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Toronto Queer Film Festival – June 14 to 16, 2017

posted Monday, June 12, 2017

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

The Toronto Queer Film Festival showcases contemporary, innovative, queer and trans film and video art. We are especially interested in supporting formally experimental films and/or social justice themed projects that center the experiences of Indigenous people, people of color, people with disabilities, transgender people, sex workers, porn makers, and other communities often marginalized in contemporary […]

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Pride Toronto’s Human Rights Panel, Queer ICON Speaker Series, and Remembering Orlando

posted Friday, June 9, 2017

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

Pride Toronto’s successful Human Rights Panels continue this year during Pride Month, voicing and discussing issues that face LGBTQ+ communities around the globe. Also returning for the second year in a row is the Queer ICON Speaker Series, with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Kushner as the keynote speaker. Mr. Kushner is a prolific writer, addressing […]

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Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer – Panel Discussion June 12, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017

by: in Activism, Books, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer is a new book from Coach House Books that draws on range of voices from Toronto’s queer community. Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how these individuals […]

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Art Spin June 15th – Humber Bay (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Events, Featured Events, Outdoors, Photography, Queer, Toronto

Who enjoys cycling? Who enjoys art? Who enjoys cycling to see art? Well this event is for you then! Art Spin is a roving curatorial project that situates commissioned, site-specific works in unique public spaces throughout the city. Each Art Spin tour gathers a large audience on bicycles to visit the multidisciplinary installations and performances […]

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Counterpoint Community Orchestra premieres “Elegy for Orlando” – June 10, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 7, 2017

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

LGBTQ orchestra premieres Elegy for Orlando and the Toronto premiere of Mennonite Piano Concerto on Saturday, June 10th at Saint Luke’s United Church Counterpoint Community Orchestra is pleased to announce its third concert of the 2016/17 Season, Love & Light: Celebrating Canada 150 with Pride. This concert will showcase the dynamism that has sustained the […]

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REVIEW – Toronto INSPIRE Awards

posted Monday, June 5, 2017

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Montreal, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

INSPIRE Awards was pure community magic on Friday June 2nd. Attended by hundreds of members of our LGBTQ community, friends, families, allies, and the media, the theme for this year’s celebration was #WeAreFamily. After enjoying a fantastic reception with some wonderful garden entertainment, guests made their way to the Great Hall for a seated awards […]

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Queer Pride at Buddies – June 7 to 27, 2017

posted Monday, June 5, 2017

by: in Activism, Art, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents Queer Pride 2017, a festival of queer theatre, comedy, cabaret, art, music, and parties that showcases our community’s unstoppable spirit. For three weeks, Buddies hosts a stellar line-up of Toronto’s most exciting queer entertainers. FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS New theatrical works from local Queer artists Dainty Smith, Nick Green, Johnnie Walker, […]

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Inside Out LGBT Film Festival – May 25 to June 4, 2017

posted Tuesday, May 23, 2017

by: in Celebrity, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The Toronto Inside Out LGBT Film Festival begins this week, and the programming line up is looking as diverse and exciting as ever! The Opening Night Gala offers the Canadian Premiere of God’s Own Country, following its success at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. The Women’s Gala, taking place opening weekend, will be […]

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Montreal’s Sandy Duperval performs at Toronto’s INSPIRE Awards June 2, 2017

posted Friday, May 19, 2017

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

Sandy Duperval is a Montreal native now living in Toronto. She’s been through a lot and it shows in who she is a singer and a person. With training from Whitney Houston’s mom, Sandy originally signed with DJ Records (which later went bankrupt), she’s performed at Rhythm Nation and then in 2004, was a Star […]

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Dragonette Supports LGBT Rights on Latest Album

posted Tuesday, May 16, 2017

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

Together since 2005, the JUNO award winning band (won Dance Recording of the Year for “Hello”) has been at the forefront of Canadian dance music.  Collaborating with some of the most influential acts around, like Basement Jaxx, DJ Martin Solveig, Kaskade and more – they have carved out a special niche within the Canadian landscape.  […]

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