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TV & Film

Ryan Murphy’s obsession with queer trauma must be stopped

Ryan Murphy’s obsession with queer trauma must be stopped

OPINION: From his Dahmer series to the new “American Horror Story” about a serial killer targeting queer people, the writer-director has gone off the deep end

By Mel Woods • October 18, 2022 at 11:44 am EDT
Identity

Development threatens to erase Riis Beach’s slice of queer heaven

Development threatens to erase Riis Beach’s slice of queer heaven

The state government has plans to tear down a long-abandoned hospital that’s kept the community out of the public gaze

By Elly Belle • October 17, 2022 at 2:38 pm EDT
Politics

Albertan activists on Premier Danielle Smith’s ‘horrendous’ record on LGBTQ2S+ issues

Albertan activists on Premier Danielle Smith’s ‘horrendous’ record on LGBTQ2S+ issues

Four LGBTQ2S+ activists in Alberta tell Xtra what the new premier may mean for their province and community

By V.S. Wells • October 14, 2022 at 3:04 pm EDT
Identity

LGBTQ+ Nigerians oppose a proposed bill on crossdressing, say the issue is being used as an election distraction 

LGBTQ+ Nigerians oppose a proposed bill on crossdressing, say the issue is being used as an election distraction 

Nigeria’s anti-gay laws continue to make the country unsafe for the LGBTQ+ community

By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye • October 13, 2022 at 10:46 am EDT
Politics

Why are LGBTQ+ voters being marginalized when it comes to the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe?

Why are LGBTQ+ voters being marginalized when it comes to the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe?

OPINION: To vote or note to vote? What LGBTQ+ voters in Zimbabwe need to consider

By Tanatswa M. • October 12, 2022 at 4:25 pm EDT
Books

In Billy-Ray Belcourt’s ‘A Minor Chorus,’ happiness seems to lurk just out of reach

In Billy-Ray Belcourt’s ‘A Minor Chorus,’ happiness seems to lurk just out of reach

“Despite trauma and tragedy, we Indigenous people and queer people produce joy in our lives”: Billy-Ray Belcourt on his new novel

By Cameron Perrier • October 12, 2022 at 10:06 am EDT
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Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I want to help queer youth—but I’m afraid of being labelled a “groomer”

I want to help queer youth—but I’m afraid of being labelled a “groomer”

“Let’s go to war with the heterosexual world. Let’s kill the homophobe in our hearts and trample its grave”

By Kai Cheng Thom • October 11, 2022 at 2:28 pm EDT
Politics

What would Irish reunification mean for the queer community?

What would Irish reunification mean for the queer community?

Sinn Fein on the importance of queer and trans rights for a united Ireland

By Rhea Rollmann • October 11, 2022 at 12:31 pm EDT
Books

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s latest novel is epic—But why does it use gender the way it does?

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s latest novel is epic—But why does it use gender the way it does?

REVIEW: In “Fayne,” literary legend Ann-Marie MacDonald takes us out for a walk upon the moors in a tale that references “Jane Eyre” and “Orlando”

By Eva Crocker • October 11, 2022 at 10:05 am EDT
Politics

Slovenia becomes first post-communist country to legalize same-sex marriage, adoptions

Slovenia becomes first post-communist country to legalize same-sex marriage, adoptions

This decision stands in stark contrast with most of its Eastern European neighbours, some of which have increasingly opposed LGBTQ+ equality

By Diamond Yao • October 7, 2022 at 2:07 pm EDT
Identity

For queer Asians, community means family

For queer Asians, community means family

After pandemic lockdowns and anti-Asian violence, LGBTQ2S+ Asians across Canada are coming together with a vengeance

By Diamond Yao • October 5, 2022 at 4:05 pm EDT
Activism

The Trevor Project ends partnership with surveillance software company, returns donation

The Trevor Project ends partnership with surveillance software company, returns donation

The decision came in the wake of outcry on Twitter 

By Oliver Haug • October 5, 2022 at 2:34 pm EDT
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TV & Film

Twenty years after the live-action ‘Scooby-Doo’ film, Velma’s finally out

Twenty years after the live-action ‘Scooby-Doo’ film, Velma’s finally out

Director James Gunn fought for “Scooby-Doo”’s Velma to be queer in the 2002 live-action film. Twenty years later, she’s officially a lesbian

By Mel Woods • October 5, 2022 at 1:17 pm EDT
Health

Can injectable PrEP live up to the hype?

Can injectable PrEP live up to the hype?

Following years of oral PrEP’s slow uptake, a new innovation is generating excitement around the highly effective drug

By Kevin Hurren • October 5, 2022 at 1:00 pm EDT
Books

What happens when a whole family comes out, one at a time?

What happens when a whole family comes out, one at a time?

In Jessi Hempel’s collaborative memoir, “The Family Outing,” the journalist is just the first to show her authentic self

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul • October 5, 2022 at 9:22 am EDT
Housing

Ahmed Hussen talks LGBTQ2S+ housing

Ahmed Hussen talks LGBTQ2S+ housing

The Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion speaks to how the federal government plans to address housing issues faced by queer and trans people

By Dale Smith • October 4, 2022 at 10:33 am EDT
Activism

The Pussy Palace was more than the raid

The Pussy Palace was more than the raid

Over 20 years ago, police raided the Pussy Palace, but this is just a piece of the queer women’s bathhouse’s story

By Sid Drmay • October 3, 2022 at 12:00 pm EDT
Culture

In her new memoir, the legendary Cecilia Gentili introduces us to the witches and mothers in her life

In her new memoir, the legendary Cecilia Gentili introduces us to the witches and mothers in her life

The literary debut of Argentina-born New York trans and sex work activist deserves all the adjectives

By Grace Byron • October 3, 2022 at 10:08 am EDT
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