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Wells – Xtra Magazine https://xtramagazine.com Queering the conversation Fri, 17 Mar 2023 21:07:10 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 Italy’s far-right government is scrubbing gay parents from children’s birth certificates https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/italy-gay-parents-247668 https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/italy-gay-parents-247668#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:08:07 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=247668 https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/italy-gay-parents-247668/feed 0 Florida legislators propose expansions to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/florida-dont-say-gay-bills-247249 https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/florida-dont-say-gay-bills-247249#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:07:20 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=247249 https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/florida-dont-say-gay-bills-247249/feed 0 Students and LGBTQ2S+ activists are speaking out over anti-trans University of Winnipeg talk https://xtramagazine.com/power/speaker-protested-university-winnipeg-246809 https://xtramagazine.com/power/speaker-protested-university-winnipeg-246809#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:32:27 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=246809 https://xtramagazine.com/power/speaker-protested-university-winnipeg-246809/feed 0 Dozens of Facebook ads still use anti-LGBTQ2S+ rhetoric, despite supposed ban https://xtramagazine.com/power/facebook-ads-anti-lgbtq2s-rhetoric-246353 https://xtramagazine.com/power/facebook-ads-anti-lgbtq2s-rhetoric-246353#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2023 22:41:17 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=246353 https://xtramagazine.com/power/facebook-ads-anti-lgbtq2s-rhetoric-246353/feed 0 Oklahoma judge revokes a lesbian mom’s parental rights https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/relationships/oklahoma-lesbian-parent-parental-rights-245721 https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/relationships/oklahoma-lesbian-parent-parental-rights-245721#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:58:34 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=245721 https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/relationships/oklahoma-lesbian-parent-parental-rights-245721/feed 0 Brianna Ghey deserved better than the U.K.’s transphobia https://xtramagazine.com/culture/brianna-ghey-uk-transphobia-245559 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/brianna-ghey-uk-transphobia-245559#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:07:31 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=245559 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/brianna-ghey-uk-transphobia-245559/feed 0 Parental rights champions in Prince Edward Island want to strip trans kids of their right to privacy https://xtramagazine.com/power/pei-gender-guidelines-schools-child-privacy-245188 https://xtramagazine.com/power/pei-gender-guidelines-schools-child-privacy-245188#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:34:44 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=245188 https://xtramagazine.com/power/pei-gender-guidelines-schools-child-privacy-245188/feed 0 Mpox is no longer a public health emergency in the U.S. https://xtramagazine.com/health/sexual-health/mpox-public-health-emergency-ends-244752 https://xtramagazine.com/health/sexual-health/mpox-public-health-emergency-ends-244752#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:48:53 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=244752 https://xtramagazine.com/health/sexual-health/mpox-public-health-emergency-ends-244752/feed 0 Looking for queer video games? Visual novels should be your first stop https://xtramagazine.com/culture/visual-novels-queer-explainer-244335 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/visual-novels-queer-explainer-244335#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:46:04 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=244335 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/visual-novels-queer-explainer-244335/feed 0 Quebec is dragging its feet on gender-neutral health cards https://xtramagazine.com/power/quebec-gender-neutral-health-cards-244328 https://xtramagazine.com/power/quebec-gender-neutral-health-cards-244328#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:21:24 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=244328 https://xtramagazine.com/power/quebec-gender-neutral-health-cards-244328/feed 0 Trans women who stop hormones are still fertile, according to a new study https://xtramagazine.com/health/trans-women-fertility-study-244013 https://xtramagazine.com/health/trans-women-fertility-study-244013#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:03:13 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=244013 https://xtramagazine.com/health/trans-women-fertility-study-244013/feed 0 As Republican-led statehouses continue to attack trans rights, some blue states are fighting back https://xtramagazine.com/power/trans-rights-blue-states-243885 https://xtramagazine.com/power/trans-rights-blue-states-243885#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:40:06 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=243885 https://xtramagazine.com/power/trans-rights-blue-states-243885/feed 0 A new Arizona bill that could force teachers to misgender trans students kicks off a new year of anti-trans legislation https://xtramagazine.com/power/arizona-schools-pronoun-bill-243601 https://xtramagazine.com/power/arizona-schools-pronoun-bill-243601#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:02:56 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=243601 https://xtramagazine.com/power/arizona-schools-pronoun-bill-243601/feed 0 Trans Sask releases the first detailed look at the province’s trans community https://xtramagazine.com/power/saskatchewan-trans-sask-report-243078 https://xtramagazine.com/power/saskatchewan-trans-sask-report-243078#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:59:16 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=243078 https://xtramagazine.com/power/saskatchewan-trans-sask-report-243078/feed 0 Canadian LGBTQ2S+ youth more likely to have eating disorders, says study https://xtramagazine.com/health/trans-youth-eating-disorders-canada-study-242504 https://xtramagazine.com/health/trans-youth-eating-disorders-canada-study-242504#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:55:29 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=242504 https://xtramagazine.com/health/trans-youth-eating-disorders-canada-study-242504/feed 0 Indonesia’s draconian new law will effectively ban LGBTQ+ relationships https://xtramagazine.com/power/indonesia-new-law-ban-queer-relationships-241969 https://xtramagazine.com/power/indonesia-new-law-ban-queer-relationships-241969#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:50:37 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=241969 https://xtramagazine.com/power/indonesia-new-law-ban-queer-relationships-241969/feed 0 LGBTQ2S+ skateboarders in Winnipeg are looking to make their own skate space https://xtramagazine.com/culture/lgbtq2s-skateboarders-winnipeg-241569 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/lgbtq2s-skateboarders-winnipeg-241569#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2022 20:53:10 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=241569 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/lgbtq2s-skateboarders-winnipeg-241569/feed 0 Soccer teams and players protest Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws https://xtramagazine.com/power/soccer-teams-and-players-protest-qatars-anti-lgbtq-laws-240919 https://xtramagazine.com/power/soccer-teams-and-players-protest-qatars-anti-lgbtq-laws-240919#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:18:07 +0000 https://xtramagazine.com/?p=240919 https://xtramagazine.com/power/soccer-teams-and-players-protest-qatars-anti-lgbtq-laws-240919/feed 0