For gay MLA Spencer Herbert, the coming BC election is a new race, a new riding and an old parks board colleague, as he and lesbian Liberal Laura McDiarmid face-off for the new Vancouver-West End seat in the legislature. The two candidates ...
Xtra.ca and OutTV were at this weekend's Xtra West Hero Awards 2009 — an event honouring members of Vancouver's queer community. Check out the highlights in our video report below:
The New Democrats have replaced former Vancouver-False Creek candidate Ray Lam with City of Vancouver employee Jordan Parente. It's Parente's first foray into politics as a candidate and one he says he's enjoying — despite his lat...
One of the defining characteristics of John Greyson’s work â€" whether art videos, installations, short films or features â€" is the way his ideas develop within each piece. Some people take their entire career to expound on a single thoug...
When a Palestinian-Israeli lesbian discusses how she admitted to her Jewish lover that she was “fucking the occupation†after a drunken bout of sex turned intense and anger-fuelled, you know the documentary City of Borders is heading into dangerous territory. The beginning...
Xtra.ca videographer Michael Pihach goes behind-the-seams of Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week, on April 24 in Toronto's Distillery District.
It's a familiar sight on Bank St: back hoes, dump trucks and hundreds of metres of metal fencing. Work begins on Bank St between Somerset and Arlington as early as Apr 13. A notice to area residents and businesses explains tha...
An important private member's bill introduced by New Democrat MP Libby Davies — the Secure, Adequate, Accessible and Affordable Housing Act — is at second reading in the House of Commons. Bill C-304 positions housing as...
Homophobic emails allegedly sent last fall by a Heritage College nursing instructor may have been doctored, Capital Xtra has learned. Former nursing student Ninoska Garcia-Ortiz, 31, the alleged victim of
Kiran is in sixth grade in Cincinnati. His secret — he’s a girlie-boy — is getting harder and harder to keep. As his mother cooks basmati and lentils in their suburban kitchen, he’s upstairs with her makeup kit, smitten w...
If you're not on Twitter yet, you should be. But you could be forgiven for assuming it's nothing more than a popularity contest. Last month, mainstream media were buzzing: CNN vs Ashton Kutcher, who will be first to reach one million followers?
For Bryn Hendricks, starting Liberal Pride was a way of bringing together his activism and his politics. "I felt that there was a real opportunity in our party to talk about gay ...
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