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Health

I learned to love myself after my period ghosted me at 12

How premature ovarian failure helped me accept my body and my queerness

By Sanchari Sur

Feature

Canada is finally taking period poverty seriously

But when it comes to period pain, we’re not even close

By Sadiya Ansari

I’m intersex. Is it normal that I don’t get a period?

If I’m a trans man, do I still need to have pap smears?

What’s up with period sex and STIs? Ask an expert

Culture

I couldn’t outrun the period monster

As a trans teen, the only thing scarier than horror movies was that time of the month

By Henry Giardina

Profile

This Peruvian artist wants you to wear your period with pride

With bold embroidery, Romina Chuls transforms stains into statements

By Vittoria Traverso

Opinion

Why people are mad about the term ‘menstruators’

Inclusive language around periods is not an attack on female bodies

By Samantha Riedel

Health

I’m a queer Black woman — misogynoir cost me my health

How sexism and racism in the medical system undermines my community’s pain

By Almah LaVon Rice

Feature

Fat folks bleed, too

So why can’t we find period underwear that fit?

Opinion

The unlikely appeal of the cop-out period emoji

In being nothing to no one, the drop of blood is a start for everyone

Health

No more shame, no more silence: Why Xtra is talking about periods

All this month, we look at menstruation from an LGBTQ2 perspective

By Eternity Martis