GayCalgary Magazine - August 2015

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Going Down On Andy Warhol

10 Berlin Waltz

Previewed at the Calgary Fringe

10 Guys In Disguise Take On The Edmonton Fringe 13 UnCouth

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Chris Mercedes Azzopardi,Dave Allen, Chris Brousseau, Azzopardi, Constable Dallas Barnes, Andy Dave Buck,Brousseau, Steve Gin, Sam MylesCasselman, Helfand, Stephen Jason Clevett, Lock, Andrew Lisa Lunney, Collins,Steve EmilyPolyak, Collins,Carey Rob Diaz-Marino, Rutherford, Janine RomeoEva SanTrotta, Vicente, JackV.N. Fertig, Winnick Glenand Hanson, the LGBT Joan Hilty, Community Evan Kayne, of Calgary, Stephen Edmonton, Lock, Neil andMcMullen, Alberta.

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Factory 112

Cabaret-style comedy embarks on premier summer tour

14 Central Alberta Pride Week Growing to new heights each year

16 Boy Scouts of America

Lifts Ban Against Gay and Lesbian Scout Leaders

17 Discussing Community Safety

Saying hello to a new community program; goodbye to a loved community member

18 Positive Thoughts

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Writers and Contributors

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HIV Is Not Your Enemy

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Drag Race runner up on building her impressive CV

24 Deep Inside Hollywood

‘Top Gun 2,’ ‘Clueless’ the musical, Mikki del Monico, ‘Genius’

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Publisher Publisher: & Editor: SteveSteve Polyak Polyak Copy Editor: Editor: RobJanine Diaz-Marino Eva-Trotta Sales: Steve Polyak Design & Layout: Rob Diaz-Marino, Steve Polyak Ara Shimoon

28 Kurtis Wolfe and Adam Killian On Escorting, Exercise and Entertaining

Edmonton Rainbow Business Association

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At 75, disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder reemerges to once again produce some of the biggest icons of our time

International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association

National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association

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Gay European Tourism Association

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Boy George on finding his better self, Caitlyn Jenner and his massive hat collection

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Hilary Duff on marriage equality, her fascination with Grindr and why she took a break from showbiz

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Factory 112

Going Down On Andy Warhol

By Steve Gin Up for a blowjob with 20 of your closest friends?

Calm down, moral majority – it’s the celluloid version.

Andy Warhol’s landmark 1964 silent film Blow Job is coming to Calgary on the evening of September 3rd for Pride Week.

It’s part of a collaboration in Calgary’s East Village between literary hive Loft 112, Fairy Tales Film Festival and Teatro Berdache, Calgary’s first professional queer theatre company.

Also on tap for Factory 112: Head Shots are screenings of films created by Queer Youth Media participants Nick Kennedy, Marisa Cupples and Shelby Adams; an exhibition of erotic photographs by Calgarian Jeff Goth; and live performances based on queer-themed Warhol films such as Kiss and Haircut.

Warhol (1928-87) revolutionized art – not only through his silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell’s Soup – he brought an unapologetic queer sensibility to his work.

Warhol’s pre-pop drawings of the 1950s often featured gay men as their subjects, many of them Warhol’s love interests.

In the testosterone-fuelled world of Abstract Expression, prominent artists condemned Warhol’s softer pop approach.

“Too swish,” sniped artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns when asked about Warhol’s work.

Queer voice in Warhol’s world found its strongest expression in two places: in the Silver Factory, where drag queens like Candy Darling, aspiring queer artists and rough trade mingled with gay celebrities like Montgomery Clift and Truman Capote; and then in the gay themes that dominated Warhol’s films.

Critics consider Blow Job, now residing in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, an unexpected masterpiece.

“I suspect Andy’s original intent was just to make an arty gay porn movie,” says co-organizer Steve Gin, who has become a Warhol aficionado after playing him in various film and stage productions over the past decade. “But it turned out to be a stunningly beautiful film.”

When the original star of the film failed to show up for the shoot, Warhol and his team frantically searched the streets for

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 From Previous Page a replacement. The actor they finally cast remains uncredited to this day.

Shot on 16mm stock in low light, the film has a dreamlike, etherial quality. While no one doubted Warhol’s brilliance as an artist, they questioned his technical skill as a filmmaker.

“Candy Darling would only do her scene if Andy was behind the camera,” remembers fellow drag queen Holly Woodlawn.

“Well, the man put the film in backwards!”

Throughout the film’s 36 minutes, the camera remains fixed on the subject’s face – tracing it through stages of boredom, confusion, desire, arousal and submission.

“It’s what you don’t see that makes the film so incredibly erotic,” observes Gin. Warhol’s legacy also lays in mentoring emerging artists like The Velvet Underground, Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. So Factory 112’s producers are especially happy to be screening yet-unseen films from Fairy Tales’ Queer Youth Media project. And Goth, whose black and white still photographs explore the sensuality of a diverse cross-section of men, will be shooting a series of new works for a monthlong exhibition at Loft 112. The photos will also be available for purchase.

Factory 112: Head Shots is the second in a series of Warholinspired events to take place at Loft 112. The first – held in May this year – was an exhibition of prints created specifically for the event, plus a weekend of art-making and Silver Factorystyle partying. It was brainchild of Loft 112’s Lisa Murphy Lamb, Alberta Printmakers directors Carrie Phillips-Kieser and Scott Baird, and Teatro Berdache’s founder Steve Gin. For Gin, it was natural fit. He has been playing Warhol since 2002, when he was asked to write and perform a solo show about Warhol for a pop art exhibition at the Glenbow Museum.

Since then he has gone on to expand the show for The Vancouver Art Gallery, headlined the award-winning Factory Project installation for Montreal’s Studio 303, produced a tongue-incheek documentary about Warhol’s collecting practices, and taught numerous school programs about Warhol’s creative process and media influences. His image was once even lifted off the Internet for a Warhol exhibition poster at Barcelona’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Chances are good that he will be attending on September 3rd as his alter ego once again.

“The irony,” he jokes, “is that I’m told time and time again that I’m too ethnic looking to be cast in mainstream theatre.

But my most popular performance gig has turned out to be playing the whitest man imaginable.”

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Theatre

Berlin Waltz

Previewed at the Calgary Fringe

Guys In Disguise Take On The Edmonton Fringe

By Lisa Lunney

By Lisa Lunney

Berlin Waltz Devon More Music is proudly premiering a new production at the Calgary Fringe Festival this August. Berlin Waltz is a one-woman musical comedy centered on the Cold War featuring a double agent, a pilgrim on a bicycle, and a Schadenfreude-fuelled teacher...with a ukulele!

The 34th annual Edmonton International Fringe Festival wouldn’t be complete without an addition from beloved Guys In Disguise hilarious comedy productions. This year, fans are treated to two different performances: Typhoon Judy and Witch Hunt at the Strand.

Berlin Waltz is set in the city at the center of the 20th Century, to the original tunes of Devon More. This multi-sensory spectacle is filled with stories, images and music inspired by the four years More spent in Berlin. This drives the authenticity of the details – from great to small – that really make this performance flow seamlessly.

The main thematic focus of Berlin Waltz is to introduce alternative representation and embodiments of femininity, and how females are viewed. The female protagonist has a deeply significant relationship with another woman whom the audience hears about, but never meets. Eventually a romance between them is hinted at, although due to use of poetic language, it is somewhat abstract. It is a fun opportunity for viewers to interpret the performance directly how it speaks to them. There is no cut and dry finale as to how things pan out, which adds to the intrigue and mystery surrounding the characters, and the possible romance.

More will play the three female characters in the show, each character bringing their own strong personality and identity to the story. More is eager to bring these females to life for audiences, as they are powerful, dark, unique, driven, idealistic, and they also poke a lot of fun at historical figures of the ‘old boys’ club’ variety.As an independent singer-songwriter and playwright, with a political conscience and a loop station, her piece is an immersive musical experience that pays homage to one of the world’s most fabulous cities.

Ask yourself, what do sock puppets have to do with the Iron Curtain? You will have to see the show to find out...

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Witch at the Strand, by Darrin Hagen is a new play produced in association with MAA and PAA Theatre.

Witch at the Strand takes audiences back into 1942, Edmonton. The local police have begun investigating a group of gay men in the Edmonton theatre scene.

By midsummer, the sting has rounded up and dozen high-profile men have been charged. Building on real trial transcripts, Darrin Hagen weaves a tapestry of interrogations, testimony and backstage drama.

Typhoon Judy will take Edmonton by storm. This delightful production centres around Judy Garland with a performance set on bringing her back to life.

Typhoon Viola is wreaking havoc in Hong Kong while Judy Garland lies comatose in the hospital, a victim of a storm of her own making. Judy drifts towards the light and emerges in a rehearsal hall as Typhoon Judy.

Alongside a lone piano player, Judy tells tales of her life with comedy anecdotes and song. Typhoon Judy is inspired by true events and stars world-renowned female impersonator Christopher Peterson Guys in Disguise are sure to have Fringe attendees chuckling and swooning over this eclectic line-up. This year’s edition of the Edmonton Fringe Festival is one not to miss.

Berlin Waltz Presented by the Calgary Fringe Festival

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UnCouth

Cabaret-style comedy embarks on premier summer tour

By Lisa Lunney Windy Wynazz is thrilled to be part of this year’s Canadian Associations of Fringe Festival acts with a seven-city tour that includes a stop in Calgary. This will mark Wynazz’s first year performing at the Calgary Fringe Festival. She is excited to bring to Calgary her original production UnCouth, a campy, energetic and surreal comedy cabaret. Wynazz and collaborator Dan Griffiths both identify as queer and have aimed UnCouth to target all audiences, especially those within the LGBTQ* community. The goal is to have fun on stage and ensure the audience leaves with both a smile and an ache from laughing too hard.

The inaugural North American tour of UnCouth is one that must be experienced live. Wynazz has crafted a dynamic show, performed largely pantomime in the classic style of comedic greats: Charlie Chaplin and Carol Burnett. Nothing is too over the top for Wynazz, who combines puppetry, song, burlesque, and acrobatics with direct audience interaction.

She has a wild sense of humour that combines camp, clowns and sometimes even a mop and a Barbie. As intriguing as this sounds, Wynazz will spill no more details; the performance must be experienced to be understood. What makes the show so endearing is the originality and free-spirited vibe of this talented duo. She is not afraid to take risks, and fans love her even more for her refreshing signature twist on comedy.

UnCouth was developed and brought to life in residence at SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts in San Francisco by Wynazz and Griffiths. Wynazz instantly developed a fandom and was praised for being one of the best comedienne’s in San Francisco. With rave reviews coming from all over the gamut, Wynazz is indisputably an electric presence on stage. She will have her Canadian fans swooning.

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Community

 Central Alberta Pride 2014, photos by GayCalgary

Central Alberta Pride Week Growing to new heights each year

By Carey Rutherford The Central Alberta Pride Week is being run by the Central Alberta Pride Society (CAPS), no surprise. So don’t hate Tony Jeglum, co-chair of CAPS, just because we talk to him from Tofino, B.C. (“Yeah, there are beaches. . . and surfing!”), just before he heads off to hike the West Coast Trail. Okay, maybe hate him a little bit; but he’s doing good work!

“The Central Alberta Aids Network (CAAN) got CAPS going: [the executive director] of CAAN had a summer intern a couple of years ago, and tasked him with putting together a Pride something-orother, nd that was the launch of the CAPS.” The CAAN website (http://www.caans.org), though not directly controlling the Pride Week events, does mention that the Central Alberta area is considered to have a population of about 450,000 people, which Tony clarifies as stretching from Wetaskiwin to Olds, and from Rocky Mountain House to Stettler. Don’t go driving to all of those places looking for Pride week events, however.

“In terms of the Pride week in August, the only event that is taking place outside of Red Deer is the ‘Pride at the Beach’, which is held in Sylvan Lake. Last year we did have our Pride church service in Lacombe (just north of Red Deer). ” “There is a tourist train that runs from Stettler down to Big Valley, and we plan on having a ‘Pride on the Train’ sometime in the near future, but the dates for that haven’t been determined.

Ideally, the intention of the society is to have Pride events once a month.”

This year’s Third Annual Central Alberta Pride Week is scheduled from August 14th to August 20th, but Tony points out that this timespan seems to be continually expanding, so he recommends checking out the Facebook page, which has the most current information. “[For example, once a year] we man a booth at the Red Deer Farmer’s Market, to advertise the fact that we exist; that we have these events happening. We just lay a rainbow flag on the table, and people either come over saying, ‘Oh look at this! I had no idea!

When and where?!’ or they just walk on the other side (laughs).

But by and large, a really great reception. Nobody has protested us; nobody has shouted us down. If they disapprove they are silent, or [give us] ugly eyes (laughs again).”

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“For the last two years we have had our Saturday night concert with live music, drag queens and kings, in a Red Deer pub called The Vat, which is a fantastic live music venue. . . but it’s not the largest [place]; we were always sold out. So we moved this year to the Legion, which is an interesting location for a bunch of drag queens to hang out. But there’s a couple on [the CAPW] board who are Legionnaires who have pointed out that – undoubtedly – there were gay people in the military fighting in the First and Second World Wars. So we are delighted that we’re going to be in the Legion this year. “ ‘Pride on the Beach’ has never happened before: we [ask that] no-one drowns! [And] this is the first year we’re putting on an improv show for Pride Week. There is an improv group in Red Deer called BullSkit (http://www.bullskitcomedy.com) [doing a show designed specifically for us].”

