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TV & Film

Pedro Almodóvar gets personal with ‘Pain and Glory’

Pedro Almodóvar gets personal with ‘Pain and Glory’

The Spanish director’s latest explores how to age with grace as a gay man and an artist

By Gordon Bowness • October 3, 2019 at 12:46 pm EDT
Feature

Inside the technology that’s allowing gay HIV-positive men to start a family

Inside the technology that’s allowing gay HIV-positive men to start a family

For queer and serodiscordant couples who have always wanted biological children, sperm washing has created a way to make it happen

By Alexandra Kimball • October 3, 2019 at 12:22 pm EDT
Drag Race

A beginner’s guide to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

A beginner’s guide to ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

Don’t know your Snatch Games from your Shangelas? We’re here to help

By Kevin O’Keeffe • September 26, 2019 at 10:50 am EDT
Books

We can choose to consume each other, or we can choose love

We can choose to consume each other, or we can choose love

Instead of punishment, let’s try understanding justice in queer and trans communities through an ethic of love

By Kai Cheng Thom • September 25, 2019 at 4:28 pm EDT
Feature

LGBTQ2 YouTubers are fed up with censorship—so they’re suing Google

LGBTQ2 YouTubers are fed up with censorship—so they’re suing Google

How a group of queer and trans creators are fighting back against what they say are discriminatory practices

By Kelli María Korducki • September 24, 2019 at 11:40 am EDT
Xtra Weekly

Happy bi-visibility week, beautiful

Happy bi-visibility week, beautiful

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, September 20

By Arvin Joaquin • September 20, 2019 at 2:22 pm EDT
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Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I believe my friend has changed their abusive ways, but our queer friends don’t buy it. How can I support my friend?

I believe my friend has changed their abusive ways, but our queer friends don’t buy it. How can I support my friend?
By Kai Cheng Thom • September 17, 2019 at 1:20 pm EDT
Politics

Andrew Scheer’s wild weekend of homophobia-driven damage control

Andrew Scheer’s wild weekend of homophobia-driven damage control

It was a bumpy start to the campaign for the Conservative leader

By Arvin Joaquin • September 16, 2019 at 5:45 pm EDT
Personal Essay

Being a Christian teen abstinence activist shaped my Black queer feminism

Being a Christian teen abstinence activist shaped my Black queer feminism

Growing up, I thought that purity was the only choice when it came to sex — until I began questioning what that meant

By Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza • September 16, 2019 at 11:31 am EDT
Politics

Dear Canadian politicians: My queer rights are not vote bait

Dear Canadian politicians: My queer rights are not vote bait

Politicians of all stripes are dredging up the same-sex marriage debates — all in a cheap effort to win votes

By RM Vaughan • September 9, 2019 at 10:16 am EDT
Politics

The Liberals want you to know Andrew Scheer hates gay marriage

The Liberals want you to know Andrew Scheer hates gay marriage

And maybe dog tails?

By Erica Lenti • August 23, 2019 at 10:15 am EDT
Love Like Mine

Falling in love with my Black, queer, fat body

Falling in love with my Black, queer, fat body

My grandfather’s death taught me the depths of grief — and the importance of loving my unruly body

By Arkee E • August 19, 2019 at 1:56 pm EDT
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Analysis

Why are queer people so mean to each other?

Why are queer people so mean to each other?

How brain science explains queer trauma, conflict and call-out culture

By Kai Cheng Thom • August 16, 2019 at 4:24 pm EDT
Culture

Are You The One gives queer and trans people a shot at happily ever after (whatever that means)

Are You The One gives queer and trans people a shot at happily ever after (whatever that means)

It’s about time LGBTQ2 folks get to be as messy in love on reality TV as our straight counterparts

By Alex V Green • August 15, 2019 at 10:45 am EDT
Feature

He survived Chechnya’s LGBTQ purge. Now, he’s ready to tell his story

He survived Chechnya’s LGBTQ purge. Now, he’s ready to tell his story

Like hundreds of others in his home country, Amin Dzhabrailov was detained and tortured because he is gay

By Arvin Joaquin • August 9, 2019 at 3:52 pm EDT
Salty Queers

Taylor Swift queerbaits — but don’t worry, she’s an ally

Taylor Swift queerbaits — but don’t worry, she’s an ally

Maybe she needs to calm down

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti • August 9, 2019 at 12:27 pm EDT
Salty Queers

Study finds that people believe environmentalism is kinda gay

Study finds that people believe environmentalism is kinda gay

Bro, no homo, but I love your reusable tote

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti • August 8, 2019 at 2:46 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

What you need to know about the fight for LGBTQ2 rights in Poland

What you need to know about the fight for LGBTQ2 rights in Poland

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, August 2

By Arvin Joaquin • August 2, 2019 at 12:51 pm EDT
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