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TIFF has a history of raising gay filmmakers . . . but this year has some doozies. required to find films of interest, but through social media and a mountain of press releases, the fest is opening up and it feels simpler to bite into. Organizers are even shutting down King Street (between University and Peter) to create “Festival Street,” a pedestrian-only zone they hope will make it easier to hang out in the area, catch a celebrity or two and stumble into a movie. I’m completely biased, but I’ve found this year more exciting because of the queer content. There have been some great gay features in the past — holler, Blue Is the Warmest Colour — and the festival does have a history of raising gay filmmakers through the machine (John Greyson, Robert Lepage, Patricia Rozema, Xavier Dolan, Bruce LaBruce), but this year has some doozies. On
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Kinnon Ross MacKinnon Well done, good man [“Trans Man MacKinnon Lifts Way to Victory,” dailyxtra.com, Aug 15]. You have guts, strength and courage in abundance. GEOFF CHAULK DAILYXTRA.COM
MichFest Fox’s article seems to be missing or at least not discussing some of the issues raised by these women [“Is the Trans Tide Finally Turning on MichFest?” dailyxtra.com, Aug 9]. She should have discussed why MichFest was founded. Note that 38 years ago lesbian and gay rights were far behind what we have achieved today. Introduce the pains and progress from that time of trans persons, noting the lack of understanding back then and how there has been progress — not enough. There is a need for the LGBTI community to find a place for all. PAULA KEY DAILYXTRA.COM
It doesn’t surprise me that so many male-to-female transgender persons (including those who identify as lesbian after their transition) decide to keep their “lady stick” rather than have vaginoplasty. After all, the penis is a powerful sexual organ that is capable of giving and receiving so much sexual pleasure. Why give up that power and that pleasure — especially if you don’t hate it? GARMOAN DAILYXTRA.COM
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My earliest memory of the Toronto International Film Festival is when Madonna came to Toronto with her then-husband Guy Ritchie in support of his film Revolver. She wore a cast. I can’t tell you what other films were screening that year . . . and now that I think of it, I can barely tell you what films screened most any year. As much as I love moving pictures, TIFF has always been lost on me. Maybe it’s the sudden hike in celebrity-chasing tourists around the city or the feeling of not being able to easily access the feature films and get seats. I’m not sure why, but it’s not my bag. This year is different. TIFF has adopted the tag line “This is your film festival” — to give the Toronto public the feeling that it’s as much for them as it is for die-hard film buffs and media. Festival organizers have tried to make the 2014 edition easier to get to. There’s still a fair amount of research
page 16, you’ll find a select list of our festival picks; the subject matter is as broad as an opening-night red carpet. And be sure to check out dailyxtra.com throughout the festival for up-to-the minute coverage and interviews from our stellar video team. Looking over the new crop automatically makes me think back on my favourite gay films and wonder, Will they stand the test of time? Will they have an impact? The movies that had an impact on me as a teenager affected who I am today. I remember watching films over and over and over again (do kids still do that?), and their lessons, costumes, soundtracks and characters really stuck. I’ll never forget watching Midnight Cowboy late at night when everyone else had gone to bed; Jon Voight was such a hunk. David Bowie and his spandex in Labyrinth made me rethink the meaning of cool. He-Man and Masters of the Universe had everything for me: He-Man, come to life via Dolph Lundgren in a loincloth, and Meg Foster as Evil-Lyn? It was so sexy and nerdy and dangerous. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, with its spells and diamond tassels, made me believe that a freak in a small town could make things work on her own terms. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar changed everything: Hunks in drag? Self-empowerment? Doubt? In and out of closets? This was my favourite road-trip flick. Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion was a film I bonded over with friends. It was for sleepovers and first tastes of alcohol in my parents’ basement. It had the two-part soundtrack, which was an education in the lesser-known hits of the 1980s. Then came Sister Act, with its music and the nuns whom I could relate to in so many different ways. It made me want to sing out loud. It made me want to join gospel choir groups (which I later did) and create four-part harmonies in my room. With the exception of Midnight Cowboy, most of these films are seen as fluff — not-quite classics. But that doesn’t matter; it’s what you learn and take out of a movie that does. It takes a little effort, but check out tiff.net, find a few of the films we recommend and get out to the screenings. One of them might even change your life.
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British queer programming I disagree with the view that Canadian English-language TV is 100-percent heterosexual because producers are marketing the shows to American network TV and don’t want to deal with the gay-haters in the US [“The Rise of Queer Programming is a Decidedly British Trend,” dailyxtra. com, Aug 31]. There have always been more gay characters on US television than Canadian television. Furthermore, some of the most innovative, non-traditional gay characters (like those that are not just stereotypes) have been in recent US television shows. It’s really Canadian television that lags behind the US in terms of having television shows with innovative gay characters. DOUG K. DAILYXTRA.COM
VQFF and pro-Israel ad As a longtime supporter and attendee of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, I have to say I am deeply disappointed by this act of blatant discrimination [“Queer Film Festival Criticized for ProIsrael Program Ad (Update),” dailyxtra.com, Aug 18]. I never thought I would regret my years of support for the festival, but I now do. For a group whose mission is acceptance, love, peace and
understanding, this refusal to run an ad based on race, nationality or religion is shocking. VQFF: you fail. CLO DAILYXTRA.COM
QuAIA and other leftists keep trying to turn the LGBT community against gay-friendly Israel. They poison LGBT events like Pride and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival with their hateful protests and propaganda against Israel. In public and private forums, they viciously attack gay Jews and other gay people who support Israel. They constantly condemn Israel for defending itself against Hamas terrorists. Yet, those same leftists never condemn the horrible actions of Israel’s homophobic enemies in the Muslim world. DAVID C DAILYXTRA.COM
Kevin Beaulieu resigns While Toronto Queer Arts Festival (Queer West Fest) is not a supporter of QuAIA ideology and having some issues with Pride Toronto, I think Kevin Beaulieu deserves a modicum of respect from the Toronto gay community for pulling off one of the biggest and most successful Pride celebrations in the world this year. I wish him well in future endeavours. MICHEL F PARÉ DAILYXTRA.COM
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Powerlifting is all about math. Competitors complete a series of three lifts — squat, bench and deadlift — and their scores are based on the weight lifted in proportion to the athlete’s weight and age. The simplicity of the process appeals to Toronto powerlifter Kinnon Ross MacKinnon. “It’s very cut and dried,” he says. “If you aren’t strong enough, you won’t get the weight. If you are, you will.” MacKinnon, 28, is a trans man and competed last month at Gay Games 9 in Cleveland, Ohio. “It’s been awesome. In a more regular powerlifting contest, it can be more of a macho environment,” MacKinnon says. At the Gay Games, due in part to their trans inclusion policy, MacKinnon says he can feel like himself. “It definitely made me feel it was okay to be here.” He has never had any problems, but MacKinnon notes that the official powerlifting governing bodies lack any policies on trans competitors. “I think they probably just haven’t thought about it,” he says. “But without thinking about it they’re kind of excluding a whole population. I would like to work with them to create one, actually.” In the front room of the Old HANGIN’ OUT AT School Iron Gym, enormous men in singlets (“the regulars,” I’m told) strain against machines loaded with weights the size of manhole covers. Rock music drowns out the clank of plates making contact. The Gay Games competition is in the back, and it’s just as noisy. Contrary to the sport’s reputation, the crowd at the meet is exhibiting more wholesome camaraderie than hostile competition. “Make it happen!” someone shouts, and the crowd erupts in applause as a lifter comes out of a squat. When the next athlete fails to complete his lift, the spectators groan, commiserating. “You’ll get it next time,” someone calls out, sparking another round of applause.
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Above, Kinnon Ross MacKinnon competes at the Gay Games. Left, the cover of Xtra’s Hanlan’s Point issue, featuring MacKinnon at far left.
