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The news cycle broke me. Gaming saved me

Things feel scarier than ever before—we won’t make it through without some distractions

By Katelyn Burns
The queer fantasy of playersexuality
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The queer fantasy of playersexuality

ANALYSIS: Opponents of playersexuality argue that it erases queer representation. Does it really?

By SF Boswell
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‘PTP Pink Paper’ casts critical eye on LGBTQ2S+ representation in movies, TV, streaming, video games

Report shows urgent need for better queer and trans stories—and representation among the people who make them

By Mel Woods
Why the Banff media festival is putting a spotlight on queer representation
Culture

Why the Banff media festival is putting a spotlight on queer representation

LGBTQ2S+ representation in the Canadian screen industries will be the focus of a Pink Paper

By Dean Lisk
Don’t just stand there (themeless)
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Don’t just stand there (themeless)

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All together now (themeless)
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All together now (themeless)

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The best—and queerest—games I played in 2023
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The best—and queerest—games I played in 2023

From “Baldur’s Gate 3” to “Bomb Rush Cyberfunk”

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This light of the truth (themeless)

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Stay spicy (themeless)

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Counting the Kinsey Scale (themed)

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‘Dungeons and Drag Queens’ and country music without the gun-toting hate top the QCC playlist this week
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‘Dungeons and Drag Queens’ and country music without the gun-toting hate top the QCC playlist this week

Plus Caitlin Metz, gay science, C.A. Tanaka and more

By S. Bear Bergman
Sharing the love (themeless)
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Sharing the love (themeless)

By Ada Nicolle
Rights & liberation (themeless)
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Rights & liberation (themeless)

By Ada Nicolle
Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?
Gaming

Players celebrate the queerness in ‘The Legend of Zelda.’ When will Nintendo?

New Zelda game “Tears of the Kingdom” puts hero Link in a miniskirt and nail polish, but some queer and trans fans long for a game that truly reimagines gender 

By Phoebe Fuller
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
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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

By Maddy Mahoney
Queer with a capital Q (themeless)
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Queer with a capital Q (themeless)

By Ada Nicolle
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