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Jeopardy! Master Mattea Roach, Montana drag ban, Manitoba city saves queer books, Ontario councillor resigns over flag ban, RIP Tina Turner and all things ‘Barbie’ movie

6 queer and trans stories for your Friday

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8,’ Episode 3 power ranking: Let’s get Wild

We get our third new maxi-challenge winner of the season

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8,’ Episode 3 recap: Supermarket, swept

The latest edition of the ball challenge inspires some wonky judging

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ premiere power ranking: Living for the fame

The first two episodes give us a decent understanding of who our frontrunners are

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ Episode 2 recap: Live from the werk room

The second part of the season premiere is an improvement, largely thanks to a very special guest

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’ premiere recap: Uninformed voting

Enthusiasm for this new season is diminished by the reveal of a baffling format change

By Kevin O’Keeffe

History

British drag has always been radical

In the wake of drag icon Paul O’Grady’s death, it’s time to excavate Britain’s radical drag history

By Jake Hall

Xtra News Flash

Queer Met Gala looks, censured Montana state rep sues, new drag dinner competition, queer youth mental health, Tony Award noms and Twitter oral sex misinformation

6 queer stories we’re watching: May 2

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Comedy

Intergalactic beauty Juno Birch’s advice for mere mortals

“Delusion is the key to confidence,” says the trans drag alien probing North Americans, er, North America this summer

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8’: Meet the returning queens set to do battle

From Kandy Muse to Jimbo, 12 queens are headed back to the werk room

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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 16 power ranking: You’re a winner, baby

RuPaul has crowned his 15th queen—and it’s a deserved honour

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15 finale recap: ‘They will sing your praises loud’

America’s Next Drag Superstar is who we knew it would be from the start

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra News Flash

JoJo Siwa’s Candace Owens smackdown, Title IX disappointment, L.A. drag march, new crisis hotline for youth, EU vs. Hungary and a Canadian response to anti-drag protests

6 queer and trans stories we’re watching: April 10

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Culture

Midnight in Ni-Chome: Japan’s post-pandemic drag performance scene

Queerness, whether on stage or off, plays differently in Japan

By Alex Ehrenreich

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 15 recap: Reunited, and it feels so long

This episode tests the limits of how long one could just hang out with this cast

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Xtra News Flash

Jinkx Monsoon and the Doctor, TDOV recap, Quebec’s publicly funded transphobia, Manhattan murder suspect and Twitter censorship

5 queer and trans news stories we’re following: April 3

By Eve Cable

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 14 power ranking: The stage has been set

Who will become America’s Next Drag Superstar XV?

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 15, Episode 14 recap: ‘Heavy is the head that rocks the crown’

The final four face off in a Rumix to “Blame It on the Edit”—but who, if anyone, goes home?

By Kevin O’Keeffe