ScrapFest – A Night of South Asian Queer / Alt Culture Rock and Roll – Sept 28, 2019 (Mississauga)

posted Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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

ScrapFest is a multicultural, immigrant friendly indie music series showcasing alternative artists with varied geopolitical backgrounds and a common outsider perspective. The platform seeks to bridge cultural differences by showcasing artists with a shared queer inclusive narrative. Actually, we just want to have to have fun. “Live loud queer and proud. The future is in full […]

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Chill & Chat fundraiser for Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network – Aug 22, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, August 15, 2019

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

Chill & Chat will be an incredible evening learning about and celebrating the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network‘s vital work for LGBT rights in the Caribbean. LGBTQ+ people in the Caribbean face prison time, harassment, violence, and in some cases death, for being who they are and loving who they love. This is a resilient community, still […]

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Walk with the AIDS Committee of Durham Region! 20 YEARS

posted Tuesday, August 13, 2019

by: Antoine Elhashem in Activism, Charity

I am very excited to be able this tear to do the AIDS Walk in Durham. A number of friends have put a team together, and I am looking forward to a wonderful community day raising money for a still very important cause in our LGBTQ community. The walk takes place at Memorial Park in […]

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Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956–1971 – opens Feb 22, 2020 at Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, July 31, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, New York City, Toronto

There’s very few photographers who stand the test of time and continue to be recognized for the work they’ve accomplished. One such individual is Diane Arbus. The striking black and white photographs of legendary American photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) revolutionized portraiture, through their range of subjects and their style. Primarily made in and around New […]

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This Rainbow Brick Bath Bomb Pays Tribute to Stonewall’s 50th Anniversary

posted Friday, June 28, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots–the event that sparked the gay liberation movement. To acknowledge this moment in LGBTQ+ history, theBUZZ is throwing this rainbow bath bomb in the shape of the brick that started it all. In 1969, New York police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular LGBTQ+ bar, and […]

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Pride Toronto’s Opening Night Outdoor Dance Parties Continue Until 2AM – Friday June 21, 2019

posted Thursday, June 20, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Bar/Club, Dance, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Trans

Below are the details for all of the Fridays’ programming, including timing, location, and description for each event. The highlight being the Trans Pride Community Fair, Trans March Rally, and Trans March that ends in Allan Gardens with a host of amazing performances. There’s also some great late night dance parties happening all along Church […]

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre announces 2019/20 season line-up

posted Saturday, June 8, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Montreal, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Artistic Director Evalyn Parry announced the line-up for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2019/20 season today. After a blowout 40th anniversary season, the theatre company focuses on its role as an incubator for new queer works, with a mainstage production of one of its residency projects, an expanded showcase for its resident artists, and a new curation format […]

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“Cherry Grove Stories” – documentary on this Fire Island hangout releases June 4th

posted Monday, June 3, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Celebrity, Film, Lesbian, Music, New York City, Queer

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to the historically potent LGBTQ documentary CHERRY GROVE STORIES, which entertainingly recounts time in Cherry Grove including queer origins, Tennessee Williams visits, decadent parties, sexual liberation, HIV alienation and the continual swinging of indecent law enforcement…all told through first person accounts and a treasure trove of fabulous, unseen archival […]

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Just Call Me Lady: The Musical – Mandy Goodhandy’s memoir hits the stage June 7 and 8, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, May 28, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Mandy Goodhandy is a trans woman stand up comedian, author, and singer.  Her memoirs “Just Call Me Lady” and her CD (of the same name) were both released in 2018, and now she’s combining both into one spectacular stage production for two nights only! Not just another transgender person’s “transition” story. Mandy Goodhandy (aka Amanda Taylor) […]

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“Standing By Our Colours” – new website and summer long events to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminlization of homosexuality in Canada

posted Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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

Today marks the official day that the NPO Grand Canadian Events, in collaboration with Canadian Heritage, launches the activities surrounding the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada with the project STANDING BY OUR COLOURS / AFFICHONS NOS COULEURS. “The Government of Canada is pleased to support projects like Standing By Our Colours because they raise awareness of […]

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