MacKinnon’s squat for the competition is clean; he registers a successful 352-pound lift. His short-term goal is 360 pounds, and he hopes to complete a 400-pound squat after that. Increasing weight is the key to success for powerlifters, and he is preparing for the provincial championships. “You have to get a certain total [weight]. I’m thinking in one year I can qualify.”
National-level powerlifting comes next, the last stop before the world championships. “Well, people say to dream big,” MacKinnon says, “but my life has always been rooted in reality.” His enthusiasm plays out. At the end of the 15-hour meet, he places first in his weight class, winning gold. Perhaps even more satisfying: he lifts 200 kilograms (2.78 times his body weight) in the deadlift, his personal favourite manoeuvre.
For the Toronto Women soccer team, the news that the women’s division in the sport had been cancelled at the Gay Games because of low registration numbers came as a shock, but the team took it as a challenge. As other individual female registrants had been seeded across mixed teams, the squad was the sole women-only entrant in the competition. “We were told at the last minute, but playing against the [men’s and mixed teams] has actually been a good experience,” says Jennifer Marion, a 34-year-old centre midfielder. “It’s helped our team to improve. Every single game, we’ve been better.” The competition, which included four days of matches, started out slow for the team with a series of hard losses, so the women agreed on a modest ambition: by the tournament’s end, they hoped to score a single goal. Their determination paid off. In one of the last games of the tournament, they put the ball in the net, securing a 1-0 victory over their opponents. Although the win wasn’t enough to place Toronto Women in the finals, a women-only gold-medal match was arranged with the cooperation of Games officials. The Toronto Women would play a team made up of all the other female players. With members from Canada, the United States, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Mexico, an aptly named Global FC team was formed. At the end of the game, Toronto Women were gold-medal winners with a 5-1 victory. The medals make an excellent souvenir, but for Marion and her girlfriend, Meghan Solc, the Gay Games are about much more. “In some ways, so often there is discrimination within sports for people who are LGBT,” says Solc, who is completing her residency in veterinary medicine in Akron, Ohio. “None of that exists on the field. It’s important to have a space where you can play.” “The Gay Games is just a place to be who you are and to play,” Marion says. “There are so many amazing athletes here that have faced a lot of discrimination on and off the field. At the Games, none of the other stuff matters.” Although the next Games are four years away, Marion and Solc are enthusiastic about participating. “Paris!” they shout, sparking a round of assent from the rest of the team. — Keph Senett XTRA! SEPT 4–17, 2014 7
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The ongoing revitalization of Church Street continues with the announcement that a new men’s apparel, grooming and fetish-wear shop — called The Men’s Room — is opening in the long vacant space above the bar Sailor. The Men’s Room is a new venture by Francis Gaudreault and Steven Palmer, partners in the successful Pitbull parties. The store is a separate company and is the pair’s first move into the retail world. “Right now, we’re still in the development process. We’re super excited to do it and see a new business come on to Church Street,” Gaudreault says. But rest assured that Gaudreault has no plans to abandon the popular Pitbull events. “We’re still going to be doing Pitbull, but we’re doing the two separately. We’ll be selling tickets to Pitbull out of The Men’s Room,” he says. Gaudreault says the new shop will fill a void on Church Street for people
looking for men’s fashion and grooming products. The store will sell a mix of high-quality, well-known brands that target the gay male market — such as Nasty Pig and CellBlock 13 — with a focus on up-and-coming designers from Toronto and elsewhere in Canada. The hope is that the new store will eventually become a hangout space as well. “We’re hoping to make it a very relaxed, casual space . . . to have a few couches set up, and all the publications are going to be in there,” Gaudreault says. “[We want] to make it not a quick come in, check out and go, but a place where people can hang out. We’re both very integrated into the Church Street community.” The Men’s Room will open in early October — almost a year to the day after the similar shop Priape shuttered all four of its locations across Canada, including the one on Church Street. The Men’s Room will be located at 465 Church St.
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Beaulieu resigns from Pride Toronto Kevin Beaulieu isn’t saying what’s next, but he is proud of what he’s done. Pride Toronto announced Aug 19 that Beaulieu, the executive director of Pride Toronto for the last three years, has resigned effective Aug 30. The successful completion of WorldPride provided Beaulieu with the perfect chance to make his exit from the organization. “We always knew that was going to be a really significant milestone,” he says, adding that he knew it would be a good opportunity to assess the future, for both him and the organization. Beaulieu remains tightlipped about his future plans, saying only that he will make them clear in the next few months. Before joining Pride Toronto, Beaulieu was active in city politics, running for the Ward 18 council seat in 2010 and working as Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam’s executive assistant. His political resumé gave rise to some Twitter speculation that he might throw his hat in the ring for the 2014 city council election. However, Beaulieu says politics aren’t in the cards — for now. “I have no plans
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Fuck like an Egyptian One of my favourite stories I’ve told in the two years we’ve been writing this column is about Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, noblemen (and possible lovers) from the Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who lived sometime around 2400 BCE. In that article, I mentioned a story called “The Two Divine Brothers,” referenced in a dinner scene depicted in the tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep. This was likely a song about the gods Seth and Horus, where the former attempted to seduce the latter after a banquet. While we don’t know the lyrics, the story it was probably based on is pure, filthy raunch. Seth, god of deserts and chaos, takes into his bed a young Horus and puts his erection between Horus’s legs. Horus catches Seth’s semen in his hands and takes it to show his mother, Isis. She reacts the way any reasonable mother would: she screams, cuts off his hand, throws it in the water and makes him a new one as an apology. Later, Horus goes to his mother and says Seth wants to sodomize him. Isis counsels her son to take Seth to bed and put his fingers between his buttocks to catch Seth’s seed, then bring it to her without letting it be touched by the sun. Isis throws some of Seth’s semen into a river and puts the rest on some lettuce she gives Seth to eat. When Seth boasts to the gods about fucking the younger deity, Horus denies it. To settle the claim, the gods call forth the seed, which rises from the river and from Seth’s forehead — a whole new dimension to the term “giving yourself a facial.” A single tomb, however, can’t tell us everything about the world Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep lived in. What else can we infer about attitudes toward homosexuality in ancient Egypt? For starters, the Book of the Dead was a funerary text placed in the tomb that included spells designed to preserve the body from demons and help the deceased navigate the afterlife. A section titled “The Protestation of Guiltlessness” was written as a declara-
While penetrating another man seems to have been frowned upon in ancient Egypt, homosexuality likely wasn’t forbidden outright. SISSYDUDE
tion to Osiris, the god of the afterlife, and 41 other gods, detailing deeds the deceased allegedly never had done: acts like murder, blaspheming, being loudmouthed and making someone else cry. Some refer specifically to homosexual acts, like the protestation that the deceased “did not sexually penetrate another male” or did not “unite oneself with an hm [effeminate male] or with a nkk [passive homosexual].” Others refer to sex acts outside marriage: “I have not committed fornication” or “I have not copulated [illicitly].” While engaging with a sexually passive male partner seems to have been considered less flattering before the gods, homosexuality wasn’t forbidden, and strict heterosexuality wasn’t something everyone could, apparently, claim. Another story that survives only in fragments discusses the exploits of King Neferkare, possibly the 22ndcentury-BCE Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare. A man named Tjeti is out alone one night when he spots the pharaoh walking. Tjeti thinks to himself, “If it is so, then the rumours about him going out at night are true.” He follows
