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Books

Can breaking the rules save queer people?

Can breaking the rules save queer people?

“Be Gay, Do Crime” anthologizes gay wrongs–and gay consequences

By H Felix Chau Bradley • June 4, 2025 at 4:06 pm EDT
Culture

How trans comics can save the world

How trans comics can save the world

ANALYSIS: The world is growing increasingly hostile toward the LGBTQ2S+ community. We need superheroes now more than ever

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • May 30, 2025 at 2:18 pm EDT
Books

‘Disappoint Me’ is a study in compassion

‘Disappoint Me’ is a study in compassion

Nicola Dinan’s second novel raises big questions about forgiveness, justice and responsibility

By H Felix Chau Bradley • May 27, 2025 at 6:17 pm EDT
Rainbow Votes 2025

Canada’s Parliament just got a lot less queer

Canada’s Parliament just got a lot less queer

Only three incumbent openly queer MPs are headed back to Ottawa after the 2025 federal election

By Dale Smith • May 2, 2025 at 12:17 pm EDT
Cruising

Department stores are dying. It’s the end of an era for anonymous sex

Department stores are dying. It’s the end of an era for anonymous sex

With Hudson’s Bay liquidating across Canada, a cruising hub is lost 

By Stephan Petar • April 30, 2025 at 11:59 am EDT
Dangerous Space

How the trans rights struggle affects everyone

How the trans rights struggle affects everyone

OPINION: Precedents set by anti-trans movements are driven by the idea that the government and private institutions should have the power to police us all

By Kai Cheng Thom • April 29, 2025 at 4:37 pm EDT
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Books

‘I Remember Lights’ is a time machine trip to Montreal’s gay past

‘I Remember Lights’ is a time machine trip to Montreal’s gay past

Ben Ladouceur’s rigorously researched new novel is romantic, harrowing and transportive

By H Felix Chau Bradley • April 24, 2025 at 5:07 pm EDT
TV & Film

‘Parade’ invites us to embrace queer history to tackle the present

‘Parade’ invites us to embrace queer history to tackle the present

Noam Gonick’s new documentary turns the spotlight on Canada’s long-overlooked LGBTQ2S+ activists to tell their stories

By Tobin Ng • April 23, 2025 at 12:14 pm EDT
Rainbow Votes 2025

In midst of federal election, young voters are ‘really scared’ for future

In midst of federal election, young voters are ‘really scared’ for future

This election is crucial for LGBTQ2S+ rights. Queer youth are more worried than ever

By Alice Boyle • April 8, 2025 at 12:42 pm EDT
TV & Film

In defence of that ‘White Lotus’ brotherly love storyline

In defence of that ‘White Lotus’ brotherly love storyline

An incest-lite narrative has gripped the internet’s attention. But Mike White’s show has always been transgressive

By Kevin Hurren • April 3, 2025 at 3:46 pm EDT
Music

The new Lucy Dacus album is just fine. Where does Sapphic folk go from here?

The new Lucy Dacus album is just fine. Where does Sapphic folk go from here?

Forever Is a Feeling relies heavily on Dacus’s relationship with Julien Baker for inspiration. The resulting record is disappointingly safe

By Hannah Jocelyn • March 28, 2025 at 9:00 am EDT
TV & Film

Queer women saved this season of ‘The Traitors’

Queer women saved this season of ‘The Traitors’

Gabby Windey, Carolyn Wiger and Chrishell Stause elevated the cutthroat series this year. Other reality shows should take notes

By Frankie de la Cretaz • March 6, 2025 at 3:35 pm EDT
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Queer libraries are bringing LGBTQ2S+ stories to readers across Canada

Queer libraries are bringing LGBTQ2S+ stories to readers across Canada

In the face of rising hate, teams of librarians and volunteers are stepping up

By Hannah Mercanti • March 4, 2025 at 4:07 pm EDT
TV & Film

7 essential queer movies for the lovers and the heartbroken to watch this Valentine’s Day

7 essential queer movies for the lovers and the heartbroken to watch this Valentine’s Day

From queer classics to recent gems, these films have all the tears, happy endings, swooning romances and passionate sex you could want.

By Barry Levitt • February 13, 2025 at 2:28 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 5 recap: Live from the Werk Room …

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 5 recap: Live from the Werk Room …

RDR Live returns, which might inspire eye rolls—but it gives us a terrific episode

By Kevin O'Keeffe • February 3, 2025 at 2:52 pm EDT
Housing

This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity

This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity

Trans activist Ceyenne Doroshow created a queer-friendly housing project with a focus on Black trans women and sex workers

By Simon Feisthauer Fournet • January 22, 2025 at 10:16 am 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
Gaming

The queer fantasy of playersexuality

The queer fantasy of playersexuality

ANALYSIS: Opponents of playersexuality argue that it erases queer representation. Does it really?

By SF Boswell • January 6, 2025 at 1:43 pm EDT
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