GC asks Tony, as someone who has been involved with all three of the Central Alberta pride weeks so far, what he found especially exciting at last year’s CAPW. “The overwhelming support of the community! Central Alberta gets a bit of a negative reputation for [a lack of] community: there’s no gay bar; there’s no place to congregate. It seems like there are no gay people there at all, but a little bit of advertising –and you put on a couple of events –and there are people coming from everywhere! It’s delightful to see so many people show up. It’s one of the reasons we want to try and do things on more of a monthly basis.”

Tony points out, specifically, that The Golden Circle, a seniors’ resource centre in Red Deer, will be putting on a Pride Tea’ Tuesday afternoon for ‘anybody who wants to come’, with a couple of drag queens in attendance. “The fact that this is occurring (as part of the official Pride Week events) kind of blows my mind… I think Alberta, sooner or later, will lose its stereotypical redneck reputation, because it doesn’t really hold true anymore.”

WHAT??!! Oh, that’s just crazy. Where would we put them then? The rednecks, that is?

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Politics

Boy Scouts of America

Lifts Ban Against Gay and Lesbian Scout Leaders

By Stephen Lock While Scouts Canada has been open to including LGBTQ members and leaders for many years, the Boys Scouts of America (BSA) – which is a completely separate organization, although both are members of the worldwide Scout movement founded by Lord BadenPowell, following the Boer War – has struggled with the idea of allowing openly gay, lesbian or trans individuals to be Scout leaders for many years.

The controversy raging around gay Scouts and Scout leaders in the BSA is decades old. In 1978, the organization formally banned both gay youth and gay and lesbian adults from being involved in Scouting since, in the eyes of its national leaders, homosexuality was ‘immoral’ and at complete odds with the ideals of Scouting, which sought to instill morally high standards in American youth (male youth – by the way. Unlike Scouts Canada, which is co-ed, the BSA is for boys. Girls go into Brownies and the Girl Guides).

The BSA fought for its right to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation all the way to the Supreme Court, where it won its case in 2000. In 2013, after often fractious internal debate, the BSA formally allowed openly gay youth to be Scouts, but continued to ban homosexual/bisexual adults as Scout leaders. What their position is on trans-folk, I honestly don’t know, but assume it is not particularly supportive.

Following a decision in June, 2015, by the BSA’s National Executive Board, that ban has been essentially lifted allowing individual troops – many of which are faith-based and/ or sponsored by various church groups – to make their own decision on who they allow to be Scout leaders.

Much of the apprehension around having gay/bi men serve as Scout leaders, of course, centers around the (erroneous) idea that having a homosexual in close contact with young teenage boys – going camping with them, being alone with them – offers the potential for sexual impropriety to occur between a Scout leader and his charges. It’s that whole configuration of pedophilia, and ephebophilia with homosexuality, which has been used for years to cast slanders against gay and bisexual men. Interestingly, it is rarely openly gay or bisexual men who are a danger to impressionable youth, but rather closeted men or men who actually identify as heterosexual who pose a far greater risk.

The ban against gay adults in Scouting was unsustainable, especially after the ban against gay youth was lifted. How much sense did it make to allow a gay kid to be involved in Scouting, even encouraged as a way to offer him structure and focus in his life, only to kick him out when he turned 18 and about to become an Eagle Scout? I think the answer is obvious, as clearly did the National Executive Board... finally.

The original start to this whole discussion on a national level started after Jen Tyrell, an openly lesbian den mother with her son’s cub pack, was dismissed for being lesbian. That was in 2012. Various advocacy groups such as GLAAD, Scouts for Equality, and others got involved and lobbied for change. In 2013 the National Executive Board rescinded its blanket ban

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against gay youth, but still kept its ban against LGBTQ adults being involved.

Predictably, various faith groups, such as the Church of Latter Day Saints (the Mormon Church), the Roman Catholic Church, and Baptists are ‘deeply troubled’ by the new edict.

The Mormon Church has been heavily involved with American Scouting for over a century. In fact, any boy who is in a Mormon congregation is automatically part of the Boy Scouts. The religious life of young Mormon males and Scouting are deeply intertwined, and the rites and rituals of the LDS Church are consciously and intentionally tied to Scouting. As a young Mormon male rises through the Church as first a member, then deacon, teacher and finally a priest (all males over a certain age are priests of the Church), he also rises through the various Scout positions as well. The Boy Scouts of America has been described as the ‘youth program’ of LDS, and approximately 20 per cent of all Scouts in the U.S. are Mormon, with approximately 17 per cent of Scout troops being affiliated with the Church or sponsored by it.

The Boy Scouts has about 2.5 million members between the ages of seven and 21, as well as 960,000 volunteers in local units, according to the organization. However, membership has steadily declined by about four to six per cent a year over the last several years, in part because of the BSA’s ban against gay or lesbian adults being involved.

The decision by the BSA to now allow gay troop leaders poses a serious challenge to those churches intimately tied to Scouting.

Some will opt to secede from the movement, essentially creating parallel, but separate, Scout-like organizations and fracturing the movement itself. Others will continue to remain within the BSA but take advantage of the rider that individual faith groups may continue to hire Scout leaders “whose beliefs are consistent with their own”, essentially keeping the door open to not hiring openly gay or lesbian leaders. Others will be fine with it, and still others, such as the Unitarians, United Church, and the Union for Reform Judaism, plan on returning to the Scouting fold following their boycotting of the BSA over the original ban.

Of course the BSA’s decision still misses the mark of true equality for all by allowing what it styles as some sort of religious exemption. Scouting is about fairness to all; having a profound moral compass that directs one to do the right thing.

And that goes beyond helping little old ladies across the street.

The message the BSA should be sending to its young members is that everyone is to be respected and treated fairly.

The move to allow openly gay or lesbian Scout leaders is a move in the right direction, granted, but allowing for ‘religious exemptions’ to that new policy makes the lifting of the ban merely a half-hearted move. It is a weak attempt at compromise and accommodation, but it is a start.

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Community

Discussing Community Safety

Saying hello to a new community program; goodbye to a loved community member

By Constable Andy Buck Hello again everybody. Well, it is nearly time for us to get our PRIDE on! I hope that your plans for September 6th are coming along, whether you are looking at entering the parade or attending Shaw Millennium Park for the festival, or simply coming to line the parade route and support the entries. I can tell you that our plans for the CPS entry are coming along nicely, although some of the grander plans I had have had to be put on the back burner due to budgetary constraints. Having said that, our level of support for parade participation is growing on a daily basis, and I am optimistic that we will exceed last year’s tremendous turnout in uniform. In addition, we will certainly be having higher ranking officers taking part, which is a fantastic show of support not only to our external LGBTQ* community, but also to our own staff members. At this stage I cannot confirm who, or how many, but it will be nice to see more ‘brass’ at the parade.

bit and, although CPS are not in a position to financially help get this project off the ground, we certainly see the benefits of such a resource and will support it in other ways. Good luck Robbie – I wish you well!

Finally, it is with heavy heart that I tell you of a community member service that I attended recently; a celebration of life for Jesse Dostaler, who sadly lost his life in a train incident on July 16th. Jesse had previously attended Camp fYrefly and, although I did not personally know Jesse, I was inspired by his attitude and commitment to be true to himself and live life to the fullest. The pain of losing someone so young, with so much to give, was clearly evident. I want to extend my support to anyone who is still struggling with coming to terms with Jesse’s passing. Please feel free to get in touch with me, and I will connect you with some special people that I know.

As always, stay safe and look out for each other. Let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns, and I hope to see you all at Pride.

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I want to tell you about a productive meeting I had recently with a very inspiring and motivated young man, Robbie Nakoneshny. Robbie has designs to house and feed LGBTQ* youth, while at the same time helping them to avoid sexual exploitation and refrain from substance abuse. This is borne out of his own personal experiences, so he has first-hand knowledge of the challenges that are faced. We chatted for a

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Lifestyle

Positive Thoughts HIV Is Not Your Enemy

By Myles Helfand Please don’t be afraid of HIV. It doesn’t deserve it, and you deserve better.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m not anti-fear. I’ve got a whole mess of fears myself – of failure, of illness, of crossing the hectic street outside my office in Manhattan. I’ve got fear pretty down pat.

Heck, it’s even healthy. Fear is one of our most fundamental human instincts. It helps keep us safe.

I even think it’s healthy to have some fear when it comes to HIV. It’s OK to fear becoming infected with HIV, and it’s OK to be scared of what HIV might do to your body if you’re positive, or to be concerned about the potential side effects of treatment.

Those fears can be good if they result in action that makes us better. If we’re appropriately afraid of becoming infected with HIV, we’ll (hopefully) learn more about how the virus is transmitted and the right ways to protect ourselves, and we’ll seek to make changes in our lives that reduce our risk.

For some of us, that’ll mean using condoms or starting preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). For others, it may mean leaving an abusive relationship, or challenging conditions such as poverty and lack of safe housing that put many at greater risk.

If we’re living with HIV and afraid of what comes next, we’ll (hopefully) talk to our doctors and read information on reputable websites, like the four sites who have teamed up to write this monthly column, so that we can ease that fear with information and a plan forward.

But to fear HIV itself? That’s where I think we run into problems. Fearing HIV because it exists isn’t logical: HIV itself is not some kind of cold, calculating, devious enemy that seeks to destroy us. It doesn’t care about us at all. It just wants a place to live, and we happen to be a pretty hospitable environment.

Nonetheless, a whole lot of us fear HIV itself. Maybe part of that is sheer, animal instinct, but I think much of it is learned.

Over the years, an endless array of awareness campaigns has cast HIV as a villain to be conquered, as though it were some kind of inherently evil creature. We’re at war with HIV, the common refrain goes (I’m as guilty as anyone of using it), and in that life-or-death fight, the virus is the big bad.

But here’s the thing: When we see HIV as a vicious enemy, many of us – far too many –tend to start seeing HIV-positive people as enemies by extension. “Those people!” we think.

“They allowed this thing to get inside them. They’ve put others at risk. They bear as much blame as the virus itself.”

When HIV-negative people become HIV positive, that fear – that judgment, that blame – needs somewhere to go. A lot of the time, it lashes out in two directions: inside, toward themselves; and outside, toward the person they think they got HIV from.

This can also be the reaction when HIV-negative people find out that a person they’ve been intimate with has HIV, even when there’s little or no risk of transmission and they remain negative.

This is how stigma happens, and when it happens, discrimination follows. It’s how people – Americans, in 2015 – get sent to prison for HIV exposure, some serving terms that are longer than sentences for voluntary manslaughter. These people didn’t share their status because they were afraid. Afraid

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to be judged. Afraid of the stigma. Afraid to be alone. And, in some cases, maybe at least a little afraid of themselves.

It’s a cycle that feeds on itself. We see it in too many HIV education advertisements; one recent campaign features a couple in bed, one partner facing toward us, the other sitting behind them and looking down at them, wondering, “Do I trust him (or her)?”

Screw that. Preventing HIV isn’t about whether we trust our partner. It isn’t about fearing the virus or people who live with it. Those instincts are the reason HIV continues to thrive in so much of the world, the U.S. included. Fear breeds stigma, and stigma breeds silence.

No, preventing HIV means caring about ourselves enough to understand what HIV is, how it works and what the risks are.

And it’s about respecting ourselves enough to know that we’re worth the steps we can take to keep ourselves, and others, as healthy as we deserve to be.

I’m not saying it’s easy to do this, neither for us as a society nor for you and me as individuals. But we need to, or HIV will continue to hurt us in ways that go far beyond the damage it does to our bodies.

Maybe it can start with HIV education efforts that focus less on fear, and more on self-respect.

In mid-July, humanity lost a man named Bob Munk. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1987, and immediately dove into AIDS activism, which became his passion. He was a brilliant, kind, deeply caring man. One of his most enduring legacies is AIDS InfoNet, a Web-based effort he started in the early years of the Internet to create and distribute a huge array of fact sheets on HIV-related topics to as many people, in as many languages, as he could possibly manage.

These fact sheets are short, to the point, easy to understand and deeply rooted in reliable research. They say to people: “Here’s what we know. We trust you with this information. Read it, learn it, and use it to make life better.”

In a world so often gripped by an obsession with using fear as an HIV prevention tool, Bob Munk opted to take the high road: education, empowerment, self-care. His fact sheets have helped countless thousands, and they push back against what sometimes feels like a relentless tide of fear, stigma and ignorance.

I think he had it right. Fear of HIV isn’t the answer, and doesn’t help anyone. We need to respect ourselves, and each other, enough to ensure that we each understand HIV so that we can help one another get past it. We deserve that.

Myles Helfand is the editorial director of TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO. com. Find him on Twitter @MylesatTheBody. This column is a project of Plus, Positively Aware, POZ, TheBody.com and Q Syndicate, the LGBT wire service. Visit their websites — http://hivplusmag.com, http:// positivelyaware.com, http://poz.com and http://thebody.com — for the latest updates on HIV/AIDS.

