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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
Xtra Weekly

US government considers a gay couple’s child as born ‘out of wedlock’

US government considers a gay couple’s child as born ‘out of wedlock’

Adorable queer proposals, Chick-fil-A, and The Bachelorette. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 24

By Arvin Joaquin • May 24, 2019 at 1:24 pm EDT
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Culture

What to see at Toronto’s Inside Out film festival

What to see at Toronto’s Inside Out film festival

Tell us who you are and we’ll tell you what to watch

By Arvin Joaquin • May 22, 2019 at 11:57 am EDT
Opinion

How is conversion therapy still happening in Canada?

How is conversion therapy still happening in Canada?

A new government bill could help ban the practice, but more needs to happen for it to truly end

By Ziya Jones • May 15, 2019 at 1:02 pm EDT
Personal Essay

How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me

How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me

If these texts offer a framework for how we might embody queer desire, then they can also model for us how we might survive abuse, how we might make it home

By Andi Schwartz • May 10, 2019 at 12:30 pm EDT
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Xtra Weekly: The IAAF and Caster Semenya’s decade-long battle

Xtra Weekly: The IAAF and Caster Semenya’s decade-long battle

Tony Awards, lesbian representation, and religious parents. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, May 3

By Arvin Joaquin • May 3, 2019 at 2:58 pm EDT
Activism

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

There’s a vast queer history that goes beyond Stonewall and marriage equality. Schools aren’t teaching that, so young people on the internet are doing it instead

By Michael Waters • May 2, 2019 at 12:51 pm EDT
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Xtra Weekly: LGBTQ2 civil rights cases headed to the US Supreme Court

Xtra Weekly: LGBTQ2 civil rights cases headed to the US Supreme Court

Men skinny-dipping, Lizzo, and The L Word. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, April 26

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