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FEEDBACK Looking at the pole poster art is one of the best features of a walk down John Greyson is gay John and Tarek This was irony at its best and worst Church Street . . . this, however, just Xtra was not the only newspaper to [“Greyson and Loubani Released takes something authentic away. EDITORIAL from Egyptian Prison, dailyxtra.ca, DANNY GLENWRIGHT struggle with this. An Oct 6 Globe and RE: VILLAGE POLE WRAPS Mail story referred to Greyson’s long- Oct 6]. Although I wouldn’t wish John Greyson is gay. Yes, it’s time partner, Stephen Andrews, as his this treatment on my worst enemy, I hope that Greyson and Loubani FREE sionals and fear of discrimination true. Big news. “friend of 17 years.” The story was pub- 36,000 AUDITED CIRCULATION Well, not really. But you’d be forgiven lished one day after Egyptian offi cials will see this episode as a teaching being two of the top reasons. I would TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS for wondering about the well-known had released the pair from prison but moment. The politics of the Middle have loved it if the Screening Saves

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fi lmmaker’s sexuality over the past sev- prevented them from getting on a fl ight #755 eral weeks as he languished in an Egyp- to Germany. bad. Egypt, as well as Syria, kills more ed a prostate cancer component. But tian prison with Canadian doctor Tarek Columnist Margaret Wente, The Globe of its own citizens in a day than Israel to criticize a program that is going to has killed Palestinians in years. The REGENT PARK A neglected neighbourhood save lives by promoting screening is Loubani. Much of the media took the and Mail’s radical grandstander, wrote emerges as a modern example settler movement in Israel is almost of urban renewal shortsighted and irresponsible. unusual step of leaving out this detail, soon after that “Many of the media E16 as bad as the Islamist forces that want MARIE

