Mindful of tradition and history, a ‘new guard’ of youth, women and trans people joins forces with the men in Ottawa’s welcoming and vibrant leather community

A new Montreal exhibit celebrates the rise of designer Rad Hourani

John Apple Jack is a tasty romantic-comedy

Daily Xtra talks with Abdellatif Kechiche

New Toronto club offers free buffet for the college crowd

Christopher House celebrates two decades at the Toronto Dance Theatre with a new show

Buddies’ annual art fundraiser features Kris Knight and other talented local artists

A gay sex scene and a deadly story

Comedian and actor Leslie Jordan presents ‘an open love letter to mothers everywhere’

The disco DJ’s legend is set in stone with a new compilation of his gay-porn soundtracks

Filmmakers strip Card’s unacknowledged gay content from movie

Comedian Eddie Izzard is a straight man who identifies as a transvestite — and he’s touring the biggest show of his career

Arts

Ottawa’s evolving leather and kink scene

Seamless

Vancouver Asian Film Festival features gay centrepiece

Popping culture: The Bechdel test comes to Sweden

Blue Is the Warmest Colour director pulls no punches in response to critics

Cage dancing and jambalaya

James Franco takes on two more queer films, can’t help that his ‘heroes’ happen to be gay

20 years of House

Having an ArtAttack

Daniel Radcliffe and Michael C Hall on Kill Your Darlings

Spears musical tells Jesus Christ story through Britney Spears songs

Mommy dearest

Jeffrey Gent’s vintage same-sex photos

Patrick Cowley’s menergy

Downton Abbey’s Rob James-Collier: It’s ‘easier’ to kiss a man than a woman

Ender’s Game: Orson Scott Card versus the buggerlovers

Tour de force

Ellen DeGeneres does Nicki Minaj . . . for Halloween