But with COVID-19, widespread anti-Black violence and mass protests against police brutality, this isn’t the time for a glittering Pride. We stand with LGBTQ2 folk as they, once more, aim to rise to the moment
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Okay, maybe not every Pride, but a whole whack of them—with updates on what’s been cancelled, postponed or moved online
Go ahead, transition
Trans and non-binary people are rarely afforded the freedom to express desire and alter who they are. It’s time to change that
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting LGBTQ2 people with periods?
From period poverty, discrimination in the healthcare system and the additional stress of a global crisis, LGBTQ2 people are seeing an unwelcome change in their periods
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12: Who are the true winners and losers of the season?
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ season finale recap: Who won Season 12?
The first-ever socially distant finale gave us Drag Race’s 12th winner
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Trans musician and vocalist Beverly Glenn-Copeland, at 76, is beyond ready for his closeup
The American-Canadian artist discusses his revived career and new documentary “Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story”
8 innovative masturbation apps to help you wank better
From guided masturbation meditation, LGBTQ2-inclusive audio erotica to virtual vulvas, there’s no shortage of apps to help you explore your own body
How masturbation can help sexual assault survivors reclaim pleasure
Masturbation helped me reconnect with my body—and it’s been a healing tool for trauma survivors for decades
RuPaul Charles makes ‘Family Feud’ extra fabulous, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are couple goals and Cate Blanchett said gay rights
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Trans in isolation: Four non-binary and trans folks on the realities of COVID-19
From the courage to come out, to freedom from misgendering, to the pains of quarantine dysphoria
How I learned to masturbate like a trans girl
It took a whole community of queers to help me learn that my body exists on its own terms
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You won’t stop looking-up whether it’s normal to pee after masturbating, so we brought the damn doctor back
We asked sex therapist Dr. Pega Ren to return to ‘Xtra’ to talk about one of our most popular articles ever, and why we keep asking basic questions about our bodily fluids
39 easy steps for buying your first vibrator in the middle of a pandemic
As a feminist and former gender studies academic, it took a global crisis for me to buy my first vibrator. Here’s how I assembled the nerve (and self-love) to do it
Canadian medical researchers unveil groundbreaking LGBTQ2-focused curriculum
The University of Toronto will now teach medical trainees how to address critical social factors when dealing with queer and trans folk—and how COVID-19 exacerbates those factors
Can I come out to my parents over Zoom?
I love my boyfriend, but he’s the only guy I’ve slept with. Can I have a ‘slutty phase’ without destroying our relationship?
People are sending sex toys to each other during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s beautiful
The owner of one of Canada’s most sex-positive and LGBTQ2-friendly sex toy stores talks about how customers are taking care of each other, plus its shortlist of most-loved sex toys
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