editorial: Mayor Rob Ford shows up at PFLAG event
Today the crowd at the flag raising for the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia at Queen’s Park had a surprise guest. Mayor Rob Ford, known for being a no-show at Pride events, came out with his staff to take part. Today’s event was the first time since Mayor Ford took office that he has [...]
New $10,000 grant will support services for queer and trans immigrants TORONTO, May 4, 2012 /CNW/ – Last night, Community One Foundation announced the recipients of its 2012 Rainbow Grants at an event at the Flying Beaver Pubaret, hosted by comedian and radio personality Maggie Cassella. Eighteen grants, totaling more than $50,000, were awarded to [...]
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre have announced their line-up for Queer Pride 2012 (June 8 to July 1) – a community-focused festival of comedy, theatre, art, music, and parties. For four weeks, Buddies hosts a stellar line-up of Toronto’s most exciting queer entertainers, while Buddies After Hours offers up some of the most outrageous clubbing [...]
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TORONTO, April 20, 2012 /CNW/ – A significant decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) in XY v. Ministry of Government and Consumer Services reinforces the human rights of trans people. The decision found that legislation requiring a person to have “transsexual surgery” before they can change the sex designation on their birth [...]
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Cabaret Company production written and directed by the boundary bursting founder of Buddies, Sky Gilbert. If that wasn’t enough in itself, the show is being choreographed by outrageous and outlandish Keith Cole. A beautiful young man moves to the big city. There, he falls in love with [...]
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The lawyer for the man accused in the beating death of well-known gay rights activist Raymond Taavel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says his client shouldn’t have been given a one hour pass from a nearby psychiatric facility. Andre Noel Denny now faces a second-degree murder charge, and investigators haven’t ruled out the possibility of the [...]
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This three day event celebrates sexuality and is open to all to attend. Wednesday April 18th - Sexing The Transman with Buck Angel Muzzo Family Alumni Hall (121 St. Joseph Street), 7-9pm $15 advance or at the door (free for SDS and Cinema students) Pioneering filmmaker Buck Angel gives an audio-visual tour of transman sexuality with [...]
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DJ Triple-X and guest DJ CJ Sleez keep the dance floor moving, while the stage antics in the Midnight Erotic Cabaret include performances by Wry and Ginger who get their knickers knotted with Sexy Mark Brown, and Vivek Shraya takes to the stage with his original one person electronic dance party. Expect the unexpected! BIO’s [...]
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Legendary New York performance group Split Britches offer up a tribute to what we have lost in the rising sea of urban gentrification. Lost Lounge is a refuge for a culture that sits on the edge of extinction. Through loving recreations of seminal lounge acts from the glory days of NYC’s Bowery Corridor, Lost Lounge [...]
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“All Women Are Bitches” was not a chart topper, but it represented a significant thread in Toronto’s musical tapestry thanks to the all-female art punk band Fifth Column. Former band members recall the 1980s queer art punk scene and their progressive efforts to unite music, film and zine culture to challenge conventional art practice, gender [...]
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