worried about the potential harm that haven’t mentioned that Mr Greyson is @dailyxtra TORONTO, ON might come to Greyson if prison guards, gay for fear that it would go worse for to impose their world view on the whole of the Middle East. Both are or his cellmates, found out about his him in homophobic Egypt. But it’s no facebook.com/dailyxtra driven by extreme religious beliefs. Vancouver kiss-in fondness for sodomy in a country where secret; his sexual orientation is very dailyxtra.com homosexuality is not all the rage. public.” That’s one thing Wente is right DON KNOX at More This is so cute [Vancouverites Stage TORONTO, ON National Coming Out Day Kiss-In at The media had a precedent in James about, but her piece highlighted incon- parklets were a great recent addition Russian Consulate,” dailyxtra.com, Loney, a gay Canadian who was kid- sistency at the national newspaper. I live in a foreign country and have because they brought something new Oct 12]. I love kiss-ins, even though napped in Baghdad in 2005. Loney later In an Oct 10 response to Wente’s col- for nine years [“John Greyson and to the street; this, however, just takes they never actually accomplish much told Xtra that he worried his abductors umn, the paper’s public editor, Sylvia Tarek Loubani Say ‘Thank You’ from something authentic away. At what other than being adorable. Like, I love would learn about his sexuality. “On the Stead, writes that Globe editors felt Egypt,” dailyxtra.com, Oct 9]. I have cost did they cut down dozens of real being gay and all, but let’s be real: second day of my captivity I thought, ‘Oh Greyson’s sexuality was relevant to the seen it so many times that foreigners trees in Cawthra Park and now are literally nothing that you do here in shit, what if they fi nd out I’m gay? What if story “because he has made it a central get into trouble and they are so sur- spending more to put up fake-tree- Canada — your marches, your dumb they Google me?’” But journalists in Can- part of his political and public identity.” prised that the laws and protections trunk pole covers? vodka boycotts — you accomplish ada cooperated with Loney’s family to Stead also notes that editors spoke with they have from their mother country HUGO REMPEL nothing, and Russia doesn’t give a shit. keep his homosexuality out of the story, Middle East experts who said, “The freed do not apply. I have friends that work TORONTO, ON even cropping Loney’s then partner, Dan, man was not in danger because of his SOFIA MIKHAYLOVA in Canadian embassies and they are TORONTO, ON out of photographs they published. sexual orientation, even though he and telling me all sorts of stories of Cana- Andrew Waiswa Greyson’s friends and family asked Dr Loubani, at that point, were unable to dians abroad facing all sorts of serious This is very disconcerting news Xtra to adhere to a similar course of leave Egypt.” PTP and Protect charges. Somehow they feel exempt [“Ugandan Gay Activist Denied Visa action over the past several weeks, a Why, then, did Globe reporters refer to Our Privacy because they are not citizens. If I go to Attend Human Rights Confer- request that was much debated in our Andrews as Greyson’s “friend” after the to Dubai, I would not be surprised if ence,” Xtra #756, Oct 17]. Coinci- It’s sad how we seem to have a gov- newsroom. After all, the fact that Grey- pair had been freed? I was arrested for going nude on the dentally, I met Andrew online just ernment so stupid that they are try- son is a prominent gay fi lmmaker and We now know that it was Canadian beach. In fact, I would fully expect it. yesterday. GEHO Uganda does some ing to emulate as many mistakes activist is the very reason reporters at embassy offi cials, not Greyson, who Do I think it’s fair? No, but I can assure amazing work under the most dif- made by our American friends as this gay newspaper were writing about insisted on keeping his sexuality secret you they don’t care what you think. fi cult conditions, and I have a great possible [“Pink Triangle Press Joins this story in the fi rst place. Greyson while he was incarcerated. We also Coalition to Protect Canadians’ Pri- COLIN SITO respect for that. chose to travel to the Middle East, a part know his cellmates had likely found DAILYXTRA.COM vacy,” dailyxtra.com, Oct 10]. BRUCE MILLER of the world known for its homophobia, out about it. Was it worth it for Xtra to TORONTO, ON ALAN KING so why should the media be asked to hide help Greyson back into the closet, or did Village pole wraps RED DEER, AB something Greyson never did? Indeed, it — as in the case of the Globe — create This is too bad [“Pole Wraps Push This news is with regret for Andrew. the fi rst story Xtra published about the unnecessary ambiguity for our readers? Calgary crackdown Out Posters in the Village,” Xtra Hopefully his Skype will be working arrest on Aug 19 ran with the headline While we might have felt wrong about #756, Oct 17]. The people who put okay during the conference. He’s too on park sex “Gay fi lmmaker John Greyson remains temporarily suspending our reporting up posters and leave them there after important a voice not to participate People should take it somewhere in Egyptian prison.” At that stage, most of a widely known fact, if it helped get the event has ended, without regard in some way. private [“Calgary Police Crack Down believed Greyson and Loubani’s release Greyson home safe, it was worth it. for anyone else, have likely caused a BARRY DENNISON on Park Sex,” dailyxtra.com, Oct 11]. was imminent. As their incarceration lot of the “litter” they are referring to. TORONTO, ON I think the Calgary Police Service’s dragged on, Xtra’s team grudgingly Danny Glenwright is Xtra’s managing priority is exactly where it should be. reported the story without referring editor. CARRIE BELCIC VANCOUVER, BC Cancer screens Sex (in any form) shouldn’t happen explicitly to Greyson’s sexuality, even Statistics show that colorectal cancer in a public park, period. Children use though, as Greyson later told Xtra re- For Xtra’s full interview with John So they are okay with swirly rainbows is one of the most common forms of these parks, and they don’t need to porter Justin Ling, “you have to be a re- Greyson and Tarek Loubani, go to everywhere but not with images of cancer that gay men get [Debunking be fi nding condom wrappers, used ally bad Googler not to fi nd out.” dailyxtra.com. the real life and times of some of the Cancer Myths in the Queer Commu- condoms or drug paraphernalia from people that make up that rainbow nity,” dailyxtra.com, Oct 9]. Statistics adult frolicking. Save that stuff for The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian in the ’hood? 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10 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS I cannot continue to work with colleagues who are so duplicitous and unappreciative of my Upfront personal contribution to this organization since February 2009. Francisco Alvarez E 12 Pole wraps to push out posters in the Village BIA hopes to We are trying to cover 19 poles by clean up all of the end of October ratty, tatty paper. BIA CO-CHAIR AVERY PITCHER COMMUNITY NEWS ANDREA HOUSTON be integrated into the bark on each post. There The Church Wellesley Village Business Improve- is also a little plaque that will say ‘the Village’ on ment Area (BIA) is getting closer to banishing each tree,” he says. posters from nearly all poles on Church Street Claudio Santon, who designed the new gateway in Toronto’s gay village. markers, also designed the wraps. BIA manager David Wootton says a test pole, In all, 19 poles will get covered with the wraps. just south of Dundonald Street, is now covered “We will have them along the Church Street cor- with eight-foot-high wrapping. He hopes to even- ridor. We are not able to wrap the intersection tually cover every pole on the street. poles. They won’t have them.” The BIA has previously told Xtra that some Wootton says he is still pushing for poles in each residents have complained about the posters intersection to get covered as well. and requested that the BIA “clean up the street.” “For this project to be successful, it needs to For years, posters have been used to advertise have the intersection poles as well, or we will have community meetings, demonstrations, dance a lot of litter there,” he says. “Right now, we aren’t parties and other local events. But in recent years, allowed to wrap the intersection poles, but we’re there has been a push by the BIA to relegate post- working on it in the years to come.” ers to designated community postering boards. Toronto Hydro restricts the covering of hydro Some community activists and club promoters poles, Wootton says, because the wraps would have expressed concern about the plan, arguing interfere with the instruments and components that preventing people from advertising com- on the pole. munity events limits freedom of expression and The pole wraps cost approximately $24,000 in creates barriers for community organizing. total. The BIA says the City of Toronto has agreed The new pole wraps prevent posters from stick- to pay half as part of a cost-share program. ing to the street poles. Some community activists and event organizers “They are covered with a substance, almost like have expressed concern that the change could be a sandpaper grid, so that posters can’t adhere to a problem. They say that the promotion of local them,” BIA co-chair Avery Pitcher told Xtra when events on posters brings people and money to the program was announced last year. “We are the Church-Wellesley Village and that space is trying to clean up all of the ratty, tatty paper.” always at a premium on the city’s designated Wootton says the colour of the design on the poster boards. pole wraps has not yet been confirmed and may There are currently six city-owned community- still change. “The idea is to create this illusion of designated event boards in the Village. “We’re a tree,” he says. “The pumpkins have to soon go planning to likely increase the number to offset up and the parklets have to come down, so there’s the loss of poles,” Wootton says. quite a lot of scheduling yet to be done.” The test pole wrap at Church The wraps will take two days to install at the and Dundonald streets. For more on the history of postering end of October, he says. “Rainbow colours will in Toronto, go to dailyxtra.com.

