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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
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
‘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
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
Two-Spirit artists explore gender, culture through Indigenous tattoos
When it comes to traditional Indigenous tattoos, Two-Spirit artists are “genderqueering the practice”
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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
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
‘Dicks’ will make you gasp
REVIEW: Megan Mullally and Nathan Lane lead an all-star cast to irreverent heights in “Dicks: The Musical”
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
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
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
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The sweet radicalism of Mr. Dressup, the Canadian Mister Rogers
REVIEW: Beloved kids show had a surprising queer heart
The stories behind our queerest tattoos
From pop culture tributes to “faggy Jesus,” Xtra staff share some of our gayest tats
Mashed-up historical romance from Lex Croucher, ‘Yesterqueers’ on TikTok and musicians Kaien Cruz and Moe Reen top our calendar this week
Plus national treasure Walter Borden is onstage in Toronto
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 5, Episode 2 recap: Designing women (British edition)
An early design challenge gives the fashionable queens a chance to show their stuff
Meet D’Arcy Drollinger, the world’s first Drag Laureate
The playwright, filmmaker, performer and now business leader discusses how he is shining a light for those less privileged
The queer euphoria of tattooing
Queerness in so many ways is about self-determination. As we explore in our new series, “Queer Ink,” so are tattoos
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