How Xtra’s new (and improved) editorial direction is expanding its audience and reach in the LGBTQ2IA+ community
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Daily Xtra Is Making the Changes Necessary to Keep Queer and Trans News Alive
With news outlets for LGBTQ2A+ audiences far and few between, here’s how some are trying to survive
Is Journalism Failing Women?
RRJ Event addresses how women’s media represents some and not others—and how we can fix that
Goodbye, Xtra
In July 2012 I reached out to Xtra, Toronto’s free gay and lesbian newspaper, in hopes of becoming an intern. Then-managing editor Danny Glenwright invited me up to the Pink Triangle Press offices and sifted through some of my clippings before asking his only question of the interview: “Why do you want to volunteer your time… Continue reading Goodbye, Xtra
Xtra! Xtra!
When the intellectual and controversial gay magazine, The Body Politic, folded in 1987, a part of it would not give up. Xtra!, the magazine’s gay entertainment supplement, has grown into Toronto’s most popular gay newspaper. Its readership and revenue have far surpassed TBP’s, and Xtra! is now the largest gay publication in the country. When… Continue reading Xtra! Xtra!