Spotlight on LGBTQIA+ Voices

Too many people grow up fearing what food might reveal about themselves. Maybe it’s time we embrace self-discovery.

Discomfort with my body as a trans man kept me out of the pool for years. Now, finally, I can jump back in.

The 20-year-old social media star on her rise to online fame and the next chapter of her multi-faceted career.

In an increasingly stressful world, summer vacations don’t only provide a blissful break from Zoom meetings, status reports, and all the other soul-smothering demands of the 9-to-5; they’re also downright restorative.

Coming out in middle age and reclaiming my identity — dents and all.

The actor-writer-comedian’s uber-confident persona is a calculated version of his true self.

25 years ago, Channel 4 brought the unapologetic story of three men on Manchester's gay scene to a viewing public who had largely seen queer characters relegated to soaps. Here, the series' cast and crew reflect on its enduring legacy.

In my native Oklahoma, snake meat was a masculine trophy, edible proof that you were willing to tangle with death.

San Francisco’s AutoErotica is the last bookstore of its kind. For owner Patrick Batt and his customers, it’s an important bastion of forgotten histories.

When my sixth-grade crush told me she didn’t want to partner up with me for a class project, I was quietly heartbroken. I didn’t yet know I was queer, but I knew I was devastated.

“Profound fear points me to what I must write next,” writes Exhibit author R.O. Kwon.

In an interview, the basketball star reveals her humiliation — and friendships — in Russian prison, and her path to recovery.

In an age when contemporary gays increasingly gravitate toward traditionally masculine dress, one writer weighs trading his lavender bell bottoms for camo Carhartts.

Can a machine mimic a human trying to mimic a machine better than a human can? We built a bot to try and answer that question — one that could unlock real value, but also bring real challenges, to journalism.

Correcting and policing queer virtuousness has become all too common. But in books, queer writers exhausted by this morality are having fun pushing back.

In the woods of Colorado, 150 transgender men celebrated their masculinity as a tool to nurture and to build — not to destroy.

The best supporters rarely take the spotlight.

The trouble with finding my true self in the beauty aisles.

Tales that show there’s no “right” way or time to embrace your identity.

In the winter of 1915, a German soldier died in a field hospital in Russia. We don’t know his name, but he helped revolutionize the way people advocated for gay rights.

Only 15 nightlife spaces dedicated to queer and gay women remain in the United States.

In this extract from “Hijab Butch Blues”, author Lamya H. recalls a tense trip to the doctor’s office.

I read one definition of asexuality when I was 14 and decided it didn’t describe me. Ten years and two relationships later, I finally understand what I got wrong.

Alok Vaid-Menon is back exploring belonging, beauty, community, and the freedom in letting go of the need to control.

Xtra’s editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson reflects on the life and legacy of the late, legendary fashion editor

Getting to know my whole self makes me a more content and joyful person, which also happens to make me a better parent.

“The Trixie we know...I just can’t sustain that anymore.”

One writer on how spending a summer in London helped her accept her queer identity.

Working out was always full of dysphoria and dysmorphia for this writer.

Gay cowboy culture, from country-western bars to gay rodeos, is here to stay.

"We've always been here, we always will be here."

“Being myself is a radical act. So is good design.” Joey Zeledón on how their industrial design experience was ideal preparation for their next challenge.

The rising popularity and visibility of LGBTQ pop-ups and parties may seem new, but queer people have always found each other.