Neferkare, who arrives at the house of General Sasenet, throws a brick after stamping with his foot, then climbs up a ladder that’s been lowered for him. “After his majesty had done that which he had wanted to do” at the general’s home, he returns to the palace, tailed by Tjeti. The pharaoh spends “four hours” with General Sasenet, which may be a satirical reference to the mythical nightly union of Ra, the sun god, and Osiris, which happens at the darkest hours of the night. These events repeat, with Tjeti following the pharaoh every night until the ruler returns to the palace. The point of the story is unclear from the fragments, but while ancient Egyptians were certainly concerned with heredity, family hierarchy and fertility, these stories don’t particularly condemn homosexuality. I take a great deal of comfort in the fact that even thousands of years ago, in an early, great civilization, queers — be they gods, pharaohs or mere mortals — were cruising. History Boys appears in every issue of Xtra. TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS
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Queer Caribbean tales TIFF isn’t the only game in town this September. The ninth annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival kicks off at the start of the month, with a collection of films that embody various aspects of Caribbean culture. This year, Richard Fung is the featured filmmaker in the festival’s Queer Spotlight, and he spoke with Xtra about his work and queer Caribbean representation. XTRA: How do both of your projects
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GAY FOR THE SIMPSONS Some of us were rebellious Barts, some were learned Lisas and some — probably more than would like to admit it — were Milhouses. When most of us first saw The Simpsons we were too young to grasp the social commentary, but we nonetheless found much to relate to in the popular cartoon. That is, except for Morris Fox. Growing up, he didn’t develop much of an affinity for the show. From creepy Smithers to John, the owner of the campy collectibles shop (the character voiced by John Waters), all Fox saw was gay stereotypes. It’s easy to imagine Fox sitting with a group of straight friends, grumbling to himself while they watch the show and laugh, his only satisfaction coming from his secret crush on Groundskeeper Willie. “He was so ripped,” Fox says wistfully. When Lindsay Cahill announced she was putting on a Simpsons-themed exhibit, called Homer’s Odyssey: A Simpsons Art Show, Fox saw his chance for revenge. Most of the 23 artists — who are contributing everything from poetry to video to fabric work — will be intensely fanboying and fangirling, but Fox is bringing balance to his universe by gaying up The Simpsons. His contribution is called I’m Gay for The Simpsons. It comprises a set MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM
of 13 trading cards, each with a unique illustration based on a scene from the show. There are 13 copies of each of the 13 cards, and they’ll be jumbled together and given out on opening night. “You’ll get packages and you won’t know what will be in them; like you might have five of the same and the rest different. My hope is that people will trade them to get complete sets,” Fox says. “[The illustrations themselves are] based on my experiences of growing up and being queer,” he says. “Like awkward moments where you have best friends and are suddenly like, ‘I think I love you’ and stuff like that.” So, in Fox’s illustrations you get things like Bart and Milhouse as dysfunctional lovers and the bullies looking at gay porn. Fox set out to get revenge, but The Simpsons may be getting some revenge of its own. “To do this project, I think I’ve rewatched 150 episodes, and I think I might be a fan now. It’s a lot funnier than when I originally watched it,” Fox says. — Jeremy Willard Homer’s Odyssey: A Simpsons Art Show opening night is Thurs, Sept 4, 7pm; the show runs until Sun, Sept 7, at Videofag, 187 Augusta Ave. videofag.com
RICHARD FUNG: I think I bring a queer and feminist lens to looking at the migration and transformation of dal puri. For instance, I was struck by how dal puri gave Indian women in the Caribbean the means to use “traditional” skills to gain economic independence. And the doc features my partner, Tim McCaskell, in a casual and normalized way . . . I think it’s good to see a samesex couple in a film not about sexuality.
Your short film Islands deals with the cinematic representation of Caribbean people and the ways otherness is pushed to periphery. What motivated the creation of that particular project?
Actually, two of my uncles were extras in the 1957 John Huston film Heaven Knows, Mr Allison. My ChineseTrinidadian uncles played Second
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World War Japanese soldiers, and Tobago was the setting for a Pacific island. It sums up my complicated relationship to Hollywood cinema: on the one hand, seduced by the cinematic pleasures and the glamour, but [also] resistant to the ideological machine that paints in broad strokes, misrepresents and stereotypes. Your feature Dal Puri Diaspora discusses the ways recipes travel and evolve as the result of globalization; Toronto is currently in the midst of a cross-fusion culinary boom. What are your thoughts on this movement?
Well, I certainly relish all that crosscultural mixing. Unfortunately, it’s
SUBWAY CINEMA September is film fest season, and that means celebrity sightings, red-carpet galas and, um, movies. But don’t worry if you don’t have the cash or the right thing to wear to Jean Dujardin’s big opening, because the Toronto Urban Film Festival has your back. Dress code? Casual. Price of admission? One TTC token. TUFF is showing one-minute silent films (83 of them from 16 countries) on subway-platform screens all over the city. And will that include queer content? You betcha. Filmmaker/choreographer Rebecca Reinhart’s Would You Babe is a sexy dance piece inspired by the difficult coming-out process of a friend. “To me, it was something so natural and beautiful,” Reinhart says, “but to some, it was something so odd and unknown. Being gay is something so new for many people in this world, yet it’s so simple and natural — and tied to our histories, whether some people want to admit it or not.” This year’s programming also includes a special spotlight on Wrik Mead. Mead will be screening selections from his film 1975, named for the year in which he had his first sexual experience. “This was a difficult year for me in many ways,” he says. Creating the film was a painstaking, year-long process, involving thousands of hand-drawn animations. “Because the animation is built by combining different figures performing simple acts and gestures with one another,
not always that well done. I notice, for instance, that many Asian restaurants distort their food towards the deep fried and overly sweet. So-called ethnic restaurants also typically represent a limited, codified version of what the cuisine has to offer. I’m not sure if restaurateurs are overly cautious or if Torontonians are actually that conservative, and will only stick to familiar dishes. — JP Larocque The Queer Spotlight at the Caribbean Tales festival is Fri, Sept 13, at 6:30pm, at the Royal Cinema, 608 College St. caribbeantales-events.com
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the combinations could conceivably be endless.” While both artists have chosen excerpts from some of their less-risqué work, it’s fun to know an early-morning commute could be interrupted by queer visuals. “It’s such a privilege to be shown to masses of people in one moment,” Reinhart says. Mead agrees: “They did not pay for a ticket or willingly choose to watch the films in TUFF,” he admits. “They are not even compelled to stay and watch any of them. But I suspect they will.” — Johnnie Walker TUFF runs Fri, Sept 5–Mon, Sept 15, on subway platforms around the city. torontourbanfilmfestival.com
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High School Confidential Pat Mills and the creative leaps that landed him at the Toronto International Film Festival JP LAROCQUE
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at Mills is confident, but he wasn’t always that way. “I was the new kid,” the filmmaker recalls. “When I moved to Toronto from Ottawa [in high school], I looked like a girl, and my name was Pat. I felt totally like a freak and I made no friends.” But times have certainly changed. Polished and well spoken, Mills has the dizzying energy of someone on the verge of a major breakthrough. When we meet in a bar in Leslieville in mid-August, he has spent the last few weeks feverishly commuting back and forth across town, putting the finishing touches on the dark comedy Guidance, his first feature film. It is slated to premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Since graduating from Ryerson University in 2002, Mills has established himself as an up-and-coming talent in the Canadian film and television industry. His short films have screened in various festivals around the world, and he has picked up a number of industry accolades for his screenwriting work, including recently winning the top prize at TIFF’s annual Pitch This! and the Best Comedy Screenplay award at the 2013 Austin Screenplay Competition. But Guidance represents a creative leap for the filmmaker, who not only wrote and directed the film, but stars in it as well. “In a certain regard, making this movie was an exercise in self-acceptance because I had low self-esteem as a young person,” Mills says. “I’ve always been really shy and a bit guarded — especially in the gay community. MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM
