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Queer sports leagues offer safety and joy
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Canada’s Parliament just got a lot less queer
Only three incumbent openly queer MPs are headed back to Ottawa after the 2025 federal election
No one knows what ‘masculinity’ is, but it’s killing us
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Shady queens and gay best friends: the price of being queer on reality TV
Xtra launches Season one of our new podcast, “Get Queer”—here’s where it all started
Aaron Gunn, Andrew Lawton among controversial MPs headed to Ottawa
ANALYSIS: The 2025 federal election winners include multiple people with concerning pasts around LGBTQ2S+ issues
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How the trans rights struggle affects everyone
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Mark Carney’s Liberals projected to win Canadian federal election
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