Art & Photography – Xtra Magazine https://xtramagazine.com Queering the conversation Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:57:57 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 The legacy of Little Sister’s censorship battle over queer books https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/little-sisters-censorship-25-years-278812 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/little-sisters-censorship-25-years-278812#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:52:13 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=278812 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/little-sisters-censorship-25-years-278812/feed 0 ‘LOVING II’ uncovers a century of forbidden gay love in photos https://xtramagazine.com/culture/loving-ii-forbidden-gay-love-in-photos-278635 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/loving-ii-forbidden-gay-love-in-photos-278635#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:06:24 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=278635 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/loving-ii-forbidden-gay-love-in-photos-278635/feed 0 Casa Susanna was a trans safe haven in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Its legacy lives on https://xtramagazine.com/video/casa-susanna-trans-history-277604 https://xtramagazine.com/video/casa-susanna-trans-history-277604#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:33:58 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=277604 https://xtramagazine.com/video/casa-susanna-trans-history-277604/feed 0 Why is there an AI-generated image in a queer photography exhibit? https://xtramagazine.com/video/ai-generated-image-getty-museum-276688 https://xtramagazine.com/video/ai-generated-image-getty-museum-276688#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:50:51 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=276688 https://xtramagazine.com/video/ai-generated-image-getty-museum-276688/feed 0 She transitioned in the ‘70s. Her career as an artist continued long after https://xtramagazine.com/culture/erica-rutherford-artist-biography-274295 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/erica-rutherford-artist-biography-274295#respond Tue, 17 Jun 2025 19:46:02 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=274295 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/erica-rutherford-artist-biography-274295/feed 0 Meet the trans artist behind one of the internet’s favourite webcomics https://xtramagazine.com/culture/haus-of-decline-alex-hood-comics-270946 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/haus-of-decline-alex-hood-comics-270946#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:41:28 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=270946 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/haus-of-decline-alex-hood-comics-270946/feed 0 Black queer artists share how they’re ‘holding on to joy’ in 2025 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/black-queer-joy-artists-2025-270376 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/black-queer-joy-artists-2025-270376#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:19:06 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=270376 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/black-queer-joy-artists-2025-270376/feed 0 Etsy crafts new puritanical policy https://xtramagazine.com/culture/etsy-censorship-queer-sexuality-266726 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/etsy-censorship-queer-sexuality-266726#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:57:48 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=266726 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/etsy-censorship-queer-sexuality-266726/feed 0 Who does queer AI ‘art’ actually represent? https://xtramagazine.com/culture/ai-art-gay-queer-representation-265329 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/ai-art-gay-queer-representation-265329#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 13:21:33 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=265329 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/ai-art-gay-queer-representation-265329/feed 0 ‘Frida’ is a serviceable documentary that fails to engage with deeper topics https://xtramagazine.com/culture/frida-kahlo-documentary-review-263677 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/frida-kahlo-documentary-review-263677#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:39:07 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=263677 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/frida-kahlo-documentary-review-263677/feed 0 Transition selfies are broadly popular, but why? https://xtramagazine.com/culture/trans-transition-photograhy-263025 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/trans-transition-photograhy-263025#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:55:13 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=263025 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/trans-transition-photograhy-263025/feed 0 Did AI ruin Keith Haring’s work? 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