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Why ‘Girls5eva’s’ Gloria is a different kind of lesbian on TV
ANALYSIS: With Season 3’s arrival on Netflix, Paula Pell’s pop star/dentist deserves to be famous 5eva (because 4eva’s too short!)
Ireland’s first openly gay prime minister resigns
Leo Varadkar announced he is stepping down as Taoiseach, after first taking the role in 2017
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 11 power ranking: Power(Point) rankings
The choice in winner this week—and the editing of another queen’s reaction—tells us a lot about the state of the competition
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 11 recap: “You’re a mom and pop, I’m a corporation’
The queens take on drag seminars, and it’s as weird as it sounds
Raising the bar: How an Edmonton gym is making exercise accessible
Run by queer and trans professionals, Action Potential Fitness was created with LGBTQ2S+ clients in mind
More municipalities likely to follow Alberta town’s lead with crosswalk ban
OPINION: The structure in place that allowed for Westlock’s “neutrality” petition and bylaw shows the darker side of populism that people don’t like to talk about
What ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ taught me about being in a queer relationship
How Seattle’s steamiest—and gayest—hospital helped me climb out from under a harrowing breakup
NHS suspends puberty blocker prescriptions in England
Young people will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to a new policy released this week
The (missing) context around using AI to ban books
ANALYSIS: The case of an Iowa school district employing ChatGPT to enforce a statewide book ban has garnered significant attention—what concerns does it raise around AI-aided censorship?
Brianna Ghey’s legacy must be liberation—not further harm
ANALYSIS: Why restricting social media would be dangerous for kids
Brittany Howard makes big moves with ‘What Now’
REVIEW: With her second solo album, Howard breaks the mould people try to fit her into
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 10 power ranking: Lucky seven
A top two Lip Sync for the Win makes for interesting power rankings
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 10 recap: I’ve got the ‘Power’
An early Rumix challenge produces terrific results—with no one going home
Fact-checking Radio-Canada’s ‘Trans Express’ documentary
ANALYSIS: A recent French-language piece is another example of poor reporting on trans issues from Canada’s mainstream media
The blurred lines between ‘transamory’ and chasing
In this excerpt from their new book, “Gender/Fucking,” writer and professor Florence Ashley unpacks “chaserdom” and the fetishization of trans femininity
The new generation of gay Conservative sellouts
OPINION: Melissa Lantsman’s and Eric Duncan’s refusals to call out their party’s transphobia is a betrayal of the LGBTQ2S+ community
‘Frida’ is a serviceable documentary that fails to engage with deeper topics
REVIEW: Despite its animated portraits, “Frida” captures its iconic subject in a stationary image