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Liberation has always been on the shelves of queer bookstores
Despite raids and threats, bookstores carry on as crucial LGBTQ2S+ organizing hubs
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Where is Cynthia Nixon in the evolution of Miranda Hobbes?
OPINION: There should be butches in the “And Just Like That …” universe
Life after twink death is trans joy
ANALYSIS: Twinks don’t have to die—they can transition
‘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
What does an assault story look like in 2025?
“Sorry, Baby,” “John Proctor Is the Villain” and “Trauma Plot” are changing the narrative about rape stories by reflecting how it hasn’t changed
Trump’s attack on DEI isn’t Pride Toronto’s only major problem
ANALYSIS: One of Canada’s largest Prides has scrambled to cover sponsor losses, and some wonder if that was inevitable
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What are we really talking about when we talk about ‘political violence’?
ANALYSIS: The vast majority of political violence in America is coming from the right wing, and is aimed at marginalized people
After my breakup, I fucked straight married men in the bushes
In the dark, in the dirt, where all identities dissolve, I stumbled upon a new life
Will the Supreme Court pave the way to protect reverse-discrimination cases?
OPINION: Marlean Ames’s case might not seem like a big deal—but it could have big ramifications in our current social context
The U.S. government is coming for poppers—again
With a raid on a popular poppers brand, the Trump administration continues a decades-long attack on our right to party
Why is the federal government still refusing to decriminalize HIV?
Advocates have demanded change for decades. Canada’s government says there’s no path forward for legal reform
How trans comics can save the world
ANALYSIS: The world is growing increasingly hostile toward the LGBTQ2S+ community. We need superheroes now more than ever
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