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LGBT Shorts Film Festival – June 22, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Monday, June 19, 2017

by: in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2017. Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice a month in Toronto in 2017. This month is the Best of LGBT Toronto Short Films, happening June 22nd at the […]

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CANFAR’s “Can You Do Lunch” event raises money for HIV and AIDS

posted Friday, June 16, 2017

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Charity, Events, Fashion, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Toronto

CANFAR‘s fifth annual luncheon, Can You Do Lunch? was attended by business and philanthropic leaders, who joined together in the fight against HIV and AIDS on June 12th at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto. Hosted by Co-chairs Shawn Hewson and Ruth Promislow, Founders, of Bustle Clothing, and with guest speakers including Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in conversation with […]

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Function in the Junction – June 22, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, June 15, 2017

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Charity, Dining, Events, Featured Events, Music, Toronto

Toronto culinary star Anthony Rose heads west to showcase his skills at Function in the Junction on June 22nd, in support of  Haiti School Building Project. Rose has made a name for himself as the brains behind popular Toronto establishments as Rose and Sons, Fat Pasha,Big Crow, Bar Begonia and, Schmaltz Appetizing. This eclectic mix of restaurants has turned Dupont Street into […]

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Nuit Rose – June 16 and 17, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 14, 2017

by: in Activism, Art, Events, Family, Featured Events, Gallery, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Nuit Rose is back for its fourth year showcasing the best of LGBTQ art and performance, and this year, we’re adding a second night to showcase works and performances from Toronto and beyond. On June 16 and 17, Nuit Rose showcases, highlights, and celebrates LGBTQ* art works that seeks to answer the question “What Lies […]

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Pride Toronto announces Parade Grand Marshal, Honoured Group and Youth Ambassador

posted Tuesday, June 13, 2017

by: in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Pride Toronto has announced its Honoured Positions for 2017, with the selections reflecting the importance of indigenous and two-spirit voices within the LGBTQ+ community, and honouring the tireless work done by groups based on their contribution to fighting discrimination and equality; violence, torture and abuse.  As well as,  criminalization of LGBTQ+ people, identities, and activities […]

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Toronto Queer Film Festival – June 14 to 16, 2017

posted Monday, June 12, 2017

by: in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The Toronto Queer Film Festival showcases contemporary, innovative, queer and trans film and video art. We are especially interested in supporting formally experimental films and/or social justice themed projects that center the experiences of Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, transgender people, sex workers, porn makers, and other communities often marginalized in contemporary […]

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Pride Toronto’s Human Rights Panel, Queer ICON Speaker Series, and Remembering Orlando

posted Friday, June 9, 2017

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto

Pride Toronto’s successful Human Rights Panels continue this year during Pride Month, voicing and discussing issues that face LGBTQ+ communities around the globe. Also returning for the second year in a row is the Queer ICON Speaker Series, with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Kushner as the keynote speaker. Mr. Kushner is a prolific writer, addressing […]

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Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer – Panel Discussion June 12, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017

by: in Activism, Books, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer is a new book from Coach House Books that draws on range of voices from Toronto’s queer community. Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how these individuals […]

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Art Spin June 15th – Humber Bay (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Events, Featured Events, Outdoors, Photography, Queer, Toronto

Who enjoys cycling? Who enjoys art? Who enjoys cycling to see art? Well this event is for you then! Art Spin is a roving curatorial project that situates commissioned, site-specific works in unique public spaces throughout the city. Each Art Spin tour gathers a large audience on bicycles to visit the multidisciplinary installations and performances […]

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Counterpoint Community Orchestra premieres “Elegy for Orlando” – June 10, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017

by: in Activism, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Music, Queer, Toronto

LGBTQ orchestra premieres Elegy for Orlando and the Toronto premiere of Mennonite Piano Concerto on Saturday, June 10th at Saint Luke’s United Church Counterpoint Community Orchestra is pleased to announce its third concert of the 2016/17 Season, Love & Light: Celebrating Canada 150 with Pride. This concert will showcase the dynamism that has sustained the […]

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