Arts

Book review: Because I Have Loved and Hidden It

Purple polyamory

By Alice Lawlor

Vancouver

Queer cinema: a threat to our border?

Where are these border guards when I’m being bombarded by images of Hugh Grant?

By Karen X Tulchinsky

Arts

Owen Pallett lays himself bare on new album

‘It may as well be a pornographic spread,’ he says of Heartland, to be released on Jan 12

By Lara Purvis

Music

⬆ MUSIC: Kox & Kuntz’ Favritest albums of 2009 ⬆

By Lina Harper

Arts

Nothing is sacred in new Kids in the Hall series

Scott Thompson dishes about Death Comes to Town

By Serafin LaRiviere

Trans

Art secrets

By Lina Harper

Pornography

Pornstar wishes you a happy holiday; Canada bans his film

By Brent Creelman

Arts

Xtra recommends: best queer books of 2009

Marie-Claire Blais, John Barton, Zoe Whittall (& one cheat)

By Marcus McCann

Culture

Montag back on the map

Minimalist melody man Antoine Bédard releases cover EP on home turf of Montreal

By Michael-Oliver Harding

Arts

Deck the tree with mermen and Village People

By Cameron Herdman

Arts

‘I am from Abbotsford. I am gay. I am Christian. I’m not hiding anything.’

Singer risks coming out to release autobiographical CD

By Sean Horlor

Power

BC to hide homeless during Olympics

Vancouver civil rights activists raise red flags

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Culture

Another closure on Queen West: Big Bop

News comes less than a month after reports that the Cameron House has been put up for sale

By Xtra Staff

Arts

Macho worlds of gaming and sports

Looking at gay sex in Dragon Age and Brendan Burke’s coming out

By Aubrey Laufer

Arts

Porndoggy: Alexander Pictures

The men are rugged and Alexander captures it all in simple, beautiful, handheld shooting

By Todd Klinck

Arts

Tegan & Sara’s sound continues to evolve

Sainthood is a big, hard-hitting album

By Cate Simpson

Toronto

It’s a film, not a hand grenade

By Brent Ledger

Vancouver

Meredith, you’ve got style

Family Ties mom comes out

By Mette Bach