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Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing

Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing

Activist Tim McCaskell on how reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation

By Tim McCaskell • July 19, 2019 at 11:44 am EDT
Culture

Peppa Pig is officially a queer icon

Peppa Pig is officially a queer icon

Her debut album is the gayest thing since Mr Ratburn’s wedding

By Xtra Staff • July 17, 2019 at 4:59 pm EDT
Analysis

What matters most to Black queer Americans

What matters most to Black queer Americans

Takeaways from the LGB+ Black Census, the largest survey of Black people since the Reconstruction era

By Eternity Martis • July 16, 2019 at 2:15 pm EDT
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

How Gerald Hannon queered Canadian journalism

How Gerald Hannon queered Canadian journalism

On his 75th birthday, a look back on the work of a prolific writer who covered the bathhouse riots for The Body Politic and brought cruising to the pages of Toronto Life

By Alec Scott • July 10, 2019 at 10:50 am EDT
Canada

All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people

All the ways Canada is still screwing over LGBTQ2S+ people

Just a tiny reminder this Canada Day 2019 that we are still fighting for our rights

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis • June 28, 2019 at 2:28 pm EDT
Pride

People talk about why they’re celebrating Pride this year

People talk about why they’re celebrating Pride this year

We spoke to people at Pride Toronto 2019

By Arvin Joaquin • June 23, 2019 at 5:24 pm EDT
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Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

An insider take on LGBTQ2 politics in Canada

An insider take on LGBTQ2 politics in Canada

Two queer politicians — one trailblazer, one rising star — on progress, resistance and the work that still needs to be done

By Erica Lenti • June 20, 2019 at 2:47 pm EDT
Salty Queers

Cara Delevingne confirmed her relationship with Ashley Benson, because Stonewall

Cara Delevingne confirmed her relationship with Ashley Benson, because Stonewall

A historical moment in time, marked by lesbianism

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti • June 18, 2019 at 1:06 pm EDT
Culture

Ellen Page and the payoff of queer celebrity risk

Ellen Page and the payoff of queer celebrity risk

In her roles, her romantic life and her LGBTQ2 activism, the actor proves it’s possible to be openly gay, bankable and happy

By Stéphanie Verge • June 18, 2019 at 12:16 pm EDT
Salty Queers

Taylor Swift heard about homophobia and now she’s woke

Taylor Swift heard about homophobia and now she’s woke

Queers react to the pop star’s new, GLAAD-boosting single, ‘You Need to Calm Down’

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti • June 14, 2019 at 2:23 pm EDT
Activism

Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?

Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?

It’s not with corporate floats and circuit parties.

By Eric Wright • June 6, 2019 at 5:37 pm EDT
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story

The government’s official narrative denies our actual histories and the battles we fought for our rights

By Gary Kinsman, Karen Pearlston, Tom Hooper • June 6, 2019 at 11:14 am EDT
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Books

Canadians clean up at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards

Canadians clean up at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards

Casey Plett, Joshua Whitehead and Larissa Lai were among winners

By Xtra Staff • June 4, 2019 at 1:06 pm EDT
TV & Film

‘Tales of the City’ gets a millennial makeover

‘Tales of the City’ gets a millennial makeover

The beloved 1970s San Francisco saga has been reinvented for a new generation of queer and trans folks

By Gordon Bowness • June 3, 2019 at 2:50 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

Kenya refuses to stop using old laws that consider homosexuality a crime

Kenya refuses to stop using old laws that consider homosexuality a crime

Jason Kenney, Tornado engagement and Drag Race. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 31

By Arvin Joaquin • May 31, 2019 at 2:44 pm EDT
Personal Essay

My queer adolescent year of extreme baking

My queer adolescent year of extreme baking

Were the assertive flavours and temperatures of Fudge Ribbon Pie a metaphor for my unacknowledged desires?

By Marusya Bociurkiw • May 31, 2019 at 1:08 pm EDT
Ask an Expert

I’m intersex. Is it normal that I don’t get a period?

I’m intersex. Is it normal that I don’t get a period?
By Xtra Video • May 28, 2019 at 1:43 pm EDT
Hate Watch

Trump just released an LGBTQ2 shirt for Pride month. Here are eight others to wear instead

Trump just released an LGBTQ2 shirt for Pride month. Here are eight others to wear instead
By Eternity Martis • May 27, 2019 at 6:15 pm EDT
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