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TV & Film

What makes high-intensity cheerleading drama ‘Backspot’ such a winner

What makes high-intensity cheerleading drama ‘Backspot’ such a winner

REVIEW: Devery Jacobs gives a intensely physical and emotionally nuanced performance

By Barry Levitt • September 11, 2023 at 3:33 pm EDT
Love & Sex

Ask Kai’s greatest hits

Ask Kai’s greatest hits

A look back at some of Kai’s best and most notable columns

By Ziya Jones • August 30, 2023 at 5:59 pm EDT
TV & Film

Top 10 films at TIFF 2023

Top 10 films at TIFF 2023

We preview the buzziest queer and trans films at this year’s festival

By Christos Tsirbas • August 29, 2023 at 4:13 pm EDT
Tech

There’s a reason why queer folks are turning to online spaces like Snapchat and Tumblr

There’s a reason why queer folks are turning to online spaces like Snapchat and Tumblr

ANALYSIS: Gender scholar Kathryn Bond Stockton coined the term “growing sideways” to describe the queer experience during childhood. Are some of our favourite social media offerings following suit? 

By Jon Heggestad • August 24, 2023 at 2:43 pm EDT
TV & Film

The gonzo fight club comedy ‘Bottoms’ is deeply, gloriously queer

The gonzo fight club comedy ‘Bottoms’ is deeply, gloriously queer

REVIEW: The film places young queer female sexuality at the forefront and bristles with an anarchic, subversive energy 

By Barry Levitt • August 22, 2023 at 3:22 pm EDT
Trans Health

Wait times for bottom surgery in Canada can be as long as eight years. The impact on individuals can be deadly

Wait times for bottom surgery in Canada can be as long as eight years. The impact on individuals can be deadly

The story of a 30-something Albertan shows how broken the Canadian system is. It may also be a gross violation of their human rights

By Charlotte Sheasby • August 16, 2023 at 2:32 pm EDT
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Politics

At last week’s federal hearing on youth gender affirming care, Democrats finally stood up for trans people

At last week’s federal hearing on youth gender affirming care, Democrats finally stood up for trans people

OPINION: Federal Democrats have so far rarely directly addressed growing anti-trans rhetoric. That changed last week

By Katelyn Burns • August 2, 2023 at 2:23 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

Tributes and outrage in wake of O’Shae Sibley stabbing, anti-trans vitriol comes for Doc Martens, and more

Tributes and outrage in wake of O’Shae Sibley stabbing, anti-trans vitriol comes for Doc Martens, and more

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: August 2

By Jackie Richardson • August 2, 2023 at 2:13 pm EDT
TV & Film

Charlie, Nick and the rest of the heartwarming ‘Heartstopper’ crew are back for another season of the sweetest, loveliest show for young people

Charlie, Nick and the rest of the heartwarming ‘Heartstopper’ crew are back for another season of the sweetest, loveliest show for young people

REVIEW: Does Season 2 offer too much of a good thing? Almost

By Barry Levitt • August 2, 2023 at 12:11 pm EDT
Human Rights

Here are the big LGBTQ2S+ rights cases that could be coming to the U.S. Supreme Court next

Here are the big LGBTQ2S+ rights cases that could be coming to the U.S. Supreme Court next

ANALYSIS: From religious-based discrimination to protecting yet more bigoted bakers, we run down the legal causes and cases to keep an eye on

By Nico Lang • August 2, 2023 at 11:58 am EDT
Xtra News Flash

Canadians win against anti-LGBTQ+ Italian party, Women’s World Cup players show Pride despite ban and more

Canadians win against anti-LGBTQ+ Italian party, Women’s World Cup players show Pride despite ban and more

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 31

By Eve Cable • July 31, 2023 at 1:17 pm EDT
Travel

Enjoying the legacy of feminist restaurants and cafés

Enjoying the legacy of feminist restaurants and cafés

In the 1980s, hundreds of feminist restaurants and cafés dotted the U.S. Though most are gone, a new generation is embracing their queer spirit

By Paul Gallant • July 28, 2023 at 7:00 am EDT
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TV & Film

What does ‘Barbie’ owe the queers?

What does ‘Barbie’ owe the queers?

ANALYSIS: The “Barbie” film is a fiercely feminist project that reinforces the gender binary. And yet we can also read into it what we want

By Mel Woods • July 26, 2023 at 2:36 pm EDT
Culture

From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel

From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel

Queer and trans folk have been doing wonderfully awful things to Barbie since the doll’s creation

By Kerry Manders • July 21, 2023 at 3:17 pm EDT
Queer Culture Catch-Up

‘Dungeons and Drag Queens’ and country music without the gun-toting hate top the QCC playlist this week

‘Dungeons and Drag Queens’ and country music without the gun-toting hate top the QCC playlist this week

Plus Caitlin Metz, gay science, C.A. Tanaka and more

By S. Bear Bergman • July 21, 2023 at 1:52 pm EDT
Activism

Meet the queer youth organizers taking on the U.S. Supreme Court 

Meet the queer youth organizers taking on the U.S. Supreme Court 

Queer Youth Assemble is leading protests across the country after a trio of rulings that endanger queer and racialized people

By Alina Kim • July 20, 2023 at 3:49 pm EDT
Politics

Controversial photo ops are a warning sign of shifting conservative political goals

Controversial photo ops are a warning sign of shifting conservative political goals

OPINION: There are reasons to worry that go far beyond “Straight Pride” T-shirts

By Dale Smith • July 20, 2023 at 11:37 am EDT
Xtra News Flash

Quebec health card struggles, House Republicans defund queer community projects and more

Quebec health card struggles, House Republicans defund queer community projects and more

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 19

By Jackie Richardson • July 19, 2023 at 1:31 pm EDT
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