Archaic electoral system disadvantages trans candidates

ANALYSIS: Ohio trans candidate Vanessa Joy’s disqualification is part of a larger systemic problem

Canada’s prison system is still vastly transphobic

Despite recent changes to Canada’s Human Rights Act, incarcerated trans people in Canada still face violence and discrimination

By Charlotte Dalwood

Censorship

America’s latest LGBTQ2S+ book hysteria hits too close to home

OPINION: Police were called into a Massachusetts middle school library after someone complained about a queer book. The incident brought back memories of my time growing up in the district

By Katelyn Burns

Queer Ink

20 Canadian queer and trans tattooers to check out

New year, new ink? Check out some picks for artists to inspire your next tattoo

By Ashleigh-Rae Thomas, Mel Woods, Phoebe Fuller

Rainbow Rewind 2023

Xtra’s top LGBTQ2S+ stories of the year

The best and brightest—even most bewildering—stories from a back catalogue brimming with insight

By Xtra Staff

Justice

The legal case for teachers defying anti-trans laws

OPINION: A petition calling on teachers to violate Saskatchewan’s anti-trans Parents’ Bill of Rights could help the cause of striking it down

By Charlotte Dalwood

Trans Health

Inside the fight to add gender-affirming care to university health insurance plans

Students in British Columbia successfully campaigned to add gender affirming care to their school’s health insurance. That benefit is now available to 200,000 university students across Canada—but gaps remain

By Phoebe Fuller

Activism

Roz Kaveney on a lifetime of fighting for trans rights

The writer, poet and anti-TERF activist reflects on half a century of fighting for trans rights

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Dangerous Space

Why queer and trans people need to resist pinkwashing

OPINION: Israel’s genocidal campaign is no victory for LGBTQ+ rights

By Kai Cheng Thom

Reproductive Health

Britain’s Vagina Museum reopens with a trans-inclusive endometriosis exhibit

Ten months after it was forced to close, the museum is back to providing accurate and inclusive reproductive health info

By Quinn Rhodes

Identity

New resource creates guide for trans people changing names or gender markers

Transpapers auto-fills legal forms for Michigan residents changing their legal documents. Every state should have this tool

By Jeff Fuentes Gleghorn

Politics

Alberta UCP shows how empowered the fringe right has become

OPINION: We need to organize so that fringe players and ideas don’t remain part of mainstream politics

By Dale Smith

Justice

Meet the lawyer leading the charge to protect trans kids’ rights in Saskatchewan

Genderqueer lawyer Cee Strauss says the legal fight against Scott Moe’s pronoun law is far from over

By Charlotte Dalwood

Trans Health

The ex-gay movement crawled so the detransition movement could run

OPINION: We’ve been here before. And history shows what might happen next

By Katelyn Burns

Dangerous Space

Trans kids are people, not property

OPINION: Conservative politicians across Canada have signalled their support for so-called “parental rights.” But children and youth have rights of their own

By Kai Cheng Thom