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“Rafiki” – groundbreaking Kenyan queer film screens in Toronto until April 25, 2019

posted Monday, April 22, 2019

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Film, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto

Bursting with the colorful street style and music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, RAFIKI is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality. Kena and Ziki have long been told that “good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives” – but they yearn for something more. Despite the political […]

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“Daddy Issues” – when role play becomes real – in theatres and on iTunes as of April 19, 2019

posted Wednesday, April 17, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Queer

Daddy Issues, made its Canadian premiere at last year’s Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Now it’s getting a theatrical and VOD release. Maya (Madison Lawlor) spends her days escaping into her drawings and social media, where she cyberstalks the enigmatic Jasmine (Montana Manning), an aspiring sexually-fluid designer in an emotionally charged, co-dependent relationship with […]

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Devout and Out – docuseries explores being queer within the church – CBC online exclusive streams as of April 18, 2019

posted Monday, April 15, 2019

by: in Activism, Queer, Television, Toronto, Trans

Devout & Out is a three-part documentary series that focuses on openly queer individuals who have chosen to become or remain leaders in the Church, despite any trauma the Christian community has inflicted. Each episode follows an openly queer individual, documenting their journey in navigating their sexuality, identity, faith and the Church institution. We hear […]

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Wax Trax Records – documentary, soundtrack, Q&A panel, and Ministry performance in Toronto, April 17, 2019

posted Friday, April 12, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Music, Toronto

Record Store Day and Vans, are teaming up to release a special edition soundtrack for the award-winning music documentary Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records on Record Store Day, April 13, 2019. The album, which features previously unreleased songs by Wax Trax! artists, (see track listing below) will be available at independent record stores across the United States […]

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Jaymz Bee’s “Caravan of Music” presents 10 rooms with 20 bands – April 15, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Friday, April 12, 2019

by: in Charity, Music, Toronto

Every year broadcaster-producer-empresario Jaymz Bee celebrates his birthday with at least one fundraising event for charity. This year will mark his biggest yet with a series of simultaneous concerts held in ten rooms at Old Mill Toronto that will benefit Unison Benevolent Fund, an organization that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian […]

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Legendary Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot begins tour, and is the spotlight of a new documentary

posted Wednesday, April 3, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Music, Toronto

Gordon Lightfoot’s music touches the listener on more levels and in more ways than most musicians could ever dream of. He is a national treasure, a cultural icon whose time-defying style and legendary hits have made him one of Canada’s most anticipated live performers. Having celebrated his 80th birthday last year, he will once again […]

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“Four Chords and a Gun” – a new play about the Ramones – on stage April 2 to 28, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, April 2, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Music, Theatre, Toronto

FOUR CHORDS AND A GUN is a comic and explosive new play about the infamous punk band the Ramones, that’s written by John Ross Bowie (actor from “The Big Bang Theory”, “Speechless”).  The Canadian premiere is directed by long-time Toronto Star theatre critic and director Richard Ouzounian, and runs at the Fleck Theatre April 2 – 28, 2019.     On May 1, […]

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Greg Araki’s “Now Apocalypse” steams and streams on Canada’s Starz Network

posted Tuesday, April 2, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Queer, Television

STARZ has officially launched in Canada, delivering a slate of the bold, diverse, and genre-bending original programming with select library titles, and classic films from all eras, including the new gender non-conforming series NOW APOCALYPSE , a romp and roll through the lives of friends and lovers into FB, BF, FWB, BFF, TIT, TAT, BDSM, WS, […]

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“America in Transition” documentary series releases ahead of International Trans Day of Visibility on March 31, 2019

posted Friday, March 29, 2019

by: in Activism, Film, Queer, Television, Trans

International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual event occurring on March 31 that raises awareness of discrimination faced by transgender individuals worldwide. The Sundance-backed documentary series, America in Transition ( AIT), premieres as a Revry Original, exploring the community, family, and social issues of trans people of color across the United States, capturing real life for a veteran turned activist, an immigrant […]

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Giant Little Ones – opens March 29, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, March 27, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

Franky Winter (Josh Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Darren Mann) have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty: handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live a perfect teenage life – until the night of Franky’s epic 17th birthday party, when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected […]

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