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Tik Talk

TikTokers are hilariously skewering corporate Pride

TikTokers are hilariously skewering corporate Pride

These takedowns of companies that are sharing Pride messages without actually doing the work are *chef’s kiss*

By Mel Woods • June 8, 2021 at 11:50 am EDT
Queer Culture Catch-Up

When queer love comes a-calling, here’s why you need to answer

When queer love comes a-calling, here’s why you need to answer

Our recommendations for what’s happening for the first half of Pride month, beginning June 3

By S. Bear Bergman • June 3, 2021 at 10:14 am EDT
Xtra Weekly

Topline: Looking back at the AIDS crisis’s beginnings as we (hopefully) end the COVID-19 crisis

Topline: Looking back at the AIDS crisis’s beginnings as we (hopefully) end the COVID-19 crisis

Forty years after the first report about AIDS, what have we learned about taking care of ourselves and each other?

By Paul Gallant • June 3, 2021 at 12:30 am EDT
My Safe Space

The solo back porch dance parties that revived me

The solo back porch dance parties that revived me

I took queer nightlife for granted until I couldn’t access it anymore—so I made my own dance floor

By Emma Glassman-Hughes • May 31, 2021 at 10:10 am EDT
Books

When Alison Bechdel says comics are her ‘other girlfriend,’ you’d better believe it

When Alison Bechdel says comics are her ‘other girlfriend,’ you’d better believe it

Fellow cartoonist Jennifer Camper talks to the lesbian legend about her new memoir “The Secret to Superhuman Strength”

By Jennifer Camper • May 31, 2021 at 9:40 am EDT
Xtra Weekly

Topline: It’s (always) an honour just to be Asian

Topline: It’s (always) an honour just to be Asian

The recent rise in anti-Asian racism has made acknowledging and celebrating Asian Heritage Month all the more urgent

By Michelle da Silva • May 27, 2021 at 12:20 pm EDT
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The Xtra Long Read

What if we weren’t born that way?

What if we weren’t born that way?

The immutability of sexual orientation and gender identity has been the cornerstone argument for LGBTQ2S+ rights. The trouble is that not everyone fits that mold

By Heron Greenesmith • May 26, 2021 at 9:58 am EDT
Music

Please don’t mistake up-and-coming pop star Siena Liggins for a rapper

Please don’t mistake up-and-coming pop star Siena Liggins for a rapper

With her new visual album, this Atlanta-based musician wants to move beyond buzzwords

By vivi hansen • May 19, 2021 at 8:45 am EDT
That’s the Way It Is

Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ turns 10 this week. Queer landmark or sell-out mess?

Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ turns 10 this week. Queer landmark or sell-out mess?

Mother Monster was starting to take herself much too seriously

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • May 18, 2021 at 11:40 am EDT
Protest and Pleasure

Let’s celebrate our vulnerable, ‘imperfect’ bodies

Let’s celebrate our vulnerable, ‘imperfect’ bodies

In the first installment of the “Protest and Pleasure” series, disability justice activists explain how liberating ourselves from ableism makes sex hotter for everyone

By Chanelle Gallant • May 17, 2021 at 12:24 pm EDT
Culture

Companies are back at it with the Pride nonsense

Companies are back at it with the Pride nonsense

From glitter cereal to whatever Target is doing, we’ve launched an ongoing rating of this year’s crop of rainbow capitalism

By Mel Woods • May 14, 2021 at 4:44 pm EDT
Politics

Despite its best efforts, the Canadian government others trans folks in its latest census

Despite its best efforts, the Canadian government others trans folks in its latest census

There’s a lack of data on trans Canadians. But the 2021 census still fails to capture an accurate portrait of trans lives in Canada

By Niko Stratis • May 14, 2021 at 11:36 am EDT
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Tik Talk

It’s queers versus TikTok moderation

It’s queers versus TikTok moderation

LGBTQ2S+ people are being inexplicably censored on the platform—and they’re finding creative ways to get around it

By Mel Woods • May 11, 2021 at 12:14 pm EDT
Politics

The personal price paid by families under the onslaught of America’s anti-trans legislation

The personal price paid by families under the onslaught of America’s anti-trans legislation

Supportive parents, especially supportive trans parents, are facing terrible choices

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle • May 10, 2021 at 9:34 am EDT
Books

A photographer’s celebration of love and pride in colour

A photographer’s celebration of love and pride in colour

Jamal Jordan’s new book “Queer Love in Color” documents diverse couples and families around the world

By Daria Lynn Cottingham • May 5, 2021 at 9:38 am EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

Am I gaslighting my partner?

Am I gaslighting my partner?

A confused reader asks Kai about the distinction between having a different memory and deliberately distorting someone’s reality

By Kai Cheng Thom • May 4, 2021 at 12:06 pm EDT
That’s the Way It Is

Why Janet Mock’s takedown of Hollywood matters more than who’s sleeping with who on the set of ‘Pose’

Why Janet Mock’s takedown of Hollywood matters more than who’s sleeping with who on the set of ‘Pose’

Talented queer and trans people shouldn’t have to stay quiet to get work

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • May 4, 2021 at 10:40 am EDT
Inside Xtra

How activism can improve our sex lives

How activism can improve our sex lives

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of our publisher Pink Triangle Press, Xtra is looking for a new sexual revolution—one based on social justice and mutual care

By Rachel Giese • May 3, 2021 at 9:15 am EDT
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