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Politics

Canada’s new Liberal government still has work to do on LGBTQ2 rights

Canada’s new Liberal government still has work to do on LGBTQ2 rights

Our country is still not the progressive beacon it’s made out to be

By Fae Johnstone • November 20, 2019 at 11:41 am EDT
Power

Can trans women and radical feminists find sisterhood?

Can trans women and radical feminists find sisterhood?

The debate over whose lives and rights are more important distracts from revolutionary work that could benefit us all

By Kai Cheng Thom • November 18, 2019 at 1:53 pm EDT
Off the Chart

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Four: Letting Go

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Four: Letting Go
By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese • November 13, 2019 at 11:11 am EDT
Love & Sex

When your abuser is also queer

When your abuser is also queer

‘I didn’t know what it meant to be afraid of another woman’

By Carmen Maria Machado • November 4, 2019 at 12:31 pm EDT
Off the Chart

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Two: Long Live Nipple Confidence

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Two: Long Live Nipple Confidence
By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese • October 30, 2019 at 6:02 am EDT
Off the Chart

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode One: Lez Begin

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode One: Lez Begin
By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese • October 30, 2019 at 6:00 am EDT
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Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Cheri DiNovo on being one of the few women in the early LGBTQ2 movement

Cheri DiNovo on being one of the few women in the early LGBTQ2 movement

The minister and former politician reflects on nearly 50 years in activism and politics

By Cheri DiNovo • October 28, 2019 at 10:44 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Episode 4 recap: Snatching trophies

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Episode 4 recap: Snatching trophies

It’s time for Snatch Game! But who will come out on top?

By Kevin O’Keeffe • October 25, 2019 at 12:49 pm EDT
Off the Chart

Xtra launches “Off the Chart,” a podcast about The L Word

Xtra launches “Off the Chart,” a podcast about The L Word

Ahead of the Generation Q reboot, we re-watched the groundbreaking queer women’s series from the early 2000s—and we have *feelings*

By Eternity Martis • October 23, 2019 at 11:21 am EDT
Rainbow Votes 2019

Where have all the queer MPs gone?

Where have all the queer MPs gone?

A country divided, a community made invisible

By Erica Lenti • October 22, 2019 at 4:20 pm EDT
Rainbow Votes 2019

Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2 MPs

Canada, meet your new LGBTQ2 MPs

Here’s where queer and trans candidates were elected tonight

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti • October 22, 2019 at 12:30 am EDT
Politics

Why queer voters in New Brunswick are turning to the Greens

Why queer voters in New Brunswick are turning to the Greens

With the NDP—usually a sure queer vote—relatively absent in the province, LGBTQ2 voters are throwing their support elsewhere

By RM Vaughan • October 21, 2019 at 5:11 pm EDT
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Politics

Here’s what LGBTQ2 candidates told us matters to them this election

Here’s what LGBTQ2 candidates told us matters to them this election

Forty-four candidates all of political stripes running across the country talk queer and trans issues, representation and more

By Fae Johnstone • October 11, 2019 at 11:02 am EDT
Rainbow Votes 2019

Dear federal leaders: We have questions

Dear federal leaders: We have questions
By Erica Lenti • October 8, 2019 at 1:26 pm EDT
Feature

Inside the technology that’s allowing gay HIV-positive men to start a family

Inside the technology that’s allowing gay HIV-positive men to start a family

For queer and serodiscordant couples who have always wanted biological children, sperm washing has created a way to make it happen

By Alexandra Kimball • October 3, 2019 at 12:22 pm EDT
Health

What Health Canada’s updates to sperm testing mean for donors and intended parents

What Health Canada’s updates to sperm testing mean for donors and intended parents

There are only a few hundred sperm donors for Canadians to choose from. Starting next year, changes to regulations could bring in over one thousand new donors

By Alison Motluk • September 30, 2019 at 1:54 pm EDT
Feature

LGBTQ2 YouTubers are fed up with censorship—so they’re suing Google

LGBTQ2 YouTubers are fed up with censorship—so they’re suing Google

How a group of queer and trans creators are fighting back against what they say are discriminatory practices

By Kelli María Korducki • September 24, 2019 at 11:40 am EDT
Bisexuality

Why do bisexual women experience such high rates of poor health?

Why do bisexual women experience such high rates of poor health?

Research shows bi women face major physical, mental and sexual health inequities—and the reasons are puzzling and complex

By Brianna Sharpe • September 23, 2019 at 12:18 pm EDT
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