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Interview

Citizen Jane

Fiercely Headlining Calgary Pride

By Caery Rutherford Just call her CJ. Citizen Jane, the award-winning, genrejumping, Pride-mastering DJ who is headlining Calgary Pride’s September 6th Festival at Shaw Millennium Park, has some advice for other girls just breaking out of the closet.

“I’ve never really had a problem with anybody discriminating (against me); I’m pretty comfortable in my skin, with who I am, but when I first came out at 19 it wasn’t that way. I felt a little weird,” she shares. “What are my friends going to think?. . . It’s kind of like you clean house, and find out who the true friends are at that moment, and will stick by you. But I haven’t really encountered any negative things in the [DJ] field because of that. . . A lot of teens go the Pride events, and I tell them to be themselves, and never to hide who they are.”

CJ has been trying out different musical styles since she started caring about music.

“The first piece of music I ever bought myself was a Depeche Mode CD. . . [Now] what I do is get different influences from different genres and stuff, depending on the event as well. . . Some people may want Latin music; some people may want me to keep everything open format; some people may just want house music. . . I’m an open-format DJ, which means I can play pretty much everything: either in one shot, or specific to whatever they want.

“As long as people are dancing – that’s my goal. I don’t play for me; I play for the people. I want to see them happy, want to see them dancing. If there’s no-one on the dance floor, then you’re not doing a good job.”

CJ mentions that she just got back from headlining Vancouver’s Pride in the last couple of weeks, and that Calgary will be only her second visit to this country. But she is no stranger to travel: she has done gay and straight events in Puerto Rico, Spain, Argentina, New York and L.A. (which are kind of foreign countries), and been voted Millennium ‘Hottest DJ’ (Vancouver), ‘Favourite DJ’ (Pink Flamingo, Miami), and headlined Aqua Girl, Gay Days, (Orlando, Arizona & Las Vegas), and tons of other places, too numerous to mention.

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all over the world come for them, and a lot of Canadians come down for them. . . So I have got quite a few followers (online) from Canada as well.”

Regarding her choices of music: “I do my research, and I also watch the people. It’s all about watching people on the dance floor and, depending on how they’re vibing, you mix it around. . . I started as a turntable DJ, and it has changed – a lot of digital things, and different effects that you can make on the music while you’re DJ-ing. . . It’s kind of like you’re making music while your mixing the stuff, adding your own touch to the music. . . The evolution of the DJ.” GC has a little fan-boy moment here, contemplating the performances all combined under the hands of an experienced mix-master like Citizen Jane. GC asks about the reality of being a female DJ, and lesbian, in the traditional male DJ space.

“It’s getting a little bit more common now, but we’re still the underdog. It’s more like a man’s world, but the females are trying to kick in there; we’re starting to get noticed in the DJ world.”

“Audiences are always going to be different. Everybody’s there for the same reason, which is dancing, having fun; having a great time. Men like different kinds of house music; women like open format; everyone’s into different things. I was actually surprised when I was in Vancouver that somebody came and requested Latin music. I really didn’t think that was something huge in Vancouver, [or] in Canada in general, [but] I’m all about requests.

If someone makes a request I’ll absolutely be able to mix it in for you without any problems.

“I’m happy to please everyone who’s on the dance floor. That’s what I’m there for; that’s what makes me happy at the end of the day.”

Ms. Jane admits to indulging in strawberries and Nutella at the end of her day which, as you might imagine for a DJ, can be pretty early on in the day, listening to soft ’70s and ’80s pop to wind down.

But first, let’s dance!

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A Liason with Pearl

Drag Race runner up on building her impressive CV

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By Carey Rutherford Here at GayCalgary, we’ll go to the ends of the earth to find out those nuggets of unplumbed mystery that our readers hunger for. As an example, when asked over the phone from New York what her favourite food is, RuPaul’s Drag Race runner-up, Pearl, laughed and replied, “I don’t know: I just had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and it was pretty delicious.”

We decided to also ask Pearl about life after achieving first runner-up on the show’s seventh season.

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“It’s pretty insane,” she says. “I just got back from Europe a few days ago, and I’m home for four days, and then I leave again for a little States-wide tour. So, some fun – a lot of work – but some fun. I did England, Sweden and Ireland.”

Pearl mentions that she has been to Alberta before, performing in Calgary for her first out-of-country gig, “maybe like three or four weeks after the first episode [of Drag Race]”.

GC asks if she has noticed differences in her audiences between all these countries.

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“No. I pretty much ask every promoter what their audience wants to see, and they usually just tell me to do whatever I’m used to doing. . . Typically I do my freaky, kind of funny, fem-bot style that I like to stick with.”

In that regard, GC asks if being in Drag Race has changed her approach to performance outside of the TV soundstage.

“I think being on RuPaul [helps] you learn what you’re going to do with your career, besides just showing up to the venue and performing. As far as my style goes, it has been pretty successful, so I haven’t really changed too much my approach to performing on a stage. But it’s definitely changed my ideas about what I should be going after, and how long I want to do drag, and what my other creative options are.”

Pearl mentions that she has released an album (titled Pleasure), done some European magazine covers (Dazed & Confused), has been offered movie work (these details can be found on her official webspace), as well as DJ-ing. “[RuPaul] doesn’t want to have the run-of-the-mill drag queen; it’s best to have a plan of action. He’s really good at helping you get started. . . It’s nice to have someone who’s willing to invest in you.”

After all these warm fuzzies, GC asks what was the most difficult part of Drag Race.

“Being exhausted all of the time; never being scheduled any time to sleep is a tactic on the show, so that was hard for me. Just constantly being razzed by everybody – it’s all pretty much just a nightmare! [Pearl laughs].”

The winner of the show does pretty well, getting a year’s supply of a cosmetic line, and a pile of money, but the rest take home only what they brought with them.

“They put you on the show, and you get recognized, and then it’s up to you whatever you want to do after. It was nice to get some positive feedback throughout the show.

“You start out pretty rough, and then it’s all about building your character, and evolving, and moving on and becoming a better person and a better artist. You see a lot of positive changes, so that was good.”

Pearl mentions that her cover shoot, for Dazed & Confused magazine, will be on the shelves in September, which is the same time her fem-bot self will be kicking out the jams at Pure Pride in Calgary, September 5th. Calgary headliner, RuPaul runner-up, European fashion shoots: not bad for someone only three years into their drag career!

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Gossip Clueless the musical, as if you’re not excited by that When Cher Horowitz leaves Beverly Hills, her next logical stop is, of course, Broadway. And it will be that next stop if Clueless director Amy Heckerling has her way. Heckerling’s been kicking around the idea of a Clueless musical for a while; she’s already written the book for it, and is currently pushing even harder for a Broadway stage adaptation (of the film that she already adapted from Jane Austen’s Emma). The director envisions the project as a jukebox project – we’re guessing with period ’90s pop nuggets – rather than one with original songs.

And since the critically acclaimed comedy has aged very well over the last 20 years (yep, you are totally old now), there’s no reason why this thing couldn’t be a monster hit. Nothing’s official at all, but Katy Perry is reportedly interested in taking part. This casting move would, of course, make Cher a 30-yearold high school student, but the 90210 zip code has already seen a few of those kicking around its pop-culture campuses.

So why not?

Trans filmmaker Mikki del Monico’s moment There are times when it seems like you can count the number of trans filmmakers on one hand, and if you think about it, that’s not really an exaggeration. So when a new trans director pops up with finished product ready to screen for an audience, that’s news. Welcome, then, Alto, the debut feature from Mikki del Monico, which recently had its premiere at San Francisco’s Frameline, the venerable international LGBTQ film festival.

Starring Diana DeGarmo (American Idol, season 3, whose musical theater career has kept her busy ever since), Alto is a lesbian rom-com musical set in the world of organized crime.

And no, that’s not a typo. The shoestring budget indie will be making the film festival rounds as the months roll on, and del Monico will be working it hard to make sure you remember all the relevant names. Keep your eyes peeled for this one.  photo by S. Bukley

Deep Inside Hollywood ‘Top Gun 2,’ ‘Clueless’ the musical, Mikki del Monico, ‘Genius’

By Romeo San Vicente Top Gun 2. Seriously, you guys, Top Gun 2.

Remember back in the day when everybody was like, “Oh, Tom Cruise is gay,” but then it turned out he was just weirdly sci-fi religious? Well, he may not have been gay, but he did star in one of the strangest, gayest, films of the 1980s, a right-wing, Reagan-esque military fantasy that was somehow dunked ridemy-tail-anytime-first in the deep end of homoerotic signifiers.

That’s right, we’re talking about Top Gun, the queerest cultural object of the 1980s side of Torch Song Trilogy. Well, guess what? Maverick is coming back to the shirtless beach volleyball court of public adoration in what is right now known as Top Gun 2. David Ellison, CEO of production company Skydance, revealed at a recent press junket that a shooting script is in development and that Cruise is interested. Which means it might not happen at all. Or it might be ready for Christmas 2016. Or 2019. We don’t know. But we believe in the lesbian superpower of Kelly McGillis, and that alone, in a perfect world, would make it so.

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Hey genius, get ready for Genius You might not recognize the name A. Scott Berg, but he’s a gay writer who’s won both a Pulitzer and the National Book Award. He’s also responsible for the story that became Barry Sandler’s screenplay for the classic gay drama Making Love.

Now his 1978 biography, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, about the literary editor of novelists Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, is a film. The directorial debut of English actor Michael Grandage, Genius boasts a script by John Logan (The Aviator, who’s also co-producing alongside Berg) and an awards-season-ready cast. Colin Firth plays Perkins, and the film co-stars Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Guy Pearce, Dominic West and Laura Linney. In other words, it’s the kind of period picture you’ll see over Christmas, place bets on during the Oscar telecast, spend time wishing you could live in the vintage clothes the actors are sporting, and feel smarter for having seen it. It’s called Genius, after all.

Romeo San Vicente is a genius of love.

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Kurtis Wolfe and Adam Killian On Escorting, Exercise and Entertaining

 Kurtis Wolfe and Adam Killian, photo by GayCalgary

by V.N. Winnick This year’s PurePride in Edmonton was, by all accounts, an absolute blast. Kurtis Wolfe, one of the stars of that particular show, took some time out of his busy travel schedule to talk to GayCalgary from his hotel room – along with a few cameos from his travelling (and performing) companion, Adam Killian. In a long conversation, the two hardworking performers talk chemistry, on-screen and off, fitness, serostatus, and even... waterslides?

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Watch the video interview online p

Beginning the interview, both Adam and Kurtis are on camera, waxing ecstatic about their time in Canada.

“So far, this entire week has been absolutely amazing here,” says Kurtis. “I’m surprised I don’t come to Canada more often...

I’ve loved it here so far.” When we asked how often they do live performances like the ones they had just given at PurePride, the banter got almost too cute.

“For you, Adam -” “My entire life,” says Killian, from behind an impish grin. “His entire life. It has been picking up more this year for me,”

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 Kurtis Wolfe

 Adam Killian

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“On the Killian-Wolfe tour?”

“On the Killian-Wolfe tour; that’s exactly right.” Affectionate exasperation might best describe his expression.

For anyone whose career is played out in one public venue after another – from film, to stage, to modeling – dividing time is a constant struggle. “It’s a little overwhelming,” says Kurtis. “I keep a calendar, and try to plan out my entire time. Try to make sure I get some personal time in there. Escorting is primarily a side business for me.” He becomes more animated as he says, “my favourite thing is actually doing the filming. You have a little bit of freedom with it... I’m kind of also experimenting with filming my own stuff... which is where my webcam business comes into play.”

It should be noted that Wolfe is the recipient of 2015’s Hooky award for “Best Body”. Eager viewers take note: he gives quite the peek at 7:10 into the interview. As for winning the award itself, Wolfe is a bit stunned. “I was up against Derek Atlas, Sean Zevran, and a few others that, I was like I’m not going to make it against [these guys]. Especially Sean Zevran – [he is] really built. It was a huge shock to find out that I won that award... [Rentboy.com said] ‘you had a lot of fans voting for you’. I applaud the fans for voting.”

Wolfe notes a fair uptick in his escorting business after his Hooky win, but Killian’s business – having won several himself including best duo and best threesome – remains consistent.

Though appreciative of the awards, Killian attributes his success to having a hand in the process. “I was behind the camera for seven years before I really jumped in front of the camera... I had a big advantage of being able to choose who I did the scenes with, and how they happened... It makes it a lot easier. When you have chemistry and a connection with your scene partner, it’s everything. It’s the one thing you really can’t fake. You can put on a good show, but if the chemistry’s not there naturally, it’s not gonna read.”

Wolfe gives his enthusiastic endorsement of Killian’s view, which prompts the obvious question – do the two of them have that kind of chemistry? Killian explains; “Oh yeah, there’s amazing natural chemistry there... Me, [Kurtis], and a couple of the other performers went out on stage and started having sex... and the crowd just swarmed around. It wasn’t a pre-planned show, it was just us up there having fun, and you could tell that the people saw that and they really loved it.” The impromptu performance has led to their collaboration on this Canadian tour, and several other performances including San Francisco and San Diego Pride.

