Cooper Cole Gallery showcases Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE and G.B. Jones – on until Oct 20, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Monday, October 15, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Lesbian, New York City, Photography, Queer, Toronto

This Toronto art exhibition snuck up on me, yet it’s one of the best pairing of individuals I could ever imagine. The wonder-mind works of Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE are displayed alongside Toronto’s own original riot-gal, G.B. Jones. Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE exemplifies what an artist could become when raised before the cynical machinations of late capitalism distorted […]

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“Holding Patterns” – Art in Storage: Twenty Stories

posted Monday, October 15, 2018

by: Michael McNeely in Activism, Art, Disability, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Queer, Toronto

Is art something you frame on the wall, or an experience to remember? In Holding Patterns (1655 Dupont St., various hours, until Oct. 21), art appreciation is found in the unlikeliest of places – a storage facility. Note I said art appreciation, not art storage – who knows how many masterpieces collect dust in those […]

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Queer-themed flicks from FilmsWeLike, including Studio 54 in theatres now

posted Friday, October 12, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Celebrity, Film, Lesbian, Montreal, Music, New York City, Queer, Toronto

Films We Like is a Canadian distribution company, co-founded in 2003 by music promoter Gary Topp and filmmaker Ron Mann who set to release, The Academy Nominated film “The Weather Underground” by Sam Green and Bill Siegal which at the time had no distribution in Canada. 14 years and over and over 370 films later, […]

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Let’s Revry and Chill

posted Tuesday, October 9, 2018

by: Michael McNeely in Celebrity, Film, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Television, Trans

Hey, you. Yes, you. Wanna Revry and chill? While it may not have the same ring to it as “Netflix and chill,” Co-Founder, CEO and professional Queerator, Damian Pelliccione is hoping that this will change as his LGBTQ+ streaming service, Revry, gains more traction with viewers. In the next six months, 200 million people in over 100 […]

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Reelworld Film Festival opens with trans film, Roobha – Oct 9 to 14, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Friday, October 5, 2018

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

The 18th annual Reelworld Film Festival features inspiring films from creative filmmakers aiming to spark social change, empowering racially diverse and Indigenous filmmakers to tell important stories through film. These films address a range of social topics including gender identity, environmental issues, climate change, human rights, and gender equality. “The festival grows stronger each year because […]

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rIVerse are diversifying the LGBTQ music scene

posted Tuesday, October 2, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn 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: Raymond Helkio 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: Joey Viola 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: Bryen Dunn 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: Bryen Dunn 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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