posted Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Michael V. Smith is a multihyphenate force of nature: a novelist, poet, improv comic, filmmaker, drag queen, performance artist, and occasional clown. In “My Body is Yours”, his first work of nonfiction, Michael traces his early years as an inadequate male―a fey kid growing up in a small town amid a blue-collar family; a sissy; […]
posted Sunday, April 26, 2015
After my performance as American Horror Story’s Elsa Mars at the Great Hall with Illuminair Entertainment on Sunday April 19, I trucked across town to legendary drag bar Crews and Tangos to witness one of the most turnt out drag pageants Toronto has seen for a while. Organiser Matteo Cassano ( aka Heroine Marks) showed […]
posted Thursday, April 23, 2015
“We act as if that being of a man or that being of a woman is actually an internal reality or something that is simply true about us, a fact about us, but actually it’s a phenomenon that is being produced all the time and reproduced all the time, so to say gender is performative […]
posted Thursday, April 23, 2015
Pride Toronto are slowly announcing their line up of entertainment this year via social media, as opposed to the more traditional way of press releases. As well, it was just announced that Pride Toronto are officially partnering with The 519 to present the popular DJ-driven Starry Night at Green Space fundraising event this year. Here […]
posted Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Kensington Market in Toronto is in for a treat tonight! A queer dance party and book launch in one, held at the infamous Double Double Land, will be thriving from 10pm till late, April 22 2015. Author Susana Vargas has recently published a book of photographs and essays on “highly sexualized subjects taking centre stage […]
posted Friday, April 17, 2015
When many people think of traditional fashion shows, “fat” is the last word that comes to mind. But for Toronto’s alternative fashion festival, FAT is where it’s at. Fashion Art Toronto, now in it’s tenth year, brings over 200 Canadian and international designers, performers and artists into the spotlight. With over 50 runway shows, there’s […]
posted Monday, April 13, 2015
The divine Dame Edna (Everage) has returned to Toronto for her “Glorious Goodbye (Final) Farewell Tour. The ads are up across the city, online, and on television, and the crowds are showing up in droves to catch this one person extravaganza. Decked out in a very sparkly gown, she harkens as to why no one […]
posted Monday, March 2, 2015
As I sashay my way through a crowd of joyous queens partaking in a line dancing lesson on the famous dance floor of Zipperz/Cellblock on a chilly Wednesday night, I land myself in a seat of general manager Harry Singh’s office to get the scoop on one of gay T.O’s most enduring and longest running […]
posted Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Snowflakes are falling, malls are busy with holiday shoppers, and the rum and eggnog are being pounded back. It’s the time to celebrate with friends and family because we are right in the middle of the Christmas season. Feeling like adding a little queer festivities into your plans? Then join Open Air Productions for Snow […]
posted Tuesday, October 28, 2014
That time is almost here again in The Church and Wellesley Village for everyone to show off their best costumes and come out for Halloween! Church Street will be closed off for traffic for the best party in Toronto on October 31st. Check out the spectacular display of outfits and disguises that will be roaming […]
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