“I feel like [Van Goth] is a character, a persona. It’s a business. I can clock in and clock out of it in a way that I didn’t feel like I could beforehand.” Our profile of the Season 6 #CanadasDragRace winner 💫 xtramagazine.com/culture/van-...

While on its surface Skate Canada’s move is one of policy adherence—the organization’s statement indicates a simple misalignment of its rules with Alberta’s—experts say the action itself speaks a lot louder than any symbolic grandstanding. xtramagazine.com/power/skate-...

And congratulations to senior editor @melwoods.me for their nomination for Outstanding Online or Print Journalism Article for their story about media response in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death. Read the full story here: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Xtra Magazine is nominated for Outstanding Independent Journalism at the 37th Annual GLADD Media Awards ✨ Congratulations to all of our contributors, readers and staff who made this happen!

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It's an EMOTION-al takeover on our homepage today, as we highlight our new mini-series E•MO•TEN, celebrating 10 years of Carly Rae Jepsen's album EMOTION. 🎶 Read all three essays from @melwoods.me, @cohaug.bsky.social and KC Hoard here: xtramagazine.com/series/e-mo-...

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Since winning "Drag Race," @sheacoulee.com has been on an historic run. With her starring role on Marvel's "Ironheart," she's going home to Chicago–and bringing the world with her xtramagazine.com/culture/shea...

“I think we have a responsibility to use [our platforms] to help our community. I understand that brands don’t always respond well if you’re politically active, but if my activism is a deterrent to you, then I don’t want to work with you, " says @sheacoulee.com‬ xtramagazine.com/culture/shea...

Big news: We're launching a podcast! Announcing Get Queer, a new LGBTQ2S+ pop culture podcast from Xtra Magazine, hosted by @melwoods.me This season dives into the history of how reality TV has shaped queer identity. New episodes drop weekly starting May 8 ✨ xtramagazine.com/get-queer-po...

Xtra will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter). Our mission is centred on cultivating thoughtful, engaging and informative conversations that matter to queer and trans people. That platform is no longer a space to do that. You can always find us queering the conversation at xtramagazine.com

Some in-house news here at Xtra ... we're excited to welcome KC Hoard, who will be joining the team as Associate Editor, Culture! KC has previously worked for The Walrus and Maclean’s. His writing appears in them., The Narwhal, The Globe and Mail, the CBC, and other outlets ✨

Revolutionary Black queer poet, educator and activist Nikki Giovanni died yesterday at the age of 81. Giovanni wrote about social issues including race, gender and poverty and was involved in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 70s.

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Pierre Poilievre's opposition to puberty blockers for people under 18-years-old proves a lack of understanding about what puberty blockers actually are. xtramagazine.com/video/pierre...

A press conference has been announced for later today to expand on the roll out of the legislation. For now, watch here to find out what we know so far:

For their “transformative impact” on Canadian sport and culture, non-binary Paralympian Danielle Peers has been named to Canada’s Order of Sport, and they're working toward a sporting culture where all athletes can find their place on the court.🏆 xtramagazine.com/culture/dani...

At-home testing for HPV can help to improve access, especially for queer and trans people—but drawbacks such as cost and availability still stand. xtramagazine.com/health/hpv-s...

Tracy Chapman's 1988 song "Fast Car" won Song Of The Year at the Country Music Awards, making her the first Black songwriter to receive the award 🎶 We looked back at Chapman's queer musical legacy: xtramagazine.com/culture/trac...

‘Daddy Lessons’ by Steacy Easton offers an uneven blend of memoir, literary analysis and pornography 📚 xtramagazine.com/culture/dadd...

Kick off November with a horror series from João Dall’Stella and the sexy musical EP 'Sexploration' with Baby Tate in @sbearbergman.bsky.social's queer culture 🌈 xtramagazine.com/culture/joao...

The high school yearbook photo trend on social media is a creative tool for trans women to help process a deep pain familiar to many trans and queer people—and take back their girlhood. xtramagazine.com/culture/ai-y...

In Paul B. Preciado's 'Orlando: My Political Biography,' 27 trans and non-binary actors play the role of Virginia Woolf's famous character as they narrate their own lives. xtramagazine.com/culture/orla...

'I Don't Know Who You Are’ follows a Toronto musician over a frantic, desperate weekend. Writer/director M.H. Murray dishes about his debut film, which premiered at TIFF earlier this year. xtramagazine.com/culture/the-...

As natural disasters and social emergencies continue to rise, queer people are often left in vulnerable situations, with disaster response mostly prioritizing the needs of cis and heterosexual communities. xtramagazine.com/health/natur...

Scott Moe’s rules preventing third-party groups from doing sex education in schools in Saskatchewan poses a dangerous threat to queer and trans students' agency. xtramagazine.com/health/sexua...