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So with this project, I was like, ‘I’m going to your typical coming-out story,” Mills says. get over all of my bullshit and expose myself “Usually in a gay film, there’s someone who’s completely to accept who I am as a person.’” gay and they’re not comfortable with it, and Guidance tells the story of a closeted forthen they meet this really hot guy who brings mer child actor who, after getting diagnosed them out, and everyone is happy. But that’s with skin cancer, fakes his credentials in not what life is ever like. order to become a counsellor at a local high “I wanted to tell a story about a coming-out school. Trafficking in a lot of dark subject process that wasn’t in a straight line and [is matter, the film derives much of its comedy about] a guy who accepts himself through from lead character David’s pathological trying to help teenagers and becomes comimmaturity and obsession with trying to fortable with who he is in the most zig-zaggy, recapture his supposed glory days. fucked-up way,” he says. As a former featured player on the 1980s In previous drafts of the script, Mills had Nickelodeon series You Can’t Do That on explored David’s sexuality in relationship Television, Mills drew some inspiration for to gender and trans issues, although he ulDavid from experiences in his own life. timately decided to take the character in “I created an alter ego that was based a different direction. Still, David struggles on my insecurities but that was also based with his own anatomy and its connection to on myself. I used to be a child actor. And I his overall identity. was really interested in the “He gets terrified when men psychology of what happens come on to him. He wants to reGUIDANCE Fri, Sept 5 & Sat, Sept 6 to child actors after they’ve treat to the comfort zone of teenScotiabank Theatre peaked professionally and . . . agers, and he wants to remove 259 Richmond St W [are] stuck in the past and in the failures in his life. And one tiff.net their previous successes. of them is his dick.” “You can see what happens The filmmaker is frank when to the kids who are groomed and told they’re connecting this particular part of David’s going to catapult into this fame and it never journey to his own. happens. I mean, for every Jodie Foster there “I have certainly felt in my own life where is a Dana Plato.” I have gone through long periods of sexual Part of the lead character’s journey in the drought. And there’s a point when you start film is also confronting his sexual identity, to feel a bit disassociated from your dick, a topic that Mills wanted to explore in a and you’re like, ‘Why do I have this? This is different way from how it is often handled just like an exit point for my urine. I’m at the in standard queer “coming out” narratives. prime of my life and this is supposed to be a “The entire movie is about denial and symbol of something bigger.’” self-medication, and it’s about a guy who is The filmmaker laughs. “Well, maybe not not comfortable with himself, but it’s not bigger.”
And although some writer-directors would be daunted by the idea of assuming the lead in their first feature, Mills says he was comfortable assuming different roles on set. “It was easier in a lot of ways because I didn’t have to communicate what I just knew firsthand, and not everybody gets me and my sense of humour. But it was also challenging because you’re not at the monitor.” Mills says he was able to avoid a lot of headaches through advance preparation done with his director of photography, Daniel Grant, and the executive producer on the film, Alyson Richards. Still, problems would crop up. “That’s the nature of it. And as a performer, you shouldn’t be taking on the stresses that a director takes on because it’s going to affect your performance. And people were trying to protect me from knowing certain information before a scene. But I’m quick . . . and so as a director, I’d find myself being very curious and asking a lot of questions.” And how does Mills feel about the finished project? “I definitely have walked away with a lot of confidence. With this film, I kinda feel like I did the hardest thing. You shoot a really lowbudget movie, you make it look really good for not a lot of money, and you put yourself in it; like, once you do that, you can pretty much do any kind of movie.” He pauses. “Although maybe I’m speaking too soon and will end up going crazy.” Check out dailyxtra.com for an exclusive interview with Pat Mills, as well as our extensive TIFF video coverage.
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STORIES OF OUR LIVES Directed by Anonymous
At first glance, the credits for Stories of Our Lives might indicate it’s a product of the international Guy Fawkes–masked hacktivist network. But the film, which profiles the lives of Kenyan LGBT citizens, is actually the work of a tiny Nairobi arts collective, presented without names to protect its makers from retaliation. It was initiated as a simple archive of testimonials about living in a country where gay sex carries a prison term of up to 14 years, but a team of social workers and entrepreneurs found the stories so inspiring they decided to adapt them into a series of short films. With not much more than a consumer-grade video camera and a pair of LED lights, the cast and crew spent eight secretive months shooting and editing. The five resulting black-and-white vignettes have a simplicity and charm belying the sometimes-terrifying circumstances under which they Stories of Our Lives is a series of short films about living in Kenya as an LGBT person.
were made. Kenya’s socially conservative mindset has meant films exploring sexual and gender identity are nearly impossible to make. But Stories of Our Lives provides a rare glimpse into the lived experiences that provide a foundation for future human-rights battles.
In Pride, queer activists and miners come together against a common foe: Margaret Thatcher.
Fri, Sept 5, 9pm Sun, Sept 7, 8:45am Sun, Sept 14, 6pm
PRIDE Directed by Matthew Warchus
Common foes make for unlikely bedfellows. In the case of Matthew Warchus’s Pride, the foe is Margaret Thatcher, and the bedfellows are Welsh coal miners and London queers. It’s 1984, and the Iron Lady’s conservative government is doing everything in its power to quash unions. Simultaneously, the gay and lesbian community is perfecting its unique brand of quirky yet effective activism. Though they’d seemingly rather party than protest, a group of queer people come together with the common understanding that
one oppression shouldn’t outrank another. They form Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners and hit the road in a jarringly painted bus to lend a hand. But when they arrive in small-town Wales, they find the miners not totally ready for what they have to offer. Hilarious and touching in equal parts, Pride offers an unconventional tale of two disparate communities warily joining hands. While the miners must overcome their homophobia, the activists have their own shit to deal with. Britain’s historically complex and multitiered class system has made its filmmakers great at the comedy of integration, and Pride is a shining example of this genre. Set against the backdrop of post-punk, new-wave Britain, the film provides a surprisingly smart and nuanced understanding of the struggle for queer liberation as it points to one of activism’s central tenants: united we stand, divided we fall. Sat, Sept 6, 2:45pm Sun, Sept 7, 12:30pm
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR Directed by Rodrigue Jean
With Love in the Time of Civil War, Québécois director Rodrigue Jean returns to the milieu of his 2008 documentary Men for Sale — a grim 16 SEPT 4–17, 2014 XTRA!
Love in the Time of Civil War tells the story of a rent-boy and his struggles with addiction.
take on the lives of drug-addicted hustlers in Montreal’s gay village. This time, it’s a fictional look at the life of Alex, a rent-boy who bides his time alternately scoring drugs and amassing the money to buy them by selling sex and committing petty crimes (typically shakedowns of potential clients). As he floats from one dingy flat to the next, Alex’s eye is always on the next fix and whatever it takes to get it. But his ineptitude means he gets ripped off nearly as often as he scores. Operating without a complex backstory or in-depth psychoanalyzing, the film unflinchingly chronicles seemingly endless acts of betrayal with an intense emotional weight. A new work from a rising star of Canadian cinema (Jean’s last feature, Lost Song, captured the
Best Canadian Feature prize at the 2008 festival), Love is a trenchant look inside the world of addiction and the sex that funds it. Sun, Sept 7, 4:15pm Tues, Sept 9, 1:45pm Fri, Sept 12, 6:15pm
PASOLINI Directed by Abel Ferrara
In a country known for producing contentious figures, Italian Renaissance man Pier Paolo Pasolini was certainly near the top of the list. Though his creative output spanned cinema, painting, poetry, journalism, philosophy and theatre, he was known equally well as a communist, TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS
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Willem Dafoe plays Pasolini in a biopic about this controversial artist.
homosexual, political agitator and staunch Catholic. Since he’s probably most famous for the highly controversial ďŹ lm Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (the last work he would complete before his death in 1975), it’s ďŹ tting that director Abel Ferrara’s biopic captures the artist in the midst of that process, simultaneously struggling to ďŹ nish the work while ďŹ ghting with censors. Starring Willem Dafoe (a near doppelganger for Pasolini), Ferrara’s jigsaw puzzle of a ďŹ lm follows the artist through his last day on Earth as he lunches with his mother, is interviewed by a journalist and cruises Rome’s streets for sex. Working partially from a screenplay Pasolini had started just before his death, Ferrara has built a sensitive, imaginative take on one of the 20th century’s most important and controversial voices. Mon, Sept 8, 9pm Wed, Sept 10, 9pm Fri, Sept 12, 4:45pm
BREATHE Directed by MĂŠlanie Laurent
Breathe is already drawing comparisons to both Blue Is the Warmest Colour and Single White Female.
