Excerpt

More than a century ago, rural queers were invisible. Thankfully, this same-sex couple had a camera

A new book spotlights a photogenic queer couple in rural New Brunswick in the 1910s and ’20s

By Meredith J. Batt and Dusty Green

History

Here’s what Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ National Monument will look like

The winning design was just unveiled and construction is expected to be completed by 2025

By V.S. Wells

Music

The long lost musical project of ‘The Kids in the Hall’ alums Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini finally gets its due

Their 1980s art punk band Mouth Congress is making up for lost time

By Jesse Locke

TV & Film

Sorry, Sam Elliott, movie cowboys have always been gay

ANALYSIS: Elliott slammed “The Power of the Dog” for being too queer, but queerness has always been a key ingredient of westerns

By Mel Woods

History

Pack your bags: Britain’s first LGBTQ+ museum is set to open this spring

The museum seeks to expand knowledge of queer history and culture

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Queer View Mirror

The siren song of Andrew Holleran’s 1978 novel ‘Dancer from the Dance’

How one queer classic keeps moving me after all these years

By Christopher DiRaddo

TV & Film

‘Benedetta’ is an entertaining nunsploitation drama brimming with religious hypocrisy and madness

REVIEW: Paul Verhoeven’s campy thriller torches the Catholic Church

By Sara Clements

Excerpt

The battle against AIDS was waged on the streets

“Up Against the Wall” explores the meaning and impact of the AIDS epidemic as told through posters over the last 40 years

By Jennifer Brier, Matthew Wizinsky

That’s the Way It Is

Tammy Faye, Gucci, Halston, Spencer, Céline… when reality is a drag

A recent spate of films prove biopics are the ultimate Snatch Game

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Music

Claude Vivier is the most famous composer you’ve never heard of

Killed by a trick in Paris at age 34, his tragic end is perhaps the least interesting thing about him

By Gordon Bowness

History

How one gay man fought the medical establishment and won

A new documentary explores gay psychiatrist John Fryer’s efforts to end the American Psychiatric Association classification of homosexuality as an illness

By KC Hoard

TV & Film

Art, horror, glamour: The queer legacy of Udo Kier

In “Swan Song,” the acclaimed German actor plays a character whose gay history mirrors his own contributions to queering the movies

By Frank M. Miller

TV & Film

‘My Name is Pauli Murray’ celebrates an overlooked Black queer civil rights leader and non-binary role model

The latest documentary from the directors of “RBG” tells the story of Pauli Murray, a queer lawyer, racial justice activist and priest born in 1910

By Ilana Masad

Queer View Mirror

Celebrating 10 years of Frank Ocean

It’s been a decade since the artist’s influential debut mixtape “Nostalgia, Ultra”

By Precious Fondren

Inside Xtra

Check out our glow up!

Xtra is evolving… new look, new logo… but same commitment to LGBTQ2S+ journalism and community building

By Rachel Giese

Books

Timothy Findley was a consummate artist and ferocious fighter

A new biography of the iconic Canadian writer is a reminder of just how hard it was to be gay two generations ago

By RM Vaughan

Power

Bathhouses outlasted the AIDS epidemic, but will they survive COVID-19?

These crucial sites for sex, community, education and protest are at risk of disappearing forever

By Paul Gallant

TV & Film

‘The Boys in the Band’ has delighted and horrified audiences for 50 years

The new film adaptation of Mart Crowley’s revered and reviled play encapsulates a half century of change

By Frank M. Miller