Power

The right to bare breasts

Serenity Hart’s Topless Tour de Canada launches today

By Michael Lyons

Arts

The return of Luba

The Canadian pop icon reflects on her career, her gay fans and her new album

By Richard Burnett

Culture

Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon turn Gender Failure live show into book

Vancouver book launch planned for April 9

By Erin Flegg

Arts

John Greyson on incarceration, closet politics and John Baird

Artist/activist talks about why he went into the closet while in prison in Egypt

By Frank Prendergast

Power

Casino Rama allegedly kicks trans woman out of washroom

Similar incident reported at the Ontario casino in 2008

By Dylan C Robertson

Vive Robert Lepage!

TIFF Bell Lightbox hosts a retrospective of famed theatre director’s films

By Chris Dupuis

Opinion

Xposed Toronto, Issue #768

This week, Anna and Becca check out Toronto Fashion Week and the Worn Party

By Anna Pournikova

Love & Sex

Fist me, baby, one more time

Queer pornstar Courtney Trouble hosts a fisting workshop

By Jeremy Willard

Opinion

Quebec’s first married gay couple celebrates 10th anniversary

Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf look back on their landmark legal victory and wedding

By Richard Burnett

Cruising for Eastern Boys

Award-winning film hits theatres in France

By Xtra Staff

Arts

Frankie Knuckles, 1955–2014

Honouring the godfather of house

By Phil Villeneuve

Opinion

Gay rights pioneer ted northe dies at 74

Queen of the Silver Dollar

By Kevin Dale McKeown

Books

Review: Pee-Shy: A Memoir

Frank Spinelli’s new book is about a childhood filled with bullying and curiosity about forbidden (girl’s) things

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Sex

The Hookies celebrate male escorts’ best attributes

NYC’s Boomer Banks wins Best Cock and Mr International

By Mark Chesnut

Arts

Kent Monkman painting takes Montreal art world by storm

It’s all about having the biggest brush in the Toronto-based painter’s massive new work

By Richard Burnett

The best in alt porn

The Feminist Porn Awards and conference celebrate inclusive, diverse porn

By Jeremy Willard

Video

PrEP: Another tool in the arsenal against HIV/AIDS

An extended interview with Magnet’s ‘Nurse Tim’

By Xtra Editor

Arts

Cock

A new play points to the fact that queerness isn’t always about which genitals are meeting

By Chris Dupuis