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Our pick of books to help you celebrate Pride season (plus some edgier reads, too)
Books

Our pick of books to help you celebrate Pride season (plus some edgier reads, too)

Check out the 14 LGBTQ2S+ books we’re most excited to dive into this Pride

By Paul Gallant
Norma Tanega was a queer woman of colour who found success and laughter in the folk music world
Music

Norma Tanega was a queer woman of colour who found success and laughter in the folk music world

A new book and compilation finally give the 1960s singer (and former lover of Dusty Springfield) the attention she deserves

By Jesse Locke
More than a century ago, rural queers were invisible. Thankfully, this same-sex couple had a camera
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
Here’s what Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ National Monument will look like
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
The long lost musical project of ‘The Kids in the Hall’ alums Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini finally gets its due
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
Sorry, Sam Elliott, movie cowboys have always been gay
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
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Pack your bags: Britain’s first LGBTQ+ museum is set to open this spring
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.
The siren song of Andrew Holleran’s 1978 novel ‘Dancer from the Dance’
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
‘Benedetta’ is an entertaining nunsploitation drama brimming with religious hypocrisy and madness
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
The battle against AIDS was waged on the streets
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
Tammy Faye, Gucci, Halston, Spencer, Céline… when reality is a drag
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
Claude Vivier is the most famous composer you’ve never heard of
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
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How one gay man fought the medical establishment and won
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
Art, horror, glamour: The queer legacy of Udo Kier
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
‘My Name is Pauli Murray’ celebrates an overlooked Black queer civil rights leader and non-binary role model
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
Celebrating 10 years of Frank Ocean
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
Check out our glow up!
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
Timothy Findley was a consummate artist and ferocious fighter
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
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