This is the hardest thing I've written in years, and maybe ever.

I'm getting older, and, as I do, my body is getting changing and getting bigger.

OF COURSE IT IS. But this has a particular meaning in youth- and body-obsessed gay culture.

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“I grew up in a house swimming in fatphobia. To be thin was to be disciplined, and to be disciplined was to be holy,” writes joseph osmundson (all pronouns). xtramagazine.com/health/fatphob…

ICYMI: Trans students are protected by anti-discrimination law, which is easy to forget, given how relentlessly they're being targeted. Here's why this is likely headed to the Supreme Court, and how to get someone in trouble for fucking with your kid: xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

Most people gain weight as they age, a fact with a particularly heaviness in body-obsessed gay male culture, writes joseph osmundson (all pronouns). xtramagazine.com/health/fatphob…

Challengers IS bi culture so I had to write about it for Xtra xtramagazine.com/culture/challe…

Luca Guadganino’s tennis throuple drama makes the sport sexy and the sexual tension palpable. #Challengers is in theatres now. xtramagazine.com/culture/challe…

Will they, won’t they? Do I want to be them or fuck them? These questions are peak bi culture, and at the core of #Challengers . Kerensa Cadenas reviews the film, which comes out in theatres today. xtramagazine.com/culture/challe…

“The sad truth of the matter is that nothing can be done to bring Nex back,” says Sarah Warbelow of @hrc. “The best that we can hope for is that no other young person ever goes through what Nex went through.” xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

Yo Canadian peeps, my pal m. h. murray made a thoughtful, raw, drama called I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, that’s out this weekend. Go see it! Here’s our chat about the making of for Xtra from last year’s TIFF.

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“The assault on trans youth shows no signs of stopping, but we do not have to keep permitting it,” writes @byjudedoyle. “Title IX is one weapon—not the only one, but a good one—that we can use to fight back.” xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

A 'Rainbow Week of Action' including rallies, letter-writing campaigns and educational events, is set to take place across Canada in mid May.

Fae Johnstone, MSW says it's about calling on elected officials to stand up for and affirm queer and trans rights

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Huge congrats to Stephanie Verge our entire team who worked on our 'Queering Family' series!

Check out the full project here: xtramagazine.com/series/queerin…

A 'Rainbow Week of Action' including rallies, letter-writing campaigns and educational events, is set to take place across Canada in mid May.

Fae Johnstone, MSW says it's about calling on elected officials to stand up for and affirm queer and trans rights

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Over on the Xtra TikTok, I chatted with Fae Johnstone, MSW about the Rainbow Week of Action planned for May 11-17 and why queer and trans folks and allies need to get out and organize right now

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Congratulations to #DragRace ’s newest champion! In our final power ranking of the season, we break down how she snatched the crown

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#DragRace has crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar! Which of our top three took home the crown?

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FACT CHECK: Social contagion theory is based on bad science, and yet it continues to be weaponized to roll back the rights of trans kids.

Get the facts: xtramagazine.com/health/trans-h…

A certain Canadian newspaper is out posting about social contagion theory today.

Friendly reminder that it is based on bad science and not actual lived experiences of trans youth ⬇️