9+ hour, 45+ min ago  (259+ words) Visual tools to teach about gender, sex and sexuality have existed for over a hundred years, despite recent backlash The Gender Unicorn Credit: Courtesy of Trans Student Educational Resources Not unlike the Republicans of today, Nazis eagerly censored Hirschfeld's writings....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (288+ words) On Our Backs magazine put lesbian desires front and centre. Launched in San Francisco in 1984 by members of the lesbian feminist BDSM collective Samois, the magazine aimed to provide "entertainment for the adventurous lesbian," a tagline that riffed on Playboy's…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1059+ words) Panic around a recent Alberta legislature bathroom ban petition comes from a well-intentioned place, but it may be doing more harm than good Credit: Getty Images; Mel Woods/Xtra Instagram has become an essential progressive organizing tool. Shareable graphics, the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (849+ words) H Felix Chau Bradley is a writer and editor living in Tiohti: ke (Montreal). They are the author of the story collection'Personal Attention Roleplay. In the introduction to their 2022 anthology, Pathetic Literature, Eileen Myles describes the writers within as those…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (716+ words) We take one last look back at our final three queens" journeys Welcome to Ru Paul"s Drag Race Power Rankings! Every week, we"ve debriefed the week"s new episode of Ru Paul"s Drag Race Season 18 to determine…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (324+ words) Who is America's Next Drag Superstar XVIII? Darlene Mitchell brings her signature camp to her finale performance, but it's not quite enough to get her the win Credit: Courtesy MTV Miley Cyrus stops by the finale to receive the Giving…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (852+ words) After this week's byelection results, Carney's governing Liberals will have more unchecked power. But the party has moved away from its old progressive politics Credit: CP Images; Mel Woods/Xtra Following the three byelections on Monday night, and in the…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (510+ words) The latest instalment of Nintendo's life-sim game breaks ground with new Mii gender, pronoun and attraction options This wasn't atypical behaviour for me. Before the age of 10, I'd constantly beg my mom to let me buy clothes from the boys…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (558+ words) As kids, my sibling took heat because I was sporty and they were nerdy. When we grew up, I did everything I could to keep them safe One of the fondest memories I have of my mother is the time…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (228+ words) Cody Corrall is Xtra's Social Video Producer. Their work has appeared in Buzz Feed News, Tech Crunch, the Chicago Reader, CINE-FILE, Thrillist, Paste Magazine, and other places on the world wide web. He lives in Chicago and speaks English. Outside…...