Tuesday, November 14th 2023
Xtra is a Canada-based digital magazine and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 politics, culture, sex, love, and health. Their senior editor is looking to connect with trans writers who cover health. They're open to hearing from people worldwide, even though they usually have more US-Canada-centered stories. The base rate is usually 400 CAD for a short story with limited sourcing. For more information, check out the tweet here.
Thursday, August 10th 2023
Xtra is a Toronto-based digital magazine and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love, and health. Their senior editor is seeking trans health pitches. They want stories that are relevant to their US and Canadian audiences. Rates vary depending on the piece, but begin at $300 CAD for a simple Q&A. Read their senior editor’s post here. Learn how to contribute here.
Friday, September 2nd 2022
Xtra is a Toronto-based digital magazine and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love, and health. They are accepting pitches for a package about climate and LGBTQ2S+ issues. They are open to anything (e.g. essays, features, Q&As, opinion pieces, and service pieces) that “broadly reflects a queer/trans lens on the climate crisis and environmental issues.” They are open to writers as well as stories outside of Canada. They are “particularly interested in hearing from Indigenous journalists and/or sources.” Their rates begin at $350 for short Q&As. Send your pitches to ziya.jones@ptp.media. For details, refer to this Twitter thread and this page.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021
This is a Canadian LGBTQ2S+
magazine; they cover LGBTQ2S+ politics, culture, sex, relationships and health. They
publish short and long features, profiles, Q&As, essays, opinion pieces,
explainers, video documentaries and podcasts. Their senior editor for politics
and identities recently issued a pitch call on Twitter, for their Power pillar
– anything about politics, identity, and power; they want pitches on these
themes for longform narrative features, dispatches, and essays. Pay starts at
CAD300, according to their pitch guide. Details here (Twitter
thread), here (pitch guide),
and here (general
contributor guidelines).
@ericalenti
Tuesday, March 30th 2021
Xtra is a Toronto-based digital magazine
and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love,
and health. They are looking for pitches from trans and queer writers/critics
especially Black/brown, disabled, etc. They are looking for: “Cultural
criticism (broadly defined): film/TV/art/music/culture commentary. Reviews OK
but critique should go beyond a single item. Trend analyses and reflections.” The
subject of the conversation doesn’t have to be LGBTQ+ but it should be of queer
and/or trans interest. Average word count is 1,000 to 1,500 words. Rate for
these pieces will start at $400+ USD. Pitches should be sent to trevell.anderson@xtramagazine.com.
To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter
thread and this page.
Sunday, February 14th 2021
Xtra is a Toronto-based digital magazine
and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love,
and health. They are looking for pitches for My Safe Space series. They want
stories about “a safe space that's helped you find comfort and joy during these
terrible times.” Rates start at around $300 CAD. Pitches should be sent to erica.lenti@xtramagazine.com. International
pitches are welcome. To learn more, refer to their editor’s Twitter thread
and this page. To read My
Safe Space series, refer to this page.
Tuesday, January 5th 2021
Xtra is a Toronto-based digital magazine
and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love,
and health. Their senior editor is accepting pitches on politics, identities, and
queer stuff. Their rates generally start at $300 to $350 CAD for no
reporting/little research. If interested, email your pitches to erica.lenti@xtramagazine.com.
For more information, refer to their senior editor’s Tweet and
this page.
Saturday, December 5th 2020
Xtra is a Toronto-based digital magazine
and community platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love,
and health. Their editor-at-large is looking to work with LGBTQ2 entertainment
and culture writers. They encourage US-based folx to pitch as much of their
audience comes from there. They are looking for cultural commentary and
analysis, film/TV (also music, art, books) criticism, reported features, and Q&As.
Everything should be from the perspective of LGBTQ+. Rates start at $300. Pitches
should be sent to trevell.anderson@xtramagazine.com.
To learn more, refer to this Twitter
thread and this page.
Wednesday, November 4th 2020
Xtra is a digital magazine and community
platform that covers LGBTQ2 news, politics, culture, sex, love, and health. They
are always looking for new writers. They tell stories in multiple ways: “short
and long features, profiles, Q&As, essays, opinion pieces, explainers,
video documentaries, and podcasts.” One payment report indicates payment of
$325 CAD for a personal essay of 1,200 to 1,500 words. Read their Tweet here. Learn
how to pitch them a story here.