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Producers of musical based on the Marc Hall story release new music video to raise funds for PFLAG

posted Tuesday, June 30, 2020

by: in Music, Pride, Queer

On the heels of receiving Calgary Theatre Critics Award nominations for Best Leading Performance(Evan Kinnane) and Best Production of a Musical, the producers and creative team behind the hit musical THE LOUDER WE GET are thrilled to release a new video of the song THIS DANCE IS FOR YOU. The video, shot and produced remotely, is being released in honour of the […]

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A Black DJ’s Life

posted Sunday, June 28, 2020

by: in Music, Queer, Toronto

I started DJ-ing with my uncle Herb King back in 1980 when he relocated from Las Vegas to Tampa, Florida and took a job at WMNF 88.5. He did an R&B / Jazz show. This was how I came to be his assistant, as he was blind and needed someone to pull his records for […]

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Quench Your Thirst With These Five Brews That Celebrate Pride

posted Friday, June 26, 2020

by: in Entertaining, Pride, Queer

It’s Pride, which is the official start to summer partying, so why not celebrate in style while supporting local charities. Here are six breweries who are showing the true colours. Many are limited quantity, so call ahead if stopping by the brewery, or check online for supplies at your local LCBO. Support those who support! […]

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We’re Funny That Way – Virtual Pride Special – June 26, 2020

posted Thursday, June 25, 2020

by: in Comedy, Lesbian, Pride, Queer

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 19th annual WE’RE FUNNY THAT WAY festival with host Maggie Cassella is adapted from a live event into a virtual special. Every live event collects funds for various LGBT charities. There are clips from past events, and the new virtual one-hour show celebrates the LGBTQ2+ community and includes […]

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Hamilton’s Collective Brewing introduces their Pride series of “Life in the Clouds” cans

posted Thursday, June 25, 2020

by: in Business, Hamilton, Pride, Queer

For Pride month Collective Arts Brewing are celebrating the talents and perspectives of LGBTQ+ artists with a limited edition run of Life in the Clouds, a DDH IPA (Double Dry-Hoppe, India Pale Ale). The brewers have brought forward the Simcoe and Mosaic hops and malt balance, to optimize this juicy IPA’s pleasantly fruit forward (think […]

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“Proud” – French mini-series examines three generations of one family

posted Thursday, June 18, 2020

by: in Film, Pride, Queer

From the award-winning director of Fatima (the 2016 Cesar winner for Best Film), Proud is a three-part episodic cinema event that details a chronology of tolerance and a portrait of one family through changing times. In 1981, it was still illegal to be gay in France. Today, same-sex marriage is recognized and has paved the way […]

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Crave and Pride Toronto bring the cast of Canada’s Drag Race together for Drag Ball – June 27

posted Thursday, June 18, 2020

by: in Pride, Queer, Toronto

Crave and Pride Toronto have teamed up to celebrate Pride Month in a very special way in advance of the upcoming premiere of Canada’s Drag Race. This virtual edition of Pride’s yearly Drag Ball event features performances by all 12 queens competing to become Canada’s first drag superstar. Streaming in celebration of Pride month, Pride […]

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Pride Dragfest 2020 – over 100 DQs bond to support each other – June 19 to 21, 2020

posted Tuesday, June 16, 2020

by: in Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, Pride, Queer

Political activist and New York City drag staple Marti Gould Cummings and The Only Productions have announced the largest digital drag festival during Pride 2020. More than 100 performers are scheduled to appear during “Pride 2020 Drag Fest,” an official event of NYC Pride and supported by national LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD. The virtual performances […]

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QUEENS – a comical drama series filled with local Toronto drag queens, premieres June 19, 2020 on CBC

posted Thursday, June 11, 2020

by: in Drag, Pride, Queer, Television, Toronto

A new CBC Gem original scripted series is premiering on June 19,2020, and you don’t want to miss it! QUEENS is a comedy/whodunnit mystery offering a look into the drag scene through the eyes of an eclectic cast of Toronto drag queens, building up to the manic night of the “Miss Church Street Pageant.” After […]

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CBC programming for June, Pride and National Indigenous History Month

posted Friday, June 5, 2020

by: in Activism, Pride, Queer

We’re certainly living in uncertain times, as times are a changing. Look no further than south of the border to see a western culture that’s at it’s brink and not going to take it anymore. It’s eerily reminiscent of the 1960s race riots for social justice, and the LGBT riots for equal rights that ignited […]

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