posted Thursday, May 11, 2023
Velvet Jesus tells the gripping story of a man’s desperate journey to discover the truth about his past. Along the way, he uncovers secrets about himself that will forever change the course of his life. Available from Breaking Glass Pictures. Available from Breaking Glass Pictures.
posted Sunday, May 7, 2023
EL HOUB tells the story of Moroccan-Dutch Karim (Fahd Larhzaoui), who tells his parents (Lubna Azabal and Slimane Dazi) that he is attracted to men. After years of keeping up appearances, the word is finally out. The difficult days that follow evoke beautiful and poignant memories. He realizes that he has to confront his family to […]
posted Thursday, May 4, 2023
Vivek Shraya, is touring a few select Canadian dates in support of her upcoming visual album Baby You’re Projecting, out May 12 via Mint Records. Produced by and co-written with frequent collaborator James Bunton (Donovan Woods, Ohbijou), it’s described as a break-up album that explores Vivek’s tenuous relationships with men. The tour announcement follows the […]
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 […]
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