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! OCT 17–30, 2013 11 coalition, launched Oct 10. All of the members have signed on to a statement that reads, “More than ever, Canadians need strong, genuinely transparent, and properly enforced safeguards to secure privacy rights. We call on Government to put in place effective legal measures to protect the privacy of every resident of Can- ada against intrusion by government entities.” “Obviously, this is being launched in the context in which we have the story about Canada spying on Brazil that will really shock Canadians,” Christopher says, referring to allegations that a Canadian security agency partnered with its American counterpart to spy on Brazil’s mines and energy ministry. The coalition also launches amidst worries that Justice Minister Peter MacKay may reintroduce contentious aspects of Bill C-30, which would have required internet service providers to give police access to online commu- nication without a warrant. The bill was withdrawn following widespread public outcry. Christopher says MacKay may still implement those provisions through a joint federal-provincial-territorial report on cyberbullying released in LOCAL NEWS July that, among other things, calls on the government to ensure police have the legal authority to access emails and text messages under the false John Greyson and Tarek Loubani arrive home messages, indecent phone calls and harassing phone calls provisions of the Gay filmmaker John Greyson and Dr Tarek Loubani returned safely to Canada Oct 11 after being detained in Egypt for almost two months. “After 50 days in Tora prison, Criminal Code. five days not being able to fly out of Cairo, here we are,” said Loubani to reporters awaiting the pair’s arrival at Pearson International Airport. “I’d emphasize that many of the For a full interview with Greyson and Loubani, go to dailyxtra.com. cyberbullying recommendations few would disagree with, but there is a spe- cifi c concern about the potential rein- PRIDE NEWS only one woman being recommended NATIONAL NEWS troduction of ‘lawful access’ provisions on the slate of candidates for election — MacKay is refusing to rule this out,” to the board at the AGM?” Christopher says. “Hence our concern.” Former Pride Toronto The list of potential candidates has Pink Triangle Press In an Aug 17 interview with Post- not yet been released. The AGM is media News, MacKay reiterated his co-chair resigns, scheduled for Oct 24 at Hart House. joins coalition to commitment to moving forward with PT executive director Kevin Beaulieu the recommendations. alleges plot to declined to comment on the situation. protect Canadians’ Micheal Vonn, policy director at the “This is a board matter, so I will refer BC Civil Liberties Association, derides force him out you to Sean Hillier [the remaining co- privacy the government’s attempt to include chair],” he said. new technology under Criminal Code Former Pride Toronto co-chair Fran- Hillier also declined to comment on More than 30 Canadian organizations, provisions that address older technol- cisco Alvarez, who resigned from the the specifics of the letter. “I have no citizens, experts and businesses — in- ogy, such as telephones. board Oct 13, is alleging that “scheming” comment. We are very appreciative of cluding Xtra’s publisher, Pink Triangle “You may remember the government and “duplicitous” behaviour on the part the work Francisco has done and the Press (PTP) — have joined the Protect arguing that knowing your IP address Francisco Alvarez stepped down from of other board members has forced him the Pride Toronto board on Oct 12. contributions he made to the organi- Our Privacy Coalition to safeguard the was the same as anything you could look out as co-chair. ANDREA HOUSTON zation, and we are sad to see him go.” privacy of Canadians against the threat up in the phonebook,” she says. “That’s a Alvarez, who declined to be inter- Beaulieu did say the organization’s of government surveillance of online ludicrous argument, as it tells you some- viewed, sent Xtra a statement detailing “After serious consideration of my priority remains WorldPride in 2014. activities. thing completely diff erent. It allows you his many concerns. (Read the full state- options, I have decided that I cannot “Staff remain focused on working with “We’re a very broad-based and di- to be tracked across the internet in ways ment at dailyxtra.com.) continue to work with colleagues who the board to ensure its success.” verse coalition of civil liberty groups, that your phone number never could.” “Over the past week, I became aware are so duplicitous and unappreciative PT released a short statement Oct 13 labour groups, small businesses, some Vonn says the provisions are being in- of scheming amongst other board of my personal contribution to this expressing “regret” at losing Alvarez. right-leaning organizations, such as troduced by stealth in “feel-good” laws. members to block my re-election as organization since February 2009.” “The board and staff remain confi dent the Canadian Constitution Founda- “We support the Protect Our Pri- co-chair,” he writes. “This went as far Alvarez, who was the longest-serving that due to the support and help of our tion and the Canadian Taxpayers vacy Coalition in the hope that it will as them trying to fi nd a way to prevent member of the current board, warns valued volunteers, partners, sponsors Federation, who are coming together impede the government’s assault on me from standing for re-election to that the remaining members will “try and the community, Pride Toronto to say that Canadians need strong, the Charter of Rights and its creeping the board at the upcoming AGM . . . to spin their actions” as necessary for will continue to succeed and there transparent and enforceable privacy theft of our freedom to say what we One Board member met with me last the long-term health of the organization will be no material impact on the plan- safeguards,” says David Christopher, think without fear of reprisal,” says week to ‘hint’ that I should save face by and “to increase gender representation ning of WorldPride 2014 Toronto,” it communications coordinator at Open- PTP president and executive director voluntarily withdrawing. in the board executive.” He asks why “is stated.—Andrea Houston Media.ca, which is coordinating the Ken Popert.—Nathaniel Christopher

