Here’s your Xtra Weekly, July 26
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‘Orange is the New Black’ and incarceration as entertainment
The hit series broke ground with its diverse cast, queer love scenes and stories of life in prison. But what’s the line between spotlight and spectacle?
Amid hateful backlash, ‘Drag Kids’ celebrates families and loving oneself
A new documentary showcases the talented generation of sashay-shantay
This Toronto undercover police operation was reminiscent of the bathhouse raids
Project Marie was shocking, but gay men learned how to respond — based on the past
The LGBTQ2-friendly companies who bankroll homophobic and transphobic politicians
The Zero for Zeros campaign has the receipts
Singing about sex and intimacy with R. Flex
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I want to explore polyamory but I live in a small community. What happens if word gets out?
What you need to know about new medical guidelines for treating trans patients
It’s not political — it’s a standard of care
Looking back at politics of the AIDS crisis with filmmaker Laurie Lynd
His new film, ‘Killing Patient Zero,’ explores the life and death of Gaëtan Dugas
718 victims of Canada’s gay purge have applied to be compensated in a settlement
Here’s your Xtra Weekly, July 19
Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing
Activist Tim McCaskell on how reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation
7 of the all-time best runway looks on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
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Peppa Pig is officially a queer icon
Her debut album is the gayest thing since Mr Ratburn’s wedding
Catherine Hernandez on allyship and fighting white supremacy
What I learned going on auditions as a lesbian actor in LA
I stood out, and not in the way that Hollywood embraced
What matters most to Black queer Americans
Takeaways from the LGB+ Black Census, the largest survey of Black people since the Reconstruction era
Scarlett Johansson wants to be cast in trans roles
“As an actor, I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal”
How the police force has divided Toronto’s LGBTQ2 communities
Difference in opinion on Black Lives Matter, Pride Toronto and Marie Curtis Park polarized LGBTQ2 communities on policing practices.
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