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Sexual Health

Why did the dental dam become a joke?

Why did the dental dam become a joke?

They’re awkward, expensive and taste terrible. Still, is it time we started giving a damn?

By Eternity Martis • August 21, 2019 at 12:42 pm EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

So-called accountability processes are tearing my community apart. What can I do?

So-called accountability processes are tearing my community apart. What can I do?
By Kai Cheng Thom • August 20, 2019 at 11:49 am EDT
Opinion

If lesbianism is sinking, I’m going down with the ship

If lesbianism is sinking, I’m going down with the ship

It took me years to use the label ‘lesbian,’ to feel I had earned it. Even if others are discarding it, I refuse to let it go

By Lauren Strapagiel • August 13, 2019 at 2:01 pm EDT
Health

What’s making LGBTQ2 people smoke more?

What’s making LGBTQ2 people smoke more?

To lower tobacco use, researchers say we must tackle homophobia and transphobia first

By Brianna Sharpe • July 30, 2019 at 11:46 am 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
Personal Essay

What makeup taught me about being a lesbian

What makeup taught me about being a lesbian

For years I shunned lipstick and eyeliner for fear that I was either too queer, or not feminine enough

By Erica Lenti • June 27, 2019 at 2:22 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
Pride Toronto

Why Toronto police aren’t marching in Pride

Why Toronto police aren’t marching in Pride

A timeline of the protests, debates and decisions that brought us here

By Eternity Martis • June 20, 2019 at 12:22 pm EDT
Politics

Andrew Scheer won’t attend Pride this year. But in case he changes his mind…

Andrew Scheer won’t attend Pride this year. But in case he changes his mind…

You know, us queers just wanna help

By Arvin Joaquin • June 6, 2019 at 4:56 pm EDT
Feature

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

But when it comes to period pain, we’re not even close

By Sadiya Ansari • May 31, 2019 at 1:15 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 10 recap: A drag queen named Abra Cadabra

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 10 recap: A drag queen named Abra Cadabra

A new kind of challenge brings a dose of magic to the main stage

By Kevin O’Keeffe • May 2, 2019 at 10:30 pm EDT
Sports

Five important things to know about the Caster Semenya ruling

Five important things to know about the Caster Semenya ruling

What the decision means for female athletes with a difference in sex development

By Eternity Martis • May 1, 2019 at 4:27 pm EDT
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Health

No more shame, no more silence: Why Xtra is talking about periods

No more shame, no more silence: Why Xtra is talking about periods

All this month, we look at menstruation from an LGBTQ2 perspective

By Eternity Martis • May 1, 2019 at 11:35 am EDT
Opinion

Defunding Catholic schools could help solve Ontario’s sex-ed woes

Defunding Catholic schools could help solve Ontario’s sex-ed woes

The schools, still funded by the province, have created major barriers for LGBTQ2 education

By Davide Mastracci • April 18, 2019 at 1:09 pm EDT
Feature

Inside GSAs, where kids learn to ‘talk gay’

Inside GSAs, where kids learn to ‘talk gay’

Nearly a decade ago, I started a Gay-Straight Alliance. I went back to high school to find out why they still matter

By Erica Lenti • April 15, 2019 at 12:22 pm EDT
Power

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Journalist Justin Ling on his CBC podcast about cold cases of murdered gay men and finding new purpose after McArthur’s sentencing

By Gordon Bowness • April 1, 2019 at 11:54 am EDT
Opinion

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

It taught our Grade 7 selves everything we knew about sex. But we have concerns

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis • March 20, 2019 at 3:32 pm EDT
Power

Does someone need to cast a Silencio spell on JK Rowling?

Does someone need to cast a Silencio spell on JK Rowling?

By using queerness retroactively, Rowling has turned her legacy into a farce

By Eternity Martis • March 19, 2019 at 12:18 pm EDT
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