Culture

Irish matchmaking festival adds gay component

‘As Willie Daly says, at the end of the day it’s about love’: organizer

By Niko Bell

Travel

Chasing rainbows

With WorldPride coming in 2014, how does Toronto fare as a gay destination?

By Rob Salerno

Travel

Best of the ‘summer grind’

Grindr users suggest their favourite summer destinations

By Xtra Editor

Toronto Diary

Australian politician Tony Briffa talks about being intersex

By Jeremy Feist

Power

California school district adds condoms to sex ed after lawsuit

But Clovis still risking students’ health with misinformation: ACLU

By Niko Bell

Power

‘Calm down,’ Russian sports minister tells world

Head of International Association of Athletics Federations agrees

By Niko Bell

Power

Linda McQuaig joins race for NDP nomination in Toronto Centre

Journalist brings policy knowledge on income inequality to debate

By Rob Salerno

Power

‘We don’t have anti-gay laws,’ says Russian ambassador to UN

No gay people have been harmed as a result of propaganda law, Churkin says

By Niko Bell

Opinion

On the road

The best way to experience a place is to live, work & play with the locals

By Brad Fraser

Culture

London Pride employee honoured with Caring Canadian Award

Eugene Dustin helped make Ontario city more inclusive and queer-friendly, says local NDP MP

By Layla Cameron

Culture

Farewell to cult actress Karen Black

Huge body of work garnered Black a large gay following

By Matt Thomas

Power

Foreign-service strike keeping queer refugees in limbo, says refugee group

Director of Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees says his group has lost contact with Turkish embassy

By Justin Ling

Opinion

Into the woods

Layer up for chilly cottage nights

By Diego Armand

Opinion

The politics of hate

Olympians going to Sochi from privileged, Western democracies have a responsibility to speak up

By Andrea Houston

Toronto Diary

P!nk helped a fan propose to her girlfriend

By Jeremy Feist

Travel

Tennessee

From bold and brash Nashville, to the serene Great Smoky Mountains

By Aefa Mulholland

Opinion

Xtra Hot: Kenya

Apple martinis and dancing

By Drasko Bogdanovic

Health

The anti-spa

You won’t hear tranquil whale music at The Ten Spot

By Phil Villeneuve