Then the subject of physique is quick to come up. Offering exercise tips isn’t really part of GayCalgary’s purview, but could we really turn down advice from professionals? “The trick is, if you want to slim down, lose a little belly fat, you get up and you go do cardio before you eat,” Killian says. “I used to film a lot of the bodybuilders when they were competing... and their trick was coffee and aspirin [after waking up], and then you do cardio

right before you eat. And that tricks your body into burning fat before you do anything else.” True to form, Wolfe’s workout is a bit improvisational. “I try to always do different exercises within one muscle group – change it up, and keep it fresh. Otherwise you stick with the same routine, and it gets boring, and you’re just going through the motions.”

“And if you wanna get big,” adds Killian, “go heavy.”

This high-fitness lifestyle was by no means a habit for Wolfe growing up. “My family lived on fast food... I would drink like

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12 cans of Coke a day as a kid. It was something that wasn’t looked down upon in my family... I was really skinny, because my metabolism was off the charts, but I just was not healthy. Even now, when I go down to visit my family, it’s very difficult to eat healthy around them, because they still have those same habits.”

There is a lot of effort involved in keeping one’s body in such perfect working order, so naturally the conversation turns toward the potential hazards of sex work, particularly with respect to one’s HIV status. “I’m very up-front about my status,” says Wolfe.

“I’m negative... I get myself tested regularly. I do ask guys who get ahold of me always know your status... With my clients, and

even random hookups, I strongly believe in using condoms. If you can get on PrEP, go for it. For a long while, I was very wary of PrEP... but now that I’ve seen a lot more of the studies, I’m more convinced.”

PrEP or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is a type of drug that dramatically reduces the likelihood of contracting HIV from a positive partner, and is slowly making its way into communities where it has a chance of doing good. Needless to say, however, the American insurance debacle makes something of a Gordian Knot of the entire affair.

“Fortunately, next year when I can fully switch my insurance, I found a plan that will actually fully cover [PrEP], 100 per cent, no questions asked. In Texas, which is kind of shocking, especially with the latest news that Texas is cutting HIV prevention funding, in favour of” – here, Wolfe gives us, perhaps, the most exasperated, long-suffering look of the interview – “abstinence education.” It goes without saying just how well that is going to turn out for everyone involved.

Towards the end of the interview the conversation veers toward lighter topics, such as one of Wolfe’s most beloved recreational activities. “I really like rollercoasters a lot. Any time I actually do have a chance to go to an amusement park, I will do nothing but ride rollercoasters.” There was none to be had on this trip, though he and Killian did find time to enjoy West Ed’s massive water park, hitting every slide they had time for. Once they had managed to deal with their, erm, wardrobe issues, that is. “We did bring swim trunks, but we were looking at them, and they were too provocative for a family-oriented water park. If you know anything about Andrew Christian, they’re not family-appropriate in any way.”

Those are just a few highlights of our 45-minute long interview with Kurtis Wolfe, guest starring Adam Killian. Watching them mug, side by side, for the camera, was completely charming, so definitely check out this enormous interview in full on our website.

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The Big Daddy of Dance

At 75, disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder reemerges to once again produce some of the biggest icons of our time

By Chris Azzopardi It’s been 35 years since Giorgio Moroder and Cher hooked up for a late-night session to produce “Bad Love,” the diva’s disco rave-up from the soundtrack of the 1980 coming-of-age drama, Foxes.

“We were supposed to start at 2 o’clock in the studio, and who comes in at 2 o’clock punctual? Cher,” Moroder recalls, tickled. “I said, ‘Shit, because with an artist like her – the big stars, you think, if it’s 2 o’clock, they come in at 5 o’clock, if you’re lucky. So she was there at 2 o’clock, and I said, ‘Cher, something is wrong – I was told you’re always late.’ And she said, ‘Yes, I’m always late... except the first time.’”

Decades have passed and music has changed and Cher has not. One other thing remains the same: Moroder still lights up at the mere thought of the ageless icon, how “I loved her” and “she was so funny.” Undoubtedly, Cher, to this day, can still smack you with a punchline. A star, an icon, the diva of all divas – her success is abiding.

Now, returning to the scene at age 75 with his first album in 30 years, Moroder can say the same for his own monumental success.

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The Italy-born musical mastermind who unwittingly blazed a fruitful trail of radio hits is the father of such celebrated dance-floor relics as Donna Summer’s “Love to Love You Baby” and Blondie’s ubiquitous No. 1 hit “Call Me.” A cavernous catalog of ’70s-era paragons and Moroder’s unprecedented artistic vision became the catalyst for modern-age dance music. Between 1974 and 1984, Moroder’s creative force was a hot commodity, and everyone who was everyone – Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie – clamored for his heyday genius.

During Moroder’s most musically prolific era, the producer, composer and DJ could be found endlessly shacked up in a studio. There, he’d mix until the wee hours, never to succumb to his own burgeoning brand of sonic escapism that coaxed just about everyone but himself – the man behind those very beats – to the clubs.

“If I go back, I remember one year, ’85, when I did the (music for the) Top Gun movie,” he says. “The whole year I was doing several projects, of which most didn’t work out, but I think I had one weekend by myself. I would work like crazy.”

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And even that’s an understatement. While producing for an army of iconic artists during the first wave of disco-dance, Moroder was also becoming a booming cinema presence.

He won his first Oscar for his music in 1978’s Midnight Express, and then two more for “Flashdance… What a Feeling” and Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away,” from Top Gun. In 1983, he intensified Scarface with his music (he produced the soundtrack), and also contributed to the 1984 children’s fantasy classic The NeverEnding Story, for which he produced the theme song.

At 75, his own story, it seems, is neverending. Thanks to a much-deserved salute to Moroder on their latest opus, the track “Giorgio by Moroder” from 2013’s Grammy-winning Random Access Memories, Daft Punk prompted a welcome resurgence. “My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio,” he adorably notes during the spoken-word, EDM-charged caper. The song is Moroder’s memoir. And as he looks back on his teenage years, he says “(my) dream was so big that I didn’t see any chance.”

But other dreamers did. Some – for instance, RCA Records, who commissioned his latest offering, Déjà Vu – even gave him the chance.

Love to love him, baby Could anyone have predicted that Giorgio Moroder would change the future of music? Probably. But in 1969, the only evidence of his ingenuity was “Looky Looky,” a frothy Beach Boys-esque concoction that, while slight, still sounded remarkably ahead of its time.

Fast forward nearly 10 years to 1977, when, with the help of a blossoming singer named Donna Summer, his career boomed beyond his own wildest dreams.

The two made music magic together, storming the charts with the steamy disco number “Love to Love You Baby” in

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1975 and, two years later, “I Feel Love,” a slice of synth heaven released in 1977. By incorporating the newly developed Moog synthesizer, which generated a bed of pulsating, writhing throbs, the latter was instrumental in revolutionizing the techno movement. But still, Moroder insists, “I Feel Love” would not have been the same without Summer’s ethereal coos.

Summer, he says, “humanized the machine,” a characteristic that was “one of the reasons it did so well.”

Concerning their first hit together, “Love to Love You Baby,” Moroder recalls reluctantly finding the song a label home.

“When I presented that song to some record companies – actually, I didn’t. Somebody did it for me, because I was embarrassed. I thought nobody would ever release this.”

To his surprise, the song surged the charts, eventually becoming recognized as one of the greatest disco-era songs of our time. Moroder credits the song’s success with a 17-minute extended cut of the five-minute single, an idea brought to him by Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart, who was inspired to maximize the track’s running time after hearing it looped at a party in its original form like it was drug. So, Moroder tagged on 12 minutes, which he now calls “the key to its success.”

Not all of Moroder’s projects managed the same level of commercial clout, however.

Janet Jackson’s second studio album, Dream Street, which Moroder produced when the entertainer was just 17 years old, didn’t fare as hoped. In fact, it didn’t really fare at all.

Peaking at No. 147 on the Billboard 200 upon its release in October 1984, the pop icon’s coming-of-age sophomore release was, in retrospect, a stepping stone, a small push to a big breakthrough: 1986’s Control.

“Janet was such a darling, but at the time, she was so young,” Moroder says. “She was working on her voice, and I

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know that the father (Joseph Jackson) was involved with the production not directly but indirectly. It was difficult.”

That same year, Moroder produced Freddie Mercury’s first song as a solo artist, “Love Kills.” Their collaboration, however, wasn’t a Janet-like situation – it was just the opposite. Freddie Mercury was so seasoned, he left Moroder feeling “intimidated.”

“Freddie was relatively difficult,” Moroder reveals. “He was such a great singer, composer, lyricist, performer, diva, dancer, icon that (I thought), ‘Am I going to tell Freddie that that high note he sang was not perfect?’ So between that and the little problems we had before we even started, it was a tough production.”

Tech advancements have certainly alleviated any potential social anxieties, but not, of course, without their own set of challenges. The process nowadays, Moroder says, is impersonal, two people – the artist, the producer – conceiving a song in a virtual world. Sia, Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue all appear on Déjà Vu, but during the recording, they and Moroder weren’t even in the same time zone.

“Compared to Donna Summer – she was busy but nothing like singers are busy now,” he says. “Sia, for example, is all over the world. One day she’s in Australia; the next day she’s in London. They don’t even have time to go into the studio with me as a producer. That’s the new way. The only problem is the communication – and that’s a big problem.”

Deja woo With a cluster of white-robed men ogling a bearded Moroder, and a steamy haze obscuring the scene, the subliminal marketing of Moroder’s Knights in White Satin cover wasn’t exactly subliminal. By suggesting Moroder was gay by way of a not-so-subtle bathhouse setting – and changing “Nights” to “Knights” – Casablanca Records’ Neil Bogart could expand the producer’s already growing gay following. Moroder, though, was oblivious to the fact that he was being baited.

“For months, I didn’t even notice,” he recalls, snickering. “I realized that (Bogart) was giving this to the gay community, which is great. But what a sneaky guy! I was just surprised at how cleverly he changed the title. And I was happy. It was absolutely OK with me. Although, I must tell you: I’m not gay, but I love gay people. It’s absolutely in my… feelings, actually.”

In his “feelings”? In his thick, lovable Italian accent, Moroder clarifies, making you wish he were your smartphone’s knowledge navigator – your Siri.

“I love gay people; although I’m not, I love them.”

The feeling was mutual, as Bogart soon discovered. “‘Love to Love You’ with Donna Summer was a big hit in the discotheques,” he says. “And since I never really went to discotheques, I did not really know exactly what was happening. But everyone was saying that the gay community made that song a hit. Now, I hear other people, especially with the song ‘I Feel Love,’ (saying) that it became a little bit of an anthem for the gay community. But, at the time, I didn’t really realize it.”

In fact, he wasn’t conscious of a gay following until just a decade ago, during his 60s. As Moroder savored his semiretirement, he discovered – along with, obviously, Bogart’s calculated assistance – that he’d wooed a rather significant queer following over the years. On occasion, while casually perusing gay press, Moroder says he’d see him come up in reference to the EDM sound he had pioneered years before.

His influence on today’s dance music-makers du jour – Avicii, Dr. Luke, Calvin Harris and David Guetta – is as inescapable as it is indelible.

“I noticed more and more the (gay) audience describing that production, which was similar or inspired by me,” Moroder says. “That made me think that maybe I have some (gay) following, at least with regard to the music.”

He does. He must. And Déjà Vu, with a smoldering line-up of gay-loved ladies, is just the beginning of a new

beginning. In between DJ sets and solving one small booklet of crossword puzzles a week – which, he says, has kept his mind sharp (“I’m solving the same puzzles as I did 30 years ago”) – the music pioneer continues to dedicate ample time to his still-coveted artistry. Coming soon: a collaboration with Lady Gaga, who has recruited Moroder for her next album.

How is Moroder feeling about his sudden reemergence?

Overwhelmed. Humbled. But, mostly, thrilled.

“I remember I was on a press tour in the limelight – this was about 40 years ago, late ’70s, beginning of ’80s – and now I’m almost back as big and as known as then, and it’s quite something,” he says, uttering a blissful sigh. “Sometimes I think, ‘Shouldn’t I be playing with little dogs and having my hobbies?’ I’ve worked for two and a half years on this album and I’m happy. I’m absolutely not complaining. I mean, it’s a lot of work, but I guess it’s what keeps me happy.”

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Boy II Man

Boy George on finding his better self, Caitlyn Jenner and his massive hat collection

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By Chris Azzopardi The falsetto is gone.

When Boy George sings now, a rich tone resounds. He refers to it as “the voice of experience.”

The voice, once fluttery and high, can be traced back to the early ’80s by way of a long, glittery trail that George blazed as the front man for Culture Club. The band formed in 1981, at the onset of a second, MTV-aided British invasion, and the foursome turned out a treasure trove of sonic gold, most notably “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”

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Within a few years of their emergence, Culture Club was a bona fide act of great significance. Instantly, they became the first band since The Beatles with three songs from their debut album, 1982’s Kissing to be Clever, to reach the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100. And it wasn’t just music they were influencing.

It was fashion. It was politics. It was gender. It was the queer community as a whole.

Now, Culture Club is back. After more than 12 years apart, the original members of Culture Club are reuniting for a tour

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and their forthcoming LP, Tribes, their first album together since 1999’s Don’t Mind If I Do. George, 54, recently rang to sound off on a smorgasbord of topics: Culture Club nostalgia, the Madonna vs. Lady Gaga rivalry, his massive hat collection and the lack of any pop star “stand outs.”