12 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Long-term care unprepared Immigration is for lovers!™ Complete immigration services. Competitive pricing Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Extraordinary success rates. for assisting LGBT seniors Not sure where to begin? Call us today for FREE assessment 416-651-8889 www.immigrationservices.ca Pellman regularly volunteers at Bay- Researcher says crest’s craft store, and while there’s movement in the right direction, Pell- seniors worry man says, change has been slow. The current environment is such that even about hiding the staff don’t feel comfortable coming out, according to Pellman, and when she visits she says some of the ultra- their identities David LeBlanc, Bruce Ferreira-Wells, orthodox stare. Living there now would Successful Clients Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants RCIC – ICCRC HEALTH AND WELLNESS be intolerable. ELAH FEDER “I’d have to destroy part of my per- sonality,” she says. “I would rather go When Shoshana Pellman arrived at the into Fred Victor and eat pork than emergency department at St Michael’s go into Baycrest under the present Hospital with a deep cut in her fi nger, circumstances.” one of the intake staff addressed her Baycrest’s Marcia Sokolowski says the JOB OPPORTUNITY as “Mr Pellman” and insisted on com- facility is in the midst of developing a pleting the form with her male name. diversity policy that encompasses LGBT Pellman later fi led a complaint, which people, but she admits it’s a long process. led to a sensitivity training workshop “It’s certainly very, very important for all emergency staff . According to work, and we want to ensure it’s done Daily Xtra a friend of Pellman’s who works at in a way that’s very thoughtful. It’s just the hospital and was in attendance, way too important an initiative to rush Editor-in-Chief the staff member at the centre of the through,” she says. incident was moved to stand up and Asked about the current situation, apologize for what she’d done. Sokolowski says that perspectives vary Pink Triangle Press is looking for an Editor-in-Chief Ultimately, Pellman felt good about Shoshana Pellman filed a complaint and that Baycrest is engaging vari- for our online news and entertainment site, dailyxtra.com. against St Michael’s Hospital after a the way the issue was resolved and ous people and organizations in their The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for producing even thanked the staff member for her staff member was discriminatory. policy development process. apology. Still, these kinds of experiences “We have stakeholders that do rep- engaging and entertaining multimedia journalism. make her wary of one day moving into right to marry only in their 60s or 70s. resent a wide and varied continuum a retirement home where she might be If transgender, they are still waiting for of beliefs, whether they’re fashioned Come work with us . . . vulnerable to round-the-clock discrimi- legal protection from discrimination. by religion or culture, so we do have nation. Many LGBT seniors are simi- So it’s understandable that LGBT a range of acceptance levels when it If you are the right person for this role, amongst other skills larly apprehensive of long-term care. seniors would be wary of those out- comes to sexual diversity.” and responsibilities, you are capable of producing engaging “Everyone shares the issues around side their community, and for many, In Toronto, Fudger House is leading and entertaining multimedia journalism, growing our loss of independence, not wanting to experiences with caregivers and health the charge to provide LGBT-friendly national and international online audience, and managing leave their homes, not wanting to live professionals have done little to fos- care, with an offi cial mission to create Daily Xtra’s ecosystem of journalistic production (including in that kind of environment,” says Uni- ter trust. Watkins shared accounts an environment that respects sexual reporters, community, software, files and processes). versity of Toronto PhD candidate Jillian of personal support workers who left orientation and gender identity. Its Watkins, but in addition to more uni- or gave clients religious pamphlets resident council president is openly PTP is committed to employment equity and to providing versal concerns, she says LGBT seniors after realizing they were in same-sex gay and in an interview with CBC News a fair and equitable work environment. We encourage worry about being forced to hide their relationships. One HIV-positive man said he feels very safe and comfortable applications from women, aboriginal people, those living identities or dealing with hostile reac- described changing doctors multiple at Fudger. with disabilities and people who are visible minorities. tions from fellow staff and residents. times because he said they weren’t But Fudger remains the exception, Watkins, who shared her research interested in providing him with care. and in general, retirement homes are Please visit the “Work With Us” section of our website fi ndings in August at an event hosted Watkins’s subjects agreed that there unprepared for LGBT seniors, espe- at dailyxtra.com for more information and instructions by the Alzheimer Society of Toronto, is a profound shortage of LGBT-friendly cially future residents who have lived on how to apply. has encountered skepticism about services. For Pellman, who is Jewish, op- in an increasingly welcoming society the need for LGBT-focused senior tions are especially limited. She wants to and will expect to have their identities care, given societal progress made in live somewhere she can not only be out, respected. Pellman hopes her work recent decades. but celebrate the Jewish holidays and will help these future cohorts, as well To better understand the mindset eat kosher. Having found no place that as today’s residents. of today’s LGBT seniors, she asked the fi ts the bill, she’s taken it upon herself to “It’s a fi ght I decided I’m not going to CANADA’S audience to consider the life histories prepare retirement homes for residents back down on,” she says. “It’s not just of gay Canadians in their 80s. Born in like her, focusing her eff orts on Baycrest, for me... Based on the numbers, there GAY & LESBIAN the early 1930s, they would have lived one of the largest Jewish seniors’ homes are clients who are lesbian, gay, bi and NEWS their fi rst three decades as criminals, in the GTA. maybe trans who are in Baycrest, who the next few years deemed legal but To really facilitate on-the-ground are suff ering now. How could I not get mentally ill, and would have gained the change and increase trans visibility, involved?”

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! OCT 17–30, 2013 13 Montreal InterPride conference welcomes international delegates Activists look at Dozens arrested ways to bring Pride at St Petersburg to hostile cities Coming Out Day rally INTERNATIONAL NEWS ANDREA HOUSTON Police detained dozens of people after intervening in a clash over a thwarted Images from Pride events in Europe’s National Coming Out Day event in St three Baltic nations — Estonia, Latvia Petersburg, RIA Novosti reports. and Lithuania — resemble a war zone. As LGBT activists arrived for the Under clouds of smoke, tanks and riot rally in the downtown area, they were police charge at small groups of gay met by opponents — including people and lesbian people peacefully holding wearing Cossack uniforms, members rainbow flags. of nationalist groups and Orthodox At the InterPride conference in Mon- Church adherents — who blocked their treal, held Oct 10 to 13, Kristine Garina, passage into the Field of Mars, a site from Mozaika (Baltic Pride), spoke at a where public demonstrations take place session about the world’s most hostile without warranting official permission, regions for LGBT people. The Ugandan the report says. delegate could not attend because the Police held about 15 activists and 30 of High Commission of Canada to Kenya their opponents after the activists tried to denied his visa application. Italian InterPride delegates raise rainbow flags, with one flagbearer “Pride is the strongest tool we have Andrea Maccarrone and Gian reportedly wrestled to the ground. to create change,” Garina says. “When Luigi Passini. ANDREA HOUSTON Natalia Tsymbalova, an organizer of you’re in your city surrounded by hate the event, told Reuters that authori- slogans and riot police, solidarity from Every time a pro-gay event is staged, homophobia. “For us, Pride is a political organizations and do more than write ties helped the “homophobes” scatter the international community matters.” activists risk their lives, she says. “If we march,” he says. “We feel we are directly letters, make statements and boycott.” the rally. Homosexuality has been legal in all stop, who will do this?” fighting the pope. That said, it was easier But van Dalen cautions American President Vladimir Putin has repeat- three Baltic countries since the early Garina calls the situation in Russia with [Pope] Benedict. People think that and Canadian activists calling for direct edly denied that his country, which will 1990s, although discrimination and hos- “grave” and urges the international Francis is changing the Church from action on the streets of Sochi during the host the 2014 Winter Games in about tility toward queer people is widespread. community to continue putting pres- within. That remains to be seen.” upcoming Winter Games. four months, discriminates against That aggression seems to be increas- sure on political leaders. The day after At the InterPride human rights com- “We have to be extremely careful,” he LGBT people despite the passage of ing in Eastern Europe, Russia and other her presentation in Montreal, 67 people mittee meeting, a number of delegates says. “There can’t be any rainbow flags several anti-gay laws, with more in the parts of Northern Europe. “In Europe, were arrested during a pro-gay demon- and board members discussed strate- on athletes. We don’t want World War works, that are being blamed for a crack- there is a significant increase in na- stration in St Petersburg for interna- gies to more effectively bring Pride to Three. Homosexuality is perceived as down on the community. —Natasha tionalism and religious conservatism tional Coming Out Day. hostile cities around the world. Western there. As much as we all want Barsotti leading to violence,” Garina says. “Anti- Meanwhile, Italian delegates said they “As a movement we need to collabo- to see protests, people’s lives are at risk. gay neo-Nazis are considered heroes face anti-gay Catholic protesters during rate,” says Frank van Dalen, from the “I think the message needs to be For more on these stories, by some. That’s why the international Rome Pride. Andrea Maccarrone feels Europe-based Pride United organiza- that we’re not going to destroy Russian go to dailyxtra.com. community must support what we do.” the event is a way to fight the Vatican’s tion. “We need to come together as culture. We’re going to add colour to it.”

