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-focused digital publication and former print newspaper published by

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. The publication is a continuation of the company's former print titles ''Xtra!'', ''

Xtra Ottawa ''Xtra Ottawa'' (formerly ''Capital Xtra'') was a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was launched in 1993. Unlike its biweekly sister publications ''Xtra'' in Toronto and '' Xtra Vanc ...

'', and ''

Xtra Vancouver ''Xtra Vancouver'' (), formerly ''Xtra! West'', was a gay bi-weekly newspaper, published by Pink Triangle Press in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Printed on newsprint in tabloid format from its establishment in 1993, Pink Triangle Press ...

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'', January 14, 2015.

History

''Xtra'' was founded in Toronto on February 19, 1984 (with a March cover date) by Pink Triangle Press, a not-for-profit organization. It was introduced as a four-page tabloid, as a way to broaden PTP's Toronto readership. Pink Triangle Press had previously published '' The Body Politic''. From 1990 to 2000, ''Xtra'' published a quarterly literary supplement, '' The Church-Wellesley Review'', for work by LGBTQ2 fiction and poetry writers. In 1993, ''Xtra'' expanded, adding ''

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Capital Xtra! ''Xtra Ottawa'' (formerly ''Capital Xtra'') was a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was launched in 1993. Unlike its biweekly sister publications ''Xtra'' in Toronto and '' Xtra Vanc ...

'' in

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. The three ''Xtra'' papers also produced an annual ''Ultimate Pride Guide'' and an annual lesbian and gay business directory called ''Index''. ''Xtra'' and ''Xtra! West'' were published biweekly, while ''Capital Xtra!'' was initially published as a monthly with its publication frequency later expanding to every three weeks. The Vancouver and Ottawa publications were renamed ''Xtra Vancouver'' and ''Xtra Ottawa'' in the late 2000s, while the Toronto edition retained the name ''Xtra''. The final print issues of ''Xtra Vancouver'' and ''Xtra Ottawa'' appeared on February 12, 2015, while the Toronto edition's final print issue was published on the newspaper's 31st anniversary, February 19, 2015."Gay publisher Xtra to embrace digital, close print"
''Xtra'', January 14, 2015. The publications continued online as a digital publication, initially under the name ''Daily Xtra'' before reverting to the ''Xtra'' name.

Contributors

Past contributors to the publications have included Sandra Alland,

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, Brenda Cossman, James Dubro,

Gerald Hannon Gerald Hannon (July 10, 1944 – May 9, 2022) was a Canadian journalist whose work appeared in major Canadian magazines and newspapers.Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, eds., ''Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History''. Routledge, ...

, Matthew Hays, Greg Kearney, Todd Klinck, Greg Kramer, R. W. Gray, Raziel Reid,

Irshad Manji Irshad Manji (born 1968) is a Ugandan-born Canadian educator. She is the author of '' The Trouble with Islam Today'' (2004) and ''Allah, Liberty and Love'' (2011), both of which have been banned in several Muslim countries. She also produced a ...

Alex Munter Alexander Mathias Munter (born April 29, 1968) is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), and a former elected official and business owner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Advocacy Thro ...

, Rachel Giese, Brian Francis, Peter Knegt, and Jeffrey Round.

Other ventures

Pink Triangle Press also operates

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, an online guide to cruising. The Press sold Cruiseline in March 2011.

References

External links

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History

Contributors

Other ventures

See also

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