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		<title>This New York project offers a blueprint for fighting housing insecurity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Feisthauer Fournet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trans activist Ceyenne Doroshow created a queer-friendly housing project with a focus on Black trans women and sex workers]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two-Spirit NDP MP Blake Desjarlais on trans rights, oil and gas companies, diversity and inclusion work and more</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catching up with Desjarlais on his—very busy—first year in Parliament]]></description>
		
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		<title>How can I decolonize my desire?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kai Cheng Thom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been taught all my life to prioritize white beauty standards and dismiss other BIPOC guys. How can I reclaim my sexuality?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Criticism of Brittney Griner’s release shows a lack of empathy </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Femi Redwood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OPINION: The social media reaction to Brittney Griner is a reminder that empathy is often extended only to those we deem most similar to ourselves&#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>When is it okay to ask someone with less privilege than you to cut you some slack?</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/uncategorized/privilege-conflict-236673</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kai Cheng Thom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kai answers a reader whose conflict with a friend is further complicated by race, mental health and privilege]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Florida school district is censoring books that promote LGBTQ2S+ equality</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/florida-book-labels-234581</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luca Della Penna]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Advisory labels meant to steer Florida parents away from “unsuitable” material also target Black authors and their content]]></description>
		
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		<title>How much space should white-passing people take up in the antiracist movement?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kai Cheng Thom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I told my friend she needed to stop centring herself and step back, and she got upset. Was I being too harsh?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sexy, campy, revolutionary and downright queer, brega provides the soundtrack to Brazil’s working class</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Froio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But just what is it, exactly? Nicole Froio investigates this immensely popular musical genre]]></description>
		
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		<title>L.A. political donor Ed Buck sentenced to 30 years in prison for the rape and murder of two gay Black men</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/ed-buck-sentenced-30-years-221511</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ursula Muñoz S.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black activists had previously voiced frustration with law enforcement’s refusal to take the accusations against Buck seriously]]></description>
		
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		<title>Global Black Pride is coming to Toronto—and it’s bigger and better than ever</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/global-black-pride-toronto-2022-214058</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Hurwitz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Black Pride is a political act whether we’re protesting or dancing”]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Annamie Paul wants a greener, queerer Canada</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/annamie-paul-lgbtq-issues-election-208699</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Lenti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Green leader on passing LGBTQ2S+ policy in the House, the importance of representation and what’s gone wrong within her own party]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What will a new federal government mean for queer and trans South Asian people?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arvin Joaquin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Activist Praney Anand calls for culture-specific resources and government aid]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jill Andrew’s revolutionary politics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samantha Peters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the first openly queer Black MPP in Ontario, the Toronto-based politician wants to build a more inclusive province in the wake of COVID-19]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Topline: Meet you at the bar</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Bowness]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My hometown queer bar is under threat. Send in the queens!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Controversial thriller ‘Antebellum’ grapples with the nightmare of slavery</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/culture/antebellum-slavery-bush-renz-179923</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tre’vell Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Filmmaking partners Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz hope they’ve created a cathartic wake-up call]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A summer of protest</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/summer-protest-racism-police-violence-176305</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Lachance]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All around the world, people are taking to the streets in demonstrations against systemic racism and police violence. In Toronto, photojournalist Nick Lachance has been documenting the resistance movement ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>10 queer artists whose music supports anti-racist and LGBTQ2 advocacy groups</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/culture/lgbt-music-anti-racist-advocacy-175928</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caitlin Stall-Paquet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Righteous sounds: A playlist of musicians and singers putting their money where their mouth is]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Protesting for Black lives during COVID-19</title>
		<link>https://xtramagazine.com/power/protest-covid-19-black-lives-matter-175301</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pascale Diverlus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black communities have taken to the streets to protest white supremacy during COVID-19 with the knowledge that we can—and will—keep each other safe]]></description>
		
		
		
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