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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! OCT 17–30, 2013 15 THE REVOLUTION WILL What is it about the web that is so attractive for queer Canadian filmmakers?

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The future of queer storytelling is on the web. In a recent piece in The Atlantic, journalist Ben Terris acknowledged the phenomenon of American web series The Outs and the wave of queer-themed projects making the rounds online, describing it as “an auspicious time for shows like this to find a home.” And with series like It Gets Betterish, Hunt- ing Season, Husbands and Where the Bears Are generating tons of press and developing sizable followings, many stu- dios and networks have had to rethink their programming strategies by calling attention to a large and very moneyed demographic hungry for LGBT content. But perhaps most interesting in all of this is that a large number of these online LGBT shows are produced in Canada. Out with Dad, BJ Fletcher: Private Filmmaker Austin Wong created Boystown, a web Eye, Leslieville, Seeking Simone, Gay series about a group of gay friends. ADAM COISH Nerds and Who the F**k is Nancy? are just a few examples of homegrown web series that have been part of the wave accessible ways to do that.” While Tannahill’s project embraces That kind of freedom is often hard to “If shows believe they need to sepa- of queer online content being shared on Tannahill is no stranger to web-based the do-it-yourself aesthetic of many come by when trying to produce your rate and segregate themselves from the social media. In fact, in a press release storytelling. His performance piece contemporary viral videos, other queer own content and stay true to your cre- pack based on the fact that they feature issued by the Canadian Independent rihannaboi95, which picked up a 2013 storytellers have used video-sharing ative vision.” gay or lesbian characters, how do we Production Fund, a record 157 web Dora Award for Best New Play for Young platforms like YouTube and Vimeo as Latimer’s series, a comedy about a then ever expect to be accepted into series applied to the organization for Audiences, uses live-streaming video to a space where they can offer up more lesbian private eye and her sidekick, the mainstream?” funding in 2013, and of those, a signifi- tell the story of a teenager who is bullied traditional, genre-driven alternatives provided the filmmaker with the op- Filmmaker Austin Wong, creator cant portion dealt with LGBT issues and when footage of him dancing and lip- to broadcast and cable television — that portunity to create something that con- of the upcoming web series Boystown, themes relevant to the community. synching to Rihanna songs goes viral. are nonetheless free of mainstream tained the playful elements of shows like agrees. “None of the characters [on my So what is it about the web that is so at- Over the course of several days, viewers expectations. Murder She Wrote, Laverne & Shirley and series] are going through any coming-out tractive for queer Canadian filmmakers? were encouraged to log on to a site and “When we started BJ Fletcher back Cagney & Lacey while embracing a queer crises. They’re well past that. They’re “I think LGBT storytellers are drawn watch the boy’s story unfold in real time. in 2008, ‘web series’ was pretty much sensibility that was true to her own life. well adjusted, they have friends, they to the web out of necessity,” says To- “To me [confessional YouTube videos] a new concept on the web,” says Regan Still, Latimer was adamant that the live in a city that accepts them, and now ronto interdisciplinary artist Jordan embody something vulnerable, raw, un- Latimer, executive producer of Bee characters’ sexualities be an element of they’re just dealing with issues that Tannahill. “There is still the assump- rehearsed, urgent and candid. Whereas Charmer Productions and a found- individual scenes rather than the theme come with trying to find a partner and tion... that LGBT stories are a niche more conventional narrative mediums ing member of the Independent Web of the entire series. “Their sexuality is trying to find your way... and some of market that can’t attract prime-time usually convey high production values Series Creators of Canada. “One of the never made [into] an issue; it’s just one the attendant issues that arise because audiences. Most production companies [and] something carefully considered, biggest draws for me back then... was aspect of who they are. It was important they happen to be gay. But it’s not about and broadcasters won’t touch them. So rehearsed, dramatic and heightened. the amount of creative freedom you to me to create a series that showed les- [being gay]. I take that as a given.” artists who want to explore queer con- So I felt a web video was really the best had in this particular medium. There bian characters in everyday life where Based on Wong’s short film Gaysian, tent are taking matters into their own aesthetic and conceptual fit for rihan- are no [industry] gatekeepers telling their sexuality was not the main focus Boystown is about a small group of gay hands, and web series are affordable, naboi95. It just had the right ‘feel.’” you ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or ‘change this or that.’ of attention. friends navigating the ups and downs of

16 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Queer Canadian STREAMED web series: BE A primer

BJ Fletcher: Private Eye A comedy about private investi- gator Beatrix Jane (BJ) Fletcher and her best friend and assistant, Georgia (George) Drew, “as they grapple with everything from running surveillance to going undercover to foiling would-be saboteurs, all with varying degrees of success.”

