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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14 premiere recap: Let the games begin

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14 premiere recap: Let the games begin

We’re back to split premieres, with Lizzo on hand to guide us through the first

By Kevin O’Keeffe • January 10, 2022 at 11:29 am EDT
Books

Bisexuality is a superpower to author Jen Winston

Bisexuality is a superpower to author Jen Winston

Their new collection of essays, “Greedy,” reimagines the bisexual identy as a force for radical change 

By Molly Sprayregen • January 10, 2022 at 10:13 am EDT
The Buzz

22 predictions for 2022

22 predictions for 2022

Lil Nas X NFTs to a Kristen Stewart Oscar, here are our queer and trans pop culture predictions for the year ahead

By Mel Woods • January 5, 2022 at 3:10 pm EDT
Rainbow Rewind 2021

The best and worst social media moments of 2021

The best and worst social media moments of 2021

Here are 10 times queer and trans people broke the internet over the past year

By Jordan Currie, Michelle da Silva • December 23, 2021 at 11:53 am EDT
Rainbow Rewind 2021

The righteous queens and shady bitches of 2021

The righteous queens and shady bitches of 2021

Celebrating the GOATs and condemning the flops in yet another pandemic year

By Xtra Staff • December 22, 2021 at 9:55 am EDT
That’s the Way It Is

The top 100 defining pop culture moments of 2021

The top 100 defining pop culture moments of 2021

Here’s Thomas and Tranna’s mega-list of the good, the bad and the cringe from the past year

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • December 21, 2021 at 11:53 am EDT
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‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2, Episode 10 power ranking: She’s a winner, baby

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2, Episode 10 power ranking: She’s a winner, baby

Come on grandma, winning the whole damn show! 

By Kevin O’Keeffe • December 18, 2021 at 7:00 am EDT
Politics

France joins Canada in banning LGBTQ2S+ conversion therapy without exemptions

France joins Canada in banning LGBTQ2S+ conversion therapy without exemptions

Violators face not only huge fines but possible jail time

By Dawn Ennis • December 17, 2021 at 1:12 pm EDT
Queer View Mirror

‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ 30 years later

‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ 30 years later

Revisiting Idgie and Ruth, the iconic (but closeted) onscreen butch/femme duo 

By Ingrid Randoja • December 15, 2021 at 8:00 am EDT
Drag Race

The Top 10 ‘Drag Race’ lip syncs of 2021

The Top 10 ‘Drag Race’ lip syncs of 2021

The sickening dips, flips, splits and tricks that had us gagged and gooped all year long

By Kevin O’Keeffe • December 15, 2021 at 8:00 am EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I’m a woman in a relationship with a man. How can I explore my newfound bisexuality?

I’m a woman in a relationship with a man. How can I explore my newfound bisexuality?

Kai advises a reader who recently came out that there are many ways to build queer community

By Kai Cheng Thom • December 14, 2021 at 2:21 pm EDT
Books

8 fantastic books we somehow missed in 2021

8 fantastic books we somehow missed in 2021

It was a bountiful year for queer and trans literature in Canada. It’s hard to keep up

By Christopher DiRaddo • December 13, 2021 at 10:38 am EDT
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‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2, Episode 9 power ranking: Reunion and elimination

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2, Episode 9 power ranking: Reunion and elimination

After a cast reunion, how do the final four queens rank as we head into the finale?

By Kevin O’Keeffe • December 11, 2021 at 7:00 am EDT
Books

Navigating love and life with compassion and grace

Navigating love and life with compassion and grace

A conversation with S. Bear Bergman on his new illustrated advice book, “Special Topics in Being a Human”

By Andy Bandyopadhyay • December 10, 2021 at 11:38 am EDT
Drag Race

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2, Episode 9 recap: Reunited and it feels… like someone’s going home

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 2, Episode 9 recap: Reunited and it feels… like someone’s going home

Lip Sync for the Crown? More like Lip Sync for the Finale

By Kevin O’Keeffe • December 10, 2021 at 10:48 am EDT
Identity

What does it mean to be a dad, anyway?

What does it mean to be a dad, anyway?

We spend so much time establishing that transmasculine people can be fathers that we almost never discuss what kind of fathers they might be

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • December 9, 2021 at 9:51 am EDT
Music

Here are 6 queer Brazilian superstars you need to know

Here are 6 queer Brazilian superstars you need to know

Their radically sexy music is taking the country—and the world—by storm

By Nicole Froio • December 9, 2021 at 9:20 am EDT
Books

Shayda Kafai’s ‘Crip Kinship’ traces a legacy of Sins Invalid’s disability justice activism

Shayda Kafai’s ‘Crip Kinship’ traces a legacy of Sins Invalid’s disability justice activism

The Sins Invalid collective was instrumental in the evolution of the disability justice movement. A new book chronicles their history

By Dev Ramsawakh • December 8, 2021 at 11:45 am EDT
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