GC: Why is now the right time for Culture Club to reunite?

BG: The idea first started about four years ago. With all the different management, and just so many complications, it’s taken this long to actually get everybody together. When I suggested it four years ago it seemed like a really simple idea; it turned out to be quite complicated! (Laughs) Now we’ve gotten into rehearsing, and we recently did Today, although we didn’t have Jon (Moss) there, but it was our first live thing together in a while. The thing about Culture Club, but also just bands in general: The fun is always the playing and the recording and the writing. It’s the other stuff that’s kind of boring.

Culture Club makes the most sense when we’re on stage and concentrating on what we’re doing musically. (The tour is) gonna be interesting. It’s as much a surprise for me, but obviously, we know there’s a lot of affection out there for what we are collectively.

GC: Do people expect you to be the same band you were 20 years ago? Are you still the same band?

BG: I don’t think anybody expects me to be what I was 20 years ago. If they do, they’re deluded. (Laughs) I’ve never spoken to anybody who said, “You’re nothing like you were 20 years ago.” There are some people in the world who believe you

could be suspended in animation, I think (laughs), but we all get older and we all develop. And, in fact, I think I’m a very different performer. I actually prefer what I do now.

GC: Why is that?

BG: I like the noise that I make now because I feel like I’ve earned it. I feel it’s a voice of experience. I feel I’m more connected to what I do. Vocally and emotionally I’m more connected to my life, full stop, and I’m kind of happy with who I am.

There’s always room for improvement, of course, but I don’t have the sort of insecurities that I had when I was a younger man. People say to me, “You were so confident!” I probably appeared confident but, perhaps underneath, I wasn’t. I think life is about growing into yourself, accepting who you are and maybe having a better relationship with who you are, sort of liking yourself, and I think I’m closer now than I’ve ever been.

GC: How long did it take you to reach that point?

BG: It takes a long time to get there, but you know, some people just don’t get there. And I don’t know how you get there, and I don’t know how you know you’re there, but you operate with a sense of peace. In life, it’s very easy to do what you’ve always done. It’s very easy to slip back into bad attitudes, bad habits and personality traits.

GC: Speaking of bad habits, you’ve been very vocal in discussing your drug and alcohol use early on in your life.

These days, what’s the wildest you get? What’s a typical night for you like now?

BG: Obviously I don’t think of those past things as being wild days – I just think of them as being quite negative. I was talking about this last night at dinner. I think what you learn as you

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 From Previous Page get older, if you’re smart, is that the joy is in the mundane things – the small things, like being with your family, taking a walk, having coffee with friends, having meals with friends, good company. It’s like that saying, “the devil is in the detail” – sometimes I have the most fun when I’m just walking around with no set plans. Because there’s so many special effects in my life in terms of the career thing and traveling and all of that kind of excitement, I counterbalance it with sheer ordinariness in a way, and that’s where I have the most fun sometimes.

GC: How did your signature look come to involve hats?

BG: Going to clubs as a kid, we were always trying to over-exaggerate our look – a hat is definitely a way of overexaggerating an outfit! Back then I was sometimes doing a kind of Carmen Miranda thing (laughs) and wearing a turban. It was just basically plundering every kind of theatrical idea you could imagine, and hats – I just love hats. Hats have to wear you. You can’t buy somebody a hat because that’s like buying somebody a haircut.

GC: How many hats would you say you have?

BG: I have quite a few that I can’t wear anymore because they’re damaged, but I refuse to let them go. (Laughs) I have about 40 wearable ones, and I’m always adding new hats to the collection.

GC: You must have a hat room.

BG: They’re scattered around. Also: They’re a really good thing to give to auctions. People are always asking me for things for charity, so I’m always giving them to people to sell.

GC: How many different hats do you wear on stage?

BG: At the moment I’ve got a few that I’m gonna try out. The thing about stage costumes is, they seem like a great idea until you put them on. Trying to dance around in them in the heat – the hat makes that decision for you. But I’ve got some quite fierce looks for this tour, and I’m gonna up the ante. I think

it’s quite important, because at the moment everybody looks like everybody else. Everybody in a band seems like they’re in the audience. You look at a band on stage and you say, “Oh, it’s really nice that they’re on stage and they’ve wore their gym clothes to the gig.” (Laughs) There aren’t really many artists – just a lot of backroom boys pretending to be artists. A lot of producers who become pop stars. But there really aren’t many artists around or anybody that stands out. It’s a weird time for pop culture, and I suppose you can only measure current pop culture by what it was like when you were doing your thing.

So, I’m always gonna measure it by what I’ve grown up with: David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Prince, Madonna… Of course I’m gonna measure it by that, and I don’t see any of that around at the moment. I mean, Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna – they’re working a bit of a hot look. More the girls.

GC: What do you think it says about the current state of the music industry that Gaga ended up toning down her image?

BG: Actually, what I think is interesting about Lady Gaga is she’s an incredible theatrical vocalist. She has a whole Judy Garland / Liza Minnelli thing going on, and I’m actually more of a fan of what’s she’s doing now than – I mean, I loved what she did in the beginning. It was great. I remember seeing her on TV and thinking, “What’s she got on now?!” (Laughs) But in terms of her musicality, what she’s doing now is amazing.

I was in bed a few months ago – I had to get up really early the next day – and there was an advertisement for Gaga and Tony Bennett. There was a show on TV and I said, “Well, I’ll watch a bit of it and then I’ll go to sleep.” I ended up watching the whole thing and being gobsmacked by how great she was.

GC: How fair are the comparisons to Madonna?

BG: I’m not saying this to diss Madonna at all – I mean, Madonna doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone; she’s Madonna! – but I really felt all those comparisons were a bit stupid. Of course someone like Lady Gaga, who’s younger than Madonna, is gonna be influenced by Madonna. It’s a complete compliment. That’s how you have to view it. Whenever I see anybody working a look that I might’ve had back in the day – I’ve done it. Why do I need to get upset about it?

GC: As someone who’s always stood for gender fluidity and gender expression, what are your feelings on Caitlyn Jenner?

BG: I think it’s amazing, but there are a lot of other people being overlooked, like Candis Cayne. Caitlyn Jenner is getting the limelight because of the Kardashians, but there are a lot of people who have made that transition – her transition – possible.

I feel in a way we’re starting to, in part, live in a world I always wanted to live in. When I started my career, I was very naive. I wanted to change the world. I wanted to live in a world where it didn’t really matter if someone was gay or straight, transsexual, lesbian, whatever – and we’re certainly getting closer in some areas.

You gotta remember that myself and Caitlyn Jenner live in a celebrity bubble to a certain extent, and there are different rules in that celebrity bubble. But I think it’s great. I think it’s always wonderful when someone is allowed to be who they wanna be no matter how long it takes. I think that’s a beautiful thing to watch. When I saw that interview with Diane Sawyer, I was quite tearful.

I have to say, though: There’s a daisy chain of people who affected change long before I was around, like Oscar Wilde and Quentin Crisp. There are people no one knows about from the Victorian time. I’m always kind of coming across drag queens and Bohemians who were around 100 years ago who were a part of that daisy chain. So, I think it’s amazing that we’re edging toward the kind of liberalism that I always dreamed of.

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The Long, Duff Road

Hilary Duff on marriage equality, her fascination with Grindr and why she took a break from showbiz

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By Chris Azzopardi “I’m like the dorky kid on the bus who’s like, ‘Hiiii.’”

Wait a minute. Is that you, Lizzie McGuire? Maybe? No. It’s Hilary Duff, razzing on her cold-ridden, congestedsounding self as she does a nasally nerd impression. And though Duff is known to millennials (and their moms) for originating the dorky Disney icon in 2001 – which, she admits during our interview, has been “torturous” – the 27-year-old is ready to move on. Actually, she’s been ready. It’s the rest of the world that just can’t seem to let Lizzie go.

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During an insightful and surprisingly candid conversation, Duff spoke about her career as a whole just hours following June 26’s landmark Supreme Court ruling, which granted full mar-riage rights to LGBT Americans. The child star-turnedmusic maker also talked about her latest album, Breathe In. Breathe Out., eight years in the making; the long break she took to find her true self; and not knowing how to be a “totally normal girl who doesn’t give a fuck.”

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about the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality. What does that momentous moment mean to you?

HD: Oh my gosh. I’m so excited. What a big day. It’s a huge step toward equality. Everyone should be able to be who they are, love who they want and marry who they want. It’s 2015; for us to still have judgment about people being gay is ridiculous, so I can’t believe it’s taken this long. It’s definitely a big day in history, and I’m just so excited.

GC: Considering you’re not feeling well, you probably won’t be celebrating just yet.

HD: Actually, I do have a party happening at my house tonight for my assistant / best friend. We just worked through her birthday during album release week, and I feel so bad, so we’re finally celebrating at my house tonight. But we’ll be celebrating (marriage equality) as well, I’m sure. It definitely deserves a big toast. Do you have a partner?

GC: I don’t have a partner, no. Is being on Tinder key to finding “the one”? Perhaps you can give me some dating advice.

What are Hilary Duff’s tips for finding a husband?

HD: (Laughs) Obviously, I haven’t been so lucky. No – I don’t know. I would not, uh – I would not go with me on Tinder. I don’t know! God. Geez. Maybe the right thing will be in the air to-night.

GC: Lately you’ve been a Tinder enthusiast; have you experienced Grindr?

HD: Well, I haven’t physically actually experienced it, like I don’t have it on my phone or any-thing, but it’s basically the same thing as Tinder, right? I know because my makeup artist, who’s one of my best friends, has used Grindr a lot and he’s told me all about it. I get to hear all the stories.

GC: And what are those stories?

HD: (Laughs) I mean, I don’t wanna put him on blast. You know what’s crazy is, I feel like you guys hook up a lot more freely. I don’t know if that’s just me because I’m a little more cautious, I guess. I don’t know what it’s like to be a totally normal girl who doesn’t give a fuck about any-thing.

GC: Because of your celebrity status?

HD: I think so, yeah. And also, I’m a mom and I’ve always been a relationship girl. I’m always surprised when he’s like, “Yeah, I was just in France and I met a dude on Grindr and went over to his house,” and like, they got it done. I’m so fascinated by it.

GC: Are you still on Tinder?

HD: I’m not still using it. It was really fun for me for a minute; I wanted to experience something totally normal and also shock people. No one thought I was really on it – and I was really on it! So I integrated that into my video (for “Sparks”) and showed a side of me that’s really real, really normal. I strive for normalcy in my life every day.

GC: Do your gay friends ever set you up?

HD: Not so much. We go out a lot together, but honestly, when I go out I’m not on the prowl. I just wanna go out and have a good time, and a lot of times I feel like having someone I don’t know around would interfere with that. I only have a certain amount of time to enjoy myself.

GC: What’s a good night for you?

HD: Being with four or five really good friends that all know each other, so we all have a lot in common. Laughing a lot, having a few drinks and maybe dancing a little bit. Having a good meal. A lot of times we go to the Hollywood Bowl – that’s always a good time for me. There’s something about that place that’s magic.

GC: Speaking of venues, will you be touring for this record?

It’s been too long.

HD: Yes, I will tour. It took me so long to make my record because it wasn’t where it needed to be. When I started making the record, I wasn’t like, “I have to get it out at this time”; I was like, “It’s gotta be right – after seven years, why be in a rush now?”

Halfway through the process of making my record I signed onto the show Younger (on TV Land) and that was really good for me because I think it helped get me out of – you know when you just need to shake it up? I was terrified. My son had just started school and obviously I was going through a separation and I was like, “I can’t just up and continue work,” and then I was like, “Actually, I can and I’m going to.” This is a great project, and I love New York and it was really good for me. I put a pause on the record and then came back to it after Christmas; it was a great thing for me. It helped turn the record into a proper direction, so now Younger got picked up for a second season. I’ll shoot from September until December and then I’ll tour after Christmas.

GC: A world tour?

HD: I think it’ll be a world tour. I don’t know if I can set it up like how I used to for five months at a time. Obviously my child is my number one priority, but I think I can do a month at a time and then come back and then go back out for a month.

And it’ll have to be a world tour because some of my biggest markets are in South America and Australia and Asia, so we’ll see. No prom-ises, but that’s what I want to happen.

GC: Your 3-year-old son, Luca, is so cute, by the way.

HD: He’s naked right now and covered in tattoos.

GC: If he were to come out to you one day, what would you tell him?

HD: Oh my gosh. I would be so accepting. I just had a long conversation with one of my adult friends who has grown children who are about to go off to college, and he’s like, “I haven’t real-ly had this conversation yet,” and I’m like, “You better do it now because if a kid doesn’t feel accepted by his family, and they’re getting ready to move into a new town, it will just create a divide. He’ll go find his life and you won’t be a part of that. He’ll go find where he is accept-ed.”

Ah, it could almost make me cry. I feel like... that must be such a lonely place if you don’t feel accepted by your family. I can’t imagine. So, 100 percent, I feel like I would notice all the signs and be the first one to bring it up if I had to, and I would want him to wholeheartedly be himself and know that that was accepted by me.

