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Monthly Tune-Up

Singles from Lil Nas X, Perfume Genius and MUNA keep Pride alive

Singles from Lil Nas X, Perfume Genius and MUNA keep Pride alive

From camp excess to sapphic joy, music columnist Jordan Currie has your summer playlist ready

By Jordan Currie • June 29, 2022 at 4:19 pm EDT
Power

Family-friendly drag events across Canada are facing a dangerous wave of bigotry

Family-friendly drag events across Canada are facing a dangerous wave of bigotry

Right-wing rhetoric from the United States has been trickling north

By Chris Stoodley • June 29, 2022 at 3:58 pm EDT
Activism

Remembering trans icon Mama Gloria, the ‘Emily Post of Halsted Street’

Remembering trans icon Mama Gloria, the ‘Emily Post of Halsted Street’

In this previously unreleased 2014 interview, Gloria Allen reflects on her life and legacy

By Nico Lang • June 29, 2022 at 2:42 pm EDT
London Calling

Discover queer London with Tyreece Nye

Discover queer London with Tyreece Nye

The TikTok sensation gives an insider’s look at bookstores, art galleries, vintage clothing, and nightlife

By Chelle Turingan • June 28, 2022 at 6:48 pm EDT
The Buzz

Janelle Monáe and Phoebe Bridgers say ‘f*ck you’ to the Supreme Court

Janelle Monáe and Phoebe Bridgers say ‘f*ck you’ to the Supreme Court

Plus Beanie Feldstein is engaged and T.J. Osborne goes to Nashville Pride

By Mel Woods • June 28, 2022 at 11:46 am EDT
TV & Film

After ‘Pose,’ Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is ready to delve into something new

After ‘Pose,’ Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is ready to delve into something new

Rodriguez stars in the new Apple TV+ comedy “Loot” alongside Maya Rudolph

By Max Gao • June 24, 2022 at 3:02 pm EDT
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Queer Culture Catch-Up

Celebrate Pride with ‘The Annie Sprinkle Project’ and theatre from Bilal Baig

Celebrate Pride with ‘The Annie Sprinkle Project’ and theatre from Bilal Baig

Plus more of what’s up and on, starting June 23

By S. Bear Bergman • June 24, 2022 at 11:53 am EDT
Playlist Q

Chicago rapper Cuee is ‘Coming Out’ swinging

Chicago rapper Cuee is ‘Coming Out’ swinging

The artist’s recently released EP, centred on liberation and Pride, is a reintroduction to the world 

By Daria Lynn Cottingham • June 24, 2022 at 11:49 am EDT
Politics

Texas Republicans call homosexuality an ‘abnormal lifestyle choice’ in new party platform

Texas Republicans call homosexuality an ‘abnormal lifestyle choice’ in new party platform

The state’s Republican party released a platform outlining goal of eroding LGBTQ2S+ rights

By Jackie Richardson • June 21, 2022 at 2:18 pm EDT
The Buzz

Billy Eichner pokes fun at clickbait, ‘comes out’ as straight and dating Anna Kendrick

Billy Eichner pokes fun at clickbait, ‘comes out’ as straight and dating Anna Kendrick

Plus Jennifer Lopez’s kid uses they/them pronouns and Amy Schneider’s first pitch

By Mel Woods • June 21, 2022 at 11:14 am EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I see myself as different from cis women. Does that make me a ‘bad’ trans woman?

I see myself as different from cis women. Does that make me a ‘bad’ trans woman?

Kai advises a reader that “holding multiple truths is more complex than simply holding all truths to be equal—because not all beliefs are equal in social status and social power”

By Kai Cheng Thom • June 21, 2022 at 11:02 am EDT
History

The first person reported dead from AIDS in Canada was an anonymous gay man from Windsor who died in 1982

The first person reported dead from AIDS in Canada was an anonymous gay man from Windsor who died in 1982

Teacher and local historian Walter Cassidy became obsessed with the person behind this frightening statistic. So he set out to find him

By Walter Cassidy • June 21, 2022 at 7:00 am EDT
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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’ Episode 6 recap: Totally Y2K

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’ Episode 6 recap: Totally Y2K

It’s a big day for Yvie Oddly, as she suddenly rises to the top of the pack

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 17, 2022 at 4:43 pm EDT
Power

The same companies sponsoring Pride events are supporting anti-LGBTQ2S+ lawmakers

The same companies sponsoring Pride events are supporting anti-LGBTQ2S+ lawmakers

A new analysis from Data for Progress finds dozens of purportedly pro-LGBTQ2S+ corporations are donating substantially to proponents of anti-queer and anti-trans bills

By Oliver Haug • June 15, 2022 at 2:49 pm EDT
London Calling

Has British iconoclast David Hoyle unwittingly turned himself into an icon?

Has British iconoclast David Hoyle unwittingly turned himself into an icon?

At the edge of 60, the performance artist and intense anti-capitalist has been connecting with younger audiences and finding recognition of a sort

By Paul Gallant • June 15, 2022 at 9:38 am EDT
Fashion

Oranges are literally the only fruit

Oranges are literally the only fruit

How the Old Navy orange-print button-up became the queer uniform of summer 2022

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • June 13, 2022 at 3:06 pm EDT
Books

The life and hope in literature: the message behind a Japanese literary sensation, newly translated into English

The life and hope in literature: the message behind a Japanese literary sensation, newly translated into English

In her debut novel, “Solo Dance,” Taiwanese-Japanese author Li Kotomi follows her character through Japan’s “queer desert”

By Erica H Isomura • June 13, 2022 at 10:15 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’ Episode 5 recap: Commencement couture

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7’ Episode 5 recap: Commencement couture

A legend finally receives her Legendary Legend Star, but there’s a twist

By Kevin O’Keeffe • June 10, 2022 at 6:14 pm EDT
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