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Obsessions

Robyn and Alanis Morissette are the pop queens we need right now

Robyn and Alanis Morissette are the pop queens we need right now

The old hits “Dancing on My Own” and “That I Would Be Good” have a new resonance in an age of isolation and uncertainty

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • April 8, 2020 at 2:14 pm EDT
My Queer Kitchen

My Queer Kitchen with Jennifer E. Crawford: Pandemic Edition

My Queer Kitchen with Jennifer E. Crawford: Pandemic Edition

In our first-ever cooking instalment, the “MasterChef Canada” winner asks if queer food is a real thing. Then they whip up strawberry rhubarb rye poptarts with beet and vanilla bean icing from their pandemic pantry

By Jennifer E. Crawford • April 8, 2020 at 11:59 am EDT
Education

Do anti-bullying days really help LGBTQ2 youth?

Do anti-bullying days really help LGBTQ2 youth?

There’s so much more queer- and trans-affirming work that must be done at schools every day of the year, this queer teacher writes

By Gordon Nore • April 8, 2020 at 10:40 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 6 power ranking: Snatching trophies

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 6 power ranking: Snatching trophies
By Kevin O’Keeffe • April 5, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Culture

With ‘No Fats, No Femmes,’ Fatima Jamal aims for more than just visibility and representation

With ‘No Fats, No Femmes,’ Fatima Jamal aims for more than just visibility and representation

The model and filmmaker discusses her documentary, beauty standards and a trans reckoning

By Tre’vell Anderson • April 3, 2020 at 12:19 pm EDT
Identity

I wanted to marry my trans girlfriend in the U.K. I can’t

I wanted to marry my trans girlfriend in the U.K. I can’t

How archaic laws across the pond fail to recognize trans-affirming marriages

By V.S. Wells • April 2, 2020 at 11:43 am EDT
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Culture

Meet the trans man who collected fan art of Kirk and Spock in love

Meet the trans man who collected fan art of Kirk and Spock in love

Jenson Hillenbrand has one of America’s biggest collections of ‘Star Trek’ fan art. Now, he’s sharing it with the world

By Kat Jercich • March 31, 2020 at 4:09 pm EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I’m an old gay rights activist who wants to support the younger generation. Shouldn’t I expect that support in return?

I’m an old gay rights activist who wants to support the younger generation. Shouldn’t I expect that support in return?
By Kai Cheng Thom • March 31, 2020 at 12:32 pm EDT
Your Communities in Action

How queer disabled artists are maintaining community during COVID-19

How queer disabled artists are maintaining community during COVID-19

From crafting nights to play parties, these artists are getting creative

By Dev Ramsawakh • March 30, 2020 at 4:35 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 5 power ranking: Dr. Goode, Medicine Woman

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 5 power ranking: Dr. Goode, Medicine Woman
By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 29, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 5 recap: It’s a medical mystery

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 5 recap: It’s a medical mystery

The queens take on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ and one is left without she-mergency care

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 28, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: The 519 community centre in Toronto and North Carolina’s Campus Pride

By Gordon Bowness, Jon Higgins • March 25, 2020 at 9:40 am EDT
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Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities at work, Mar. 24

COVID-19: Your communities at work, Mar. 24

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: “Community defence” of sex workers and your favourite L.A. lesbian comic talks books

By Xtra Staff • March 24, 2020 at 10:35 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 recap: Let’s play some basketball!

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 4 recap: Let’s play some basketball!

Realness, eleganza and basketball wives, oh my! It’s time for the ball challenge

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 21, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Love & Sex

How queer and marginalized communities can take care of one another during COVID-19

How queer and marginalized communities can take care of one another during COVID-19

In this pandemic, extremes of human nature are revealing themselves. It has never been more important to choose each other—and our best selves

By Kai Cheng Thom • March 18, 2020 at 10:12 am EDT
Obsessions

David Byrne and Jessica Simpson are the comeback kids of 2020

David Byrne and Jessica Simpson are the comeback kids of 2020

A 67-year-old straight man channels queer joy and a millennium pop diva gets the last word

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour • March 11, 2020 at 11:43 am EDT
HIV/AIDS

Is HIV causing premature aging?

Is HIV causing premature aging?

The degree to which HIV acts as a risk factor for chronic conditions that predict poor health or itself accelerates the aging process remains an unanswered question

By Keren Landman • March 10, 2020 at 12:28 pm EDT
Opinion

What it means for trans folks when AI ‘verifies’ our genders

What it means for trans folks when AI ‘verifies’ our genders

A new women-only app uses biometric software to determine users’ genders. For trans people, it’s yet another pseudo-scientific method of gatekeeping

By Alex V Green • March 9, 2020 at 10:53 am EDT
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