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HD: Honestly, I don’t know. It’s a really hard road, to be honest. To make a transition from that is… I feel like even more so now than it was, your youth is totally taken away. You see these girls dressing like they’re 20 when they’re 14. With Instagram and all this – it’s a youth-sucker. Being 14 in 2015 is intense. I don’t know what I would’ve been like if I had all those outlets to pay attention to and all that babble shit. It’s kind of scary. It scares me raising my kid.

The industry is very fickle, and you just do what you can and know that all this stuff doesn’t mean anything. I mean, obviously, appreciate the opportunities and work hard, but there’s so much more to life. This industry is a tough one to crack, but then I look at someone like Miley, and as crazy as people might think the whole thing is, I commend her. She’s so wholeheartedly being herself and is unapologetic about that and she’s doing a great job.

GC: By just being herself, she’s become an idol for the queer community. She loves who she loves unapologetically, and that’s a huge statement, don’t you think?

HD: Yeah, I do. And she’s wickedly talented, so there’s that.

As much as people wanna hate on her for wearing this or doing that or whatever it is people hate on her for, I think she gets the last laugh. At the end of the day, her talent backs it all up. I don’t always relate to everything that she’s doing, but I love that she’s unapologetically herself.

GC: Your show, Younger, revolves around a single mom who realizes the effect age has on starting a new career. But how about maintaining a career, because you started young. You’ve been in this business for more than half your life. From your own experience, what is it like to maintain relevancy in an everchanging business like show business?

HD: Yeah, gosh. There is no secret code that works, as lovely as that would be. I think I have a few things working in my favor.

As torturous as it has been at some points in my life to be Lizzie McGuire, I think that when that show came out, it was such a part of who I was, I didn’t feel like I was playing a part. The writers all knew me so well and were writing things that were hap-pening in my life and things that I would say, and I was dressing exactly like I wanted. It was so me.

For whatever reason, that show grabbed people at a time in their life when they really needed her or related to her, so obviously I think I got a lot of fans from that who followed me into my mu-sic career. I’ve always been a very open and reachable person for them to relate to, but that’s one thing that has really tied us together and why I’ve kept fans for such a long time who have really followed my career and stuck by me and grown up with me.

GC: In what regard was being Lizzie McGuire “torturous”?

HD: I don’t think during the filming it was torturous. I loved it during the filming. I just didn’t know what a success the show was gonna be, and after that – four years, five years after that – and I was still Lizzie McGuire to people and that was super annoying. Now it’s not. I don’t care now. I’m grateful for it.

GC: What would Lizzie be like now as an adult?

HD: She’d be pretty rad. She would have stayed in school a little bit longer, and I feel like she’d be a sous chef or working at an architectural firm trying to make her way up but still fucking up at all times. (Laughs) I feel like she’d be cool – she wasn’t always a nerd! She was just, like, a nice girl. I feel like she’d still be that same way, but I think she would be getting drunk and do-ing normal things that everybody does.

GC: Is getting drunk a normal thing you do?

HD: Yeah, on occasion, of course. You gotta let your hair down every once in a while.

GC: After Lizzie McGuire, was it hard to make the next move?

Is it still hard to make the next move?

HD: It is hard. Instead of me trying to calculate how to do it and how to be successful at it – a lot of people chose different ways than I did, like Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen twins and even Miley Cyrus – I just chose to bow out for a minute.

GC: Why bow out?

HD: I really needed it personally. I grew up in the spotlight and on tour and with everyone just knowing me and knowing me a certain way. At some point I was like, “I don’t even know if I’m that person anymore, and I don’t even have the time to figure that out.” I was just making rec-ords and touring and making movies, and then doing it all over again. I basically did a cycle of that four times, and by the end of it, I was like, “I’m done. I don’t enjoy this anymore. I’m not who I wanna be.”

So, I just took a break. Everyone thought I was just absolutely nuts because I was really success-ful and making a lot of money.

And it was scary, because there was no guarantee that my career was still gonna be there. I think, personally, it was very healthy, and I’m proud of where I am now. My new record being top 5 on Billboard after working on it for eight years – I’m proud of that. I don’t need to be No. 1. I need to just do things that fulfill me and make me happy and hopefully connect with people at a certain level.

GC: Desperation is a dangerous road, isn’t it?

HD: Yeah. And having a child, too, puts a lot into perspective.

I’m definitely grateful to still have a spot, and I wanna be an actress too and do a show. I can’t be where I used to be. I just have to be who I am now and be grateful for that. It’s good. I’m happy.

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CALGARY Bars & Clubs (Gay) 3 Backlot------------------------------------- 403-265-5211  Open 7 days a week, 2pm-close

 209 - 10th Ave SW

4 Texas Lounge

 308 - 17 Ave SW  403-229-0911  Open 7 days a week, 11am-close

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6 Twisted Element

 1006 - 11th Ave SW  403-802-0230

 http:.//www.twistedelement.ca

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Dickens Pub------------------Bars and Clubs Flames Central---------------Bars and Clubs Local 522---------------------Bars and Clubs Ten Nightclub-----------------Bars and Clubs

13 The Pint-----------------------Bars and Clubs 15 The Blind Monk--------------Bars and Clubs

8 Cowboys Nightclub------------------------  421 12th Avenue SE  403-265-0699

 http://www.cowboysnightclub.com

A volunteer operated, non-profit organization serving primarily members of the LGBT communities but open to all members of all communities. Primary focus is to provide members with well-organized and fun sporting events and other activities.

9 Dickens Pub

 1000 9th Ave SW  info@dickenspub.ca

 http://www.dickenspub.ca

7 Broken City

 613 11th Ave SW  info@brokencity.ca

 http://www.brokencity.ca

 403-262-9976

 403-233-7550

• Western Cup 31

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http://www.westerncup.com

10 Flames Central----------------------------  219 8th Ave SW  403-935-2637

 http://www.flamescentral.com

• Badminton (Absolutely Smashing)

11 Local 522----------------------------------  522 6 Ave SW  403-244-6773

 http://www.localtavern.ca

• Boot Camp

12 Ten Nightclub

 1140 10th Ave SW

• Bowling (Rainbow Riders League)  403-457-4464

15 The Blind Monk---------------------------  918 12th Ave SW  403-265-6200  12thave@blindmonk.ca

 http://www.blindmonk.ca  Mon-Sun: 11am-2am  403-384-9777

14 Vinyl & Hyde (CLOSED)

 213 10 Ave SW

 http://www.vinylandhyde.com

 587-224-5200

 Let’s Bowl (2916 5th Avenue NE)  bowling@apollocalgary.com

• Curling

 North Hill Curling Club (1201 - 2 Street NW)  curling@apollocalgary.com

• Golf

• Lawn Bowling

• Outdoor Pursuits

Bathhouses/Saunas

Community Groups Alberta Society for Kink

 403-398-9968  masdenn@yahoo.com  http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/ group.albertasocietyforkink

Apollo Calgary - Friends in Sports

 Platoon FX, 1351 Aviation Park NE  bootcamp@apollocalgary.com

 lawnbowling@apollocalgary.com

5 Goliaths

 308 - 17 Ave SW  403-229-0911  www.goliaths.ca  Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day

 http://www.apollocalgary.com  http://www.myapollo.com

 6020 - 4 Avenue NE  badminton@apollocalgary.com

 golf@apollocalgary.com

13 The Pint

 1428 17th Ave SW  calgary@thepint.ca

 http://www.thepint.ca/calgary

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• Running (Calgary Frontrunners)

 YMCA Eau Claire (4th St, 1st Ave SW)  calgaryfrontrunners@shaw.ca East Doors (directly off the Bow river pathway). Distances vary from 8 km - 15 km. Runners from 6 minutes/mile to 9+ minute miles.

• Slow Pitch

 slow.pitch@apollocalgary.com

• Squash

 Mount Royal University Recreation  squash@apollocalgary.com All skill levels welcome.

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Calgary Events

At 3 Backlot

Mondays

 2nd

Alcoholics Anonymous--------------------  8pm

Alcoholics Anonymous--------------------  8pm

 Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW

Saturdays

Coffee------------------------------------ 10am

By Prime Timers Calgary  Midtown Co-op (1130 - 11th Ave SW)

Karaoke-----------------------------------  7pm

At 5 Goliaths

 Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW

ASK Meet and Greet----------------  7-9:30pm

Wednesdays

Fridays

Communion Service-----------------  12:10pm

Inside Out Youth Group---------------- 7-9pm

See

ISCCA BBQs--------------------------------Dinner

Student Night------------------------  6pm-6am

Worship Time---------------------------- 10am

At 5 Goliaths

Illusions-------------------------------  7-10pm

Tuesdays

Calgary Networking Club-------------- 5-7pm

Mosaic Youth Group--------------------  7-9pm

Womynspace---------------------------- 7-9pm

Worship------------------------------  10:30am

Beers for Queers--------------------------  6pm

Thursdays

New Directions-------------------------- 7-9pm

Sunday Services---------------------  10:45am

Student Night------------------------  6pm-6am

 Kerby Center, Sunshine Room 1133 7th Ave SW

Heading Out----------------------- 8pm-10pm

Worship Services------------------------- 11am

Alcoholics Anonymous--------------------  8pm

Church Service----------------------------  4pm

Buddy Night-------------------------  6pm-6am

 Bonasera (1204 Edmonton Tr. NE) See 1 Calgary Outlink

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YYC Badboys at 13 The Pint

At 5 Goliaths

At 3 Backlot

Knox United Church

 Old Y Centre (223 12th Ave SW)

Lesbian Seniors---------------------------  2pm

 3rd

Between Men--------------------------- 7-9pm Karaoke-------------------------  8pm-12:30am

Lesbian Meetup Group-------------  7:30-9pm

 2nd, 4th

At 4 Texas Lounge

ISCCA at 3 Backlot

See 1 Calgary Outlink

 tennis@apollocalgary.com

• Yoga

 Robin: 403-618-9642  yoga@apollocalgary.com

Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association (ARGRA)

 www.argra.org

• Monthly Dances

 Arrata Opera Centre (1315 - 7 Street SW)

Calgary Expo

 http://www.calgaryexpo.com

Calgary Gay Fathers

 calgaryfathers@hotmail.com  http://www.calgarygayfathers.ca Peer support group for gay, bisexual and questioning fathers. Meeting twice a month.

Calgary Men’s Chorus

 http://www.calgarymenschorus.org

• Rehearsals

 Temple B’Nai Tikvah, 900 - 47 Avenue SW

Calgary Sexual Health Centre

 304, 301 14th Street NW  403-283-5580  http://www.calgarysexualhealth.ca A pro-choice organization that believes all people have the right and ability to make their own choices regarding their sexual and reproductive health.

At 5 Goliaths

At 1 Calgary Outlink

 2nd

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 3rd  4th

 Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW

 1st

• Calgary Lesbian Ladies Meet up Group • Between Men and Between Men Online • Heading Out • Illusions Calgary • Inside Out • New Directions • Womynspace

Sundays See See See See See

Deer Park United Church Scarboro United Church Hillhurst United Church Knox United Church

Rainbow Community Church

Flashlight Night---------------------  6pm-6am At 5 Goliaths

Calgary Queer Book Club

 Weeds Cafe (1903 20 Ave NW)

Deer Park United Church/Wholeness Centre

 77 Deerpoint Road SE  http://www.dpuc.ca

• Telephone Support

 M-F, 8:30am - 12:30pm + 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Hillhurst United Church

 1227 Kensington Close NW  (403) 283-1539  office@hillhurstunited.com  http://www.hillhurstunited.com

HIV Peer Support Group

 403-230-5832  hivpeergroup@yahoo.ca

 403-278-8263

Different Strokes

 http://www.differentstrokescalgary.org

FairyTales Presentation Society

 403-244-1956

 http://www.fairytalesfilmfest.com Alberta Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

• DVD Resource Library

Over a hundred titles to choose from. Annual membership is $10.

Gay Friends in Calgary

 http://www.gayfriendsincalgary.ca Organizes and hosts social activities catered to the LGBT people and friends.

Girl Friends

 girlfriends@shaw.ca

 members.shaw.ca/girlfriends

• Peer Support and Crisis Line

2 HIV Community Link----------------------  110, 1603 10th Avenue SW  403-508-2500  1-877-440-2437  http://www.hivcl.org

Girlsgroove

 http://www.girlsgroove.ca

ISCCA Social Association

 http://www.iscca.ca Imperial Sovereign Court of the Chinook Arch. Charity fundraising group..

Knox United Church

 506 - 4th Street SW  403-269-8382  http://www.knoxunited.ab.ca Knox United Church is an all-inclusive church located in downtown Calgary. A variety of facility rentals are also available for meetings, events and concerts.

Lesbian Meetup Group

 http://www.meetup.com/CalgaryLesbian Monthly events planned for Queer women over 18+ such as book clubs, games nights, movie nights, dinners out, and volunteering events.

Miscellaneous Youth Network

 http://www.miscyouth.com

• Fake Mustache • Mosaic Youth Group

 The Old Y Centre (223 12th Ave SW) For queer and trans youth and their allies.

Mystique

 mystiquesocialclub@yahoo.com Mystique is primarily a Lesbian group for women 30 and up but all are welcome.

• Coffee Night

 Good Earth Cafe (1502 - 11th Street SW)

NETWORKS

 networkscalgary@gmail.com A social, cultural, and service organization for the mature minded and “Plus 40” LGBT individuals seeking to meet others at age-appropriate activities within a positive, safe environment.