Leslieville A drama series about a group of lesbian friends navigating life and love in the east end of Toronto.

Boystown Based on Wong’s short film Gay- sian, which was recently accepted into the Toronto Reel Asian Inter- national Film Festival. A comedy about gay single boys Steve, Aaron and Geoff (and their gal-pal Amanda), who live in Toronto and search for love and sex in their city.

rihannaboi95 A solo show about a queer teen dealing with the fallout of a video, which goes viral, he posts of him- self dancing to a Rihanna song.

Out with Dad A drama series about teenaged lesbian Rose and her single father Nathan that includes themes like Nadine Bell’s web series Leslieville is about a the challenge of coming out to group of lesbians in east-end Toronto. ADAM COISH parents and other family struggles.

Seeking Simone Toronto’s dating scene. Wong wanted out there, as well as having an Asian tion of national output. Although none generation, even people in small towns A lesbian actress tries to make the show to explore universal themes lead — exploring stories that I haven’t of the filmmakers who spoke to Xtra can seek it out, stumble upon things, sense of the online dating commu- and embrace the comedic sensibilities seen told and in a comedy format that could really pinpoint why Canadi- and web series like [my show] will show nity and often fails — horribly and of hit shows like Sex and the City and I think we’re missing.” ans have been so prolific on the web- them another world that has diversity hilariously — at it. Modern Family while adding something For other web-content creators, like series scene, the general consensus is both with sexuality and with race.” to the mix that hasn’t really been avail- Leslieville’s Nadine Bell, online series that the combination of a web-savvy And while web-based storytelling Gay Nerds able on mainstream television — a gay play a very important role in LGBT population and progressive national creates new and exciting opportunities A group of outsiders who don’t fit Asian protagonist. self-representation. “All minority politics allowed LGBT filmmakers to for LGBT storytellers, Tannahill sees the traditional “gay” mould use “I never see Asians in lead roles, groups seek to represent themselves, feel comfortable sharing their stories the movement more as an extension of pop culture to make sense of the and that was something that always and though our community is quite with others, which in turn has helped a preexisting cultural tradition within world around them. What if drop- bothered me, and if they were intro- large... it is continually underrepre- to lay the groundwork for community the community. ping stuff off at an ex-boyfriend’s duced, there was usually some kind sented, [and] when we do get atten- outreach. “I think queers are attracted to the house was like being attacked by a of stereotypical reason for them to be tion in mainstream stories, it’s very “We’re not simply telling stories for vanguard. LGBT web series are simply T-rex in Jurassic Park? Or cruising there — like they were an exchange much stereotypical or comedic relief ourselves, who are lucky enough to live a continuation of a rich history of queer an online sex app was like entering student or super good at math, or they or the version of the LGBT person the in a country that is open and supportive countercultural, on-the-fringes art- The Matrix? Parodies galore. were the best doctor. But very rarely majority is comfortable with. With the of LGBT people,” Bell says. “We are making. I think our community has is it that they’re just a person who has internet, we can make our stories avail- telling them for those who don’t have always taken to new forms, ones often Who the F**k is Nancy? issues that aren’t necessarily related able to our community easily, and also those freedoms so they can have hope overlooked by the mainstream, because Two fabulous best friends drink, to being Asian. in some countries, the internet is the and know they are not alone.” we see their potential as outlets to dance and want to be famous, all “With [Boystown] and with web se- only window to an open LGBT lifestyle Wong agrees. “Younger people are express otherness. the while accruing as many Twitter ries in general, I saw a really good op- people have.” turning more to the internet to watch “Web narrative is on the periphery, followers as is humanly possible. portunity to have both queer content Which, of course, brings up the ques- things than television. So with this and so are we.”

