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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 8 power ranking: Follow the yellow brick power ranking

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 8 power ranking: Follow the yellow brick power ranking

Ranking here in this brand new world might be a fantasy, but it’s real to me

By Kevin O'Keeffe • February 24, 2025 at 5:08 pm EDT
Sports

Bodybuilding has helped me build a defiant love of my trans body

Bodybuilding has helped me build a defiant love of my trans body

Thanks to my trainer’s soft care, I’ve fallen in love with a sport that forces me to connect with my own body 

By Jules Sherred • February 19, 2025 at 11:50 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 7 power ranking: Nailed it? Not quite!

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 7 power ranking: Nailed it? Not quite!

 A disappointing Snatch Game leads to a shocker elimination

By Kevin O'Keeffe • February 17, 2025 at 1:53 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 6 power ranking: Wet and wild

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 6 power ranking: Wet and wild

12 queens, 36 looks—let’s get to power ranking!

By Kevin O'Keeffe • February 10, 2025 at 3:50 pm EDT
Activism

Scaling walls and dropping crickets: how a group of U.K. trans kids is fighting back

Scaling walls and dropping crickets: how a group of U.K. trans kids is fighting back

The voices of young trans people have long been absent in policy-making decisions. Trans Kids Deserve Better wants to change that—whether the adults like it or not.

By Jake Hall • February 6, 2025 at 5:22 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 5 power ranking: Repertory players

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 5 power ranking: Repertory players

Which queens secured themselves a new contract for RDR Live?

By Kevin O'Keeffe • February 3, 2025 at 3:03 pm EDT
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TV & Film

Sook-Yin Lee’s new film shows that relationships don’t need to follow a specific path

Sook-Yin Lee’s new film shows that relationships don’t need to follow a specific path

REVIEW: “Paying for It” explores relationships that are romantic, platonic and transactional 

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • January 30, 2025 at 10:49 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 4 power ranking: You’re perfect, you’re beautiful …

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 4 power ranking: You’re perfect, you’re beautiful …

The queens pay tribute to the past, while we power-rank them in present day

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 27, 2025 at 5:13 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 3 power ranking: The queens united

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 3 power ranking: The queens united

For the first time this season, we rank all the queens together

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 20, 2025 at 5:41 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 9 power ranking: The final showdown

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 9 power ranking: The final showdown

It’s Virgo season, folks!

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 18, 2025 at 10:19 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 2 power ranking: The other side of the coin

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 2 power ranking: The other side of the coin

We finally get to see the other seven queens perform

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 13, 2025 at 4:37 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 8 power ranking: Who will win?

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 8 power ranking: Who will win?

It’s time to size up the final four queens’ chances at the crown

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 10, 2025 at 4:16 pm EDT
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Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 8 recap: Watch what happens

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 8 recap: Watch what happens

The final four is set, but which queen falls short of the finale?

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 10, 2025 at 4:13 pm EDT
Dangerous Space

Trans representation isn’t trans liberation

Trans representation isn’t trans liberation

OPINION: Even at its zenith, the trendiness of “diversity” appears to have done little to improve the day-to-day lives of trans people as a vulnerable and exploited class

By Kai Cheng Thom • January 10, 2025 at 2:42 pm EDT
Politics

How Trump 2.0 will further divide America

How Trump 2.0 will further divide America

ANALYSIS: The conservative obsession with “states’ rights” will have wide-ranging effects—from public health to anti-LGBTQ2S+ discrimination

By Zack Ford • January 7, 2025 at 11:45 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 1 power ranking: The first seven queens

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 1 power ranking: The first seven queens

While we meet the whole crew this week, only seven queens perform

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 6, 2025 at 3:07 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 7 power ranking: The final five

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 7 power ranking: The final five

Who will be the last queen eliminated before the finale, granting us our final four?

By Kevin O'Keeffe • January 4, 2025 at 10:27 am EDT
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 6 power ranking: Safety (Chain) Dance

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 5, Episode 6 power ranking: Safety (Chain) Dance

A Big Brother Canada twist finds its way to Canada’s Drag Race, and shakes up the power rankings as a result

By Kevin O'Keeffe • December 28, 2024 at 12:23 pm EDT
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