Parents for Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

 Sean: 403-695-5791  http://www.pflagcanada.ca A registered charitable organization that provides

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 Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW

Legend:  = Monthly Reoccurrance,  = Date (Range/Future),  = Sponsored Event

1 Calgary Outlink

 Old Y Centre (303 – 223, 12 Ave SW)  403-234-8973  info@calgaryoutlink.ca  http://www.calgaryoutlink.com  1-877-OUT-IS-OK (1-877-688-4765) Front-line help service for GLBT individuals and their family and friends, or anyone questioning their sexuality.

 1st

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• Tennis

 2nd

See 1 Calgary Outlink

Uniform Night-----------------------  6pm-6am

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support, education and resources to parents, families and individuals who have questions or concerns about sexual orientation or gender identity.

Positive Space Committee

 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW  403-440-6383  http://www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace Works to raise awareness and challenge the patterns of silence that continue to marginalize LGBTTQ individuals.

Pride Calgary Planning Committee

 403-797-6564

 www.pridecalgary.ca

Primetimers Calgary

 primetimerscalgary@gmail.com  http://www.primetimerscalgary.com Designed to foster social interaction for its members through a variety of social, educational and recreational activities. Open to all gay and bisexual men of any age, respects whatever degree of anonymity that each member desires.

Queers on Campus-------------------------

 279R Student Union Club Spaces, U of C  403-220-6394  http://www.ucalgary.ca/~glass Formerly GLASS - Gay/Lesbian Association of Students and Staff.

• Coffee Night

 2nd Cup, Kensington

Safety Under the Rainbow

 www.sutr.ca A collaborative effort dedicated to building capacity and acting as a voice for the LGBTQ community, service providers, organizations and the community at large to address violence. For same-sex domestic violence information, resources and a link to our survey please see our website.

Scarboro United Church

 134 Scarboro Avenue SW  403-244-1161  www.scarborounited.ab.ca An affirming congregation—the full inclusion of LGBT people is essential to our mission and purpose.

Sharp Foundation

 403-272-2912  sharpfoundation@nucleus.com  http://www.thesharpfoundation.com

Spectrum Volleyball Calgary

 http://www.spectrumvolleyball.ca  spectrumvolleyball@gmail.com Join us for recreational, competitive or beach volleyball.

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Directory & Events  Calgary Contd.

Unity Bowling

 http://www.cruiseline.ca Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY.

Wild Rose United Church

 810 Edmonton Trail NE  403-290-1973 Cuts, Colour, Hilights.

 Let’s Bowl (2916 - 5th Ave NE)  sundayunity@live.com

DevaDave Salon & Boutique

 1317-1st Street NW

Restaurants & Pubs

Stagewest-----------------------------------

 727 - 42 Avenue SE  403-243-6642  http://www.stagewestcalgary.com

Ellen Embury

 403-750-1128  www.DBBlaw.com Fellow, American Academy of Reproductive Technology Attorneys

10 Flames Central---------------------------- See Calgary - Bars & Clubs (Mixed).

13 The Pint See Calgary - Bars & Clubs (Mixed).

Hardline

Adult Depot (CLOSED)

 Calgary: 403-770-0776

 Edmonton: 780-665-6666  Other Cities: 1-877-628-9696  http://www.hardlinechat.com Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY.

Adult Source--------------------------------

 12 Deerview Terrace SE  403-879-1967  http://www.canyonmeadows.net

Retail Stores

 140, 58th Ave SW  403-258-2777 Gay, bi, straight video rentals and sex toys.

 10210 Macleod Tr S  403-271-7848

 #102 2323 32nd Ave NE  403-769-6177

 1536 16th Ave NW  403-289-4203

 4310 17th Ave SE  403-273-2710

 http://www.adultsourcecalgary.ca

Third Street Theatre

 #3 306 20th Ave SW 

http://www.thirdstreet.ca

Vertigo Mystery Theatre--------------------

Hot Water Pools & Spas

 812 11 Ave SW  403-263-6500  http://www.webstergalleries.com

 T-S: 10am-6pm, N: 1-4pm

Webster Galleries Inc.

EDMONTON

Lorne Doucette (CIR Realtors)

 403-461-9195  http://www.lornedoucette.com

La Fleur

MFM Communications

 403-543-6970  1-877-543-6970  http://www.mfmcommunications.com Web site hosting and development. Computer hardware and software.

The Naked Leaf----------------------------

 #4 - 1126 Kensington Rd NW  403-283-3555  http://www.thenakedleaf.ca Organic teas and tea ware.

NRG Support Services

Priape Calgary (CLOSED)

 Suite 27, Building B1, 2451 Dieppe Ave SW

 403-471-0204  780-922-3347  nrg@shaw.ca  http://www.nrgsupportservices.com

 1322 - 17 Ave SW  403-215-1800  http://www.priape.com Clothing and accessories. Adult toys, leather wear, movies and magazines. Gifts.

SafeWorks

Pushing Petals

Free and confidential HIV/AIDS and STI testing.

 1209 5th Ave NW  403-263-3070  http://www.pushingpetals.com

Bars & Clubs (Gay) 3 Buddy’s Nite Club

 11725 Jasper Ave

FLASH (CLOSED)

 10018 105 Street  flashnightclub@hotmail.com

 633 10th Ave SW  403-239-5511  http://www.6thandtenth.com

 M-W: 12-6pm, R: 2-7pm, S-N: 12-5pm

 4th Floor, Jasper Ave and 107th Street 4 Woody’s

 11725 Jasper Ave

Barry Hollowell

Bars & Clubs (Mixed)

Calgary Civil Marriage Centre

These venues regularly host LGBT events.

Hooliganz Pub (CLOSED)

ATP, Alberta Theatre Projects

 403-294-7402

 http://www.ATPlive.com

Fairytales

Craig Connell (Maxwell Realtors)

See Calgary - Community Groups.

Cruiseline

 Big Secret Theatre - EPCOR CENTRE  403-299-8888  www.oyr.org

One Yellow Rabbit--------------------------

Edmonton Illusions Social Club

 780-387-3343

 groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions 2 Edmonton STD

 11111 Jasper Ave

Edmonton Vocal Minority

 780-479-2038  www.evmchoir.com

 sing@evmchoir.com

Fellowship of Alberta Bears

 www.beefbearbash.com

GLBTQ Sage Bowling Club

 780-474-8240

 tuff@shaw.ca

HIV Network Of Edmonton Society--------

 9702 111 Ave NW 780-488-5742  www.hivedmonton.com Provides healthy sexuality education for Edmonton’s LGBT community and support for those infected or affected

by HIV.

 http://www.iscwr.ca

Bathhouses/Saunas 5 Steamworks

 11745 Jasper Ave  780-451-5554  http://www.steamworksedmonton.com

Community Groups

Theatre & Fine Arts

 403-253-5678  http://www.maxwellrealty.com/craigconnell

Edmonton Rainbow Business Association

 3379, 11215 Jasper Ave  780-429-5014  http://www.edmontonrba.org Primary focus is the provision of networking opportunities for LGBT owned or operated and LGBT-friendly businesses in the Edmonton region.

8 Yellowhead Brewing Co.

 10229 105 St  info@yellowheadbrewery.com  http://www.yellowheadbrewery.com

Wheel Pro’s

 3rd Floor, 1131 Kensington Road NW  403-571-5120  http://www.courtneyaarbo.ca GLBT legal services.

Edmonton Prime Timers

 edmontonpt@yahoo.ca  www.primetimersww.org/edmonton Group of older gay men and their admirers who come from diverse backgrounds but have common social interests.

Affiliated with Prime Timers World Wide.

• Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre

 4143- Edmonton Trail NE  403-226-7278  http://www.wheelpros.ca “Experts in Everything for Wheels”

Courtney Aarbo (Barristers & Solicitors)

Edmonton Pride Festival Society (EPFS)

 http://www.edmontonpride.ca

 inqueeries@gmail.com Student-run GLBTQ Alliance at MacEwan University.

 403-850-3755  Sat-Thu: 8pm-12am, Fri: 4pm-12am

 403-808-7147

Edmonton Expo

 http://www.edmontonexpo.com

7 The Starlite Room

 10030 102 St contact@starliteroom.ca  http://www.starliteroom.ca

• Safeworks Van

Christopher T. Tahn (Thornborough Smeltz)

Camp fYrefly

 7-104 Dept. of Educational Policy Studies Faculty of Education, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5  http://www.fyrefly.ualberta.ca

 10704 124 St NW

 1213 - 4th Str SW  403-955-6014  Sat-Thu: 4:15pm-7:45pm, Fri: Closed

 403-246-4134 (Rork Hilford)  MarriageCommissioner@shaw.ca Marriage Commissioner for Alberta (aka Justice of the Peace - JP), Marriage Officiant, Commissioner for Oaths.

 780-488-6557

Buck Naked Boys Club

 780-471-6993  http://www.bucknakedboys.ca Naturism club for men—being social while everyone is naked, and it does not include sexual activity. Participants do not need to be gay, only male.

• Centre of Hope

 Room 201, 420 - 9th Ave SE  403-410-1180  Mon-Fri: 1pm-5pm

 403-819-5219  http://www.bcbhcounselling.com

 780-938-2941

UpStares Ultralounge (CLOSED)

 Room 117, 423 - 4th Ave SE  403-699-8216  Mon-Fri: 9am-12pm, Sat: 12:15pm-3:15pm

Services & Products

 780-488-6636

6 Evolution Wonder Lounge

 10220 - 103 St  780-424-0077  http://www.yourgaybar.com

• Calgary Drop-in Centre

6th and Tenth - Sales Centre

 403-703-4750

 161, 115 - 9 Ave SE  403-221-3708  http://www.vertigomysterytheatre.com

 403-355-3335  http://www.interactivemale.com

 403-266-1707 Florist and Flower Shop.

www.gaycalgary.com

 Theatre Junction GRAND, 608 1st St. SW  403-205-2922  info@theatrejunction.com  http://www.theatrejunction.com

Interactive Male

Best Health

 Calgary: 403-777-9494

 Edmonton: 780-413-7122  Other Cities: 1-877-882-2010

Theatre Junction----------------------------

Holiday Retirement

 2145 Summerfield Blvd  403-912-2045  http://www.hotwaterpoolsandspas.ca

 206A 2525 Woodview Dr SW  403-281-5582  besthealthcalgary@hotmail.com  http://www.besthealthcalgary.com

 11650 Elbow Dr SW  ctahn@thornsmeltz.com  http://www.thornsmeltz.com

Pumphouse Theatre------------------------

 2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW  403-263-0079  http://www.pumphousetheatres.ca

AltView Foundation

 #44, 48 Brentwood Blvd, Sherwood Park, AB

 403-398-9968  info@altview.ca  http://ww.altview.ca For gender variant and sexual minorities.

Book Worm’s Book Club

 Howard McBride Chapel of Chimes 10179 - 108 Street  bookworm@teamedmonton.ca

InQueeries

Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose

Living Positive Society of Alberta

 #50, 9912 - 106 Street 780-424-2214  living-positive@telus.net  http://www.facebook.com/LivingPoz Living Positive through Positive Living.

• HIV Support Group

 huges@shaw.ca, curtis@optionssexualhealth.ca Support and discussion group for gay men.

Men’s Games Nights

 Unitarian Church (10804 119th Street)

 780-474-8240  tuff@shaw.ca

OUTreach

 University of Alberta, basement of SUB  outreach@ualberta.ca  http://www.ualberta.ca/~outreach Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender/transsexual, Queer, Questioning and Straight-but-not-Narrow student group.

Pride Centre of Edmonton-----------------

 10608 - 105 Ave  780-488-3234  admin@pridecentreofedmonton.org  http://www.pridecentreofedmonton.org  Tue-Fri 12pm-9pm, Sat 2pm-6:30pm

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1 Pride Centre of Edm.---- Community Groups 2 Edmonton STD---------- Community Groups

Edmonton Events Boot Camp------------------------------ 7-8pm See

Team Edmonton

TTIQ------------------------------------- 7-9pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

 3rd

HIV Support Group--------------------- 7-9pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

 2nd

QH Youth Drop-in---------------------- 3-8pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

Martial Arts---------------------  7:30-8:30pm Team Edmonton

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3 Buddy’s-----------------------Bars and Clubs 4 Woody’s-----------------------Bars and Clubs

5 Steamworks----------------------Bathhouses 6 Evolution----------------------Bars and Clubs

7 The Starlite Room------------Bars and Clubs 8 Yellowhead Brewing Co.-----Bars and Clubs

Youth Sports/Recreation-----------------  4pm

Women’s Social Circle------------------ 6-9pm

QH Youth Drop-in------------------  2-6:30pm

Counseling----------------------  5:30-8:30pm

Book Club-----------------------------  7:30pm

Monthly Meeting----------------------  2:30pm

Knotty Knitters-------------------------- 6-8pm

Martial Arts---------------------  7:30-8:30pm

QH Craft Night-------------------------- 6-8pm

Intermediate Volleyball--------  7:30-9:30pm

Cycling---------------------------  6:30-7:30pm

Fridays

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See

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Yoga---------------------------------  7:30-8pm See

Team Edmonton

Thursdays

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See See See

 2nd, 4th

BookWorm’s Book Club

 3rd

Team Edmonton Team Edmonton

QH Youth Drop-in---------------------- 3-8pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

QH Anime Night------------------------ 6-8pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

Movie Night----------------------------- 6-9pm

Youth Sports/Recreation-----------------  4pm

Men’s Games Nights--------------  7-10:30pm

GLBTQ Bowling------------------  1:30-3:30pm

QH Game Night------------------------ 6-8pm

Youth Sports/Recreation-----------------  4pm

QH Youth Drop-in---------------------- 3-8pm

Swim Practice--------------------------- 7-8pm

Saturdays

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Team Edmonton

See

Wednesdays See

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

GLBTQ Sage Bowling Club

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

Youth Understanding Youth

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See

Team Edmonton

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See See

Men’s Games Nights

Youth Understanding Youth

• TTIQ

• Counselling

• Women’s Social Circle

Come knit and socialize in a safe and accepting environment - all skill levels are welcome.

