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rIVerse are diversifying the LGBTQ music scene

posted Tuesday, October 2, 2018

by: in Activism, Music, Queer, Toronto

rIVerse are a Toronto-based, openly queer pop/R&B group and their mission is to REPRESENT THE UNDERREPRESENTED and use their music as the platform to share unique stories with listeners, and bring needed representation to mainstream media. Diversity fuels this mission — members who are different races, genders, sexual orientations, body types, religious backgrounds, etc, thereby […]

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Gertrude & Alice Returns to Buddies – Sept 15 to Oct 7, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, September 19, 2018

by: in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre kicks of its 40th anniversary season this September with the return of an audience favourite, Gertrude and Alice, originally co-produced by Buddies and the Independent Aunties in 2016. Critically-acclaimed, nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards (outstanding new play, performance – ensemble, and costume design), and recently published by Playwrights […]

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“The Predator” explodes back into action as a comedic Halloween gore fest

posted Saturday, September 15, 2018

by: in Art, Celebrity, Comedy, Entertaining, Film, Queer, Television, Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in full swing, and some of the year’s most buzzworthy films are being debuted all across Canada’s largest city. As award season inches closer, the majority of these hot new motion pictures are in hopes of impressing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – Bradley Cooper […]

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“Queer and Here” films at CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (Toronto)

posted Saturday, September 15, 2018

by: in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Film, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Get your tickets for Queer and Here and Shades of Justice for an exciting double feature Saturday September 15, 2018, presented in partnership with Pride Toronto. Click here for a list of all remaining CaribbeanTales International Film Festival film screening in Toronto until Sept 20, 2018 Rise Up: Queer & Here – 6pm CTFF and Pride presents a night of […]

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AIDS Walk Toronto – Sept 16, 2018

posted Thursday, September 13, 2018

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

ACT, Canada’s largest direct service HIV/AIDS organization, will host the 30th AIDS Walk Toronto on Sunday, September 16th (10 am – 3 pm). Over 1,000 walkers and participants will gather at Nathan Phillips Square, the Walk’s original home in 1989, to raise funds and help provide essential support services for men, women and young people […]

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Bi Arts Festival – Sept 18 to 23, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, September 13, 2018

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

The Bi Arts Festival has an exciting lineup of artists, authors and performers for the second annual festival, September 18-23, 2018, Toronto. Toronto’s second annual Bi Arts Festival is the world’s largest celebration of bisexual voices in art and culture and runs from September 18th to 23rd, 2018. The festival welcomes a diverse roster of […]

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Gay Play Day – Sept 7 and 8, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, September 4, 2018

by: in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Toronto’s annual Gay Play Day LGBTQ theatre festival is celebrating its 7th anniversary of queer theatre at the Alumnae Theatre studio space on September 7th and 8th. This year, we have two completely unique blocks of shows encompassing 8 plays in total. This year’s festival features short plays by Tina McCulloch, Philip Cairns and Steven Jackson, […]

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Ms. Opulence: The drag pageant event that NO ONE should miss!

posted Thursday, August 23, 2018

by: in Drag, Entertaining, Events, Queer, Toronto

Last year, I had the wonderful honour, and the EXTREME pleasure, of being a judge at the Ms. Opulence annual drag pageant. I cannot begin to tell you how much fun it was, the energy, the cheering, the applause, the double finger snaps! It was like being whisked back in time to the ballroom scene […]

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I want to donate…but

posted Tuesday, August 21, 2018

by: in Activism, Featured Events, Queer, Trans

Do you want to donate blood and help save lives? Are you prohibited from donating your blood in Canada because of donor policies imposed by Canadian Blood Services?? Then local Toronto activist Bobby Valen says there’s something you can do about it! This event is not a rally or protest but a call to action to stand, […]

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Scissor Sisters’ frontman, Jake Shears, releases debut solo album, performs in Toronto November 5, 2018

posted Tuesday, August 14, 2018

by: in Celebrity, Featured Events, Music, Queer, Toronto

Jake Shears’ much anticipated self-titled debut solo album has been released. This is the Scissor Sisters’ frontman’s first full-length work since 2012. Shears relocated to New Orleans in 2015 and the city’s singular energy and musical traditions became a source of inspiration. He recorded the album in Louisville, KY with Kevin Ratterman (Ray LaMontagne, My Morning […]

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