INSPIRE Awards honours LGBTQ+ leader’s achievements, advocacy, and activism – May 31, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, May 29, 2025

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

The 13th Annual INSPIRE Awards returns with an unforgettable evening honouring 32 exceptional individuals, businesses, and organizations making a difference in the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. This year’s celebration will take place at the stunning St. James Cathedral (106 King Street E) on May 31, 2025 highlighting a powerful lineup of changemakers from across the […]

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A Strange Loop – a convoluted Black queer tale about youth insecurity and uncertainty – on stage until June 1, 2025

posted Sunday, April 27, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

A Strange Loop masterfully tackles themes of race, sexuality, familial expectations, and personal authenticity with unmatched wit and honesty. With its bold storytelling and unforgettable music, this production is a must-see event for anyone who has ever wrestled with who they are and who they want to be. Created by Michael R. Jackson, A Strange […]

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POZ – one man’s 10 year journey living with HIV, and one epic bike ride – on stage April 22 to 27, 2025 (Toronto)

posted Friday, April 18, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

After a sold out run at Toronto Fringe, POZ is back for one week in Toronto, on stage April 22 to 27, 2025. POZ is a ten year journey that takes you through the highs and lows of what it means to be a person living with HIV today. On an epic bike ride from […]

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Mid-Century Modern – new comedy series from Ryan Murphy and the creators of Will & Grace

posted Friday, March 28, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Streaming Online

“Mid-Century Modern” follows three best friends – gay gentlemen of a certain age – who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how hard things get, there’s always someone around […]

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Lost Boys and Fairies – new BBC series details one gay couple’s journey to adopt a child

posted Friday, March 14, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Streaming Online

Lost Boys & Fairies is a glittering, moving and groundbreaking drama, set in Cardiff, exploring the universal theme of parents and children through the perspective of gay adoption. Gabriel is a performance artist extraordinaire at spectacular queer club space Neverland. Together with his partner, Andy, he longs to take their relationship to the next level […]

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Kelly Clipperton’s One Man Lady Show Cabaret, “Let’s Assume I Know Nothing And Move Forward From There” on stage March 4 to 15, 2025

posted Tuesday, March 4, 2025

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

At long last Toronto Renaissance Man Kelly Clipperton debuts his one-man-ladycabaret-show, a wildly entertaining evening of personal stories embedded in songs from Kelly’s catalogue, and popular favourites from the past. Shaped by Toronto theatre veteran Naomi Campbell and accompanied by a hot 5-piece-band led by Musical Director Janet Whiteway, Let’s Assume I Know Nothing, And […]

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F.L.Y. (First Love Yourself) is a comedic tale of ex’s, lovers, and outrageous outfits

posted Friday, December 27, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

F.L.Y is a comedy about two exes, Max and Rafael, who get stuck quarantined together at the onset of the COVID pandemic. They’ve not seen each other in five years, and Rafael just popped up on Max’s doorstep in LA with nowhere to stay, but having high hopes of becoming the next drag superstar. Meanwhile, Max has a […]

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The Binding – suspenseful queer Israeli drama about sins, saints, and sex

posted Monday, December 23, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer

The Binding tells the story of Binyamin, who just turned 21 and moved to Tel Aviv after coming out as gay, and also facing the trauma of his brother’s death in a car accident for which he feels responsible. Binyamin’s life takes a turn to the darker side when his relationship with the older Avinoam, […]

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You Are Not Me – holiday themed lesbian thriller with more twists than twinkles

posted Monday, December 23, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Lesbian, Queer

You Are Not Me is a dark and disturbing dispatch from the most irrational realm: family. Aitana returns home for the first time in three years, excited to introduce her wife and their adopted infant son to her extended family and celebrate Christmas together. The family villa in the Spanish countryside is exactly as she […]

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Wildsound LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Thur. Nov. 28th – Carlton Cinemas (Toronto)

posted Thursday, November 28, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Festivals, Film, Queer, Toronto

WILDsound presents the best LGBTQ+ Films from Canada and around the world today. STIGMA, 8min., Canada, Dance Directed by Reilly Michael Saso Confronted by a heart-wrenching diagnosis and societal scorn in his youth, a young man grapples intensely with mortality and rejection. Three decades later, he embarks on a poignant odyssey through the evocative language […]

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