posted Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Are you a business owner? Are you a consumer? Do you want to toast your pride on a fantastic patio part of a stunning venue, while listening to music and enjoying a show by Toronto’s own superstar drag queen Donnarama? Pride Business Cocktail Reception is a fantastic event put together for the second year by […]
posted Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Pride Toronto has announced its Honoured Positions for 2017, with the selections reflecting the importance of indigenous and two-spirit voices within the LGBTQ+ community, and honouring the tireless work done by groups based on their contribution to fighting discrimination and equality; violence, torture and abuse. As well as, criminalization of LGBTQ+ people, identities, and activities […]
posted Monday, June 12, 2017
The Toronto Queer Film Festival showcases contemporary, innovative, queer and trans film and video art. We are especially interested in supporting formally experimental films and/or social justice themed projects that center the experiences of Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, transgender people, sex workers, porn makers, and other communities often marginalized in contemporary […]
posted Friday, June 9, 2017
Pride Toronto’s successful Human Rights Panels continue this year during Pride Month, voicing and discussing issues that face LGBTQ+ communities around the globe. Also returning for the second year in a row is the Queer ICON Speaker Series, with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Kushner as the keynote speaker. Mr. Kushner is a prolific writer, addressing […]
posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer is a new book from Coach House Books that draws on range of voices from Toronto’s queer community. Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how these individuals […]
posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Who enjoys cycling? Who enjoys art? Who enjoys cycling to see art? Well this event is for you then! Art Spin is a roving curatorial project that situates commissioned, site-specific works in unique public spaces throughout the city. Each Art Spin tour gathers a large audience on bicycles to visit the multidisciplinary installations and performances […]
posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017
LGBTQ orchestra premieres Elegy for Orlando and the Toronto premiere of Mennonite Piano Concerto on Saturday, June 10th at Saint Luke’s United Church Counterpoint Community Orchestra is pleased to announce its third concert of the 2016/17 Season, Love & Light: Celebrating Canada 150 with Pride. This concert will showcase the dynamism that has sustained the […]
posted Monday, June 5, 2017
It’s time for an 80s flashback…or introduction…depending on when you were born. Either way, this will be an incredible evening of Canadian New Wave & Synthpop, live on stage and then afterwards with a DJ dance party curated by Toronto’s own DJ Lazarus. RATIONAL YOUTH (Montreal, Canada) – New Wave Synth Pioneers – Rational Youth was formed […]
posted Monday, June 5, 2017
INSPIRE Awards was pure community magic on Friday June 2nd. Attended by hundreds of members of our LGBTQ community, friends, families, allies, and the media, the theme for this year’s celebration was #WeAreFamily. After enjoying a fantastic reception with some wonderful garden entertainment, guests made their way to the Great Hall for a seated awards […]
posted Monday, June 5, 2017
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents Queer Pride 2017, a festival of queer theatre, comedy, cabaret, art, music, and parties that showcases our community’s unstoppable spirit. For three weeks, Buddies hosts a stellar line-up of Toronto’s most exciting queer entertainers. FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS New theatrical works from local Queer artists Dainty Smith, Nick Green, Johnnie Walker, […]
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