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Taking Space

What we gain, and lose, when a queer party goes sober

What we gain, and lose, when a queer party goes sober

Nightlife is a significant part of queer and trans culture. How do we navigate all the booze and drugs?

By Kevin Hurren • August 21, 2025 at 8:00 am EDT
E•MO•TEN

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ is all about the fantasy—and I’m swimming in it

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ is all about the fantasy—and I’m swimming in it

Having a crush hurts so good. Jepsen understands that better than anyone

By Oliver Haug • August 20, 2025 at 9:00 am EDT
E•MO•TEN

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ taught me that cringe love can be cool

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘EMOTION’ taught me that cringe love can be cool

Jepsen’s masterpiece has been with me through my most important moments. Soon it will play as I walk down the aisle

By Mel Woods • August 19, 2025 at 9:00 am EDT
The Xtra Long Read

This online scam is putting the LGBTQ2S+ global activist community at risk

This online scam is putting the LGBTQ2S+ global activist community at risk

Scammers targeting money from queer people in intolerant countries

By Rob Csernyik • August 18, 2025 at 3:46 pm EDT
Taking Space

The women’s sports bars offering hope in a time of political uncertainty

The women’s sports bars offering hope in a time of political uncertainty

Women’s sports bar owners say there’s no time like the present to open their doors

By Eve Cable • August 14, 2025 at 8:00 am EDT
Politics

This Canadian think tank is claiming ‘victory’ over anti-trans legislation

This Canadian think tank is claiming ‘victory’ over anti-trans legislation

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute routinely publishes material targeting trans rights

By Denio Lourenco • August 13, 2025 at 4:13 pm EDT
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Politics

American delegates are bringing anti-trans rhetoric to the United Nations

American delegates are bringing anti-trans rhetoric to the United Nations

A new ProPublica report found an effort by U.S. delegates to delete the word “gender” from internal resolutions and documents at the United Nations

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • August 7, 2025 at 3:19 pm EDT
Love Like Mine

I chose to become a single dad at 49—and I’d do it again

I chose to become a single dad at 49—and I’d do it again

I traded partying on Fire Island and lunches with celebrities to be a dad in the suburbs. I don’t regret my decision

By Kevin Zoback • July 31, 2025 at 9:48 am EDT
Taking Space

Liberation has always been on the shelves of queer bookstores

Liberation has always been on the shelves of queer bookstores

Despite raids and threats, bookstores carry on as crucial LGBTQ2S+ organizing hubs

By Adam Rhodes • July 31, 2025 at 8:00 am EDT
Tech

Will AI companions usher in a new age of queer courtship?

Will AI companions usher in a new age of queer courtship?

Anyone in a relationship with an AI companion is already having a post-gender romance

By Jon Heggestad • July 30, 2025 at 9:53 am EDT
Gaming

Steam and itch.io just delisted NSFW content. Conservative attacks on free speech enabled them

Steam and itch.io just delisted NSFW content. Conservative attacks on free speech enabled them

OPINION: Without robust free speech protections, those with power will continue stepping on whoever gets in their way

By Katelyn Burns • July 25, 2025 at 1:09 pm EDT
Inside Xtra

Xtra contributors win awards in international coverage and blogging from NLGJA

Xtra contributors win awards in international coverage and blogging from NLGJA

Contributors Nico Lang and Joseph Osmundson are being recognized by the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

By Xtra Staff • July 23, 2025 at 5:26 pm EDT
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Proud Lives

Andrea Gibson helped me see life in the good light

Andrea Gibson helped me see life in the good light

Gibson’s poetry about queerness and mortality taught thousands of people how to reject apathy and embrace life

By Lindsay Lee Wallace • July 17, 2025 at 9:41 am EDT
Taking Space

We need queer gathering spaces more than ever

We need queer gathering spaces more than ever

The 11-part series “Taking Space” explores where we go next as the lights of gay bars dim

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • July 17, 2025 at 8:00 am EDT
Politics

Canada reportedly considered advisory for trans travellers to the U.S.

Canada reportedly considered advisory for trans travellers to the U.S.

A new report from Reuters shows that Canadian officials struggled to advise travellers on Trump’s trans policies following his January executive order

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • July 15, 2025 at 4:24 pm EDT
TV & Film

Where is Cynthia Nixon in the evolution of Miranda Hobbes?

Where is Cynthia Nixon in the evolution of Miranda Hobbes?

OPINION: There should be butches in the “And Just Like That …” universe

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • July 7, 2025 at 10:53 am EDT
Identity

Life after twink death is trans joy 

Life after twink death is trans joy 

ANALYSIS: Twinks don’t have to die—they can transition

By Mixie Wholey • July 3, 2025 at 2:56 pm EDT
Books

‘Hot Girls with Balls’ is deliciously, painfully online

‘Hot Girls with Balls’ is deliciously, painfully online

Benedict Nguyễn’s debut novel is both tender and ruthless about the frictions of being internet famous

By H Felix Chau Bradley • July 1, 2025 at 9:18 am EDT
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