Xtra Magazine

2 days ago | xtramagazine.com | Ziya Jones

Yesterday, Quebec’s Public Security minister François Bonnardel announced that the province would force trans people to be detained in provincial prisons according to their assigned sex at birth unless they have had bottom surgery. Previously, the provincial government gave trans inmates the option of requesting to be housed at facilities which align with their correct gender. They could also, in the past, be isolated from the general population.

3 days ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

The United States Supreme Court just issued a landmark ruling that will have resounding impacts on the rights of all trans people across America. In the case of the U.S. v. Skrmetti, the court ruled to uphold a Tennessee law that restricts doctors from providing medical care like puberty blockers and hormones to trans youth—functionally a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.

4 days ago | xtramagazine.com | Julia Mastroianni

We’re on the historic space shuttle Challenger flight with Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. In one of the most stunning scenes of Sally, a new documentary by Cristina Costantini, she looks out at the frothy coral reefs off the coast of Australia and the white peaks of the Himalayan glaciers, Earth’s atmosphere a hazy fuzz at the edge of the world. The archival footage and photos show Ride floating in the shuttle. She’s grinning wide, eyes alight. “I loved being weightless.

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Cody Corrall |Mel Woods

Cole Escola just won a Tony Award and made history doing it. The non-binary writer and actor took home the award for Leading Actor in a Play at Sunday night’s Tony Awards, for their performance in the titular role of Oh, Mary!, which they also wrote. While it’s a win for trans people and fans of the erratic cabaret stylings of Mary Todd Lincoln, it makes you wonder why—in the big year of 2025—are most major acting categories still so gendered?

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Katelyn Burns

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously last Wednesday in favour of Marlean Ames, who claimed she was discriminated against because she is straight. Her discrimination claim stemmed from her not getting a promotion she felt entitled to in favour of a lesbian woman at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, and later being demoted and replaced with a gay man. The court’s ruling effectively revives Ames’s case, which had all but been killed off in the lower courts.