Culture

The Amaze Ball live

By Raziel Reid

Arts

Graphic sex

Annual sex exhibition explores the most basic of human compulsions

By Serafin LaRiviere

Caring and hate

Danniel Oickle releases new video exclusively on xtra.ca

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Big Freedia’s ass is everywhere

New Orleans bounce queen storms Toronto and Montreal

By Xtra Staff

Arts

Sharon Needles in Toronto this weekend

New album, PG-13, riding high on the charts

By Xtra Staff

Arts

Sexual awakenings

Studio 58’s rock-musical celebration of teen exploration

By Mark Robins

Arts

Margaret Cho: Fag-hag plus

The comedian returns to her first love

By Beth Hong

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

Power

On Super Bowl eve, 49ers’ Culliver objects to gay players

By Natasha Barsotti

Culture

The Artist Speaks: Ryan MacGrath goes out on a lark

By Simon Thibault

Arts

More than ‘good face’

Toronto hosts tribute to Canadian blacks in dance

By Tyrone Newhook

Arts

Opera can’t think straight

Christopher Alden explores bent desire in new production of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito

By Lydia Perovic

Canada

Fucking famous

By Jeremy Feist

Arts

Thelma Houston, gay rights revolutionary

Singer remembers performing and partying at legendary gay nightclubs

By Xtra Staff

Toronto Diary

Sharon Needles releases ‘This Club Is a Haunted House’

By Jeremy Feist

Arts

Queer pics from Sundance

James Franco’s explicit new film sells out

By Xtra Staff

Arts

Tegan and Sara shift gears

Calgary duo have created an electro-pop album all their own

By Chris Howson

Arts

Stay warm and steamy at Sapphic Aquatica

Oasis relaunches its women and trans night

By Lauryn Kronick