Drawing a crowd

Ottawa International Animation Festival has plenty of queer content

By Julie Cruikshank

Arts

Where pigs can fly

Tim Luscombe’s sexually explosive play opens the Buddies in Bad Times season

By Chris Dupuis

Culture

Gaining some Insight

Ottawa’s youth-led theatre group returns for 32nd season

By Julie Cruikshank

Power

Top 30 Under 30: #23

Jen Sung

By Matthew DiMera

Travel

Philadelphia launches new LGBT travel commercial

Miss Richfield’s Selfie Tour of Philadelphia

By Xtra Editor

Hungry for Beauvoir

A new French film is dedicated to the life of groundbreaking writer Violette Leduc

By Lydia Perovic

Arts

Work Bitch

Five great things about Britney Spears’s new song

By Andrew Jacome

Power

Veiled criticism

Is Leila Fatemi queering the veil?

By Michael Lyons

Arts

Yarn bombing the capital

O-Town Bombers return to Nuit Blanche

By Julie Cruikshank

Opinion

Late summer fun in Ottawa

Harvest Noir, Arboretum Arts Festival and Beach Bash

By Zara Ansar

Video

Toronto International Film Festival wraps up

Highlights from the festival

By Frank Prendergast

Toronto Diary

HBO needs to show more dick

By Jeremy Feist

Arts

Janelle Monae opens up about her sexuality

The Electric Lady shares her thoughts on loving who she wants

By Xtra Editor

Power

Top 30 Under 30: #26

Peter Breeze

By Matthew DiMera

Arts

Igor Dewe’s sexual obsession

Sissydude’s Q & A with the sexy, internet sensation

By Sissydude

Culture

Want to win a magic stick?

Get your mind out of the gutter — it’s contest time!

By Taylor Parsons

Loving Elliot

A highlight from the Queer Caribbean Film Showcase at the CaribbeanTales Film Festival

By Michael Lyons

Arts

True Blood hunk Ryan Kwanten in new Canadian flick

Star at TIFF to promote The Right Kind of Wrong

By Frank Prendergast