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My co-columnist and I have found kindred spir- its in the Ladies of Llangollen. When we feel overwhelmed, we retreat to an imaginary place: Halifax. But, you say, surely Halifax is real. Yes, but that’s not our Halifax. JOB OPPORTUNITY We often say that one day we’ll move to Halifax and open a tea shop in a secluded spot. Every morning Michael will dance a jig out onto the second- Intermediate .Net fl oor landing — his skirt fl ying as he kicks — tumble down the stairs, land on his rump with his skirt up over his Web Developer head and call out, “Welcome, ladies!” ERIC WILLIAMS All the ladies will be drunk by mid- Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Edmund Burke Pink Triangle Press is looking for an Intermediate .Net afternoon, by which time I will have Their hideaway and William Wordsworth, who wrote Web Developer to assist with the design, development made my way over from the nearby this about them: “Sisters in Love, a love and deployment of new features and functions for our lighthouse, where I sleep, read and allowed to climb,/Even on this earth, may not have been Squirt.org website. talk to my pet sheep. A bit odd, sure, as comical as our above the reach of Time!” but it’s our idea of paradise, sort of like It’s unclear whether they were les- Come work with us . . . the Ladies of Llangollen. “Halifax,” but it bians. They slept in the same bed and Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah referred to one another as “my be- If you are the right person for this role, you will be a Ponsonby (1755–1831 or 1832) both seems to have been loved” and “my better half,” but such motivated and energetic generalist with five to seven years came from aristocratic backgrounds their idea of heaven. intimacies were common between of experience working on highly interactive web-based and were born near one another in friends and relatives. When a 1790 applications running in a client/server environment. You rural Ireland. Butler’s father was an newspaper article implied their re- enjoy taking initiative and finding solutions, are detail- earl and Ponsonby’s great-grandparents cal as our “Halifax,” but it seems to lationship was sexual, it made them oriented and take extreme pride in your work. included an earl and a viscount. The have been their idea of heaven, and angry. Burke consoled them, writing two met in 1768 and, despite their age the pair was not without eccentrici- “you suff er only by the baseness of the You will be able to create efficient and logical databases diff erence (Butler was 29 and Ponsonby ties. Two ladies living together and age you live in.” To others, it was clear and employ many different database design techniques. was 13), became good friends. without men (in what would later be that the two were a same-sex couple. You understand the complexities of designing Both women lived in diffi cult situ- referred to as a “Boston marriage”) Anne Lister, a contemporary famous and developing highly interactive websites for multiple ations. Butler’s family wanted her to was itself very unusual, but they also for describing her lesbian experiences browser and operating system combinations and possess become a nun and Ponsonby’s family enlarged their cottage, creating a sort in her extensive diaries, wrote of the demonstrated work experience with more than one wanted her to marry a man. Or, by of mock-Gothic look, and fi lled it with pair, “I cannot help thinking that surely relational database management system. some accounts, Ponsonby was abused thousands of books and lots of oddi- it was not Platonic.” Please visit the “Work With Us” section of our website by her guardian, Sir William Fownes, ties, including a letter from the King Whether or not they were lesbians, at dailyxtra.com for further information and instructions who wanted to make her the next of France and a strand of hair from it’s clear they were brave women who on how to apply. Lady Fownes. To avoid their families’ Mary Queen of Scots. They engraved challenged conventions by living as they wishes, the two attempted to run off their initials on glass and silverware. pleased. If I ever visit Wales, I’ll visit *Successful candidates for this position must be together to England with only a pistol Their unusual lifestyle earned them Plas Newydd, which is now a museum, comfortable with explicit gay/male sexual imagery. and Ponsonby’s dog, Frisk. Their fl ight the nickname the “Ladies of Llangol- and the graveyard at St Collen’s Church, failed, but to avoid further scandal len,” or just The Ladies. where I hope Butler’s and Ponsonby’s their families allowed the two women The two seemed to want only to live gravestones still stand. I’d like to read to move in together in about 1778. a quiet life: reading, writing, embroi- the touching inscription that was writ- They left Ireland and bought a cot- dering and strolling together through ten on Ponsonby’s: “She did not long tage near Llangollen, in northeast the village in “mannish” clothing. But survive her beloved companion, Lady Wales. Their hideaway, which they their lifestyle and literary interests Eleanor Butler, with whom she lived in named Plas Newydd (Welsh for “New made celebrities of them. Many famous this valley for more than half a century Place”), may not have been as comi- fi gures visited them, including Lord of uninterrupted friendship.”

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oxing enthusiasts of- more than 2,000 former students. And she did, expecting some fair sparring. ten refer to the sport as yet it owes its beginnings to the mean That’s not what happened. the “sweet science” — a streets of Toronto in the early 1990s. “He kicked the shit out of me,” phrase that acknowl- When Howe moved to Toronto Howe recalls. edges the artistic yet fresh off earning a theatre degree When it was over, she retreated to methodical nature of from McMaster University, she had the broom closet she usually changed boxing. Most spectators, more than landing an acting gig in in and cried. For weeks she stayed Bhowever, probably find it ironic that mind. She wanted to live openly as away from the gym, but ultimately, such an adjective describes what’s a lesbian, something that hadn’t her love of the speed bag called her regularly a bloody scene. seemed feasible in her hometown of back. The next time someone ap- earliest sanctioned women’s boxing If boxing isn’t necessarily sweet Miramichi, New Brunswick. proached her, she had nothing to fear. SHE’S VERY, matches organized in Toronto. inside the ring, it certainly has the But it wasn’t all rainbow flags in To- Ray Marsh, one of the gym’s own- VERY GOOD AT Not everyone was happy with the potential to be so outside of it. Savoy ronto, either. “At that time there were ers, made it a point to offer Howe choice of Howe for the important “Kapow” Howe and her Toronto a lot of stories of gaybashing,” Howe some guidance. “She came in and she MAKING PEOPLE fight. Marsh says a few people asked, Newsgirls Boxing Club are proof that says. “I didn’t want to be afraid.” was very determined,” says Marsh, 69. FEEL SAFE. “Ray, why are you sponsoring and sweet release can come with boxing. A chance look at a newspaper photo “I respected her tenacity.” training this gay woman?” “A heavy bag is cheaper than thera- of a woman decked out in boxing gear The two soon learned they had ,7â0$'(0( She wasn’t even publicly out then. py,” Howe says. “We hold so much in curbed that fear. “It was like a light more than boxing in common. Marsh REALIZE JUST But that was about to change. Howe our bodies. If we don’t let it out, we bulb went on,” she says. studied theatre at the University came out big in 1993 when she dis- almost turn it inwards.” Boxing was the answer. She had to of Toronto and in 2001 performed HOW POWERFUL cussed being a lesbian boxer in the Howe, 47, is the founder of the learn to box. This realization took her alongside Howe in a play she wrote I COULD BE AND documentary For the Love of the Toronto Newsgirls, an east-end gym to the doors of the Toronto News- called Doohnamow. Howe has writ- Game. In 2011, Outsports chose the located near Gerrard Street East and boys Boxing Club, which in 1992 was ten four plays and performed in all THAT I AM NOT event as number 96 in its “100 most Carlaw Avenue. While there are many located at Broadview and Eastern of them. WEAK. important moments in LGBT-sports boxing clubs in the city, this one’s avenues. There were very few women Marsh has coached Howe for more FORMER SHAPE YOUR LIFE history” series. special. It has an express mandate to at the gym and the status quo was than 20 years. He’s been in her corner PROGRAM PARTICIPANT “It kicked my closet doors off the provide a space for women and trans to ignore Howe. So she was caught for a few fights, but one of those was hinges, which was probably the best folk to explore boxing safely. off-guard when somebody finally ap- a defining moment. In 1993, Howe thing ever,” Howe says. Savoy Howe at the Toronto Newsgirls Now in its 17th year, the club has proached her. One of the guys at the fought in and won her first official Boxing Club in the city’s east end Howe, who by then had come out been a positive force in the lives of gym asked her to get in the ring and fight, which is considered one of the ADAM COISH to her parents, claims that she “had

