Rick Mercer to receive INSPIRE Awards International Icon Award at annual LGBTQ2S+ celebration – Sept 16, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Friday, September 9, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Charity, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

INSPIRE Awards will be awarding International Icon Award 2022 to Canadian television personality, comedian, political satirist, and author Rick Mercer (recipient Governor General Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement and appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.) Other notable honourees at the annual celebration taking place this year on September 16th include local queer legends […]

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Virtual QUEERANTINE show goes live on tour with musicians Kisos and Cory Stewart

posted Thursday, September 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer

In 2020, Queer musicians Kisos and Cory Stewart founded QUEERANTINE: a unique, livestream music video showcase and community hub to uplift 2SLGBTQIA+  artists during the pandemic. Now, they have announced The QUEERANTINE Tour, a series of live in-person shows will take place across North America throughout 2022 and 2023.  This Fall, Kisos and Stewart are […]

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A Baby For Andy – queer stage production comes to Toronto after successful run at the Guelph Fringe Festival – Sept 2 to 4, 2022

posted Wednesday, August 31, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

After a successful run in the Guelph Fringe Festival, Toronto audiences are going to have a chance to catch A Baby For Andy at The Deanne Taylor Theatre at 10 Busy Street in Leslieville (Toronto East). It’s the story of Andrew & Sam, a queer couple having to come to terms with a hidden dark […]

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Erica’s First Holy Shit – wacky lesbian flick on Austin’s queer bohemian arts community

posted Tuesday, August 30, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online

Erica’s First Holy Shit is based on the life of Erica Nix, Austin’s beloved queer artist and fitness guru (and currently a surprising and unlikely Austin mayoral candidate). It’s a modern, Queer Millennial SLACKER, a tribute to the disappearing bohemian demimonde of Austin itself. A psychedelic freak-out fantasia of adventure and discovery that’s inspired by […]

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Sky Gilbert’s workshop presentation of “Who’s Afraid of Titus?” on stage Aug 31 to Sep 3, 2022

posted Monday, August 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Eldritch Theatre presents a Titus-on-the-Run Productions Workshop Presentation of “Who’s Afraid of Titus“? Who was Shakespeare? Does it matter? Well Sky Gilbert thinks he was an aesthete — a poet whose plays are about poetry and its effect on us. In tackling Titus Andronicus, perhaps Shakespeare’s most baffling play — Gilbert is drawing on his […]

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LGBTQ+ streaming service Fearless introduces new look for its FireTV app

posted Thursday, August 25, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online, Trans

Fearless, the streaming service known for showcasing LGBTQ+ and inclusive movies and shows, drops a fresh new update to their Amazon FireTV app, that will make the viewing experience better for Fearless members around the globe. Fearless released a brand new update for their FireTV app with improvements and a revamped look. The new look includes […]

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From Our Point Of View – new series focuses on Black Queer Male Identifying artists, activists, and community members

posted Monday, August 22, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Streaming Online

From Our Point Of View is a series cementing the voices, experiences, stories and journeys significant Black Queer Male Identifying artists, activists and community members, in collaboration with BGMN (Black Gay Men’s Network of Ontario). Hosted by Resident Choreographer of Canada’s Drag Race Hollywood Jade (Snoop Dogg, Meghan Trainor, Jully Black) and Executive Producer and […]

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sound_therapy.wav inaugural music festival featuring 2SQTBIPOC artists and allies – August 18 – 21, 2022 (Vancouver)

posted Tuesday, August 16, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Queer, Vancouver

There’s a new festival in town! sound_therapy.wav is a multi-day music festival that highlights local queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized artists and allies. The outdoor festival kicks off on Thursday, August 18th and runs until Sunday, August 21st in the private lot beside James Black Gallery (144 E 6th Ave) in Vancouver. The front and backyard of […]

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Vancouver Queer Film Festival returns with a more political queer activism approach – August 11 to 21, 2022

posted Tuesday, August 9, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Vancouver

Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) returns for its 34th edition, August 11-21, 2022. The theme this year is “Make It Yours,” inviting audiences to return to the political grassroots of queer activism. Both in person and online screenings will be available with a province wide video-on-demand selection in Vancouver theatres each day. Passes are available […]

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This Earth of Majesty – queer adaptation of “Richard II” performed outdoors – Aug 5 to 28, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, August 4, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Dauntless City Theatre is back with their latest production of This Earth of Majesty, a queer, site-specific, ambulatory, outdoor adaptation of Richard II in St. James Park. The Monarch of Garden, Richard, loses control of his court and the common people, causing chaos throughout the land. His cousin, the charismatic Henry Riverbrook, seizes the realm. […]

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