Culture

Photography project Exposes the reality of street life for women

About a third of those involved are queer-identified

By Andi Schwartz

Arts

Homegrown homos

Six of the best Local Heroes shorts

By Ryan English

Arts

A glimpse at Luminato: Joni Mitchell and more

‘I think everything is queer’ says festival director

By Xtra Staff

Toronto Diary

Death of a Bathhouse

A new film about the closing of Toronto’s St Marc Spa

By Chris Dupuis

The curious case of Alice Walker

Beauty in Truth explores the resilience and richness of the celebrated author and activist

By Matt Thomas

Opinion

A Sondheim Jazz Project

By Ryan G Hinds

Arts

Bored of Rob Ford

Download a new mayoral protest song from Peaches and Betti Forde

By Michael Lyons

Culture

OUTeast Film Fest gets set to launch

By Simon Thibault

Arts

Rural romance

Yen Tan on his low-key film about small-town queer life, Pit Stop

By Matthew Hays

You’re Not My Target Audience

Queer women talk about performance art in a new documentary short

By Lydia Perovic

Opinion

Body Politic onstage

Celebrating the seminal queer publication through theatre

By Michael Lyons

Love & Sex

Cocky Boys’ pornstar Jett Black does Liberace

By Raziel Reid

Divine docs

Four must-see documentaries at this year’s Inside Out

By Serafin LaRiviere

In Your Pocket: What’s Your Sex?

Videofag and Inside Out explore various takes on sex

By Jeremy Willard

Arts

Dan Savage on his new book, his hot husband & his son’s coming out

But did he also find time to flirt with our interviewer?

By Xtra Staff