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Politics

What an election could mean for Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ communities

What an election could mean for Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ communities

Spoiler alert: If past elections are any indication, expect broken promises

By Dale Smith • July 28, 2021 at 10:04 am EDT
Identity

I came out later in life. I’ve never felt more free—nor more alone

I came out later in life. I’ve never felt more free—nor more alone

Before I could find belonging among fellow queers, I first needed to learn how to belong to myself

By Alena Papayanis • July 23, 2021 at 9:17 am EDT
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Things need to get better for everybody, not just some people

Topline: Things need to get better for everybody, not just some people

It’s hard to watch crackdowns on LGBTQ+ people in China and other countries

By Paul Gallant • July 22, 2021 at 1:30 pm EDT
Sports

Your big queer and trans guide to the Tokyo Olympics

Your big queer and trans guide to the Tokyo Olympics

Despite controversies, coronavirus and cancellations, the Olympics are happening. Here’s what you need to know.

By Mel Woods • July 22, 2021 at 12:36 pm EDT
The Xtra Long Read

When did Hollywood stop depicting queer seniors as victims and predators and start treating them like real people?

When did Hollywood stop depicting queer seniors as victims and predators and start treating them like real people?

Today’s LGBTQ2S+ seniors expect more from filmmakers than the cringe-inducing stereotypes of years past

By Frank M. Miller • July 21, 2021 at 10:08 am EDT
Books

10 queer books we’re absolutely and completely loving this summer

10 queer books we’re absolutely and completely loving this summer

Need a beach read? We revisit some of the best works of fiction and non-fiction our writers have picked up so far this year

By Paul Gallant • July 21, 2021 at 9:10 am EDT
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Protest and Pleasure

Screw capitalism: For love to actually win, we need a revolution

Screw capitalism: For love to actually win, we need a revolution

In the fifth installment of the “Protest and Pleasure” series, why marriage equality isn’t the key to our liberation and how capitalism is bad for sex lives

By Chanelle Gallant • July 19, 2021 at 1:48 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Meet you at the bar

Topline: Meet you at the bar

My hometown queer bar is under threat. Send in the queens!

By Gordon Bowness • July 15, 2021 at 10:58 am EDT
Music

6 new music videos from queer artists to blast this summer

6 new music videos from queer artists to blast this summer

From big dick energy to clapping back at your haters, there’s a music video for every mood

By Mel Woods • July 13, 2021 at 1:04 pm EDT
That’s the Way It Is

After the ‘Ellen’ trainwreck, which talk show diva will be the new queen of daytime TV?

After the ‘Ellen’ trainwreck, which talk show diva will be the new queen of daytime TV?

Meghan McCain was easy to hate watch, but Wendy Williams remains the best sort of weird

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • July 13, 2021 at 10:57 am EDT
Dispatch

Despite ongoing homophobia, Kenya forms an LGBTQ+ state agency

Despite ongoing homophobia, Kenya forms an LGBTQ+ state agency

The agency will report back to the government on discrimination faced by marginalized queer and trans Kenyans

By Gitonga Njeru • July 9, 2021 at 10:00 am EDT
Books

Death is around every corner in this queer author’s grimly funny debut novel

Death is around every corner in this queer author’s grimly funny debut novel

In “Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead,” Emily Austin examines the intersection of queerness, religion and mental illness

By Mel Woods • July 7, 2021 at 11:59 am EDT
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How the fight to legalize gay marriage in the U.S. was kickstarted by a PR stunt in Hawaii

How the fight to legalize gay marriage in the U.S. was kickstarted by a PR stunt in Hawaii

Bill Woods thought his plot to procure marriage licences for gay couples would make news on the islands. He didn’t think, 25 years later, it would make history

By Sasha Issenberg • July 7, 2021 at 10:00 am EDT
Power

One year later, LGBTQ2S+ businesses are still struggling to stay afloat

One year later, LGBTQ2S+ businesses are still struggling to stay afloat

Queer- and trans-owned businesses were some of the hardest hit by COVID-19. Now, their survival hinges on how vital customers think they are

By Rob Csernyik • July 5, 2021 at 12:38 pm EDT
Queer View Mirror

Degrassi’s Paige Michalchuk was complicated, to say the least, but her journey was my journey

Degrassi’s Paige Michalchuk was complicated, to say the least, but her journey was my journey

Best known as half of “Palex,” the series’ first bisexual deserved a better ending than she got

By Mira Miller • July 2, 2021 at 9:02 am EDT
Politics

All parties get to wear the failure to ban conversion therapy in Canada

All parties get to wear the failure to ban conversion therapy in Canada

Bill C-6, which would have prohibited the harmful practice on a national level, did not pass through the Senate—and there’s plenty of blame to share across party lines

By Dale Smith • July 1, 2021 at 1:19 pm EDT
TV & Film

Everything queer coming to streaming platforms in July

Everything queer coming to streaming platforms in July

From lesbian love spanning three centuries to a modern rendition of “Gossip Girl”

By Sarah Taher • June 30, 2021 at 4:21 pm EDT
The Xtra Long Read

After more than two years of Bolsonaro, queer Brazilian artists and entertainers feel like they’re losing ground

After more than two years of Bolsonaro, queer Brazilian artists and entertainers feel like they’re losing ground

The unexpected death of comedian Paulo Gustavo has focused attention on the government’s disregard for LGBTQ+ culture

By Nicole Froio • June 30, 2021 at 9:02 am EDT
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