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· May 1
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 ✨
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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...
If the first “Wicked” offered an exercise in holding space, then “Wicked: For Good” serves a lesson in claiming space.
Is ‘Wicked: For Good’ really what queer and trans people need right now? | Xtra Magazine
Director Jon M. Chu tells Xtra how allyship is intrinsic to the “Wicked” films
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November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If the first “Wicked” offered an exercise in holding space, then “Wicked: For Good” serves a lesson in claiming space.
I’ve spent the past 15 years secretly hoping that if I played my part well enough, found the best and most beautiful words, then we wouldn’t be where we are now
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I thought my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’ve spent the past 15 years secretly hoping that if I played my part well enough, found the best and most beautiful words, then we wouldn’t be where we are now
Poverty is another form of violence inflicted on trans people that can cut our lives short, writes @nourabinakhoul.bsky.social
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we can’t forget the lives lost to poverty | Xtra Magazine
Anti-trans violence isn’t always direct and interpersonal. It can be more difficult to name
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November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Poverty is another form of violence inflicted on trans people that can cut our lives short, writes @nourabinakhoul.bsky.social
Trans Day of Remembrance is reminder that trans and gender nonconforming people are still being murdered at higher rates, with the majority of victims being Black trans women
What is Trans Day of Remembrance? | Xtra Magazine
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance is reminder that trans and gender nonconforming people are still being murdered at higher rates, with the majority of victims being Black trans women
Honouring the trans women and fems slain by violence used to feel like invoking a lineage of fierce and fabulous ghosts. Right now, it feels hollow, writes @razorfemme.bsky.social
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Honouring the trans women and fems slain by violence used to feel like invoking a lineage of fierce and fabulous ghosts. Right now, it feels hollow, writes @razorfemme.bsky.social
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
What is Trans Day of Remembrance? | Xtra Magazine
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
"Smith and her government are weaponizing a little-used piece of the Charter and a pile of debunked science and outright lies about trans people to make the case that their laws are actually about protecting kids," writes @melwoods.me
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Smith and her government are weaponizing a little-used piece of the Charter and a pile of debunked science and outright lies about trans people to make the case that their laws are actually about protecting kids," writes @melwoods.me
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Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
If it becomes easy to override Charter rights at the first instance, then the Charter will soon no longer be worth the paper that it’s written on, which is especially concerning for queer and trans people.
Provinces’ cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign | Xtra Magazine
There should be a political cost for using the clause; unfortunately, there isn’t
xtramagazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If it becomes easy to override Charter rights at the first instance, then the Charter will soon no longer be worth the paper that it’s written on, which is especially concerning for queer and trans people.
Even as SNAP benefits are restored, LGBTQ2S+ Americans are battling a crisis of food access
Queer activists are fighting for food justice—with or without the government’s help | Xtra Magazine
The SNAP disruption is just one part of a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans
xtramagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Even as SNAP benefits are restored, LGBTQ2S+ Americans are battling a crisis of food access
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
The SNAP disruption is just one part of a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans
Queer activists are fighting for food justice—with or without the government’s help | Xtra Magazine
The SNAP disruption is just one part of a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans
xtramagazine.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The SNAP disruption is just one part of a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans
The novel "Terry Dactyl" puts AIDS into conversation with the more recent COVID-19 crisis.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the link between the COVID-19 and AIDS crises | Xtra Magazine
Sycamore’s new novel “Terry Dactyl” shirks nostalgia, instead showing how queer history often repeats
xtramagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The novel "Terry Dactyl" puts AIDS into conversation with the more recent COVID-19 crisis.
The past year has been horrifying for trans people in the U.S. The past week gave me hope for the future
A year after Trump's reelection, what's next for trans people? | Xtra Magazine
The past year has been horrifying for trans people in the U.S. The past week gave me hope for the future
xtramagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The past year has been horrifying for trans people in the U.S. The past week gave me hope for the future
DULF formed a compassion club in 2022 and used donated funds to buy cocaine, meth and heroin off of the dark web. They tested these drugs to ensure no toxicity, then sold them at cost to their 47 club members in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.
