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Rainbow Rewind 2024

Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2024

Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2024

Xtra’s annual roundup of the most awe-inspiring and most awful players of the year 

By Xtra Staff • December 20, 2024 at 4:26 pm EDT
Rainbow Rewind 2024

The queer and trans songs we loved in 2024

The queer and trans songs we loved in 2024

From Chappell Roan to Shygirl and beyond, here’s what we couldn’t get enough of in 2024

By Xtra Staff • December 5, 2024 at 2:06 pm EDT
Sports

Ahead of new PWHL season, fan fav CJ Jackson is soaking it all in

Ahead of new PWHL season, fan fav CJ Jackson is soaking it all in

Ahead of the PWHL kicking off its sophomore season, the non-binary Toronto Sceptres goalie reflects on the massive boom in women’s sport

By Frankie de la Cretaz • November 27, 2024 at 12:42 pm EDT
Proud Lives

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

The lesbian feminist writer passed on Nov. 6

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • November 8, 2024 at 4:37 pm EDT
Dangerous Space

How to survive the apocalypse (again)

How to survive the apocalypse (again)

Wherever there is a history of homophobia and transphobia, we also find a history of our people celebrating community, mutual care and joy

By Kai Cheng Thom • November 4, 2024 at 10:51 am EDT
Immigration & Refugees

Canada’s immigration system is failing undocumented LGBTQ+ migrants 

Canada’s immigration system is failing undocumented LGBTQ+ migrants 

Charles Mwangi, a bisexual refugee from Kenya, is in Canada now—but what the future holds for him is unclear 

By Byron Armstrong • October 29, 2024 at 3:13 pm EDT
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TV & Film

Tegan and Sara catfishing doc shows the good—and bad—of internet fandom

Tegan and Sara catfishing doc shows the good—and bad—of internet fandom

The documentary discusses a catfisher who targeted Tegan for 16 years and the complicated nature of fan culture 

By Gabrielle Drolet • October 18, 2024 at 9:47 am EDT
Culture

The surprising queer utopia of Duolingo

The surprising queer utopia of Duolingo

ANALYSIS: From LGBTQ+ characters in their lessons to hunky owls in the streets, Duolingo’s blend of inclusivity and absurdity has me primed for my next lesson

By Jon Heggestad • October 16, 2024 at 1:21 pm EDT
Music

In defence of simply being ‘gay famous’

In defence of simply being ‘gay famous’

OPINION: Chappell Roan’s mainstream success is overwhelming. But what if she’d just stayed famous with the gays?

By Mel Woods • October 3, 2024 at 10:15 am EDT
Books

‘Still Life’ captures the messiness of writing trans autofiction

‘Still Life’ captures the messiness of writing trans autofiction

Katherine Packert Burke’s novel explores how little one can really understand about one’s own life while in the middle of living it

By Emily Zhou • September 23, 2024 at 3:45 pm EDT
Music

‘We never stopped performing’: Pansy Division’s Jon Ginoli on honesty, legacy and queer joy 

‘We never stopped performing’: Pansy Division’s Jon Ginoli on honesty, legacy and queer joy 

Lead singer and lyricist reflects on the queer punk band’s album “Deflowered” ahead of their anniversary tour

By Joelle Kidd • September 19, 2024 at 9:01 am EDT
TV & Film

Daniel Minahan on ‘On Swift Horses’ and how queer people have found each other through history

Daniel Minahan on ‘On Swift Horses’ and how queer people have found each other through history

The director explains how the queer literary canon and coming of age during ACT UP influenced his depiction of suburban queer lives in the 1950s

By Michelle Krasovitski • September 13, 2024 at 2:48 pm EDT
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Books

All ‘Hookers Go to Heaven’ navigates the changing world of sex work

All ‘Hookers Go to Heaven’ navigates the changing world of sex work

Angel B.H.’s intimate and nuanced debut novel makes a clear point: ultimately sex work is work, and work is oppressive

By Noelle Perdue • September 6, 2024 at 7:28 pm EDT
Dangerous Space

“Transing the gay away” is a fear-mongering myth

“Transing the gay away” is a fear-mongering myth

OPINION: The narrative allows “gender critical” activists to deflect accusations of bigotry—and that’s dangerous

By Kai Cheng Thom • August 27, 2024 at 4:24 pm EDT
Sports

Paralympians say the fight for queer- and trans-inclusive parasport continues

Paralympians say the fight for queer- and trans-inclusive parasport continues

Ahead of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, athletes speak to the movement to make parasport more inclusive 

By John Loeppky • August 26, 2024 at 3:23 pm EDT
Transphobia

Will Imane Khelif’s complaint against J.K. Rowling change anything?

Will Imane Khelif’s complaint against J.K. Rowling change anything?

ANALYSIS: The Algerian boxer has named Rowling in a cyberharassment complaint following the author’s transphobic tweets during the Paris Olympics

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • August 22, 2024 at 4:41 pm EDT
TV & Film

‘Cuckoo’ grapples with society’s need to procreate

‘Cuckoo’ grapples with society’s need to procreate

REVIEW: The Hunter Schafer film is a thrilling examination of the horrors of compulsory heterosexuality and reproduction

By Thea McLachlan • August 15, 2024 at 4:51 pm EDT
Books

Taking a closer look at the history of queer women’s spaces

Taking a closer look at the history of queer women’s spaces

Author, journalist and podcaster June Thomas’ new book, “A Place of Our Own,” tells the stories of six spaces that helped define queer women’s culture

By Abbey Bilotta • July 29, 2024 at 3:00 pm EDT
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