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Dangerous Space

Trans kids are people, not property

Trans kids are people, not property

OPINION: Conservative politicians across Canada have signalled their support for so-called “parental rights.” But children and youth have rights of their own

By Kai Cheng Thom • November 10, 2023 at 4:32 pm EDT
Sports

For queer and disabled athletes, Danielle Peers ‘changed the conversation’ 

For queer and disabled athletes, Danielle Peers ‘changed the conversation’ 

The non-binary Paralympic wheelchair basketball medalist was just named to Canada’s Order of Sport 

By Julia Peterson • November 10, 2023 at 12:59 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 7 power ranking: The ratings are in

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 7 power ranking: The ratings are in

Whose TV spoof pilot will be picked up to series?

By Kevin O'Keeffe • November 9, 2023 at 8:05 pm EDT
Queer Culture Catch-Up

Hot thrills from João Dall’Stella and a sexy musical with Baby Tate

Hot thrills from João Dall’Stella and a sexy musical with Baby Tate

Plus Kareem Khubchandani, W.A.W. Parker and a queer theatre series online

By S. Bear Bergman • November 8, 2023 at 2:49 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 6 power ranking: Star power

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 6 power ranking: Star power

Which celebrity impersonations stole the spotlight?

By Kevin O’Keeffe • November 3, 2023 at 10:58 am EDT
TV & Film

For its subject’s ability to evolve alone, ‘Nyad’ is inspirational

For its subject’s ability to evolve alone, ‘Nyad’ is inspirational

REVIEW: The lesbian swimmer’s biopic highlights queer persistence and platonic love

By Frankie de la Cretaz • November 3, 2023 at 10:03 am EDT
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Monthly Tune-Up

Hot new music from Brittany Howard, DijahSB, Psymon Spine and Kali Uchis

Hot new music from Brittany Howard, DijahSB, Psymon Spine and Kali Uchis

Plus a spooky love ballad and goth beach party

By Jordan Currie • October 31, 2023 at 1:22 pm EDT
Politics

The DeSantis presidential campaign is flopping. Here’s why that matters

The DeSantis presidential campaign is flopping. Here’s why that matters

ANALYSIS: DeSantis’s failure proves that obsessively campaigning against trans and queer people’s right to exist is not the crowd-pleasing populist position it’s been made out to be

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • October 31, 2023 at 1:13 pm EDT
Music

Rapper Tea Fannie speaks up for trans kids with smooth rhymes

Rapper Tea Fannie speaks up for trans kids with smooth rhymes

“My path is through my voice,” says the brashly articulate rapper based in Calgary

By Jesse Locke • October 23, 2023 at 12:02 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 4 recap: You like money? Wear a wig

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 4 recap: You like money? Wear a wig

The queens take inspiration from RuPaul’s MasterClass for a new take on the panel challenge

By Kevin O’Keeffe • October 20, 2023 at 12:46 pm EDT
Identity

Connecting generations of femmes

Connecting generations of femmes

Twenty years after the publication of “Brazen Femme,” a new podcast reflects on the anthology, and femme identity then and now 

By Sid Drmay • October 20, 2023 at 10:22 am EDT
Queer Ink

Two-Spirit artists explore gender, culture through Indigenous tattoos

Two-Spirit artists explore gender, culture through Indigenous tattoos

When it comes to traditional Indigenous tattoos, Two-Spirit artists are “genderqueering the practice”

By Julia Peterson • October 19, 2023 at 3:56 pm EDT
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Politics

By protecting himself from being sued over his pronoun policy, Scott Moe is telling on himself

By protecting himself from being sued over his pronoun policy, Scott Moe is telling on himself

OPINION: The details of Saskatchewan’s forced-through pronoun legislation show how it’s all about politics—not protecting kids

By Dale Smith • October 19, 2023 at 10:41 am EDT
Politics

The seemingly benign phrase ‘parental rights’ hides a dangerous, anti-democratic, Christian nationalist movement 

The seemingly benign phrase ‘parental rights’ hides a dangerous, anti-democratic, Christian nationalist movement 

ANALYSIS: North America has a long history with racist, misogynist and anti-queer activism focused on schools 

By Zack Ford • October 17, 2023 at 2:56 pm EDT
TV & Film

‘Dicks’ will make you gasp

‘Dicks’ will make you gasp

REVIEW: Megan Mullally and Nathan Lane lead an all-star cast to irreverent heights in “Dicks: The Musical”

By Barry Levitt • October 16, 2023 at 12:54 pm EDT
Books

In ‘Love and Money, Sex and Death,’ McKenzie Wark writes to the people who shaped her

In ‘Love and Money, Sex and Death,’ McKenzie Wark writes to the people who shaped her

Renowned trans academic McKenzie Wark blends memory, theory, fiction and myth in new memoir 

By Misha Pensato • October 12, 2023 at 12:31 pm EDT
Queer Ink

Erotic tattoos offer queer clients a way to mix pleasure and purpose

Erotic tattoos offer queer clients a way to mix pleasure and purpose

For queer tattoo artists and customers alike, erotic designs can be a powerful way to affirm identities and show strength amid an increasingly hostile political climate

By Adam Rhodes • October 12, 2023 at 12:09 pm EDT
Identity

Sufjan Stevens and the complexity of coming out

Sufjan Stevens and the complexity of coming out

OPINION: Reaction to Stevens’s tragic tribute to his late partner shows the nuance of queer life in the spotlight

By Mel Woods • October 11, 2023 at 11:57 am EDT
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