DULF was found guilty of trafficking charges. The legal battle isn’t over | Xtra Magazine
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have mounted a constitutional challenge that could alter Canada’s drug policy
xtramagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
DULF formed a compassion club in 2022 and used donated funds to buy cocaine, meth and heroin off of the dark web. They tested these drugs to ensure no toxicity, then sold them at cost to their 47 club members in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.
The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work
Meet Xtra’s 2025 Ken Popert Media Fellows | Xtra Magazine
The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work
xtramagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The five early-career BIPOC journalists will be writing about LGBTQ2S+ people and work
Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s governing United Conservative Party will consider a proposal to effectively ban Pride flags from flying on public property at their annual convention later this month.
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s governing United Conservative Party will consider a proposal to effectively ban Pride flags from flying on public property at their annual convention later this month.
Federal food aid is being restored after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But the SNAP disruption is just the tip of the iceberg in a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans, writes @diaryofafirebird.bsky.social.
Queer activists are fighting for food justice—with or without the government’s help | Xtra Magazine
The SNAP disruption is just one part of a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Federal food aid is being restored after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. But the SNAP disruption is just the tip of the iceberg in a food security crisis for LGBTQ2S+ Americans, writes @diaryofafirebird.bsky.social.
The Human Rights Campaign cut its financial ties to weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and RTX—which both supply weapons to the Israeli military—after a two-year-long organizing effort by LGBTQ2S+ activists.
Human Rights Campaign drops weapons manufacturers as corporate sponsors | Xtra Magazine
HRC’s divestment was a result of “unrelenting organizing happening within LGBT2SQ+ communities”
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Human Rights Campaign cut its financial ties to weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and RTX—which both supply weapons to the Israeli military—after a two-year-long organizing effort by LGBTQ2S+ activists.
New Brunswick’s biggest drag export got famous for her absurd, multilingual TikToks. She tells Xtra how she trolled her way to the top
Sami Landri is ready for ‘Drag Race.’ Is the world ready for her? | Xtra Magazine
New Brunswick’s biggest drag export got famous for her absurd, multilingual TikToks. She tells Xtra how she trolled her way to the top
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New Brunswick’s biggest drag export got famous for her absurd, multilingual TikToks. She tells Xtra how she trolled her way to the top
Parties or governments are willing to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to override rights and to keep the courts from even weighing in on whether their laws would be constitutional or not.They’re not even trying anymore, writes @journodale.bsky.social.
Provinces’ cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign | Xtra Magazine
There should be a political cost for using the clause; unfortunately, there isn’t
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Parties or governments are willing to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to override rights and to keep the courts from even weighing in on whether their laws would be constitutional or not.They’re not even trying anymore, writes @journodale.bsky.social.
“Terry Dactyl” weaves together the COVID-19 and AIDS crises, intergenerational queer community and NYC’s ’90s club culture.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the link between the COVID-19 and AIDS crises | Xtra Magazine
Sycamore’s new novel “Terry Dactyl” shirks nostalgia, instead showing how queer history often repeats
xtramagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“Terry Dactyl” weaves together the COVID-19 and AIDS crises, intergenerational queer community and NYC’s ’90s club culture.
Kiss-ins have been used as a nonviolent form of activism since the 1970s
The history of queer kiss-in protests | Xtra Magazine
Kiss-ins have been used as a nonviolent form of activism since the 1970s
xtramagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Kiss-ins have been used as a nonviolent form of activism since the 1970s
At its AGM later this month, Danielle Smith's UCP will consider a policy proposal that would ban Pride flags from flying on government-owned property
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
At its AGM later this month, Danielle Smith's UCP will consider a policy proposal that would ban Pride flags from flying on government-owned property
New Brunswick’s biggest drag export got famous for her absurd, multilingual TikToks. She tells Xtra how she trolled her way to the top
Sami Landri is ready for ‘Drag Race.’ Is the world ready for her? | Xtra Magazine
New Brunswick’s biggest drag export got famous for her absurd, multilingual TikToks. She tells Xtra how she trolled her way to the top
xtramagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New Brunswick’s biggest drag export got famous for her absurd, multilingual TikToks. She tells Xtra how she trolled her way to the top