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Xtra News Flash

Gender-affirming care wins and losses in Texas and Maine, queers take home Emmy noms and more.

Gender-affirming care wins and losses in Texas and Maine, queers take home Emmy noms and more.

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 14

By Maddy Mahoney • July 14, 2023 at 1:47 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 10 power ranking: Ladies, leave your ranks at home

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 10 power ranking: Ladies, leave your ranks at home

It’s the top two, and the choice of winner has never seemed more obvious

By Kevin O’Keeffe • July 8, 2023 at 10:34 am EDT
Music

Pride all summer: a listening guide for Janelle Monáe’s ‘The Age of Pleasure’

Pride all summer: a listening guide for Janelle Monáe’s ‘The Age of Pleasure’

How to best enjoy Monáe’s steamy new album

By Dani Janae • July 7, 2023 at 10:37 am EDT
Food

From Negroni Sbagliatos to sparkling seltzer, the drinks that made us gay

From Negroni Sbagliatos to sparkling seltzer, the drinks that made us gay

In search of the world’s gayest drink (which is probably not Bud Light) 

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • July 5, 2023 at 2:28 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 9 power ranking: An inevitable, deserved crowning

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 9 power ranking: An inevitable, deserved crowning

Never has the result of a season seemed quite so clear with multiple episodes to go

By Kevin O’Keeffe • July 1, 2023 at 4:10 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 8 power ranking: They’re all (dressed up as) winners, baby

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 8 power ranking: They’re all (dressed up as) winners, baby

We’re at the final four—with no end to this season in sight

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 23, 2023 at 5:25 pm EDT
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TV & Film

A timeline of surprisingly queer ‘Sex and the City’ episodes

A timeline of surprisingly queer ‘Sex and the City’ episodes

Before Che Diaz, there was Syd—here, we trace the original show’s wayward queerness 

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • June 21, 2023 at 12:54 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 7 power ranking: Ru crime genre

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 7 power ranking: Ru crime genre

Who stands tallest in this season’s latest improv challenge?

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 17, 2023 at 4:00 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 6 power ranking: Studio gals

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 6 power ranking: Studio gals

It took a Rusical to finally spice things up this season, without putting a frontrunner in danger

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 9, 2023 at 5:20 pm EDT
Sports

If MLB wants to support its LGBTQ2S+ fan base, it can’t play both sides

If MLB wants to support its LGBTQ2S+ fan base, it can’t play both sides

OPINION: Why pitting Christians versus Pride Nights is a terrible “compromise”

By Katelyn Burns • June 5, 2023 at 4:16 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 5 power ranking: An unfinished journey

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 5 power ranking: An unfinished journey

One queen barely survives elimination thanks to another’s choice

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm EDT
Education

Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?

Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?

ANALYSIS: There’s nothing inherently sexual about young people learning about queer and trans people

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • June 2, 2023 at 3:20 pm EDT
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Xtra News Flash

Kim Cattrall returns to the ‘SATC’ universe, Pence is pissed about drag queens, new report on U.K. military homophobia, support for queer rights at an all-time high and Spice Girls owe it all to the gays

Kim Cattrall returns to the ‘SATC’ universe, Pence is pissed about drag queens, new report on U.K. military homophobia, support for queer rights at an all-time high and Spice Girls owe it all to the gays

5 queer stories we’re watching: June 2

By Maddy Mahoney • June 2, 2023 at 2:43 pm EDT
Monthly Tune-Up

Hot new music from Devours, Witch Prophet, Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware and Tafari Anthony

Hot new music from Devours, Witch Prophet, Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware and Tafari Anthony

Plus a great non-binary anthem from External Signal

By Jordan Currie • May 31, 2023 at 11:46 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 4 power ranking: Top of the ratings

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 4 power ranking: Top of the ratings

Whose TV pilot presentations will land them high-profile time-slots?

By Kevin O’Keeffe • May 29, 2023 at 12:33 pm EDT
Gaming

Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?

Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?

New Zelda game “Tears of the Kingdom” puts hero Link in a miniskirt and nail polish, but some queer and trans fans long for a game that truly reimagines gender 

By Phoebe Fuller • May 26, 2023 at 4:36 pm EDT
TV & Film

‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 8 recap: Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 8 recap: Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage

In the series’ darkest episode yet, “It Chooses” is a hard watch

By Mel Woods • May 23, 2023 at 7:34 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8,’ Episode 3 power ranking: Let’s get Wild

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8,’ Episode 3 power ranking: Let’s get Wild

We get our third new maxi-challenge winner of the season

By Kevin O’Keeffe • May 20, 2023 at 7:53 pm EDT
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