WinterViews – Toronto’s largest patio transitions to a winter wonderland with a synthetic skating rink and dining cabins

posted Thursday, January 4, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Outdoors, Toronto

As the temperatures drop and winter takes over the city, Winterviews is ready to welcome Torontonians to the newest outdoor oasis in the city. Presented by RendezViews, it’s designed to be part cottage retreat and part Winter Wonderland, complete with 10 private dining cabins, a communal lodge, and fully surrounded by the city’s largest synthetic skating […]

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INSPIRE Awards honours LGBTQ+ individuals’s achievements, advocacy, and activism – January 6, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, January 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Comedy, Drag, Featured Events, Music, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The 12th annual INSPIRE Awards, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ activism and advocacy within an inspirational framework, is taking place on January 6, 2024 at the Hart House, University of Toronto. The annual event also brings together all the other honourees for the evening, including community leaders and organizations, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community […]

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Casa Susanna photographs from America’s first trans network on display at the AGO until April 14, 2024

posted Wednesday, January 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Toronto, Trans

Casa Susanna is an exhibition of snapshots taken by members of the earliest known American crossdressing network, which operated in upstate New York from the mid-1950s through the end of the 1960s  Now on display at the AGO in Toronto, it’s the first standalone exhibition that showcases more than 350 candid and often playful snapshots, […]

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All Of Us Strangers – random encounter ignites a writer to teeter between the past and present

posted Friday, December 22, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer

All Of Us Strangers tells the story of two complete strangers residing within the same building. One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam […]

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A Wonderful Life – queer holiday romance reconnects two childhood friends

posted Tuesday, December 19, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

A Wonderful Life is a new holiday-themed film that will fill your heart with warmth and happiness. Two childhood friends are reunited after 30 years under unusual circumstances, and discover that they have more in common than what they both thought, including a continued admiration for each other. The story begins in October, just before Halloween. Bailey […]

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Making The Yuletide Gay: A Very Special Paul Lynde Christmas – festive fun full of campy, catty, comedy cheer

posted Friday, December 15, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Making The Yuletide Gay: A Very Special Paul Lynde Christmas, is a fun and hillarious take on the classic TV Christmas specials from the 60s and 70s, complete with commercial breaks from that time period. Find yourself on the XXXmas “naughty list”? Then rejoice and enjoy this bawdy holiday treat of a film. Filmed in […]

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Casa Loma’s Christmas at the Castle and Holiday Lights Tour runs until Jan 6, 2024

posted Friday, December 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Toronto

Christmas at the Castle and Holiday Lights Tour returns to Toronto’s fabled destination, Casa Loma.  This year’s events include both an indoor, daytime offering of family activities, as well as an evening experience featuring a dazzling lighting display and outdoor adventure through the historic gardens, walkways, and tunnels of the castle. Marvel in the magic […]

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Arcadia Earth Toronto’s art exhibit and reality experience inspires guests to take action towards a greener future

posted Friday, December 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Featured Events, Toronto

Arcadia Earth Toronto is located in the city’s newest mixed-use community complex, The Well. The next generation art exhibit and extended reality experience aims to inspire guests to take action towards a greener future.  The 17,000 square-foot multi-sensory experience reimagines the way people address planet Earth’s most pressing environmental challenges. In a stunning 10-room adventure, […]

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Canada’s Walk of Fame’s 25th Anniversary Celebration – Dec 2, 2023

posted Thursday, November 30, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Music, Toronto

Canada’s Walk of Fame, will be co-hosted by Drew and Jonathan Scott of The Property Brothers and Deborah Cox. The 25th Anniversary Celebration is being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Saturday, December 2, 2023.  A special Canada’s Walk of Fame 25th Anniversary broadcast will follow on Saturday, December 16, at 7 p.m. ET on CTV. […]

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World AIDS Day Ball highlights HIV/AIDS awareness through ballroom culture – Dec 2, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, November 30, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

The third annual World AIDS Day Ball: Fashion Icons returns to Toronto’s HISTORY nightclub, located at 1663 Queen St E on December 2, 2023.  The event highlights Ballroom culture, BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ talent, and the importance of HIV awareness, education, and linkage to care. With Fashion Icons the group is revisiting some of the world’s […]

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