1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (917+ words) From Calgary to Only Fans to Silicon Valley'Grant Mc Naughton's journey has led him to build his own platform for X-rated videos A group of adult content creators connected to the platform Quickies pose in a group. Founder Grant Mc…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (239+ words) Instead of training for a gruelling day-long hike, I listened to podcasts about my favourite TV show. It paid off Credit: Getty Images / Luis Diaz Devesa "We're going to miss the flight because of you!" she bellowed. "And you haven't…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (348+ words) A Toronto man is set to be the first Canadian to be cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant. The 62-year-old patient was diagnosed with HIV in 1999 and was not expected to survive longer than six months as he…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (171+ words) Nominees include contributors Zena Sharman and Rob Csernyik and editor KC Hoard Credit: L-R: Hamzah Amin; Jamie-Leigh Gonzales; courtesy Rob Csernyik. In addition, "This online scam is putting the LGBTQ2 S+ global activist community at risk" by "Rob Csernyik (with support…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (251+ words) A new 'Assigned Media' report found that the 'New York Times' rarely cited trans people in coverage about trans issues The New York Times often writes about trans issues'but they rarely quote actual trans people in their coverage. That's according…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (324+ words) The bill makes exceptions for classical art'and Christian home-schooling books Credit: Getty; Oliver Haug/Xtra "Sexually oriented material" is an extremely broad category. The bill makes an exception for science textbooks, the "texts of major world religions" and for "classic…...

1+ week, 1+ day 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+ week, 2+ day 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+ week, 2+ day 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…...

1+ week, 3+ day 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…...