity

Global Black Pride is coming to Toronto—and it’s bigger and better than ever

Global Black Pride is coming to Toronto—and it’s bigger and better than ever

“Black Pride is a political act whether we’re protesting or dancing”

By Sophie Hurwitz • December 6, 2021 at 12:50 pm EDT
Faith & Spirituality

Queer Muslims find comfort and safety by ‘coming in’

Queer Muslims find comfort and safety by ‘coming in’

For some LGBTQ2S+ Muslims, choosing between family and acceptance isn’t an option. Instead, they’ve found a way to have both

By Swidda Rassy • December 6, 2021 at 10:51 am EDT
TV & Film

‘Benedetta’ is an entertaining nunsploitation drama brimming with religious hypocrisy and madness

‘Benedetta’ is an entertaining nunsploitation drama brimming with religious hypocrisy and madness

REVIEW: Paul Verhoeven’s campy thriller torches the Catholic Church

By Sara Clements • December 3, 2021 at 3:11 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14: Meet the queens vying for the crown

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14: Meet the queens vying for the crown

The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14 cast features the show’s first ever straight cis male drag queen

By Mel Woods • December 2, 2021 at 8:51 pm EDT
Politics

House of Commons surprisingly passes a tougher conversion therapy ban

House of Commons surprisingly passes a tougher conversion therapy ban

ANALYSIS: A unanimous vote on Bill C-4 has fast-tracked the legislation. But has anything actually changed for the government and its opposition?

By Dale Smith • December 2, 2021 at 10:17 am EDT
Music

Music duo Crown Lands bends time, space and gender

Music duo Crown Lands bends time, space and gender

Anthemic prog rockers unite Indigenous resilience with snarling guitars and lots of hair

By Christos Tsirbas • December 1, 2021 at 9:40 am EDT
Advertisement

That’s the Way It Is

Tammy Faye, Gucci, Halston, Spencer, Céline… when reality is a drag

Tammy Faye, Gucci, Halston, Spencer, Céline… when reality is a drag

A recent spate of films prove biopics are the ultimate Snatch Game

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • November 30, 2021 at 12:05 pm EDT
TV & Film

Holiday queens, Christmas lesbians and a bunch of queer ranchers?

Holiday queens, Christmas lesbians and a bunch of queer ranchers?

Here’s everything queer coming to streaming platforms in December 

By Sarah Taher • November 30, 2021 at 8:31 am EDT
Faith & Spirituality

Queer missionary kids need a community to call their own

Queer missionary kids need a community to call their own

The intolerance of Christian missionary communities leaves LGBTQ2S+ children with a lasting longing for a place to belong

By David Cassels • November 29, 2021 at 9:57 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 10 recap: Honey, it’s Christmas, baby

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 10 recap: Honey, it’s Christmas, baby

A Christmas Rumix to help determine the U.K.’s Next Drag Superstar? ‘Tis the season!

By Kevin O’Keeffe • November 26, 2021 at 8:39 am EDT
Ask an Expert

How to prevent—or reverse—opioid overdoses

How to prevent—or reverse—opioid overdoses

In 2020 alone, more than 100,000 North Americans died preventable opioid-related deaths. Here’s how you can help to reverse opioid overdoses and keep yourself—and your community safe

By Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard • November 25, 2021 at 4:13 pm EDT
Identity

Bisexuals call out new Google LGBTQIA+ glossary for literally erasing them

Bisexuals call out new Google LGBTQIA+ glossary for literally erasing them

A well-meaning research project left out a big chunk of the queer community

By Mel Woods • November 24, 2021 at 3:21 pm EDT
Advertisement

Health

For LGBTQ2S+ people, the term ‘universal’ health care is a misnomer

For LGBTQ2S+ people, the term ‘universal’ health care is a misnomer

Zena Sharman’s “The Care We Dream Of” allows queer and trans people to imagine a health care system that actually works for them

By Ziya Jones • November 22, 2021 at 5:02 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 9 recap: Roasted queens

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 9 recap: Roasted queens

The final four queens roast themselves and the eliminated dolls 

By Kevin O’Keeffe • November 22, 2021 at 10:11 am EDT
Music

Claude Vivier is the most famous composer you’ve never heard of

Claude Vivier is the most famous composer you’ve never heard of

Killed by a trick in Paris at age 34, his tragic end is perhaps the least interesting thing about him

By Gordon Bowness • November 18, 2021 at 10:40 am EDT
That’s the Way It Is

Why do people love Adele so much?

Why do people love Adele so much?

Is it her voice, her artistry, her relatability, her ascent to Mount Olympus?

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • November 16, 2021 at 9:03 am EDT
Identity

True gender-neutral clothing must go beyond fancy sweatpants

True gender-neutral clothing must go beyond fancy sweatpants

OPINION: As we head into the holiday season, brands are championing “gender neutral” lines that are really just fancy loungewear

By Mel Woods • November 15, 2021 at 11:56 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 8 recap: In space, no one can hear you overact

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 8 recap: In space, no one can hear you overact

A “Star Wars”-inspired acting challenge is loaded with references, but the episode is light on action

By Kevin O’Keeffe • November 15, 2021 at 9:51 am EDT
  • 1
  • ...
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • ...
  • 627
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