posted Monday, September 11, 2017
The We’re Funny That Way Foundation, producer of the ground-breaking queer performance festival, We’re Funny That Way, is proud to announce that the recipient of a $30,000 grants is Toby’s Place in Scarborough, Ontario. Toby’s Place is a new drop-in centre for all LGBTQ+ youth and their friends and allies in south west Scarborough. A […]
posted Tuesday, August 29, 2017
It’s showtime! The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is upon us and some of the brightest stars in Hollywood (Angelina Jolie, Grace Jones, Jake Gyllenhaal, Idris Elba, George Clooney, Lady Gaga, Eminem and Octavia Spencer, to name a few) will touch down in our city from September 7th to 17th to preview screenings of […]
posted Friday, August 4, 2017
Without question, Charlize Theron (Monster, Prometheus), kicks ass! The 41-year-old Academy Award winning actress from South Africa came to slay in Atomic Blonde, a blast-to-the-past action movie about an elite M16 agent on a private mission in West Berlin, Germany, during the tail-end of the Cold War. And girl, she looks killer doing it. The […]
posted Friday, July 21, 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. Named after a song by Jackie Shane, the Nashville born, pioneering trans R&B singer who made good in Toronto, Any Other Way is an eclectic illustrated history of a city that so […]
posted Friday, June 23, 2017
To celebrate the glorious trifecta of Pride, Canada 150 and summer 2017, Lorraine Segato and Colleen Allen bring their acclaimed and wildly popular cabaret series Wild Women (Don’t Get The Blues) to Toronto’s Regent Park on Saturday, June 24. With the music of ace Canadian performers complemented by food creations courtesy rogue Chef Greg Couillard, […]
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Take a break from the mainstream. Alterna-Queer is back. After several years of programming at the hidden oasis of Alexander Parkette, outside Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, then a couple of failed attempts at programming on larger stages, AQ is back once again on a smaller scale at the TD Village Stage. Think beyond boxes […]
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Artistic Director Evalyn Parry has announced an exciting line-up for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2017/18 season. The season presents a series of engaging, timely productions that grapple with questions of race, indigeneity, sex, queerphobia, religion, and climate change. It includes a new multidisciplinary work co-created by Parry, a national tour of the 2016 hit Black Boys, and the premiere of […]
posted Monday, June 19, 2017
The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2017. Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice a month in Toronto in 2017. This month is the Best of LGBT Toronto Short Films, happening June 22nd at the […]
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 […]
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