Culture

Weekend Update – Odyssey Closing, Big Rogers, Apocalypstic

By Sean Horlor

Arts

Ruggers bare it all for art

Ottawa Wolves launch 2011 Calendar

By Noreen Fagan

Arts

Behind every World Cup…

By Ed Woody

Sports

Mark Tewksbury to lead Canada’s team at 2012 Olympics

By Lina Harper

Culture

Canadian swim and water polo teams compete at the Gay Games in Germany

Xtra chats with members of Toronto and Montreal teams as the event winds down this weekend

By Jonathan Brenneman

Culture

Catching up with Canadians at the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne

‘You don’t travel 6,000km to lose,’ says Toronto hockey player Wayne Belkosky

By Jonathan Brenneman

Power

Friends for Life Bike Rally – Day 3

By Matt Mills

Power

Bike rally for HIV/AIDS gives as much as it demands

Queers gear up for Friends for Life’s July 25 departure

By Scott Dagostino

Culture

Bike curious? Montreal’s queer bike shop can help

From lesbian haircuts to co-producing the Bicycle Film Festival, shop carves out a niche in Montreal

By Deanne Smith

Coming Out

Canada

How Montreal lost the Gay Games (twice)

Losses nearly derailed the gay sports movement

By Richard Burnett

Arts

Ottawa Wolves rugby club kicks off the season

Getting dirty off the field with a jock strap auction

By Noreen Fagan

Homophobia

Brian Burke talks bullying at MyGSA.ca launch

By Lina Harper

Culture

Organizers expect at least 100,000 for Vancouver’s Outgames

Community input sought for cultural components

By Jeremy Hainsworth

Power

Olympian comes out

New Zealander says gay-friendly Vancouver inspired him

By Shauna Lewis

Sports

YOUR HOKI IS GAY

By Lina Harper