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Coming Out

Queer and here: LGBT Canadian youth come out to immigrant families

Queer and here: LGBT Canadian youth come out to immigrant families

LGBT Canadian youth talk about coming out to a family that might have a different point of view

By Jordan Steinhauer • October 11, 2018 at 10:51 am EDT
Editorial

Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial

Meet Xtra’s new director of editorial

‘I can’t wait to launch this new chapter’

By Rachel Giese • October 10, 2018 at 4:09 pm EDT
Love Like Mine

How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better

How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better

‘She told me I must now embrace the man I was always supposed to be’

By Max Morgan • October 9, 2018 at 9:35 am EDT
People Like Me

How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity

How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity

Mashrou’ Leila’s music reflects ways in which I, like other queer Arabs, am allowed to exist

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch • October 5, 2018 at 3:04 pm EDT
Love & Sex

The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer

The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer

It’s not F to M, it’s F to something else entirely

By Katie Sly • October 4, 2018 at 2:19 pm EDT
People Like Me

Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Slaying heteronormativity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer

While Buffy took on vampires, I took down heteronormativity with Willow

By Brianna Sharpe • October 2, 2018 at 2:50 pm EDT
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Power

The escalating violence against LGBT people in Honduras

The escalating violence against LGBT people in Honduras

Almost 300 LGBT deaths have been reported in the last eight years

By Linda Farthing • September 24, 2018 at 6:01 pm EDT
History

Nine of the most iconic bisexual figures throughout history

Nine of the most iconic bisexual figures throughout history

The legends to whom we owe literature, science, art and politics

By Lauren Sproule • September 20, 2018 at 7:30 am EDT
Culture

The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture

The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture

Being bisexual can often mean being invisible — but we’re catching more glimpses of ourselves

By Frederick Blichert • September 20, 2018 at 7:06 am EDT
Bisexuality

Bisexuals assemble: Nine notable bisexual Canadians

Bisexuals assemble: Nine notable bisexual Canadians

From Grammy–award winners to Olympic figure skaters, the best stand among these Canadian bisexuals

By Lauren Sproule • September 19, 2018 at 7:30 am EDT
Love Like Mine

Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love

Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love

Acknowledging that I was bisexual was the best, most radical thing I ever did

By Eleanor Wilson • September 18, 2018 at 9:10 am EDT
Bisexuality

This arts festival is celebrating bisexual visibility and cultural diversity

This arts festival is celebrating bisexual visibility and cultural diversity

‘Bisexuals are not an afterthought or a token,’ festival founder says

By Arvin Joaquin • September 14, 2018 at 7:30 am EDT
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Love Like Mine

Dating in the age of HIV stigma

Dating in the age of HIV stigma

‘I was angry at myself for being afraid when I knew full well there was no reason to be’

By Kevin Connery • September 7, 2018 at 5:25 pm EDT
Love Like Mine

Why we’re sharing queer love stories

Why we’re sharing queer love stories
By Arvin Joaquin • September 7, 2018 at 5:20 pm EDT
Hard Labour

My client asked me to wear a balaclava during sex

My client asked me to wear a balaclava during sex

I look more like a bike courier trying to stay warm and less of a sex worker

By Devon Delacroix • August 31, 2018 at 11:37 am EDT
Health

What does ‘undetectable’ really mean?

What does ‘undetectable’ really mean?

Things you need to know about the HIV breakthrough

By Niko Bell • August 22, 2018 at 6:03 pm EDT
Hate Watch

Police still investigating swastika painted on rainbow crosswalk in Toronto’s gay village

Police still investigating swastika painted on rainbow crosswalk in Toronto’s gay village

Toronto police are looking at multiple suspects

By Arvin Joaquin • August 17, 2018 at 9:09 am EDT
Power

I was a metaphor until I wasn’t

I was a metaphor until I wasn’t

Being Asian, queer and a woman meant there were a myriad of ways I could vanish, and I saw it each time I watched a movie

By Natalie Wee • August 14, 2018 at 5:44 pm EDT
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