Reelworld Film Festival opens with trans film, Roobha – Oct 9 to 14, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Friday, October 5, 2018

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

The 18th annual Reelworld Film Festival features inspiring films from creative filmmakers aiming to spark social change, empowering racially diverse and Indigenous filmmakers to tell important stories through film. These films address a range of social topics including gender identity, environmental issues, climate change, human rights, and gender equality. “The festival grows stronger each year because […]

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rIVerse are diversifying the LGBTQ music scene

posted Tuesday, October 2, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Music, Queer, Toronto

rIVerse are a Toronto-based, openly queer pop/R&B group and their mission is to REPRESENT THE UNDERREPRESENTED and use their music as the platform to share unique stories with listeners, and bring needed representation to mainstream media. Diversity fuels this mission — members who are different races, genders, sexual orientations, body types, religious backgrounds, etc, thereby […]

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“Queer and Here” films at CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (Toronto)

posted Saturday, September 15, 2018

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

Get your tickets for Queer and Here and Shades of Justice for an exciting double feature Saturday September 15, 2018, presented in partnership with Pride Toronto. Click here for a list of all remaining CaribbeanTales International Film Festival film screening in Toronto until Sept 20, 2018 Rise Up: Queer & Here – 6pm CTFF and Pride presents a night of […]

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AIDS Walk Toronto – Sept 16, 2018

posted Thursday, September 13, 2018

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

ACT, Canada’s largest direct service HIV/AIDS organization, will host the 30th AIDS Walk Toronto on Sunday, September 16th (10 am – 3 pm). Over 1,000 walkers and participants will gather at Nathan Phillips Square, the Walk’s original home in 1989, to raise funds and help provide essential support services for men, women and young people […]

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Bi Arts Festival – Sept 18 to 23, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, September 13, 2018

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

The Bi Arts Festival has an exciting lineup of artists, authors and performers for the second annual festival, September 18-23, 2018, Toronto. Toronto’s second annual Bi Arts Festival is the world’s largest celebration of bisexual voices in art and culture and runs from September 18th to 23rd, 2018. The festival welcomes a diverse roster of […]

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I want to donate…but

posted Tuesday, August 21, 2018

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

Do you want to donate blood and help save lives? Are you prohibited from donating your blood in Canada because of donor policies imposed by Canadian Blood Services?? Then local Toronto activist Bobby Valen says there’s something you can do about it! This event is not a rally or protest but a call to action to stand, […]

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The Beaver – Inclusivity is the Heart of West Queer West

posted Monday, July 23, 2018

by: SK Dyment in Activism, Art, Bar/Club, Drag, Events, Music, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

The Beaver is a great place to party with friends in the evenings or bring your kids for lunch by day. The food is decent and affordable and the bar is well-stocked. The Beaver was first started and co-owned by Lee’s Palace Manager Lynn McNeill and Will Munro, the latter a Toronto artist and DJ […]

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George Takei talks about “House of Cats”, his new app tackling Trump

posted Thursday, July 19, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Celebrity, Gaming, Queer

Actor, activist and social media icon George Takei has launched House of Cats, a new political app sure to rile up the White House. The app combines what the internet loves best: cats and politics.  This New Augmented Reality App Gives People a New Way to Play a Part in World’s Politics Using cool new […]

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Brave: Festival of Risk and Failure – July 12 to 29, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, July 11, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Events, Family, Featured Events, Film, Music, Outdoors, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

The Harbourfront Centre is launching a new festival that will push the boundaries of what it means to be brave. Presenting some of the world’s most courageous and outlandish artists, thinkers, writers and musicians, the inaugural BRAVE: The Festival of Risk and Failure asks the question: If all we have to fear is fear itself, […]

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Bricks and Glitter – Grassroots LGBTQ+ Community Arts Festival – July 18 to 29, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Monday, July 9, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Bricks and Glitter is a community arts festival, celebrating Two-Spirit, trans and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger, and abundance. Centered around the Junction Triangle and Parkdale, sites of multiple queer, precarious, and creative histories, the festival runs from July 18th-29th, 2018. The festival brings together multiple thriving collectives of young queer artists, musicians, culture producers, […]

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