• Men Talking with Pride

 robwells780@hotmail.com Support & social group for gay & bisexual men to discuss current issues.

• Movie Night

Movie Night is open to everyone! Come over and sit back, relax, and watch a movie with us.

• Queer HangOUT: Game Night

Come OUT with your game face on and meet some awesome people through board game fun.

• Queer HangOUT: Craft Night

Come OUT and embrace your creative side in a safe space.

• Queer HangOUT: Anime Night

Come and watch ALL the anime until your heart is content.

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Team Edmonton

Sundays See

Team Edmonton

Yoga---------------------------------  2-3:30pm See

Team Edmonton

Men Talking with Pride---------------- 7-9pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

Ballroom Dancing--------------  7:30-8:30pm See

Team Edmonton

Soul Outing-------------------------------  7pm

 Robertson-Wesley United (10209 123 St)

 2nd

Monthly Meetings---------------------  2:30pm  2nd

 2nd

Legend:  = Monthly Reoccurrance,  = Date (Range),  = Sponsored Event

We provide a safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental drop-in space, and offer support programs and resources for members of the GLBTQ community and for their families and friends.

• Knotty Knitters

 2nd

Bowling-----------------------------------  5pm

 Unitarian Church (10804 119th Street) See Edmonton Primetimers

Buck Naked Boys Club

 Edmonton Contd.

 780.488.3234 Free, short-term counselling provided by registered counsellors.

 2nd, Last

Naturalist Gettogether See

By Edmonton Primetimers  Unitarian Church, 10804 - 119th Street

Running------------------------------  10-11am

QH Youth Drop-in---------------------- 3-8pm

Swim Practice-------------------  7:30-8:30pm

See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton

A support and information group for all those who fall under the transgender umbrella and their family or supporters.  andrea@pridecentreofedmonton.org Women’s Social Circle: A social support group for all female-identified persons over 18 years of age in the GLBT community - new members are always welcome.

Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton

 780-474-8240

 tuff@shaw.ca

Team Edmonton

 president@teamedmonton.ca  http://www.teamedmonton.ca Members are invited to attend and help determine the board for the next term. If you are interested in running for the board or getting involved in some of the committees, please contact us.

• Badminton (Mixed)

 St. Thomas Moore School, 9610 165 Street

 coedbadminton@teamedmonton.ca New group seeking male & female players.

• Badminton (Women’s)

 Oliver School, 10227 - 118 Street  780-465-3620

 badminton@teamedmonton.ca

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Women’s Drop-In Recreational Badminton. $40.00 season or $5.00 per drop in.

• Gymnastics, Drop-in

•Ballroom Dancing

 Foot Notes Dance Studio, 9708-45 Avenue NW  Cynthia: 780-469-3281

 Ortona Gymnastics Club, 8755 - 50 Avenue  gymnastics@teamedmonton.ca Have the whole gym to yourselves and an instructor to help you achieve your individual goals. Cost is $5.00 per session.

• Blazin’ Bootcamp

• Hockey

 Garneau Elementary School 10925 - 87 Ave  bootcamp@teamedmonton.ca

 hockey@teamedmonton.ca

• Martial Arts

 Ed’s Rec Room (West Edmonton Mall)

 bowling@teamedmonton.ca $15.00 per person.

 15450 - 105 Ave (daycare entrance)  780-328-6414  kungfu@teamedmonton.ca  kickboxing@teamedmonton.ca Drop-ins welcome.

• Cross Country Skiing

• Outdoor Pursuits

• Bowling (Northern Titans)

 crosscountry@teamedmonton.ca

• Curling with Pride

 Granite Curling Club, 8620 107 Street NW  curling@teamedmonton.ca

• Cycling (Edmonton Prideriders)

 Dawson Park, picnic shelter  cycling@teamedmonton.ca

• Dragon Boat (Flaming Dragons)

 dragonboat@teamedmonton.ca

• Golf

 outdoorpursuits@teamedmonton.ca

• Running (Arctic Frontrunners)

 Kinsmen Sports Centre  running@teamedmonton.ca All genders and levels of runners and walkers are invited to join this free activity.

• Slo Pitch

 Parkallen Field, 111 st and 68 ave  slo-pitch@teamedmonton.ca Season fee is $30.00 per person. $10 discount for players from the 2008 season.

 golf@teamedmonton.ca

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LGBT Coffee Night------------------------  7pm See

CAANS

 1st

Friday, August 15th

 Edmonton Contd.

• Snowballs V

 January 27-29, 2012  snowballs@teamedmonton.ca Skiing and Snowboarding Weekend.

• Soccer

 soccer@teamedmonton.ca

• Spin

 MacEwan Centre for Sport and Wellness 109 St. and 104 Ave  Wednesdays, 5:45-6:45pm Season has ended.  spin@teamedmonton.ca 7 classes, $28.00 per registrant.

• Swimming (Making Waves)

 NAIT Pool (11762 - 106 Street)  swimming@teamedmonton.ca  http://www.makingwavesswimclub.ca

• Tennis

 Kinsmen Sports Centre  Sundays, 12pm-3pm

 tennis@teamedmonton.ca

• Ultimate Frisbee

 Sundays Summer Season starts July 12th  ultimatefrisbee@teamedmonton.ca E-mail if interested.

• Volleyball, Intermediate

 Amiskiwacy Academy (101 Airport Road)  volleyball@teamedmonton.ca

• Volleyball, Recreational

 Mother Teresa School (9008 - 105 Ave)  recvolleyball@teamedmonton.ca

• Women’s Lacrosse

 Sharon: 780-461-0017  Pam: 780-436-7374 Open to women 21+, experienced or not, all are welcome.

Call for info.

• Yoga

 Lion's Breath Yoga Studio (10350-124 Street)  yoga@teamedmonton.ca

Womonspace

 780-482-1794  womonspace@gmail.com  http://www.womonspace.ca Women’s social group, but all welcome at events.

Youth Understanding Youth

 780-248-1971  www.yuyedm.ca A support and social group for queer youth 12-25.

• Sports and Recreation

 Brendan: 780-488-3234  brendan@pridecentreofedmonton.org

Restaurants & Pubs 12 Woody’s See Edmonton - Bars & Clubs (Gay).

Retail Stores Passion Vault

 15239 - 111 Ave  780-930-1169  pvault@telus.net “Edmonton’s Classiest Adult Store”

Products & Services Cruiseline

LETHBRIDGE

 780-413-7122 trial code 3500  http://www.cruiseline.ca Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY.

Robertson-Wesley United Church

 10209 - 123 St. NW  780-482-1587  jravenscroft@rwuc.org  www.rwuc.org  Worship: Sunday mornings at 10:30am People of all sexual orientations welcome. Other LGBT events include a monthly book club and a bi-monthly film night. As a caring spiritual community, we’d love to have you join us!

• Soul OUTing

 Second Sunday every month, 7pm An LGBT-focused alternative worship.

• Film Night

 Bi-monthly, contact us for exact dates.

• Book Club

 Monthly, contact us for exact dates.

Theatre & Fine Arts

Community Groups GALA/LA

 356 - 2 Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB  403-527-5882  1-877-440-2437

• Monthly Dances

 M-F, 8:30am - 12:30pm + 1:30pm - 4:30pm

 Henotic (402 - 2 Ave S) Bring your membership card and photo ID.

• Monthly Potluck Dinners

 McKillop United Church, 2329 - 15 Ave S GALA/LA will provide the turkey...you bring the rest. Please bring a dish to share that will serve 4-6 people, and your own beverage.

• Support Line

 403-308-2893  Monday OR Wednesday, 7pm-11pm Leave a message any other time.

• Friday Mixer

Exposure Festival

The Roxy Theatre (closed)

 University of Lethbridge GBLTTQQ club on campus.

 10708 124th Street, Edmonton AB  780-453-2440  http://www.theatrenetwork.ca

BANFF Community Groups HIV Community Link

 102 Spray Ave  PO Box 3160, Banff, AB T1L 1C8  403-762-0690

JASPER Accommodations Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge

 Old Lodge Road  1-866-540-4454  http://www.fairmont.com/jasper

Community Groups Jasper Pride Festival

 PO Box 98, 409 Patricia St., T0E 1E0

 contact@jasperpride.ca  http://www.jasperpride.ca

• Telephone Support

ALBERTA Community Groups Alberta Trans Support/Activities Group

 http://www.albertatrans.org A nexus for transgendered persons, regardless of where they may be on the continuum.

Theatre & Fine Arts Alberta Ballet

 http://www.albertaballet.com Frequent productions in Calgary and Edmonton.

Gay & Lesbian Integrity Assoc. (GALIA)

 galia@uleth.ca

• Movie Night

 Room C610, University of Lethbridge

Gay Youth Alliance Group

 Betty, 403-381-5260  bneil@chr.ab.ca  Every second Wednesday, 3:30pm-5pm

Lethbridge Expo

 http://www.lethbridgeexpo.com

Lethbridge HIV Connection

 1206 - 6 Ave S

PFLAG Canada

 1-888-530-6777

 lethbridgeab@pflagcanada.ca  www.pflagcanada.ca

Pride Lethbridge

 lethbridgepridefest@gmail.com

RED DEER Community Groups

Whistlers Inn

 105 Miette Ave  1-800-282-9919  info@whistlersinn.com  http://www.whistlersinn.com

Community Groups HIV Community Link

 403-308-2893  http://www.galalethbridge.ca Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge and Area.

 The Mix (green water tower) 103 Mayor Magrath Dr S  Every Friday at 10pm

 http://www.exposurefestival.ca Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival.

MEDICINE HAT

Central Alberta AIDS Network Society

 4611-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB  http://www.caans.org The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society is the local charity responsible for HIV prevention and support in Central Alberta.

CANADA Community Groups Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition

 P..O. Box 3043, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3S9  (306) 955-5135  1-800-955-5129  http://www.rainbowhealth.ca

Egale Canada

 8 Wellington St E, Third Floor Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1C5  1-888-204-7777  www.egale.ca Egale Canada is the national advocacy and lobby organization for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transidentified people and our families.

Products & Services Squirt

 http://www.squirt.org Website for dating and hook-ups. 18+ ONLY!

Theatre & Fine Arts Broadway Across Canada

 http://www.broadwayacrosscanada.ca

OUTtv

 http://www.outtv.ca GLBT Television Station.

LGBTQ Education

 LGBTQeducation@hotmail.ca  http://LGBTQeducation.webs.com Red Deer (and area) now has a website designed to bring various LGBTQ friendly groups/individuals together for fun, and to promote acceptance in our communities.

Pride on Campus

 rdcprideoncampus@gmail.com A group of LGBTQ persons and Allies at Red Deer College.

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Come on down to the Backlot the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a no-cover Fetish party. Upcoming dates are November 13, December 11th, etc. You can dress up in Leather, Latex, cuffs, collars, or just your skivvies. Have the conversation you like without offending a vanilla in sight. The Backlot supports and promotes the alternative lifestyles of Calgary so feel free to express your KINK!

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Internet

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Everyone deserves the wedding they’ve always dreamed of with the person they love! Call us for a quote today 403.254.9754 Email: magicalmusic@shaw.ca Website: www.magicalmusicdjs.com

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Studio with free parking. Deep Tissue and Relaxation. Licensed, Professional.

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Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American Made. Installation Included.

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GayCalgary Magazine is looking for salespeople, graphic designers, and writers in Calgary or Edmonton. For more info, contact: magazine@gaycalgary.com 403-543-6960

Does your business need a professional cleaner? Steve is bonded/Insured. Flexible prices and brings all his own supplies. Steve is a part of the LGBT Community and has been cleaning for over 5 years in Calgary.

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Consulting

hilford@shaw.ca • 403-246-4134

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Erotic Massage

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Cleaning

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Call for rates. Kevin 403-797-6336

It’s not about special treatment. You can’t assume the LGBT person, or the straight person will follow the pack anymore. The LGBT market is becoming more and more aware of what organizations support them, and which ones don’t, ultimately sending them away from businesses and communities that do not recognize them or their lifestyle. Does your staff need LGBT sensitivity training? Want to attract the market but unsure how to proceed?

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Secure Quiet 9 suite building. 1/2 block to Blue Chairs Beach. On site English speaking Manager. Contact Rob - rburla21@gmail.com

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