INSPIRE Awards honours LGBTQ+ individuals’s achievements, advocacy, and activism – January 6, 2024 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, January 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Comedy, Drag, Featured Events, Music, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The 12th annual INSPIRE Awards, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ activism and advocacy within an inspirational framework, is taking place on January 6, 2024 at the Hart House, University of Toronto. The annual event also brings together all the other honourees for the evening, including community leaders and organizations, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community […]

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Casa Susanna photographs from America’s first trans network on display at the AGO until April 14, 2024

posted Wednesday, January 3, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Toronto, Trans

Casa Susanna is an exhibition of snapshots taken by members of the earliest known American crossdressing network, which operated in upstate New York from the mid-1950s through the end of the 1960s  Now on display at the AGO in Toronto, it’s the first standalone exhibition that showcases more than 350 candid and often playful snapshots, […]

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Orlando, My Political Biography – deconstructing the binary as we move toward a more Orlando universe

posted Friday, November 24, 2023

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

Orlando, My Political Biography is the rousing, heady debut feature by theorist, critic, and curator Paul B. Preciado. When prodded by peers to write about his experience of transition, he remarks, wryly, that Virginia Woolf had already done so. The work in reference is her classic 1928 novel, centered on the life of an androgynous aristocrat […]

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TIFF Trans Filmmakers Summit – Sept 10, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Friday, September 8, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Toronto, Trans

The Trans Film Mentorship (TFM) is delighted to present the 2nd annual Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF, which will be held on Sunday, September 10th at Malaparte at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Open to all trans and non-binary creators, filmmakers, actors, industry partners and allies, Trans Filmmakers Summit x TIFF is an afternoon to foster industry exchanges and […]

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Start planning as Pride Toronto takes over the city for the month of June

posted Thursday, June 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Events, Family, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Pride Toronto is one of the largest and most inclusive 2SLGBTQI+ festivals in the world, and will once again take over the city throughout the month of June. This yearʼs theme, “Here, There, Everywhere” is more than just a slogan,  itʼs a rallying cry for the entire 2SLGBTQI+ community. Focused on the present moment, we […]

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Supporting Our Selves (SOS) – documentary explores 40 years of Toronto’s queer history

posted Tuesday, May 30, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto, Trans

On the evening of May 30, 2023, hundreds of Toronto’s most influential 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders and influencers will attend the Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Centrepiece Gala screening of Supporting Our Selves (SOS) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3X5). From award-winning director Lulu Wei (There’s No Place Like […]

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The End Of Wonderland – navigating life as a trans artist and fetish icon

posted Friday, May 19, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online, Trans

The End of Wonderland follows Tara Emory, a veteran performer who has worked independently in the sex industry since the early 2000s. Facing impending eviction from her massive studio, Wonderland, Tara must confront her family’s past of compulsive hoarders, her art, and herself. SNAPSH|OT REVIEW  This is a very candid documentary that follows the daily […]

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Joyland – challenging Pakistan’s patriarchal society, and the right to be who you are

posted Monday, April 24, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Trans

Adapted from his award-winning short Darling, JOYLAND is the debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, that explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, […]

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The 519 Annual Gala, a tribute to literary icon John Irving – April 30, 2023

posted Saturday, April 15, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Charity, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The 519 Annual Gala, our largest fundraising night, is back! Presented by our honorary patron, Salah Bachir, the gala is a night of celebration that helps raise critical funds to further The 519’s essential year-round work in service of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Look forward to performances by six-time Tony & two-time Grammy award winner, Audra McDonald […]

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What’s Queer at Hot Docs Cinema – April 2023

posted Monday, April 10, 2023

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

A slate of captivating new docs premiere at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in April, including two captivating trans themed films.  Dressed in Blue is a rarely-seen landmark 1983 film that captures the experiences of six transgender women living in Madrid in the years following Spain’s transition to democracy.  Transformer chronicles the life of world […]

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