posted Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The Rendezvous with Madness Festival is the first and largest arts and mental health festival in the world. Using art as the entry point to illuminate and investigate the realities and mythologies surrounding mental illness and addiction, programming spotlights the human capacity for endurance in the face of great challenges. As community members are feeling […]
posted Friday, October 16, 2020
Hot Docs has added the new monthly film series For Viola to its VOD platform Hot Docs at Home. Named in honour of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond, the important documentary series will centre around Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC)-led stories and filmmakers. This fall, the series will feature Charles Officer’s 2017 Festival doc Unarmed […]
posted Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The 519’s largest single-day fundraising event, The Annual Gala, will bring together leading performers for a virtual variety show of musical performances and special appearances in support of LGBTQ2S communities in Toronto and beyond. The event will be streamed on Sunday, October 25, at 7:30 pm (EST). The Annual Gala has gone virtual in response to COVID-19, and will feature musical performances from: ● […]
posted Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The first queer global streaming TV network, Revry, honors National LGBT History Month in October with the premiere of the 5th annual QueerX festival, taking place Oct. 1–31. Celebrating LGBTQ+ music, film, politics, and culture, the festival–which has been touted as the queer SXSW (Billboard, Flaunt Magazine)–will take a unique approach to its screening and panel […]
posted Tuesday, August 11, 2020
1. Pride Afrique, the first pan African virtual pride, is a timely opportunity to curate African LGBT stories and leave them in the cloud for future generations. These stories are meant to be a testament to vibrant afro-queerness that cannot be erased. It is an important platform to speak with one voice that various shades […]
posted Friday, July 10, 2020
We cannot look to the future without addressing our past. In order to get to the heart of the matter of racism and where we are today we have to rewind Toronto’s LGBTQ2 History before the Black Lives Matter Movement. Because you see, this movement didn’t just pop up. It took many micro-aggressions to push […]
posted Friday, June 12, 2020
Organisers project huge viewing figures and announce former US Vice-President Joe Biden, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and artists Laverne Cox, Adam Lambert, Kesha and Todrick Hall among more than 40 new appearances. See below for a full list of those participating. Global […]
posted Friday, June 5, 2020
We’re certainly living in uncertain times, as times are a changing. Look no further than south of the border to see a western culture that’s at it’s brink and not going to take it anymore. It’s eerily reminiscent of the 1960s race riots for social justice, and the LGBT riots for equal rights that ignited […]
posted Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The We Are One: A Global Film Festival features over 100 films co-curated by 21 prolific festivals, hailing from 35 countries, in addition to talks, VR content and musical performances. The 10-day digital event celebrates global voices, and elevates films that have the power to create change and bring audiences from around the world together […]
posted Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Sir Elton John has announced that his charity, the Elton John AIDS Foundation is launching a $1-million COVID-19 emergency fund. “For almost 30 years, my foundation has prioritized the most vulnerable people to HIV to end the AIDS epidemic, and we’re committed to this during the COVID-19 crisis too,” he stated. “Distributing medicines, testing and […]
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