Valdez will handle gender in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet

From realistic nipple tattoos to artistic expression, top surgery can provide an affirming tattoo canvas

OPINION: A bi Keeley stan feels betrayed by the character’s Season 3 storyline

5 queer and trans stories we’re following: May 23

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

5 queer and trans news stories we’re following: March 10

Helping to raise someone else’s children has been life-affirming, even gender-affirming, but it’s not without complications

Telling my mother I was trans was the hardest part about coming out as a teen, but she ended up being my greatest support. Now we want to help families like ours

Three families—including the parents of the once-controversial Baby Storm—share their stories

In the nine-part series Queering Family, Xtra guest editor Stéphanie Verge introduces us to people who are redefining what it means to build and sustain a family

Here are 5 queer and trans news stories we’re tracking: Feb. 10

Getting paid to go back into the closet was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done—but it taught me how to define my body on my own terms

Study out of the Netherlands goes against what majority of Americans say about adolescent hormone therapy

Although a controversial bill has been amended to drop discriminatory provisions, activists say there’s still room for improvement

The Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that non-binary people should have the right to “opt out” of male and female gender markers on official documentation

A new study, the largest of its kind, shows that hormone therapy can lower suicide and depression rates in trans kids

ANALYSIS: Claiming non-binary identity gives people space to explore. If queerness already puts you at a distance from normative masculinity, why stop there?

OPINION: Bill 2 would document both sex and gender identity on the birth registry—a major step back from past legal victories in the province

Gender identity

Rechie Valdez named Women and Gender Equality and Youth minister

Gender-affirming tattooing can bring post-op euphoria

‘Ted Lasso’ missed the mark in its portrayal of female queerness

Dodgers reinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Mexico allows ‘X’ gender passports, Utah named most closeted state, trans prom held at the U.S. Capitol and Bud Light brewers lose perfect HRC rating

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

Oscars’ gender, indecency expunged, a big queer Tennessee benefit, beautiful Minnesota and welcome, Suzy Eddie Izzard

The highs and lows of being a non-binary nanny

Our family’s guide to transitioning

Raising kids in a gender-open way sounds great. But how does it work in practice?

Queer and trans families are intentional. They take the shape of what you and your loved ones need most

God’s gender, anti-trans legislation, Pauli Murray in your pocket, Hungarian court drama and the Super Bowl

Cam modelling helped me work through my gender dysphoria

Trans youth overwhelmingly continue gender-affirming treatment as adults

Quebec scraps controversial trans surgery requirement in proposed law following backlash

Colombia becomes first Latin American country to legally recognize non-binary people

Access to hormone therapy lowers suicide risk for trans youth, study finds

The rise of the he/they: an investigation

A proposed change to Quebec ID gender markers would legally out trans people