posted Friday, February 3, 2017
Do you remember the drag trio The Fabulous Freaks? Imperial Court of Toronto honourees Amanda, Sylvia and Felicia (aka Glen, Ben, and Mark) could turn any room into an instant party that was as classy as they could be trashy, making a name for themselves for fifteen years until 2010 when Felicia passed away at […]
posted Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Can you tell if a painting is a work of fiction? Can you spot a non-fiction sculpture? What about theatre, do you know when it’s based on reality? And if reality is subjective, does it even matter? Could reality be whatever we take away from an experience? This combination of fact and fiction, what author Alec […]
posted Friday, January 13, 2017
A once shocking 1962 LP of love songs… by men, for men. A long lost treasure featuring the cool & sophisticated vocals of Gene Howard and a cast of prime studio jazz musicians, performing a set of standards sung to a male suitor. Ahead of its time in every way. Reissued for the first time […]
posted Saturday, January 7, 2017
Amanda Roberts will be celebrating 50 years of age this July and she’s done it all; Pride stages, Miss Canada Continental, fundraisers galore, including the Queens Cares for The 519, The Monster in NYC, and working on Queer As Folk. Her local shows have included Crews & Tango, Woody’s/Sailor, and the roving French space Tapette, where she performed at […]
posted Monday, December 19, 2016
Rolyn Chambers is the designer of the weekly FML event posters that parody famous movies with a decidedly queer bent. Held inside Flash on Church, the weekly party has been going strong for 6 years. Pole dancers make way for this wildly diverse crowd that take over the space with drag queens, club kids, art fags, […]
posted Friday, November 18, 2016
November is Transgender Awareness Month with the International Day of Remembrance happening on Sunday November 20, a day to remember those we’ve lost to violence. This month is also an opportunity to honour our local heroes whose willingness to continue the fight is as inspiring as it is vital to our communities success, both here in Toronto and around the world. […]
posted Wednesday, November 9, 2016
In many ways Donald Trump is the ultimate drag artist, a larger than life version of himself, who is as exaggerated as he is entertaining. Is Donald a good thing for America? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some good that comes out of it. Anyone living in Toronto just has to think back to our […]
posted Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives (CLGA)’s premier gala event Flashback is returning on November 12, 2016, and this year be sure to get ready to flashback to the 90s with an Electric Circus gala that re-creates the spirit of the decade – the fun, the fashion, the artistic expression, and the political and cultural turning points. To […]
posted Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Glad Day Bookshop & Glad Day Lit present NAKED HEART – The LGBTQ Festival of Words, taking place November 11th, 12th and 13th, 2016 in and around the Church & Wellesley neighbourhood of Toronto. The Festival includes workshops, panels, performances & discussions for writers and lovers of words. Venues include Glad Day Bookshop (499 Church […]
posted Thursday, November 3, 2016
Legendary performance artist Keith Cole just closed two exhausting runs at the AGO in #HashTagGallery Slut which he describes as a threesome between himself David Buchan and Tom Thomson. It was as exhilarating as it was perplexing as gay porn star Ryan Russell periodically broke the canoe-based suicide to berate him. It was beautiful to watch their interplay, but also […]
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