posted Friday, November 30, 2018
Jade Elektra (DJ and activist Alphonso King) and husband John Richard Allan have been the driving force behind POZ Toronto Awards for a number of years. It is a wonderful event, bringing together members of our community and HIV activists, for a night of celebrating good work, and some really beautiful entrainment. I have been […]
posted Friday, November 30, 2018
Shot on black-and-white super 16mm film, “1985” takes a unique look at a pivotal moment in American history through the prism of empathy, love, and family. Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian (Cory Michael Smith, “Gotham”) returns to his Texas hometown for the holidays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. […]
posted Saturday, November 24, 2018
Toronto-based LGBTQ champion, businessman and visionary philanthropist Mark S. Bonham was this year’s recipient of Outstanding Philanthropist at the Association of Fundraising Professionals annual luncheon in Toronto on November 21, 2018. Here are some of Bonham’s accomplishments: · Mark has dedicated almost two decades to supporting Casey House including his pivotal contribution of $2.5M toward the HIV/AIDS […]
posted Thursday, November 15, 2018
Denial is the dynamic and fascinating documentary of the first American CEO to transition while in office. What starts as a son filming his father’s fight to transform the energy industry, uniquely morphs and parallels into the extraordinary story of his father’s fight to transition into Christine Hallquist (Vermont energy CEO and first Transgender Candidate for Governor). […]
posted Friday, November 2, 2018
REACH is a drama about bullying from the perspective of the bully, the bullied, and the bystanders. In REACH a socially awkward band geek, Steven Turano (Garrett Clayton), divulges to an online pro-suicide support group that he plans to kill himself. Although his first attempt is unsuccessful, he is determined to find a way to escape […]
posted Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Pride Toronto and Toronto Police Service are once again open for discussions about Police in uniform being part of the annual Pride Parade again next year. A press conference was held at The 519 on October 16th at 11:30 a.m. to present further details. This will go a long way in mending this broken relationship […]
posted Monday, October 15, 2018
This Toronto art exhibition snuck up on me, yet it’s one of the best pairing of individuals I could ever imagine. The wonder-mind works of Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE are displayed alongside Toronto’s own original riot-gal, G.B. Jones. Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE exemplifies what an artist could become when raised before the cynical machinations of late capitalism distorted […]
posted Monday, October 15, 2018
Is art something you frame on the wall, or an experience to remember? In Holding Patterns (1655 Dupont St., various hours, until Oct. 21), art appreciation is found in the unlikeliest of places – a storage facility. Note I said art appreciation, not art storage – who knows how many masterpieces collect dust in those […]
posted Friday, October 12, 2018
Films We Like is a Canadian distribution company, co-founded in 2003 by music promoter Gary Topp and filmmaker Ron Mann who set to release, The Academy Nominated film “The Weather Underground” by Sam Green and Bill Siegal which at the time had no distribution in Canada. 14 years and over and over 370 films later, […]
posted Tuesday, October 9, 2018
FESTIVAL OPENS ON WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY WITH THE TORONTO PREMIERE OF CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE THE SONG AND THE SORROW, ABOUT LEGENDARY CANADIAN SONGWRITER GENE MACLELLAN In July, the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival, the first and largest mental health film festival in the world, announced that it was dropping “film” from its title, and evolving into its next twenty-five […]
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