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Culture

Popping Culture: Hercules & Love Affair explores the ‘C-word’

Popping Culture: Hercules & Love Affair explores the ‘C-word’
By Simon Thibault • August 4, 2014 at 1:32 pm EDT
Opinion

Words that haunt

Words that haunt

We have more urgent issues to tackle than getting bogged down over labels

By Natasha Barsotti • June 22, 2014 at 11:56 am EDT
Power

Gay or queer: Xtra hosts town hall on the words we use

Gay or queer: Xtra hosts town hall on the words we use

‘I don’t know if we’re a community, but we’re definitely a family,’ panellist says

By Matthew DiMera • June 20, 2014 at 12:33 pm EDT
Video

Watch Xtra’s town hall on the word queer here

Watch Xtra’s town hall on the word queer here

Live from Vancouver: a community forum on the words we use to describe ourselves

By Daily Xtra Live Feed • June 6, 2014 at 12:32 pm EDT
Power

In their own words: sex workers on Canada’s new prostitution bill

In their own words: sex workers on Canada’s new prostitution bill

‘I’m tired of my government thinking I’m some degenerate who needs to be policed.’

By Justin Ling • June 6, 2014 at 9:47 am EDT
Power

Words from the White House on IDAHOT

Words from the White House on IDAHOT
By Raziel Reid • May 17, 2014 at 4:30 pm EDT
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Culture

A few words from Lawhore, Vancouver’s Empress 43

A few words from Lawhore, Vancouver’s Empress 43
By Raziel Reid • March 23, 2014 at 8:00 pm EDT
Arts

Janet Mock in her own words

Janet Mock in her own words

Xtra asks the New York Times bestselling author five curious questions

By S. Bear Bergman • March 18, 2014 at 2:56 pm EDT
Power

Talk wordy to me

Talk wordy to me

Grammatical gender smack-down

By Michael Lyons • September 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm EDT
Toronto Diary

Apple unflags the word ‘bisexual’ after internet uproar

Apple unflags the word ‘bisexual’ after internet uproar
By Jeremy Feist • August 14, 2013 at 3:15 am EDT
Culture

Word on the street

Word on the street

Homelessness study finds nearly 20 percent of homeless youth are LGBT

By Michael Lyons • July 31, 2013 at 5:00 pm EDT
Music

Tone Cluster’s Words

Tone Cluster’s Words
By Bradley Turcotte • May 22, 2013 at 12:07 pm EDT
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Culture

Bywords warms the night

Bywords warms the night
By Bradley Turcotte • January 26, 2013 at 2:47 am EDT
Toronto Diary

Christian lecturer compares gay sex to sword fights, pastries and carrots

Christian lecturer compares gay sex to sword fights, pastries and carrots
By Jeremy Feist • September 24, 2012 at 7:29 pm EDT
Arts

Fighting words

Fighting words

Play highlights the Catholic church’s refusal to accept all things gay

By Chris Dupuis • August 29, 2012 at 8:00 pm EDT
Arts

Word Is Out

Word Is Out

New monograph released on Queer Film Classic

By Peter Knegt • April 12, 2012 at 8:00 pm EDT
Video

VIDEO: Trans word play with FTM comedian Ian Harvie

VIDEO: Trans word play with FTM comedian Ian Harvie

‘I think everybody is a little bit trans’

By Xtra Staff • April 1, 2012 at 8:00 pm EDT
Power

Bathhouse owner responds to OutWords’ ‘selling sex’ ban

Bathhouse owner responds to OutWords’ ‘selling sex’ ban

Other mags critical of decision to ban Cruiseline, Squirt ads

By Rob Salerno • February 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm EDT
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