Politics

India’s LGBTQ+ community faces daunting challenges in the era of COVID-19

The decriminalization of homosexuality has meant little on the streets of India

By Pratyush Dayal

The Xtra Long Read

Inside the second wave of the HIV epidemic in the Philippines

Travel to the frontlines of the health crisis and meet a generation of young people trying to build a better future

By Arvin Joaquin

Culture

Mimiyuuuh is fun, fierce and unapologetic

The Filipino YouTube personality talks about his rise to fame, being queer in the Philippines and his crushes

By Arvin Joaquin

Need to know

How did people celebrate Pride in Mumbai this year?

By Xtra Video

Power

What LGBT Indo-Canadians think of India’s move to decriminalize homosexuality

‘India definitely is just starting its journey down that road’

By Riley Sparks

Opinion

Supreme Court victory for India’s LGBT people is only the start

India’s LGBT movement can be a model for other countries

By Rob Salerno

Power

My mother’s daughter, my father’s son: a trans Chinese woman on finding joy in the ancestral rites of death

How I honoured Chinese funeral tradition, my family and queerness at my grandfather’s funeral

By Kai Cheng Thom

Identity

How the Cheongsam helped me find my trans womanhood

The more I am told that the traditional dress of my ancestors will never be mine, the more stubbornly I try to squeeze my body into its confines

By Kai Cheng Thom

Opinion

When does preference become prejudice?

Is it discriminatory to refuse to consider dating someone of a particular ethnicity?

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Why I didn’t have sex in Bangkok

In a city infamous for sex tourism, why wasn’t I in the mood?

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

I braved Bangkok’s ping pong show

Can a sex show go too far?

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Muscle worship at Tawan Bar (Part 2)

Am I into sthenolagnia?

By Mike Miksche

Love & Sex

Muscle worship at Tawan Bar (Part 1)

Am I into sthenolagnia?

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

How same-sex samurai stories made gay love beautiful in Japan

Ihara Saikaku’s book of short stories celebrated male relationships in the 17th century

By Michael Lyons

Travel

Celebrating New Year’s Eve at White Party Bangkok

A weekend of exciting events to ring in 2017

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Exploring Soi Twilight, Bangkok’s gay red-light district (Part 1)

Beyond the neon signs and jammed packed streets is a paradise for Westerners

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

The fantasy of the Babylon Bangkok hotel (Part 2)

A social club, a gay resort, a getaway spot — Babylon is whatever you want it to be

By Mike Miksche

Opinion

Travelling to Silom Soi 4, Bangkok’s bustling gay strip

I was used to cities like Berlin, Barcelona and San Francisco, but Bangkok was completely new territory

By Mike Miksche