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1. Don’t just stand there (themeless) 1 Feb 2024 08:01:00
2. Why Lil Nas X’s ‘J CHRIST’ is worth the listen 31 Jan 2024 19:16:34
3. Why state boycott bills matter for queer rights 31 Jan 2024 18:11:12
4. Thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ has its head in the clouds and its foot in its mouth 31 Jan 2024 15:19:26
5. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 4 power ranking: Who’s ready for prime time? 28 Jan 2024 21:35:40
6. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 4 recap: Live from the main stage, it’s ‘RDR Live’! 28 Jan 2024 21:30:04
7. Did AI ruin Keith Haring’s work? 26 Jan 2024 21:34:46
8. Quebec issues first X gender drivers’ license 26 Jan 2024 20:56:42
9. Here’s where U.S. presidential candidates stand on LGBTQ2S+ rights 26 Jan 2024 20:37:26
10. Over 300 anti-LGBTQ2S+ bills have been introduced this year. This doesn’t mean we should panic 25 Jan 2024 16:03:46
11. 10 queer newsletters (that aren’t on Substack) 24 Jan 2024 19:27:23
12. Alberta town to vote on banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks 23 Jan 2024 17:07:05
13. Radical, tender and unapologetically queer: ‘Tongues Untied’ still speaks volumes 23 Jan 2024 16:54:06
14. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 3 power ranking: Ball so hard 22 Jan 2024 02:09:24
15. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 3 recap: This is a potential mother 22 Jan 2024 01:58:38
16. 10 years later, we still need ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’ 19 Jan 2024 19:17:47
17. Are you testing for STIs properly? 19 Jan 2024 16:47:30
18. Canada’s prison system is still vastly transphobic 9 Jan 2024 18:29:53
19. America’s latest LGBTQ2S+ book hysteria hits too close to home 9 Jan 2024 16:07:31
20. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 1 power ranking: Rank-a-Queen 7 Jan 2024 22:03:20
21. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16 premiere recap: Spring breakers 7 Jan 2024 21:57:42
22. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 8 power ranking: The Final 4 of Season 4 5 Jan 2024 18:35:23
23. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 8 recap: Family matters 5 Jan 2024 18:22:54
24. If you think reading Taylor Swift as queer is bad, unpack your homophobia 5 Jan 2024 15:41:57
25. 5 queer films we can’t wait to see in 2024 4 Jan 2024 21:12:40
26. New Brunswick premier doubling down on anti-trans policies to win next election 4 Jan 2024 16:50:06
27. The media we need to cover 2024’s potential disaster has fallen apart 4 Jan 2024 16:38:30
28. Dear 2024, give me more queer reality star comedian couples! 3 Jan 2024 21:40:07
29. The sexy cruelty of ‘Alice Sadie Celine’ 22 Dec 2023 17:07:33
30. Court rules that ‘groomer’ is a slur, not protected speech 22 Dec 2023 14:45:30
31. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 6 power ranking: Double trouble 22 Dec 2023 09:20:11
32. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 6 recap: Syncing up 22 Dec 2023 09:14:26
33. 50 queer and trans pop culture moments that defined 2023 21 Dec 2023 19:48:02
34. A deeply Cree and gloriously queer conversation with Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon 21 Dec 2023 17:55:30
35. Myriam Gurba’s penetrating insights into the inexorable fog of trauma and abuse 21 Dec 2023 17:18:53
36. The best—and queerest—games I played in 2023 20 Dec 2023 17:21:42
37. Righteous Queens and Shady Bitches 2023 18 Dec 2023 22:24:08
38. 20 queer and trans tattooers to check out 18 Dec 2023 18:32:20
39. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 5 power ranking: Total knock-out 15 Dec 2023 19:49:28
40. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 5 recap: Turn the game around 15 Dec 2023 19:46:27
41. Xtra’s top LGBTQ2S+ stories of the year 15 Dec 2023 19:25:05
42. How the moral panic around ‘parental rights’ in Canada defined 2023 14 Dec 2023 17:50:55
43. 5 books we missed this year 13 Dec 2023 19:04:35
44. YouTube is no longer the default site for coming out online, but its legacy lives on 13 Dec 2023 18:31:08
45. The queer and trans songs we couldn’t get enough of in 2023 12 Dec 2023 17:56:08
46. ‘Renegades’ documents the queer history Chloe Sherman helped create 12 Dec 2023 15:43:57
47. A special edition year-end Xword, inspired by Xtra stories from 2023 11 Dec 2023 14:54:06
48. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 4 power ranking: Drama coming through! 8 Dec 2023 18:32:40
49. ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 4 recap: Sew emotional 8 Dec 2023 18:26:55
50. ‘Eileen’ is an adequate adaptation that doesn’t go far enough 8 Dec 2023 18:10:19