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Feature

Inside GSAs, where kids learn to ‘talk gay’

Inside GSAs, where kids learn to ‘talk gay’

Nearly a decade ago, I started a Gay-Straight Alliance. I went back to high school to find out why they still matter

By Erica Lenti • April 15, 2019 at 12:22 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Who in the world is Mayor Pete?

Xtra Weekly: Who in the world is Mayor Pete?

LGBTQ2 rights, Chick-fil-A, and Shazam! Here’s your Xtra Weekly, April 12

By Arvin Joaquin • April 12, 2019 at 1:48 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 7 recap: Farm-fresh feuds

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 7 recap: Farm-fresh feuds

The story of Season 11 finally takes shape: it’s rivalries down the road

By Kevin O’Keeffe • April 11, 2019 at 10:30 pm EDT
Politics

Ontario’s education minister wants you to know she has gay friends

Ontario’s education minister wants you to know she has gay friends

But how do we talk about the bullying of LGBTQ2 kids without using the words ‘homophobia’ and ‘transphobia’?

By Erica Lenti • April 11, 2019 at 4:39 pm EDT
Opinion

Does the concept of a ‘trans brain’ help or hurt our communities?

Does the concept of a ‘trans brain’ help or hurt our communities?

It supports a ‘born this way’ narrative, but the idea of a biological source of transness raises more questions than it answers

By Alex V Green • April 11, 2019 at 12:49 pm EDT

Why one trans athlete is fighting for inclusivity in sports

Why one trans athlete is fighting for inclusivity in sports

Competitive cyclist Kristen Worley joins Xtra in conversation on April 15

Created for Penguin Random House Canada • April 10, 2019 at 4:49 pm EDT
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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 6 recap: Seeing red

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 6 recap: Seeing red

Just as we start to like a queen, she gets sent home in dubious circumstances

By Kevin O’Keeffe • April 4, 2019 at 10:31 pm EDT
Power

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Journalist Justin Ling on his CBC podcast about cold cases of murdered gay men and finding new purpose after McArthur’s sentencing

By Gordon Bowness • April 1, 2019 at 11:54 am EDT
Opinion

How Grindr changed the way the world dated

How Grindr changed the way the world dated

It launched a thousand dating apps, got us hooked — and then created new dating woes

By Jaime Woo • March 29, 2019 at 12:38 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ2 students

Xtra Weekly: Jason Kenney’s attack on LGBTQ2 students

Queer pets, Straight men’s cuddling clubs, and Cardi B. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, March 29

By Arvin Joaquin • March 29, 2019 at 11:27 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 4 recap: Trump and goats and Oprah, oh my

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 4 recap: Trump and goats and Oprah, oh my

The only time in our lives we were rooting for Kellyanne Conway

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 21, 2019 at 10:31 pm EDT
Love Like Mine

I fell in love with my middle school mean girl

I fell in love with my middle school mean girl

I didn’t expect to find romance in my small town

By Baylea Jones • March 20, 2019 at 12:35 pm EDT
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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 3 recap: The six merry murderesses of the Lip Sync for Your Life

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 3 recap: The six merry murderesses of the Lip Sync for Your Life

‘Drag Race’ herstory is made with a battle royale

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 14, 2019 at 10:34 pm EDT
TV & Film

12 things we learned from Queer Eye’s Tan France

12 things we learned from Queer Eye’s Tan France

In anticipation of the reality series’ third season, the Fab Five’s style guru speaks

By Arvin Joaquin • March 11, 2019 at 4:51 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 2 recap: Good God, girl, get a grip

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 2 recap: Good God, girl, get a grip

Season 11 is in trouble — and it’s only week two

By Kevin O’Keeffe • March 7, 2019 at 10:30 pm EDT
Opinion

Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors

Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors

‘From now on, will innocent queer Black men be treated as liars when they come forward with their stories of survival?’

By Arkee E • February 27, 2019 at 10:47 am EDT
Power

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Queer community doesn’t lack for discourse around sexual abuse. Yet for all of our talk, not much seems to have significantly changed—there are still victims, and there are still abusers.

By Kai Cheng Thom • February 26, 2019 at 1:50 pm EDT
Xtra Weekly

Xtra Weekly: Jussie Smollett allegedly staged attack

Xtra Weekly: Jussie Smollett allegedly staged attack

The Empire actor faces a felony charge, and other LGBTQ2 content from Xtra and around the world. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, Feb 22.

By Arvin Joaquin • February 22, 2019 at 2:05 pm EDT
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