But French actress-cum-director MĂŠlanie Laurent’s sophomore feature is uniquely her own. Based on the hit novel Respire (penned by then-17-year-old wunderkind Anne-Sophie Brasme), Breathe delves into a complex and possessive relationship between two high-school girls. Beautiful and upstanding Charlie is immediately drawn to Sarah, the school’s charming and dangerous newcomer. An intense and intimate friendship quickly develops, but then one day everything changes. Their claustrophobic codependency of over-sized heartbreak and jealousy feels vividly teenaged, no doubt helped by the fact that Laurent’s leading ladies, JosĂŠphine Japy and Lou de Laâge, are barely out of high school themselves. Stories of teenaged life can easily fall into melodrama, but under Laurent’s careful gaze, Brasme’s novel becomes a ďŹ lm that’s multilayered and realistic.
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to Nirvana. Mon, Sept 8, 7pm. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. No cover. waylabar.com
Filthy Dirty Retro Bingo The queens of east and west unite! Judy Virago and Scarlett Bobo host an evening of babes, balls-out fun and, oh yeah, bingo. Tues, Sept 9, 8pm. The Drake, 1150 Queen St W. No cover; $2 for three cards. thedrakehotel.com
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6pm. Queen’s Park Circle. Free. thewordonthestreet.ca
Imaging Home: Resistance, Migration, Contradiction
COMEDY & CABARET
The experiences of queer people living in oppressive countries are explored through documentary video and photographs. Runs until Sun, Oct 5. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 34 Isabella St. Free. clga.ca
Nothing Looks Familiar The launch of Shawn Syms’s book — a collection of stories full of meth, forgery, muggings and dead-end jobs — will include performances by Alec Butler, Marcy Rogers and Vivek Shraya. Tues, Sept 9, 7–10pm. Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander St. Free. buddiesinbadtimes.com
Hot, Wet and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk About Sex
This edition of Catherine McCormick’s twice-monthly westend comedy night features Gareth Lloyd, Robby Hoffman and Natalie Norman. Thurs, Sept 4, 9pm. The Steady Café & Bar, 1051 Bloor St W. PWYC. thesteadycafe.com
Right to Dance: Affirming Drop-In Dance Classes
Jennifer Walls invites amateur crooners to perform their favourite songs accompanied by a live band. Every Monday, 9:30pm–12:30am. Statlers, 487 Church St. No cover. statlers.ca
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Singular Sensation: A Musical-Theatre Open Mic
Kaleigh Trace launches a deeply personal book about how she navigates sex as a queer, disabled woman. Fri, Sept 19, 7–9pm. Holy Oak Café, 1241 Bloor St W. Free. invisiblepublishing.com
Ryan G Hinds — Buddies, Sun, Sept 28
Using acting, costumes and the aid of a makeup artist, women are transformed into male characters of their devising. Sun, Sept 21, 10am. For more info, visit soulo.ca.
Queer as Fuck: Comedy Open-Mic
Guests tell dubious tales and audience members are challenged to decide whether the stories are true. Wed, Sept 10, 7:30pm. The Flying Beaver, 488 Parliament St. No cover. pubaret.com
At this outdoor book and magazine festival, readers can peruse recently released works, attend panels and workshops, participate in familyoriented programming and visit Xtra’s tent! Sun, Sept 21, 11am–
Dude for a Day: The Drag King Workshop
Standup comedian Mandy Goodhandy presents a weekly open-mic comedy night. For more info, contact toddklinck@gmail.com. Every Wednesday, 8pm–1am. Club120, 120 Church St. No cover. club120.ca
Altered States Comedy Hypnosis Show
SOY Monday Night Drop-In
Brandon the Hypnotist invites hapless audience members to become Martians, disco dancers and theme-park visitors for the amusement of their friends and family. Wed, Sept 17, 7:30pm. The Flying Beaver, 488 Parliament St. $15 advance, $20 door. pubaret.com
Queer youth ages 14 to 29 gather to watch movies, participate in art projects and workshops, and chat with Supporting Our Youth’s community mentors. For more info, contact jcaffery@sherbourne.on.ca. Every Monday, 5:30–8pm. Sherbourne Health Centre, 2nd floor, 333 Sherbourne St. Free. soytoronto.org
OUTrageous! with Robert Keller: Back to Skool Following Keller’s sexy dancerridden show opener, there are performances by such local luminaries as Catherine McCormick, Caitlin Langelier and Vicki Lix. Wed, Sept 24, 8pm. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond St W. $15. yukyuks.com
Starry Notions Ryan G Hinds kicks off his term as Buddies’ cabaret artist in residence with an evening of song and story. Sun, Sept 28, 8pm. Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander St. $15. buddiesinbadtimes.com
HEALTH & ISSUES The 519 Legal Clinic A free, accessible service for lowincome people. Volunteer lawyers provide legal advice, referrals and help with forms and letters. The confidential and private visits are first-come, first-served. Bring any necessary documents. Every Thursday; registration 6–6:30pm. The 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. Free. the519.org
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LGBT Peer Support Drop-In Group Queer people with mood disorders drop in for support and discussion. If the building door is locked, press the button under the intercom near the wheelchair entrance. Wed, Sept 17, 7–9pm. Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, 36 Eglinton Ave W, Ste 602. Free. mooddisorders.ca
Tartuffe In this comedy by Molière, the sanctimonious Tartuffe feigns virtue and pity while deceiving his host Orgon and attempting to seduce Orgon’s wife and gain an inheritance. Runs until Sat, Sept 20, various showtimes. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane, Distillery District. $29–89. soulpepper.ca
Wicked Long before Dorothy drops in, two girls meet in the Land of Oz. One is smart, fiery and misunderstood; the other is beautiful and popular — the untold story about the witches of Oz returns. Runs until Sun, Nov 2, various showtimes. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria St. $36–150. mirvish.com
Freda and Jem’s Best of the Week
Dancers of all skill levels learn a variety of dance styles — contemporary, ballet, hip hop or urban — in a supportive environment. Every Tuesday and Saturday. The 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. PWYC. For more info, visit illnanadcdc.com.
