ACTRA Toronto’s outACTRAto Committee Announces Winner of 4th Queer Your Stories Short Film Competition

posted Thursday, January 12, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto, Trans

outACTRAto, the queer committee of ACTRA Toronto, proudly announces the winner of the fourth Queer Your Stories Short Film Competition. The competition is a partnership with the Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival and the single largest promoter and exhibitor of 2SLGBTQ+ content in Canada. The competition was open to 2SLGBTQIA+ […]

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August – gay romance involving a couple, and an ex-boyfriend

posted Thursday, January 5, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

On the verge of his 30th birthday, Jonathan (Daniel Dugan) is torn between the domestic comfort of his life with Raul (Adrian Gonzalez) and the torrid pleasures of an affair with his ex-boyfriend Troy (Murray Bartlett, Looking, Tales From The City, White Lotus). Troy and Jonathan reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending […]

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Out On Screen launches Programming Disruptor Fellowship for emerging BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ film curators

posted Tuesday, January 3, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Film, Queer, Vancouver

Vancouver’s Out On Screen have launched a new training and mentorship initiative for emerging BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ film curators. Led by their new Artistic Director, Charlie Hidalgo, the Programming Disruptor Fellowship will select three emerging film programmers who identify as BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+, who will have the opportunity to be an integral part of the curation of the Vancouver Queer […]

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Stink Mitt returns for one show only – Greatest Mitts at Buddies – January 7, 2023

posted Monday, January 2, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer

Legendary electro-funk-rap group Stink Mitt return to tear Toronto a new one with their first live show in over a decade, at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.  Stink Mitt are legends in their own time. Their debut LP Scratch n’ Sniff was hailed as “an instant classic” and “a groundbreaking genre-fuck” (Hour, Montreal) while their […]

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Scrooge & Marley – a queer spin on a Christmas classic

posted Friday, December 23, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Scrooge & Marley is a modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Recounted from a gay sensibility with heart, comedy and music direct from Screws gay bar! The magic of Dickens’ timeless tale comes alive from a fresh perspective that will appeal to audiences of all persuasions. A gay successful piano […]

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Fuse Media and OUTtv partner on new OUTtv Proud platform launching in 2023

posted Saturday, December 17, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Streaming Online

Fuse Media, a Latino-owned, multiplatform entertainment company, today announced that in partnership with OUTtv, the world’s first LGBTQ+ network and streaming service, it is expanding its suite of DEI FAST channels with the launch of OUTtv Proud. Set for a 2023 launch, OUTtv Proud super serves LGBTQ+ audiences with a blend of rising stars and […]

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el Hashem’s new EP “Come Party in My House” continues his personal journey of discovery

posted Thursday, December 15, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Music, Queer

Those listening to el Hashem’s new EP “Come Part in My House” are discovering three unique tracks, in a multiple of genres, and are raving about them. Described by el Hashem as, “things that really happened to me”, the Middle Eastern inspired A Party in My House, the country influenced Keeps Me Home (My Cowboy), […]

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The Holiday Sitter – Hallmark Channel’s first queer holiday rom-com

posted Saturday, December 10, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

For the first time, a Hallmark holiday movie features a LGBTQ couple as the focus in The Holiday Sitter. Not only does it feature a queer focused cast, but also queer talent behind the scenes as well. Sam (Jonathan Bennett) is a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his […]

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Boulevard: A Hollywood Story – Gloria Swanson’s failed attempt to make a Sunset Boulevard musical, and the queer twist to it all

posted Saturday, December 10, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Boulevard: A Hollywood Story, tells the real-life tale of Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, which both the movie and her character of Norma Desmond provided a renewed spotlight. Seeing in Norma a portal back to the stardom she once commanded as a silent screen superstar, Swanson began to envision a musical stage […]

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Homebody – comedic gender-queer body transfer “Freaky Friday” flick

posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Homebody is a lighthearted, genderqueer comedy, expanded from Joseph Sackett’s 2018 short I Was in Your Blood. Young Johnny Colby Minifie, The Boys) discovers a YouTube video that teaches him how to send his spirit out of his body and into his beloved babysitter Melanie. He can see through her eyes and operate her from […]

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