REVIEW: Director Billy Luther’s feature debut is an absolutely charming coming-of-age story set in the Navajo Nation of Arizona

OPINION: Anti-trans laws are tearing apart the families conservatives purport to want to protect

Plus two great fiction choices for tweens and teens

Despite an increasingly hostile political climate, vital organizations are carving out space for trans joy

Plus patient advice from the Trans Handy Ma’am

ANALYSIS: Gender scholar Kathryn Bond Stockton coined the term “growing sideways” to describe the queer experience during childhood. Are some of our favourite social media offerings following suit?

REVIEW: The film places young queer female sexuality at the forefront and bristles with an anarchic, subversive energy

ANALYSIS: It’s helpful to have a report that calls Policy 713 harmful

REVIEW: Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s latest collaboration explores the treacherous transitions of young adulthood

OPINION: Federal Democrats have so far rarely directly addressed growing anti-trans rhetoric. That changed last week

REVIEW: Does Season 2 offer too much of a good thing? Almost

Queer and trans folk have been doing wonderfully awful things to Barbie since the doll’s creation

Queer Youth Assemble is leading protests across the country after a trio of rulings that endanger queer and racialized people

ANALYSIS: Vague law gives homophobic agendas a chance to flourish and be directed at queer students

OPINION: Blaine Higgs’ push for parental rights will harm trans kids

Plus queer poetry and two big film festivals online

OPINION: No civil rights movement can exist, much less thrive, without hope

Ontario’s education minister says schools should “do the right thing” and celebrate Pride, but will not mandate flying the Pride flag

Youth

A young boy blossoms in the desert in ‘Frybread Face and Me’ at TIFF

The ‘trans debate’ isn’t just about wonky policy issues, it’s about families

Book your date with queer country love from Tyler Childers and trans advocate Chanel Lopez

If you want to help trans youth in the U.K., here are the groups to support

Author Khashayar J. Khabushani, films ‘Mutt’ and ‘Summer Qamp’ and music by Thea Grace and Um, Jennifer? top this week’s culture calendar

The gonzo fight club comedy ‘Bottoms’ is deeply, gloriously queer

New Brunswick premier’s discriminatory policy gets deserved rebuke

In the graphic novel ‘Roaming,’ a volatile trio of friends orbit and collide in New York City

At last week’s federal hearing on youth gender affirming care, Democrats finally stood up for trans people

Charlie, Nick and the rest of the heartwarming ‘Heartstopper’ crew are back for another season of the sweetest, loveliest show for young people

From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel

Meet the queer youth organizers taking on the U.S. Supreme Court

Florida students, teachers fear ‘abuse’ over expanded ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

New Brunswick premier’s attack on trans students is unconstitutional

Miss Major, Big Freedia, Dykanite and trans science fiction on deck for Pride Month

Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth has been blocked. We need to celebrate that victory

York Catholic school board votes against flying Pride flag: students plan walkout in protest