Xtra Magazine

Xtra Magazine is produced by Pink Triangle Press, a prominent LGBT media organization in Canada that was established in 1971 to promote sexual liberation. Initially, Pink Triangle Press started as a small collective in Toronto that published Body Politic, a significant journal covering LGBT news and ideas. In 1984, Xtra was launched to carry on the legacy of Body Politic while also embracing a more commercial approach. During the 1990s, Xtra expanded its reach to Vancouver and Ottawa. In 2015, the magazine transitioned to a fully online format. A key aspect of Pink Triangle Press since the beginning is its commitment to community-focused journalism, which continues to thrive through Xtra today.

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 16 power ranking: It do take Nurve

2 days ago | xtramagazine.com | Kevin O'Keeffe

Welcome to RuPaul’s Drag Race Power Rankings! Every week, we’ve debriefed the newest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 to determine which queens were riding high, and which needed she-mergency care. But now, with our winner crowned, it’s time to take one final look back at our final four queens’ journeys to the endgame. Though she didn’t ultimately snatch the crown, Lexi did the next-best thing in this finale: she won the crowd back.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 finale recap: America’s Next Drag Superstar XVII is …

2 days ago | xtramagazine.com | Kevin O'Keeffe

The conventional wisdom goes that RuPaul’s Drag Race finales are bad. This is mostly rooted in memories of the mid-Logo era, when the show shifted to big-theatre final episodes but had minimal content to fill time. Seasons 7 and 8 introduced one-queen original songs, which helped fill the time, but it wasn’t really until the show moved to VH1 and introduced the Lip Sync for the Crown that finales got more interesting.
Where Canada’s political parties really stand on queer and trans issues

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Denio Lourenco

There’s no doubt that Canada has made positive efforts to advance the civil rights of queer and trans people throughout the last decade. But if party platforms in the 2025 federal election are any indication as to whether that progress will be maintained, LGBTQ2S+ groups should be concerned.
Canadian musicians pull U.S. tour dates in wake of visa restrictions

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

Canadian musicians Bells Larsen and T. Thomason are cancelling planned performances in the United States in the wake of U.S. president Donald Trump’s anti-trans immigration policies. In a social media post last week, Larsen announced he was cancelling the U.S. leg of his upcoming album release tour, due to being unable to secure a visa.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 15 power ranking: And the Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses is…

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Kevin O'Keeffe

Welcome to RuPaul’s Drag Race Power Rankings! Every week, we’ve debriefed the newest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 to determine which queens were riding high, and which needed she-mergency care. But this week is special, as we join back up with the eliminated queens to see who can triumph in a LaLaPaRuZa smackdown for $50,000. Gotta give Hormona her props for nabbing “Say Liza (Liza With a Z)” before Suzie Toot could get it.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17, Episode 15 recap: Work it out in the lip sync

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Kevin O'Keeffe

There’s always anxiety in the air when RuPaul’s Drag Race repeats a hugely successful twist. Drag Race is ultimately responsive to itself, so when, say, Sasha Velour changes the game with a rose petal reveal for the ages, it’s unsurprising when Aquaria shows up looking like a Jiffy Pop bag in the next finale. And we won’t even get into Asia O’Hara’s butterflies.
LGBTQ2S+ parents exist—our federal leaders should value our experience | Xtra Magazine

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

When conservatives talk about families, they are [almost exclusively] talking about nuclear families: all parties cis and straight; a mother and a father; son and a daughter (if a girl child is wanted at all—ask me later about the video I watched last night on “gender disappointment” in the context of a gender reveal). All parties are imagined as traditionally masculine or feminine, as assigned.
Countess Luann on cabaret superstardom, Kenya Moore and life after ‘The Real Housewives’

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Kevin O'Keeffe

In March 2008, Bravo fans met Countess Luann de Lesseps for the very first time on the series premiere of The Real Housewives of New York City (RHONY). Then the wife of French Count Alexandre de Lesseps and rocking a capital A in “LuAnn,” the former nurse and Italian TV star from Connecticut was known for her obsession with class and elegance.
What John Oliver’s trans sports episode got right

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

Skip to content If you’re looking for the perfect takedown of the arguments against trans women and girls participating in women’s sports, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight is must-watch TV. The latest episode of the comedian’s satirical newscast took aim at the anti-trans attacks on fairness in sports with characteristic biting humour and rigorous fact-checking.
We must be ready to counter the right’s obsession with trans people

1 week ago | xtramagazine.com | Mel Woods

This story was produced in collaboration with The Walrus. There’s an iconic Mariah Carey lyric from 2009 that has echoed in my mind a lot lately while reading the news: “Boy, why you so obsessed with me?”Carey is, of course, singing about a persistent suitor who just won’t quit. But in the news cycle of 2025, the “boy,” in this case, is the conservative media and political machine. And the “me” is, well, trans people at large. Once again, I have to ask: Why are they so obsessed with us?