Double gold medalist figure skater Stef Vachon’s podcast “Together Moving Forward” is creating a safe space for connection, resilience, and self-love

posted Friday, January 30, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Queer, Social Media, Sports

Stef Vachon’s story is one of resilience, artistry, and the power of community. A double gold medalist in figure skating at both the Gay Games and the World Outgames, Stef has lived a life full of inspiring highs and deeply challenging lows. His journey through sport, self-discovery, and healing has shaped him into the advocate, […]

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HER Dating App Launches Provocative New Campaign – The Sapphic Restart

posted Friday, January 23, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Dating and Relationships, Lesbian, Queer, Social Media

HER is the world’s largest sapphic dating app for queer women and non-binary people. They recently launched “The Sapphic Restart,” a culture-first campaign pushing back on the pressure of “New Year, New Me” dating. New data from the platform shows 68% of queer women are recalibrating their dating lives for 2026, prioritizing healing, emotional safety, and alignment […]

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Heated Rivalry music soundtrack being released to listen to while awaiting Season Two

posted Friday, January 9, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer, Television

Heated Rivalry is so hot that ice rinks around the world are melting faster than chocolates in the sun. By now, it’s safe to say that anyone with access to the internet has either watched, or at least heard of the unforeseen gay global sensation that caught the entire world by surprise. It has far […]

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Queer Creators Are Making Space on TikTok – Catch Up With Exclusive Interviews (Part 2)

posted Thursday, December 18, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Social Media

In Part Two of our exclusive interview series, we continue taking a look at how TikTok has become more than a platform for dance trends and lip syncs, and has developed into a space for queer visionary voices to express their storytelling, knowledge, and visibility. We look at this aspect via the leading lens of […]

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Queer Creators Are Making Space on TikTok – Catch Up With Exclusive Interviews (Part 1)

posted Thursday, December 11, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Social Media

TikTok has become more than a platform for dance trends and lip syncs. It’s a space for storytelling, education, and connection, and for 2SLGBTQIA+ creators across Canada, it’s a digital stage where visibility, humour, and activism meet creativity. Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world’s most popular social platforms, using recommendation algorithms to […]

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Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures – four gay short films that explore faith and passion

posted Friday, November 21, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Heavenly Creatures is a quartet of international gay short films, the latest in its popular The Male Gaze collection.  These films explore faith and passion. Forgive them, father, for these boys have sinned. Witness how the power of God works in mysterious ways, from sexual tension high up in the Spanish mountains to the castles of medieval […]

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Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps – documentary about transitioning that was two-decades in the making gets a gallery film screening with post discussion – Nov 13, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, November 9, 2025

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

The Women’s Art Association of Canada presents An Evening with Scott Turner Schofield, an Emmy-nominated actor, creator, and producer whose intimate, funny, and deeply human 60-minute film Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps screens in Toronto on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:00pm. This exclusive, one-night-only event offers a rare chance to experience the film […]

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Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon – the untold story of Toronto’s trailblazing drag queen

posted Sunday, October 5, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto

Long before drag became a staple of pop culture, Michelle Ross made her indelible mark as a powerhouse, dominating and defining the Black queer drag scene in Toronto and beyond. To her community, she was a dazzling trailblazer; to her family, she was Earl Barrington Shaw, or simply “Barry.” It wasn’t until Michelle’s sudden death […]

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Legendary Lena Lovich performs along with Devo and B52s, on a North American tour that begins in Toronto on September 24, 2025

posted Monday, September 22, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer, Toronto

Two of rock’s most influential and distinctive forces, The B-52s and Devo, will unite for the 2025 “Cosmic De-Evolution Tour”: a co-headlining 11-date run serving as both bands’ continuing concert farewells, with the lengendary and elusive Lene Lovich opening the celebratory trek. SNAPSHOT REVIEW The wonderful human being that is Lena Lovich has always found […]

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Butch/Femme – a moving exploration of love, identity, and the courage it takes to face the truth — and each other. – on stage Sept 20 to 27, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, September 16, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

BUTCH/FEMME is set in the stillness of 1950s rural Ontario, and begins when Jenny’s quiet evening is interrupted by an unexpected visitor — Alice, the woman she thought she’d left behind. Over the course of one charged night, the two women revisit the past, unearth long-buried truths, and confront the invisible threads that still bind […]

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