Xtra is an online magazine and community platform covering LGBTQ2S+ culture, politics and health. We aim to break boundaries, think outside of binaries and build bridges within our communities and beyond.

Power

Amanda Ryan’s mission is education

Trans activist heads Gender Mosaic

By Stephanie Power

Power

Resignations and strapped resources

New Transgender Health Program gets mixed reviews

By Sondi Bruner

Culture

Book review – Is transsexuality in the air we breathe?

By J Wallace

Vancouver

Throwback to the 1970s

BC scrambles to remove homosexuality from mental disorder list

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Ottawa

PTS creates trans group

By Julie Weisberg

Toronto

Feuding Siamese twins

Homos & trannies need to learn to play nice

By Paul Gallant

Toronto

Healthy rainbow

By Julie Weisberg

Toronto

Amalgamation mania

Will queer concerns be lost in the shuffle?

By Margaret Robinson

Toronto

Pillaging gender

Discover the buried treasure of imagination

By Rachel Giese

Toronto

Crown questions trans presence at Pussy Palace

By Julia Garro

Toronto

Trans DIY

There used to be a monopoly on gender reorientation – not anymore

By Alec Butler

Toronto

Drop the doll!

Toronto’s gender identity clinic aims to set kids aright when they’re young – very young

By Gillian Morton