Performance Art Party at AGO kicks off Pride Month June 2, 2016

posted Thursday, June 2, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Drag, Fashion, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Photography, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Join Toronto-based artist, filmmaker, writer and photographer Bruce LaBruce tonight as he takes over AGO First Thursdays to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month in Toronto. LaBruce invited four internationally celebrated queer performers, all leaders in their fields, to participate in this special edition of AGO’s First Thursdays. Highlights include: Performance artist Ron Athey, who has been at the forefront of his field […]

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NO GIRLS ALLOWED: Bio Queens, Boy Drag & Belonging

posted Tuesday, May 10, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Drag, Lesbian, New York City, Queer, Theatre

RuPaul is no stranger to controversy, and her latest comments have exploded all over social media. When asked about allowing biological females on RuPaul’s Drag Race she responded with “That show already exists. It’s called #MissUniverse” and while her comment is humorous, it’s also insensitive to those who are seeking acceptance. We are witnessing an […]

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Serving Our LGBT Youth: From New York to Toronto

posted Thursday, April 28, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Activism, Charity, Lesbian, New York City, Queer, Toronto, Trans, Uncategorized

Organizations such as Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York has been providing youth services to at-risk LGBT youth since 1979 and they have had extraordinary successes including attracting such notable ambassadors as Andy Bell, Judy Gold, and Carole Pope to name just a few. Targeting services to at-risk LGBT youth is not about providing separate services, […]

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Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival – May 26 to June 5, 2016

posted Tuesday, April 26, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Fashion, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the largest event of its kind in Canada, announced today the Opening and Closing Night Galas for the 26th edition of the Festival, taking place May 26 to June 5, 2016.  The Festival will open with the International Premiere of Chris Kelly’s (Saturday Night Live, Broad City) writing-directing debut […]

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Queer Flix at Hot Docs – May 2 to 6, 2016 in Toronto

posted Sunday, April 24, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will present 232 titles from 51 countries in 12 screening programs, with work by female filmmakers representing close to 40% of the 2016 program, and a significant list of queer programming as well. In addition to the opening night world premiere of Rama Rau’sLeague of Exotique Dancers, a […]

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Tough As Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour at YTB Gallery (Toronto) – April 5 to 23, 2016

posted Monday, April 4, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto

Tough As Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour Alchemy, drag, flash, haunting, shade, wild, glitter, shame, sex, violence, trash, fame. Tough as Nails brings five emerging Toronto based artists together to flaunt the glamorous side of queer resistance. Seeking to complicate ideas of marginality, Tough as Nails explores the relationship between glamour and agency. Drawing on the […]

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Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s – 1980s – March 12 to May 29 at AGO

posted Wednesday, March 2, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Film, Gallery, Lesbian, Photography, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Outsiders, a special exhibition of unforgettable images opening at the AGO March 12, 2016, and highlights photographers and filmmakers working in the United States from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s in a time of intense political and cultural turmoil. It’s no accident that artists at the time turned to photography and film — mass […]

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Pride Month Toronto – June 1 to July 3, 2016 – Trudeau, Wynne, and Tory

posted Monday, February 22, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

  Pride Toronto unveiled today its 2016 Pride Month theme, announcing to the world that this June, “YOU CAN SIT WITH US.” The campaign for Canada’s first-ever Pride Month, kicking off in 100 days, features Canada’s top political leaders: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and partner Jane Rounthewaite and Toronto Mayor John […]

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Crimson Kitty: Celebrating A Decade Of LadyQueen at Stonewall Inn

posted Wednesday, February 17, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Art, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Fashion, Lesbian, Music, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

LadyQueen is New York City’s only all-female drag revue and the brainchild of Crimson Kitty who is celebrating her ten-year drag-a-versary. We join Crimson and her drag cohorts Sarah Palegic, Miss Malice and Elle McQueen as they take over the historic Stonewall Inn for a night of drama, debauchery and over-the-top theatrics. Crimson, a drag mother to many of the ladies, recently created The Haus […]

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Jane Sibbery CD Release Party – February 17 and 19, 2016 at Hugh’s Room Toronto

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Queer, Toronto

The long-awaited Jane Siberry recording is finally ready to be released. It is called Ulysses’ Purse with twelve songs and Siberry once again at the helm as producer. She is joined by many of her musical friends, including her singing ‘sisters’ Rebecca Jenkins, k.d. lang, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Ali Hughes and Maria Doyle Kennedy; guitarists […]

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