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Here & Queer – NewMusicNation program spotlights LGBTQ+ musicians

posted Tuesday, January 4, 2022

by: in Lesbian, Music, Queer, Streaming Online, Trans

Hey Pigeon! I am so excited today to write to all of you and let you know about Here & Queer! It’s a new show on NewMusicNation that celebrates 2SLGBTQ+ artists from all over Canada and I am the host! Do you remember a while back, I wrote about Ed The Sock, who was starting […]

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OH CANADA! Canadian LGBTQ Music Artists You Need To Know

posted Wednesday, August 25, 2021

by: in Dance, Entertaining, Events, Fashion, Lesbian, Montreal, Music, Ottawa, Pride, Queer, Streaming Online, Television, Theatre, Toronto, Trans, Vancouver

Music will forever flourish. But music hasn’t always been the most accepting or space space for marginalized communities. In truth it still isn’t. Historically many artists have been encouraged to hide or remain silent about their sexuality and gender identity. And the opportunities for our Queer Trans BIPOC community members has been extremely limited. But […]

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Moving Forward with the Music of rIVerse

posted Thursday, May 13, 2021

by: in Dance, Events, Featured Events, Music, Online Events, Pride, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto

Canadian pop/R&B quaret rIVerse has been blowing our mind for a few years. Now they are set to blow the stage as they prepare to ignite the 10th annual INSPIRE Awards as performers at the much heralded Toronto event. Started in 2011, the INSPIRE Awards recognize the everyday initiatives and positive work for the LGBTQ […]

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Comedian Gavin Crawford is hosting the INSPIRE Awards – May 14, 2021

posted Thursday, May 13, 2021

by: in Celebrity, Charity, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto

Hello Pigeon! It is finally here, and this will be our last blog before the big INSPIRE Awards event on Friday May 13, 2021 We sat down and talked to the amazing Gavin Crawford.  You may know him from shows like This Hour Has 22 Minutes”, “Second City Toronto” and many more as well as on […]

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Steven Elliott Jackson on Creating Theatre in the Midst of a Pandemic

posted Thursday, March 4, 2021

by: in Theatre

Looking back, it’s almost like I knew that 2020 would be a shitshow for the theatre community and the rest of the world in general. By coincidence, in 2019, I decided to part ways with two annual theatre festivals that I founded almost a decade ago. The Toronto Queer Theatre Festival began its life as […]

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MoJo Toronto’s community fundraiser for Puerto Rico is set to dazzle on Monday night

posted Sunday, February 2, 2020

by: in Activism, Bar/Club, Dance, Entertaining, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

For the past 9 years, MoJo Toronto has been throwing elaborate and memorable events across the city – organizing, hosting and promoting countless soirees of all sizes, MoJo has made it a priority to give back to important causes whenever possible.  The MoJo way of fundraising is partying for a cause, and each and every […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Toronto-based, Indigenous Trans actress Kiley May on her first major movie role in “IT: Chapter Two”

posted Friday, September 20, 2019

by: in Art, Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Perched atop the worldwide box office sits Pennywise the Killer Clown, a horror genre phenomenon and star of the biggest horror movie franchise of all time – cue maniacal clown laugh! With a 3-hour running time and a controversial opening scene, It: Chapter Two received mixed reviews upon its opening, but despite IT’s shortcomings, this cinematic funhouse […]

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“Greta” boasts an intriguing concept but delivers an absurd story

posted Wednesday, March 6, 2019

by: in Art, Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, New York City, Toronto

It’s March Madness at the movies and brand new motion pictures like How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World and Tyler Perry’s A Madea’s Family Funeral are burning up the box office! But while the entire world awaits Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel, there’s a little movie called Greta that dares to compete with this month’s […]

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Gay Day on the Bay you say?

posted Tuesday, May 9, 2017

by: in Bar/Club, Featured Events, Outdoors

Some of My Most Favourite People are everyone at PFLAG Canada. One of  the most passionate and long standing organizations in our community. Why do I love them so much? Because they advocate for youth and families, and they are on the front lines of activism. In the past years I have attended all their Gay […]

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Canadian Film Fest – March 21 to 25, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, March 16, 2017

by: in Events, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

Canadian Film Fest (CFF) is expanding from four days to five, and all screenings and workshops will be housed under one roof at their new headquarters, the Scotiabank Theatre located at 259 Richmond St. W. This year’s CFF will showcase a total of 10 feature films and 21 shorts. CFF opens with the Toronto premiere […]

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