This 1919 gay rights movie was almost erased from history

“Different from the Others” is considered one of the first sympathetic portrayals of gay men on film. It was nearly destroyed

By Cody Corrall

Inside Xtra

Xtra analysis of far-right politics wins excellence in queer journalism

Award from NLGJA caps record-breaking award season for Xtra

By Xtra Staff

TV & Film

‘Girls Like Girls’ once meant everything to me. I’ve outgrown it

Hayley Kiyoko’s new movie tries to recapture the magic of the mid-2010s music video it’s based on. But time has dulled its revolutionary edge

By Tobin Ng

TV & Film

‘Maddie’s Secret’ is the movie about eating disorders we need

John Early’s pastiche of after-school specials mixes belly laughs with gut punches. It’s a rare masterwork

By Barry Levitt

Inside Xtra

Xtra wins gold at the Canadian Association of Journalists’ annual gala

Read our award-winning investigation about an online scam targeting global activists

By Xtra Staff

Cruising the Shelves

‘Charity and Sylvia’ beautifully illustrates a real-life 19th-century lesbian couple

Tillie Walden’s new graphic novel tracks the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake’s decades-long New England romance

By H Felix Chau Bradley

TV & Film

‘Stop! That! Train!’ director Adam Shankman says the movie used AI

Shankman sat down with Xtra to talk RuPaul, modern gay cinema—and exactly how much AI was used in his film

By Russ Martin

Consumed

‘Saw’ was my sexual awakening

The series was the centrepiece of a homoerotic middle-school friendship. As I got older, I turned to it for much-needed release

By KC Hoard

Music

Adam Lambert wants his flowers

After a stint on Broadway, the gay icon tells Xtra about his new album “ADAM”—and his love of eating

By Russ Martin

Cruising the Shelves

‘No God but Us’ delves into the parallel universes created by war and displacement

Bobuq Sayed’s debut novel considers borders and ethics through the eyes of two queer Afghan lovers

By H Felix Chau Bradley

Music

Bentley Robles wants a brotherhood of gay pop stars

The yellow-haired singer talks rising stardom, Zara Larsson and dating while gay-famous

By Russ Martin

Music

Vivek Shraya is hot, blond and hitting the dance floor

The Toronto multi-hyphenate’s new album, “VIVICA,” shirks respectability politics for a sensual, high-gloss exploration of queer and trans desire

By Elena Sénéchal-Becker

TV & Film

Director Bretten Hannam on breaking the ghost story form in their new Indigenous-led thriller

The Two-Spirit filmmaker tells Xtra about twisting time, space and sound in “At the Place of Ghosts”

By Colby Payne

Sports

Media is unprepared for how to appropriately cover women’s sports

Coverage of Azzi Fudd and Natasha Cloud show how media fails to properly cover women’s sports like the WNBA

By Frankie de la Cretaz

We've Been Here

The complicated legacy of Renée Richards

The former tennis player broke barriers for trans athletes in 1977. Then she changed her tune

By Cody Corrall

Tech

This former OnlyFans creator wants to make sexy content better for everyone

From Calgary to OnlyFans to Silicon Valley—Grant McNaughton’s journey has led him to build his own platform for X-rated videos

By Kevin Hurren

Consumed

‘Survivor’ helped me climb a volcano

Instead of training for a gruelling day-long hike, I listened to podcasts about my favourite TV show. It paid off

By KC Hoard

Media

Only 1 in 5 ‘New York Times’ news stories about trans issues quote actual trans people: report

A new ‘Assigned Media’ report found that the ‘New York Times’ rarely cited trans people in coverage about trans issues

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods