posted Thursday, May 4, 2023
You Can Live Forever tells the story of Jaime (Anwen O’Driscoll), who lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario during the 1990s, and loves sci-fi, The Cure and getting high. And unbeknownst to anyone around her, she’s gay. When her father dies and her mother suffers a breakdown, she’s sent to Quebec’s Saguenay region to live with […]
posted Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Toronto’s Witch Prophet have released a new album Gateway Experience, pulling us deep into her mind by questioning the connections with our brains, music, dreams, seizures, god and otherworldly abilities, The first single is the alternative RnB/hip hop track Energy Vampire, featuring Toronto based rapper DillanPonders, a deeply layered song about nightmares, beings that roam those […]
posted Sunday, April 30, 2023
Fans and the public are invited to contribute to a fundraising campaign to celebrate and honour musician Jackie Shane with a commemorative plaque in downtown Toronto. Shane was a pioneering trans soul singer who packed nightclubs and electrified the Toronto music scene in the 1960s. This campaign seeks to raise funds to erect a plaque near the […]
posted Monday, April 24, 2023
Adapted from his award-winning short Darling, JOYLAND is the debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, that explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, […]
posted Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Gray: A Wilde Musical is inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray, follows a young singer-songwriter determined to be a star, as he enters the hottest rock nightclub in Toronto’s Gay Village in the late 70s, David’s Disco. Catching the eye of Basil, a closeted photographer, Dorian gets a picture taken […]
posted Saturday, April 15, 2023
Groundbreaking drag duo The Boulet Brothers have officially partnered with Fangoria magazine on the spooktacular The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Tour, with a stop at the beautiful Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto on April 20, 2023. The tour brings a plethora of cutting edge talent from the acclaimed Shudder television series “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: […]
posted Saturday, April 15, 2023
The 519 Annual Gala, our largest fundraising night, is back! Presented by our honorary patron, Salah Bachir, the gala is a night of celebration that helps raise critical funds to further The 519’s essential year-round work in service of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Look forward to performances by six-time Tony & two-time Grammy award winner, Audra McDonald […]
posted Monday, April 10, 2023
A slate of captivating new docs premiere at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in April, including two captivating trans themed films. Dressed in Blue is a rarely-seen landmark 1983 film that captures the experiences of six transgender women living in Madrid in the years following Spain’s transition to democracy. Transformer chronicles the life of world […]
posted Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Romi O’s music is unique because of the juxtaposition of understated textures, relatable lyrics, and hard-hitting grooves. By the time she turned 22, the artist had relocated to Brooklyn, NY, where she had sought a fresh start in music. She co-founded the band “PowerSnap” to pursue high-octane punk and garage aesthetics. Eventually, she circled back to her initial fondness for ballads. […]
posted Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Mae Martin’s very good month (you’ve seen that Brett Goldstein video, right?) continues with the news of their hour-long comedy special debut. The comedian is returning to Netflix with Mae Martin: SAP, launching globally on March 28. Directed by Abbi Jacobson, the new stand-up special sees Martin reflecting on a world off its axis — taking on everything from […]
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