When two women who raised a family together split up, their family discovers that love doesn’t have to end at divorce, but it does have to change. Runs Sat, Sept 13–Sun, Oct 5, various times. Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander St. PWYC–$37. buddiesinbadtimes.com
The Queer Songbook Orchestra
The Importance of Being Earnest
This 12-piece chamber ensemble plays songs connected to the closet — numbers that sometimes brought solace to closeted folks or were written by closeted writers. Sun, Sept 21, 8pm. The Music Gallery, 197 John St. $15–20. musicgallery.org
Full of biting social commentary disguised as triviality, Oscar Wilde’s comedy about two Victorian aristocrats trying to escape their social burdens has stood the test of time. Runs Fri, Sept 19–Sat, Oct 4, various showtimes. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. $10–28. harthouse.ca
THEATRE The Crucible Arthur Miller’s classic play is about how the devout town of Salem was thrown into chaos by accusations of witchcraft and spiritual possession. Runs until Sat, Sept 20, various showtimes. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane, Distillery District. $29–89. soulpepper.ca
Gay Play Day This queer theatre event focuses on five short plays by local playwrights, including Warren Wagner’s I’m With AIDS, about a gay man who lies about having AIDS to get out of spending time with his straight co-workers. Fri, Sept 26, 8pm, and Sat, Sept 27, 3 and 8pm. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St. $15. gayplayday.blogspot.ca
LEISURE & PLEASURE Paint Yer Burger Spearhead Toronto invites everyone to paint some studs and fill their mouths with all-you-can-eat meat to benefit PWA and the Essentials Food Market. Sat, Sept 6, 3–7pm. Black Eagle, 457 Church St. $5. spearheadtoronto.com
A Night Out with the Boys Gay guys join The Fraternity for a very social dinner. Registration required. Mon, Sept 8, 6pm. Vaticano Italian Restaurant, 25 Bellair St. $37 advance, $40 door. thefraternity.org
’90s Trivia Every month Kaleb Robertson celebrates all things ’90s, from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Orbitz
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CLUB SCENE Thurs, Sept 4 Crews & Tangos Thursday Beauty & The Bitch, with Daytona Bitch and Katinka Kature, at 9pm; DJ Craig Dominic spins dancefloor faves in Tangos, and Elyse oversees Vocal Rehab karaoke in the Zone, both at 10pm; Drama Queens, with Ivory Towers and guest, at 11:30pm. Crews & Tangos, 508 Church St. crewsandtangos.com Pornotèque Boy Pussy, Vindik8 and Quanah Style supply techno beats and X-rated projections. 10pm. The Beaver, 1192 Queen St W. No cover. beavertoronto.com
Fri, Sept 5 Musk DJs Fawn BC and Colin D spin for cologne-drenched dudes. 9pm. Henhouse, 1532 Dundas St W. $5. henhousetoronto.com Pheromone Friday DJs Recklezz and Sister Mister spin for the weekly ladies’ party. 10pm. Garage, 477 Church St. $5. sistermisterto.com El Convento Rico Friday Drag queens perform in Little Italy. Latin dance lessons by Michita and Alexmar at 11:30pm. 10pm. El Convento Rico, 750 College St. elconventorico.com Woody’s Friday Best Men’s Ass Contest, hosted b by y Georgie Girl, with Vitality Black helping kh elping the boys show their assets. s. Cash prizes worth $300 up for grabs s and DJ Mark Falco on decks. M Midnight. idnight. Woody’s, oc over. 467 Church St. No cover. woodystoronto.com om
Sat, Septt 6 Paint-Yer-Burgerr Spearhead Toronto LDSC holds its annual fundraiser, where you have the paint and studs are the canvas. All you can eat hotdogs and burgers, share-thewealth draw and jockstrap auction.. Proceeds benefit the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation and the Essentials ls ls Food Market. 3–7pm. Black Eagle, gle, 457 Church St. $5. 5. spearheadtoronto.com o.com Tapette Turns Four Four DJ Phil nch disco V spins faggy French and house and gives ves away ets while Yelle concert tickets ake their go-go garçons shake ration of le derrières in celebration rsaire. 9pm. quatrième anniversaire.
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Henhouse, 1532 Dundas St W. henhousetoronto.com Gaga 4 Gaga: The White Ball DJ Doctor Baggie spins Lady Gaga tracks and remixes all night long, with Gaga vids on the big screen. Performances by impersonators Ivory Towers and Lavender Blonde. 10pm. Marquis of Granby, 418 Church St. $8, $5 in all-white attire. gaga4gaga.ca
Henhouse, 1532 Dundas St W. $5. henhousetoronto.com Queer Slowdance Sherwin Sullivan Tjia hosts the prom-esque evening, with gentlefolks carrying dance cards in anticipation of favourite slow songs. Designated dancers bring out the wallflowers. Please respect the rules of engagement. Everyone welcome. 9:30pm–3am. Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Rd. $10. dovercourthouse.com
Trade DJs Harry & Jpeg, Scooter McCreight and David Picard spin house and EDM for the anythinggoes event. 10pm. Black Eagle, 457 Church St. $5 before midnight, $10 after. facebook.com/getsometrade Business Woman’s Special: White Party DJs Sammy Royale and Nino Brown on decks. Performance by Enya Dreems. 10pm. Round, 152A Augusta Ave. $5. roundvenue.com
Tramp: Fundraising Edition DJ Jacqie Jaguar and Zehra hit the decks to raise $1,300 to help their friend Bad Black, an abused and threatened Ugandan trans woman in need of asylum. 10pm. The Steady, 1051 Bloor St W. $5. thesteadycafe.com Daddy Next Door: Leather Daddy Edition DJs Dwayne Minard and Mike B spin sexy house grooves. Leather attire encouraged. 10pm. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. $5. facebook.com/waylabarnounge Fly 2.0 Saturday DJ Sumation and local faves spin house and circuit beats for the boys sweating it on the dancefloor. 10:30pm. Fly 2.0, 8 Gloucester St. flyyyz.com
Sun, Sept 14 Haus 101: A Celebration of Frankie Knuckles DJ Relentless pays homage to the legendary DJ/ producer with classic and current house. Requests are $2 per song, with proceeds going to the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. 7pm–2am. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. No cover. facebook.com/ waylabarnounge
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Crews & Tangos Sunday Performances by Michelle Ross and Alisha Van Horne at 8:30pm; Sultry Sunday, with Farra N Hyte and special guest, at 11:30pm. Crews & Tangos, 508 Church St. No cover. crewsandtangos.com
10th Annual Pink List Party Remington’s celebrates TIFF. Private event upstairs at 8pm; guest list enforced. Hosted by Chad Hudson, with film-industry celebs from around the world. Special at 10pm. performances starting sta a 5pm–4am. Remington’s, Remii 379 Yonge St. Regular rates.. remingtons.com Woody’s Sunday y The Hollywoody Broadway Show, hosted by Miss Conception, at 6pm; 6p p Old School, with Georgie Girl and Tynomi Banks, at 9pm; Five Smokin’ Smo o Hot Divas, hosted by Georgi Georgie i Girl, with Devine Darlin, Brooke Lynn Lyn L n Hytes and Enya Dreems, at 11pm 11pm. m DJ Blue Peter works the decks. d Woody’s, 467 Chu Church u St. No cover. wood d woodystoronto.com
Mon, M Sept 8 S The DManda T Tension Show DManda Tension and guest perform weekly to extend the too-short weekend. 9pm. Pegasus, 489B Church S St. No cover. pegasusonchurch.com p
Tues, T Se e 9 Sept Filthy Dirty Retr Retro r Bingo Judy Virago and Scarlett Scarle e Bobo host a balls-out bingo w with a different retro theme each wee week. e DJ Aeryn Pfaff keeps the beats b bouncing all night. 8pm. The Drake, 1150 Queen St W. $2 for three cards cards. s thedrakehotel.ca
Mon, Sept 15 WAYLA’s ’90s Trivia Kaleb Robertson or Miss Fluffy Soufflé celebrate the ’90s through questions, dance moves, audio clues and more. Prizes throughout the night, with a grand-prize gift certificate for the big winner. 7–10pm. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. No cover. facebook.com/ waylabarnounge
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Toronto, 11pm. Zipperz-Cellblock, 72 Carlton St. No cover. facebook.com/ zipperz
Thurs, Sept 11 Ladyplus Party DJ Todd Klinck spins upstairs for an evening of socializing with T-girls, their friends and admirers. 8pm. Club120, 120 Church St. $8 before 11pm, $15 after; additional $10 for all-night VIPbooth access. goodhandys.com Adult Standing Funny People Funny people Amish Patel, James Hamilton, Joel West and Kash Adam take the mic. Hosted by Joe Vu. 8pm. 120 Diner, 120 Church St. No cover. club120.ca Random Play DJ Dwayne Minard throws down ’70s and ’80s dance tunes for the retro queers. 10pm. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. No cover. facebook.com/waylabarnounge
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Showbyz Fashion Shows DJ Geoff Kelleway spins for the launch of the Serino Style site. Performance
by Gia. Exhibit and show designed by James Serino. 10pm. Byzantium, 499 Church St. No cover. byz.ca Daddy Cool ’70s DJ Joe Black spins original disco and classic faves with no remixes or remakes. 10pm. Black Eagle, 457 Church St. No cover. blackeagletoronto.com Her: The HeathHers Edition DJs Cozmic Cat, CBB and Omgblog.com spin rebel house and psychotic disco. Hosted by Champagna Enemea. 11pm. La Perla, 2nd floor, 783 Queen St W. $5. herherher.com
Sat, Sept 13 AX Beat DJ Alex spins top 40, remixes, house, J and K pop, EDM and anthems for the Asian hotties and their admirers. Performances by Sofonda Cox, Chanel and the Ax Maximus go-go troupe. 10pm–3am. The Phoenix, 410 Sherbourne St. $10 advance. meetmeatax.com Bush Beat 13 DJs Pony and Shoegayz celebrate one year of their ladies’ cruising/dance party with their 13th event. 10pm.
