posted Friday, August 12, 2016
There seem to be more LGBT themed films hitting mainstream theatres and festivals as of late. Here are three new one’s worth checking out. Closet Monster is by award winning director Stephen Dunn, and features Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Sofia Benzhaf, Joanne Kelly and Isabella Rossellini (in one of her most bizarre roles ever). The […]
posted Thursday, June 30, 2016
Drag ON! takes over Dundas Square on July 2nd starting at 2pm, as Pride Toronto serves up a ferocious sequel to last year’s over-the-top and overwhelmingly successful event. Be a part of drag history as DRAG ON! snatches the official Guinness Book of World Records title for Largest Drag Stage Performance. Featuring the fiercest looks […]
posted Thursday, June 23, 2016
Drag ON! takes over Dundas Square on July 2nd starting at 2pm, as Pride Toronto serves up a ferocious sequel to last year’s over-the-top and overwhelmingly successful event. Be a part of drag history as DRAG ON! snatches the official Guinness Book of World Records title for Largest Drag Stage Performance. Featuring the fiercest looks […]
posted Sunday, June 12, 2016
NUIT ROSE takes over Toronto on Saturday June 25th, with a night of queer contemporary art and performance across the city. The Church/Wellesley Village and West Queen West neighbourhoods. The city will be transformed by queer artists with provocative, cutting edge works in both indoor and outdoor spaces, including the 519 Community Centre, the Canadian […]
posted Sunday, June 12, 2016
Three nights of experimental and activist film and video. The first annual Toronto Queer Film Festival will showcase contemporary, innovative queer and trans film and video art. The festival is committed to foregrounding work focused on communities typically underrepresented in mainstream film festivals, including work by and about Indigenous people, people of colour, women, persons […]
posted Thursday, June 9, 2016
This wonderful Lebanese band will be playing Pride Toronto 2016 as part of a landmark celebration of Middle Eastern culture, where traditional meets modern at Yalla Barra (Arabic for come out/get out). Mashrou’ Leila is an outfit of impeccable artistry, earning international praise for their unparalleled sound, unflinching sociopolitical convictions, and searing live performances. theBUZZ […]
posted Thursday, June 9, 2016
Yesterday I watched the Prime Minister raise the gay Pride flag on Parliament Hill on TV. Never before has a political figure spearheaded the gay rights movement so openly, yet in Hamilton this newfound celebration of equality couldn’t feel further away. Pride in Hamilton is frankly in a state of decline. What used to be […]
posted Wednesday, June 8, 2016
This year’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival was full of memorable moments – from Stonewall veteran and black trans activist, Miss Major to Christopher and Gia, the young and inspiring subjects of our Closing Gala, Kiki to the Toronto cast and crew of the Women’s Gala, Almost Adults, the over-the-top presence of Hurricane Bianca’s Bianca […]
posted Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the largest event of its kind in Canada, announced today the Opening and Closing Night Galas for the 26th edition of the Festival, taking place May 26 to June 5, 2016. The Festival will open with the International Premiere of Chris Kelly’s (Saturday Night Live, Broad City) writing-directing debut […]
posted Sunday, April 24, 2016
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will present 232 titles from 51 countries in 12 screening programs, with work by female filmmakers representing close to 40% of the 2016 program, and a significant list of queer programming as well. In addition to the opening night world premiere of Rama Rau’sLeague of Exotique Dancers, a […]
