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Music

Pride all summer: a listening guide for Janelle Monáe’s ‘The Age of Pleasure’

Pride all summer: a listening guide for Janelle Monáe’s ‘The Age of Pleasure’

How to best enjoy Monáe’s steamy new album

By Dani Janae • July 7, 2023 at 10:37 am EDT
Human Rights

What the 303 Creative case might mean for trans people

What the 303 Creative case might mean for trans people

OPINION: Legal precedent allowing homophobes to discriminate based on a “worry” could put trans rights in severe jeopardy

By Katelyn Burns • July 6, 2023 at 3:36 pm EDT
Human Rights

The Supreme Court didn’t issue a ‘licence to discriminate’ against queer and trans people. The reality is more complicated

The Supreme Court didn’t issue a ‘licence to discriminate’ against queer and trans people. The reality is more complicated

ANALYSIS: LGBTQ2S+ legal advocates say the ruling in 303 Creative is far more singular and idiosyncratic than some may have initially worried

By Nico Lang • July 6, 2023 at 12:31 pm EDT
Trans Health

Your guide to plus-size binding

Your guide to plus-size binding

Binding while fat can be a challenge. Here’s what worked for me

By Robin Zabiegalski • July 5, 2023 at 4:46 pm EDT
Food

From Negroni Sbagliatos to sparkling seltzer, the drinks that made us gay

From Negroni Sbagliatos to sparkling seltzer, the drinks that made us gay

In search of the world’s gayest drink (which is probably not Bud Light) 

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • July 5, 2023 at 2:28 pm EDT
Politics

Sarah McBride’s Congress run is a beacon of hope

Sarah McBride’s Congress run is a beacon of hope

OPINION: If elected, McBride would bring hope to Virginians—and to trans people across the U.S.

By Katelyn Burns • July 4, 2023 at 10:37 am EDT
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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 9 power ranking: An inevitable, deserved crowning

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 9 power ranking: An inevitable, deserved crowning

Never has the result of a season seemed quite so clear with multiple episodes to go

By Kevin O’Keeffe • July 1, 2023 at 4:10 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 9 recap: Queer Eye for the Roast Guy

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 9 recap: Queer Eye for the Roast Guy

A season-long arc reaches the most satisfying possible conclusion

By Kevin O’Keeffe • July 1, 2023 at 4:05 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 8 power ranking: They’re all (dressed up as) winners, baby

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 8 power ranking: They’re all (dressed up as) winners, baby

We’re at the final four—with no end to this season in sight

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 23, 2023 at 5:25 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

Wyoming sorority supports trans sisters, Elon Musk says ‘cis’ is a slur, U.K. politicians driving anti-drag sentiment, Florida trans care ban struck down, Starbucks union strike

Wyoming sorority supports trans sisters, Elon Musk says ‘cis’ is a slur, U.K. politicians driving anti-drag sentiment, Florida trans care ban struck down, Starbucks union strike

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 23

By Maddy Mahoney • June 23, 2023 at 1:01 pm EDT
Music

Victory Over the Sun’s brutal beauty embodies trans rage and hope

Victory Over the Sun’s brutal beauty embodies trans rage and hope

Vivian Tylinska joins a wave of queer and trans musicians reshaping metal, noise and dissonance

By Kristen S. Hé • June 22, 2023 at 10:38 am EDT
TV & Film

‘Glamorous’ star Damian Terriquez talks fashion, politics and being starstruck

‘Glamorous’ star Damian Terriquez talks fashion, politics and being starstruck

The Mexican-American non-binary actor takes Xtra behind the scenes of Netflix’s newest queer-led comedy

By Ursula Muñoz S. • June 22, 2023 at 10:16 am EDT
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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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