I came out, and we never talked about it again. But I know you’ve grown to love who I am
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Once again, YouTube fails to protect LGBTQ2 creators
The latest controversy over its hate speech policies leaves queer and trans users feeling unwelcome
Looking back at the past 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism in Canada
From bathhouse raids to Supreme Court cases to same-sex marriage
Singing queer love songs with Casey Mecija
RuPaul’s Drag Race has a racism problem
The show has exposed drag’s troubling traditions of appropriation and blackface
The world is burning. Should I bring a baby into it?
The enduring, uneasy attraction between gay and straight men
It’s time to talk about the real issue behind the Tati and James Charles drama
This genderqueer artist is untying the politics of gendered shoes
Evie Ruddy’s new project reconsiders how we shop for clothing
Canadians can now choose gender “X” on their government IDs
Straight Pride, queer love, and Shangela. Here’s your Xtra Weekly, June 7.
I came out at the height of the AIDS crisis — joining a generation of young men just waiting to die
When you come into adulthood in a dark age, whatever you achieve always seems secondary to the bigger problems of the world
Fifty years after Stonewall, how do we commemorate its radical history?
It’s not with corporate floats and circuit parties.
Andrew Scheer won’t attend Pride this year. But in case he changes his mind…
You know, us queers just wanna help
Why these queer activists won’t celebrate Canada’s LGBTQ2 decriminalization story
The government’s official narrative denies our actual histories and the battles we fought for our rights
Bringing women to the front with DJ and director D.W. Waterson
11 reasons why Shangela is more than just a ‘halleloo’
And more than just popping out of boxes (because you know she does that, too)
10 things to expect at Boston’s Straight Pride
So many flip flops and cargo shorts
Canadians clean up at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards
Casey Plett, Joshua Whitehead and Larissa Lai were among winners
We need to talk about the last 50 years of LGBTQ2 activism
Introducing our new series, Still Fighting