Tues, Sept 16 Bingo with a Twist DManda Tension and the Gay Squad host a weekly evening of prizes, surprises and daubers. 9pm. Pegasus, 489B Church St. No cover. pegasusonchurch.com Varsity Tuesday Sofonda Cox hosts the amateur So You Think You Can Strip? competition, with a $100 cash prize up for grabs. 11pm. Remington’s, 379 Yonge St. $5 before 11pm, $7 after; no cover with student ID before 11pm, $2 after. remingtons.com
Wed, Sept 17 Latin Live Live it up with Latin music, standup comedy and Hispanic-flavoured karaoke. 7pm. 120 Diner, 120 Church St. No cover. club120.ca Crews & Tangos Wednesday Soul Sistas, with Michelle Ross and Jada Hudson, at 9pm; Foreplay, with Scarlett, at 11:30pm. Crews & Tangos, 508 Church St. No cover. crewsandtangos.com
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1E House queen Icesis performed for the 10th anniversary of Edge nightclub during Capital Pride in Ottawa. She keeps her entire wardrobe at the club and claims never to have worn the same outfit twice. The line between inelegant and glamorous is wafer thin — luckily with drag, you get to be both all the time. 2E The Ottawa Pride scene is much more group-oriented and far less corporate than Toronto’s: no barricades and no bullshit, just social groups, activism, straight alliances and a buttload of homos. The nightlife scene is pretty killer for the nation’s capital (notorious for hitting the hay by 9pm), and check these hotties, Graham and Kirk, guzzling it up on the dancefloor at Babylon. 3E Looky here: it’s Sammy and Jill from Yes Yes Y’all, who played the Pridin’ Dirty party at Babylon for Capital Pride. It’s always nice running into cats from the big smoke on foreign floors. You seem to party harder (read: glitter + alcoholism) with friends from home when you’re out of town. 4E Sarah and Patrick make a lovely couple. Patrick may be straight, but that didn’t stop him from grinding it up at what was basically a hipster Pride bash at Babylon. And the hipster scene is versatile when it comes down to it. Straight today, gay tomorrow; always on trend. 5E At Edge, Divine and Matty, two queens from TO in their civilian clothes, went for a dancefloor catwalk whirl. Matty is originally from Ottawa and relished the opportunity to come back in full effect with good friends for the celebration. Who doesn’t like coming back to their hometown after a few years in the big city to gloat and reminisce? 6E Scarlett Bobo left Ottawa because there was a lack of a drag scene. She packed her bags and headed off to the big city to flaunt her gossamer
wings. Back in her hometown, she was demure and ladylike in a mesh, neon-pink cat suit and spiky leather bra. She put the ass in class that night. 7E The always gracious and welcoming Todd Klinck sent me this beautiful picture of Paul Bellini, Mandy Goodhandy and Scott Thompson from the opening night of 120 Diner. Is anyone else floored by how well Mandy’s chest is aging? As a woman myself, this is the bane of my existence. The fucking thing is aging like Madonna’s hands, betraying me to the 20-something sexbomb set. And then there’s Mandy, smooth as a baby’s ass, looking like a vision of Chrissy Snow, sandwiched between two well-known movers and shakers. 8E Videofag, a performance venue in Kensington, had a little showcase to announce what the haps are in the space for the next six months. The open letter on Facebook started with “Dear fags . . .” and Becca booked it in her calendar immediately. In a time when we can’t say anything without being called homophobic (they’re getting rid of “queer” and “tranny,” two of my favourite pet names), fat shamer ( just try talking about the issue of obesity without getting this one hurled at you) or myriad other names, these guys came right out and called their followers “fags.” I hear them and everything they’re doing. Here’s a pic of head fag Jordan, right, and one of his fag beards, Joelle. 9E Also at the Videofag showcase were (tallest to shortest), Minus, Shawn and Zach. Minus’s chain looks like a tiny dream-catcher, which is adorable, and Zach’s loose shirttails are perfect for summer. But I’m actually leaning toward Shawn’s no muss, no fuss American Apparel simple tee and jeans. It’s my all-time favourite look on a guy of any age, race or sexual orientation. Even dads are hot in a crisp-tee-and-Levi’s combo. XTRA! SEPT 4–17, 2014 23
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Western Australia, the largest of Australia’s eight states, will turn your expectations of Down Under upside down. This incredible chunk of the continent has a character all its own — or make that multiple characters. A vast land that covers a third of the country, Western Australia offers everything from the sophistication of capital Perth and chic wine region Margaret River to the exquisite white sands, strange rock formations and turquoise waters of the Coral Coast; the wilderness, barren backlands and inland sea of the rugged North West; and the seemingly endless expanse of the interior, the Golden Outback. Approximately five hours’ flight from either Sydney or Singapore, Perth sits on the Swan River; it’s a city of two million with a reputation for laid-back beaches, outdoor dining and a bevy of pubs and breweries — it’s the perfect bookend to a WA adventure. Spend days exploring hip port neighbourhood Fremantle; lounge on all 19 of the
The city of Perth, viewed from Mill Point.
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city’s beaches, including famed Rottnest Island; and picnic in the shade in the gargantuan Botanic Gardens. Make for the restaurants of downtown, Subiaco and Fremantle when you fancy sampling such local flavours as Manjimup black truffles, Ord River sweet papaya, Broome mangoes and local venison, berries and, of course, seafood. Liquid delights are on tap here, too; the wine regions of both Swan Valley and Margaret River are within easy reach, and the state has a tasty crop of microbreweries. Stir in an influx of compact, specialist cocktail haunts, or “small bars,” that have sprung up in the city’s alleys and laneways and the city truly is a drinker’s delight. Less than three hours away, Margaret River’s chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and cabernet lure oenophiles south. The picturesque town is crammed with artisan stores, galleries, boutiques, upscale dining and places to sample the area’s wines and ports. But if you think Australia’s South West region is all about grapes and groves, you’ll need to expand your palate. The area’s rugged,
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Above, the Golden Outback wheatbelt near Centenary Hill. Right (from left): the Sparrow’s Nest café; the tasting room at Howard Park Wines, in Margaret River; an unusual road sign; and a budgerigar, a bird native to Western Australia.
