Travel

Fort Lauderdale

A surefire cure for the winter blues

By Ray Chaaya

Arts

Golden oldie

Bruce LaBruce’s latest celebrates a May-December romance

By Matthew Hays

Arts

Dogs and butterflies

Joseph Couture’s memoir is a useful reminder of an over-the-top police charade

By Gerald Hannon

Video

Pornstar Arpad Miklos dead at 45

Xtra chats with Perfume Genius about working with Miklos on 2012 video

By Xtra Staff

Health

Chlamydia is Ottawa’s number one STI

Bathhouse testing relaunched

By Bradley Turcotte

Culture

Proposal time for Church Street mural project

Painting expected to begin in the spring

By Andrea Houston

Culture

Rainbow gateway markers arrive on Church Street

Each 22-foot signpost cost $87,500

By Andrea Houston

Video

Barebacking in gay porn: behind the scenes

A special two-part video report

By Xtra Staff

Video

Kathleen Wynne’s son on coming out

Chris Cowperthwaite says coming to terms with his sexuality was ‘challenging’

By Xtra Staff

Canada

Koch capers

Reflections on meeting up with the late (closeted) mayor of New York

By Matthew Hays

Arts

Big Freedia’s ass is everywhere

New Orleans bounce queen storms Toronto and Montreal

By Xtra Staff

Culture

AIDS Community Care Montreal commemorates 25 years

ACCM to host Feb 3 cabaret-themed party that ‘will be a joyous occasion’

By Richard Burnett

Opinion

Chronicling under-represented queer histories

Xtra interviews American writer and activist Darnell Moore

By Bradley Turcotte

Caring and hate

Danniel Oickle releases new video exclusively on xtra.ca

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Gay cowboys, black magic, Aztec gods

Toronto writer Gemma Files creates gun-slinging love stories with lots of gay sex

By James K Moran

Canada

Fucking famous

By Jeremy Feist

Arts

Thelma Houston, gay rights revolutionary

Singer remembers performing and partying at legendary gay nightclubs

By Xtra Staff

Arts

More than ‘good face’

Toronto hosts tribute to Canadian blacks in dance

By Tyrone Newhook