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TV & Film

A timeline of surprisingly queer ‘Sex and the City’ episodes

A timeline of surprisingly queer ‘Sex and the City’ episodes

Before Che Diaz, there was Syd—here, we trace the original show’s wayward queerness 

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • June 21, 2023 at 12:54 pm EDT
Books

Non-binary author Steacy Easton digs deep into the life of the country singer in ‘Why Tammy Wynette Matters’

Non-binary author Steacy Easton digs deep into the life of the country singer in ‘Why Tammy Wynette Matters’

Easton discusses writing their first book and the pleasures and pain of country music

By Rachna Raj Kaur • June 20, 2023 at 4:40 pm EDT
Hate Watch

Christian nationalists fuelling anti-LGBTQ2S+ agenda across Canada 

Christian nationalists fuelling anti-LGBTQ2S+ agenda across Canada 

Christian groups that rose to prominence in last year’s Freedom Convoy have turned their “language of genocide” on LGBTQ2S+ Canadians

By Kevin Maimann • June 19, 2023 at 3:31 pm EDT
Theatre

Playwright Brad Fraser and actor Stephen Jackman-Torkoff are queering Shakespeare and sexing up the Stratford Festival

Playwright Brad Fraser and actor Stephen Jackman-Torkoff are queering Shakespeare and sexing up the Stratford Festival

Fraser’s revolutionary adaptation of “Richard II” and Jackman-Torkoff’s energetic performance are bringing the Bard to new audiences

By Christos Tsirbas • June 16, 2023 at 4:27 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

Social media companies score low for LGBTQ2S+ safety, Kelowna track meet transphobia, Dodgers Pride night updates, Club Q shooter expected to take plea deal, and U.K. women can now have historic gay sex convictions thrown out

Social media companies score low for LGBTQ2S+ safety, Kelowna track meet transphobia, Dodgers Pride night updates, Club Q shooter expected to take plea deal, and U.K. women can now have historic gay sex convictions thrown out

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 16

By Eve Cable • June 16, 2023 at 3:16 pm EDT
Playlist Q

‘Pose’ star Hailie Sahar charts a new course with debut single ‘Star Traveler’

‘Pose’ star Hailie Sahar charts a new course with debut single ‘Star Traveler’

The multi-talented artist is ready to shed some cosmic light on the real Sahar

By Daria Lynn Cottingham • June 16, 2023 at 7:00 am EDT
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Queering Death

Queering grief means showing up in all our messy glory

Queering grief means showing up in all our messy glory

Let’s collectively imagine how we might build a world where we all feel abundantly supported when we’re grieving

By Zena Sharman • June 15, 2023 at 10:03 am EDT
Queering Death

Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life

Queer death doulas are bringing pleasure and eroticism to end of life

Just as they do in life, kink and eroticism can play a role in death

By Zena Sharman • June 13, 2023 at 9:24 am EDT
Queer Culture Catch-Up

Black trans town hall, masc films, Manuel Betancourt’s ‘The Male Gazed’ and Cher, Cher, Cher

Black trans town hall, masc films, Manuel Betancourt’s ‘The Male Gazed’ and Cher, Cher, Cher

Plus, for those in Toronto, queer music from NXNE

By S. Bear Bergman • June 9, 2023 at 3:17 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

House floor RuPaul tribute, Biden’s new LGBTQ2S+ initiatives, Florida con bans ‘cross-dressing cosplay,’ new Vancouver health centre, first trans man judge in U.S. and Sam Smith x Madonna collab

House floor RuPaul tribute, Biden’s new LGBTQ2S+ initiatives, Florida con bans ‘cross-dressing cosplay,’ new Vancouver health centre, first trans man judge in U.S. and Sam Smith x Madonna collab

6 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 9

By Maddy Mahoney • June 9, 2023 at 1:31 pm EDT
Queering Death

How to queer your end-of-life planning

How to queer your end-of-life planning

We can be specific, creative and collaborative in our approach to end-of-life planning

By Zena Sharman • June 6, 2023 at 3:58 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 5 power ranking: An unfinished journey

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 5 power ranking: An unfinished journey

One queen barely survives elimination thanks to another’s choice

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm EDT
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Education

Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?

Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?

ANALYSIS: There’s nothing inherently sexual about young people learning about queer and trans people

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • June 2, 2023 at 3:20 pm EDT
Books

Miss Major—legendary activist, elder and Stonewall veteran—tells her story 

Miss Major—legendary activist, elder and Stonewall veteran—tells her story 

“Miss Major Speaks” is part biography, part interview and full of Miss Major spitting truths and laying it down like it is

By Syrus Marcus Ware • June 1, 2023 at 1:28 pm EDT
Queering Death

Introducing ‘Queering Death,’ a 6-part look at the nuanced ways we die and mourn

Introducing ‘Queering Death,’ a 6-part look at the nuanced ways we die and mourn

Writer Zena Sharman says she wanted to look at how death can become a site of creativity, collective care, self-determination and resisting oppression

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • May 29, 2023 at 3:55 pm EDT
Gaming

Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?

Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?

New Zelda game “Tears of the Kingdom” puts hero Link in a miniskirt and nail polish, but some queer and trans fans long for a game that truly reimagines gender 

By Phoebe Fuller • May 26, 2023 at 4:36 pm EDT
Tech

AI art like the ‘RuPublicans’ is part of a long lineage of queer remixing

AI art like the ‘RuPublicans’ is part of a long lineage of queer remixing

ANALYSIS: Viral posts of U.S. Republicans dressed in drag are fun and subversive, but issues of ownership from AI art are still a concern

By Jon Heggestad • May 24, 2023 at 11:20 am EDT
TV & Film

‘Monica’ speaks to a rarely shown part of the trans experience

‘Monica’ speaks to a rarely shown part of the trans experience

The Trace Lysette drama beautifully explores the ambiguities of life after transition

By Veronica Esposito • May 23, 2023 at 11:24 am EDT
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