rural side is a stark contrast but makes a perfect pairing for the sophisticated wine scene that’s grown up between the gum and karri forests. Kangaroos lope about paddocks and kookaburras scrawk like demented monkeys in the jarrah trees. You might round a corner and encounter a field of two dozen kangaroos or reach a crossroads and see two emu lope off into the dusty distance. Towns like Augusta feel far from the airbrushed chic of Margaret River. Hunkered down on the precise point where the Indian and Southern oceans meet, it’s a one-pelican town. Pizzas are available on Friday and Saturday nights between 5 and 8pm if you order a week in advance. Sweet-and-sour kangaroo is on the menu in the August(a) Moon Chinese Restaurant. Checkout girls waltz with liquor-store boys in the last fish-and-chip shop before the Antarctic. In the town’s lone bar you’ll find weatherbeaten fishermen in ludicrously short shorts bream-boasting over Emu Bitters, conversations about the price of breeding ostrich and a jukebox that, regardless how politely you ask it to play your selection, will substitute AC/DC. If you have longer to linger around these parts, perhaps the most captivat-
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ing part of Western Australia is north of Perth. The Coral Coast stretches to the tip of the Ningaloo Reef, almost 1,300 kilometres of turquoise waters and dazzlingly white sands, punctuated by characterful towns and the occasional strange rock formation. You can reach Ningaloo via a short flight to nearby Learmonth, but taking the ocean road makes for an incredible road trip. Just a couple of hours outside Perth is the lunar landscape of the Pinnacles, a proliferation of otherworldly yellow rock spires that jut up out of the hot, flat
desertscape of Nambung National Park, raucous pink parrots bobbing on top. Seeing this place where desert meets ocean is quite something. Continue on up the ocean highway to surfing hotspot and lobster port Geraldton, on the Batavia Coast, where the Moresby Range backdrops intense sunsets and offshore the 122 Abrolhos Islands offer unparalled fishing and bird-watching opportunities. Further north again, friendly schools of bottlenose dolphins, rare burrowing frogs and white fairy wrens are among the TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS
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tropical fish. There are deserted islands from which to snorkel and dive and dugongs and rare sea turtles to view if you venture out by sea kayak. And endless beaches to explore in all directions. And dramatic gorges to scale in Yardie Creek. And open waters to sail beyond Exmouth Gulf. And still all of the North West and the rugged interior of the Golden Outback of this state to explore. It’s impossible to see all of this state in one trip, but Western Australia will have you boomeranging back for more.
Bars The Northbridge area of Perth is home to most of the city’s LGBT bars, including the drag queen haven Connections and the mixed community hub The Court. And 2013 saw a new addition to the scene in the form of the lesbianowned Sparrow’s Nest café.
Accommodations Small, chic and luxurious, The Outram in Perth basks close to the tropical Botanic Gardens and offers 22 rooms
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of Parisian townhouse style. For a homier introduction to the city, book a room at Richard’s in Northbridge, a gay-owned bed and breakfast close to bars and cafés and boasting excellent breakfasts. Margaret River has a plethora of LGBT-welcoming accommodation: try the opulent Cape Lodge, a five-star winecountry getaway on the water’s edge. At the northernmost point of the Coral Coast, book a house or apartment to rest after your journey through the super-friendly folks of Ningaloo Reef Holidays.
Pride celebrations The Pride WA (for Western Australia) parade will take place in Perth on Nov 22, starting at 8pm. It will mark the 25th anniversary of a protest that led to the formation of Pride WA. Also popular is the day-long Fairday celebration, schedule for Feb 15 in Hyde Park. Read this story on dailyxtratravel.com for links to select businesses mentioned.
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Sun, sin and sequins A first-timer’s guide to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras CHRISTIAN BAINES
In 1995, Sydney was just about the hottest gay destination on the planet. The sequins of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert still shone brightly in our eyes, same-sex activity was legal in all Australian states but one (Tasmania would catch up two years later), and Sydney’s Oxford Street was the envy of an emerging gay world. Central to its fame was the Gay and Lesbian Mardis Gras. Originally a 1978 protest march, the event soon evolved into a full-blown cultural festival. Loud, brash and controversial — the giant model of a well-known Australian homophobe’s head on a silver platter will be forever seared into Sydney’s memory — the parade offered a fullcolour scrapbook of what it meant to be queer in Australia. By 1993, it was the biggest outdoor nighttime parade in the world, attracting more than 600,000 spectators. Today, Mardi Gras continues to be one of the world’s premier LGBT events and is a must-do for any LGBT traveller. So where does an out-of-towner start? If you’re going just for the parade and party, you’re going to miss a lot. Still, a number of tour and cruise companies offer inclusive packages to get you there for the main event. The parade and party are held the first Saturday in March, bringing Mardi Gras to a spectacular close. Expect Oxford Street to be packed all weekend, with cafés, bars and stores all recapturing just a little of the ’90s glam that made Sydney’s scene so famous. The parade route typically follows Oxford Street up to Taylor Square, where the energy hits its peak before veering onto Flinders Street and ending in Moore Park. If a three-hour wait amid a jammed-in crowd doesn’t bother you, grab a spot on the western side, between Crown Street and Taylor Square. Those wanting a bit more space should grab a spot on the western side of Flinders. Be ready to get wet! Every year, Fred Nile (of silver platter fame) and his church crew pray for rain on the parade and frequently get their wish. Still, if you do catch a glimpse of these charitable souls, be sure to thank them for doing God’s work in giving marchers further reason to strip off. 26 SEPT 4–17, 2014 XTRA!
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After the parade, most of the clubs and bars on Oxford Street will charge extortionate door fees for the privilege of being squeezed in. Honestly? If you’re paying to get into a party, splash out on a ticket to the real thing, where all the parade’s energy is released in one blazing gay burst in Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter. Expect five or six different dancefloors, plenty of chill-out space, a sea of flesh ripped straight from a gay-cruise brochure and live performers in the league of George Michael, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George and Kylie Minogue. It’s big, showy and varied enough to offer an unforgettable night, even if dance parties aren’t usually your thing. Here for a week or more? Fair Day is your best chance to catch daytime LGBT Sydney at play. Enjoy hot live acts and check in with local sports and community clubs for special Mardi Gras events. One outdoor event not to be missed is Harbour Party. It’s another dance party, but how many can boast sunset over the Sydney Opera House
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Top, festive and flamboyant Mardi Gras parade participants. Above, a drag queen pays homage to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
and Harbour Bridge as their backdrop? For the artsy, intellectual types, Queer Thinking takes over the Seymour Centre for a full day of stories, academia and controversy, while many of the city’s theatre spaces are devoted to queer content all through February. Longtime allies Darlinghurst Theatre and New Theatre present Falsettos and Privates on Parade in 2014, while Sydney Opera House, the Seymour Centre and many of the city’s cabaret venues host Australian and international entertainers as diverse as Pam Ann, Courtney Act, the always provocative La Soirée and Jinkx Monsoon in her Australian debut. To get a free dose of Sydney queer history, take a sinfully spiritual walk through Kings Cross and Darlinghurst with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Visit the sites of Sydney’s first gay bars and explore the city’s deliciously seedy historical underbelly. The Sisters can also take you to meet other types of animals on their annual Taronga Zoo walk.
If you’re planning any of the popular day trips from Sydney, there’s probably a special Mardi Gras departure to get you there. Hunter Valley wine tasting? There’s a trip for that. Furry Australian natives (not the kind you’ll meet at the Oxford Hotel) at Featherdale Wildlife Park? Easily done. Or trek out to the Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves. This is an essential first-timer’s day trip at any time of year. But since it’s Mardi Gras, why not make some likeminded friends along the way? Most day trips depart from Cambridge Hotel in the heart of the Darlinghurst gaybourhood. The 2015 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival runs Friday, Feb 13, to Sunday, March 8. The parade takes place Saturday, March 7. For more information, visit mardigras.org.au. Read this story on dailyxtratravel.com for website links to select businesses.
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