20 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS In 2010, she took home the Senator nity-safety investment grant funds Nancy Ruth Award for a demonstrat- Shape Your Life. While the program ed commitment to women through- used to run for 12 weeks and pro- out her life and career. She also won vided childcare, fewer funds means an Coaching Excellence Award from it now runs for seven weeks and no the Coaches Association of Ontario in longer provides childcare. The pro- 2011, under the grassroots category. gram does, however, still offer partici- It’s the little things that make Howe pants snacks and refreshments, some a good coach. For instance, she gives equipment and TTC tokens. all gym members a nickname, usually The last week of Shape Your Life based on a talent or passion. “A lot of focuses on the Think Outside the people think they’re weaklings,” she Ring art project, which started back says. “Having that name gives them in 2011 when Howe couldn’t find it something to work towards.” in her to throw away the old can- From time to time, however, she vas cover for the gym’s boxing ring goes big as well. While she doesn’t because it held so many memories. cling to the title of activist, there’s So instead, she had it cut up into one fight she holds particularly close 80 pieces and set them aside. When to her heart: supporting trans people. Colleen “Splatter” Dockstader, 44, For Howe, that meant developing a showed up at Newsgirls in January trans-inclusion policy for the gym. 2012 as a Shape Your Life participant, “She wanted to address the com- suddenly those pieces had use. munity and provide more opportuni- With Dockstader at the helm of ties for them,” says Cathy Van Ingen, Think Outside the Ring, half of Shape an associate professor of kinesiology Your Life’s participants decided to at Brock University, who helped draft take part in the art project. “It either the policy. “We did several revisions came out as their story or the empow- on it until we felt it was reflective.” erment they got afterwards,” Dock- Howe turned that support into stader says of the paintings produced. results in 2007 when the Newsgirls The project has had two exhibits partnered up with Brock University, and Dockstader is currently looking Opportunity for Advancement and for new places to display the group’s the June Callwood Centre for Women work. and Families to create Shape Your Greg Bernard, 21, is another for- Life, a recreational boxing program mer Shape Your Life participant. He for women and trans people who requested that Xtra use a pseudonym, identify as survivors of violence. as he is a survivor of abuse and doesn’t This free program encourages par- want his identity disclosed. Bernard ticipants to get in touch with healthy came to Newsgirls last January after aggression. They don’t hit each other setting out to find a program that but instead grasp techniques by hit- catered to trans survivors of violence ting bags and practising shadow box- like him but soon found out that was ing. Those who consent also get the no easy task. Fortunately, he con- opportunity to chase, which allows tacted someone at the 519 Church them to take on an opponent in the Street Community Centre, who told ring who only blocks punches and him about Shape Your Life. doesn’t hit back. Shape Your Life Immediately, Howe’s caring and at- participants get a free three-month tentive nature struck Bernard. “With nothing to lose” by coming out pub- have to make ends meet waitressing. But she’s got a business, and like so membership to the gym after gradu- Savoy, she’s very, very good at making licly and that, by contrast, she felt “Thank god.” many others, it struggles. ating from the program. people feel safe,” he says, noting that others had something to gain. “It was By 1998 it was time to leave the “We still survive month to month,” Funding for the first year was made Shape Your Life taught him how to wanting to show people that there are boys behind. Newsgirls moved into says Howe, who claims new promo- possible through a grant provided access power he didn’t even know he other lesbians out there.” Sully’s Boxing Gym in the west end, tions keep the gym going. “Where by the Ontario Ministry of the At- had and that it’s changed the way he More changes followed when in which was closed to the public on there’s a will, there’s a way.” torney General Victim Services Unit. views himself. “It made me realize 1996 the Newsboys, under the new weekends, allowing Howe to rent the She should know. Her achieve- When those initial funds dried up, just how powerful I could be and that name Unitas Boxing Club, moved to space for women-only classes. When ments include winning silver in the Howe thought to ask for donations I am not weak,” he says. “And I never the corner of Queen Street East and Sully’s owners closed that location 1995 and gold in the 2010 provincial at a Newsgirls event. It worked. One was weak.” Greenwood Avenue. Howe decided in 2006, Howe started looking for a championships. She also won silver at woman donated $80,000, which the The experience has also led Ber- she, too, should switch things up a permanent home for her club. The the national level in 2010. Her hard- club split equally over the following nard to believe that there needs to bit. To supplement her income as an Newsgirls trained in parks for a few ware is particularly impressive when four years. be more places like Newsgirls. “Here attendant care worker, she plunked months before moving into the gym’s you consider she’s been in only 15 In 2010, Howe and a program at Newsgirls, it’s all very welcoming,” on her coaching cap. She put up present location. fights, holding a record of eight wins partner went to Jakarta to share the he says. “Trans women, trans men, posters that advertised “Boxing for The move also meant an end to a and seven losses. Shape Your Life program. It’s the non-binary people — everyone is Women,” and in less than two months 16-year career in attendant care for Her accolades outside the ring are second of the Newsgirls’ trips abroad, welcomed and everyone is accepted 40 women had signed up. With this Howe, who decided to coach full-time. even more notable. as Howe and two others had in 2003 and treated with respect.” move, the Toronto Newsgirls Boxing “As soon as I started coaching, it was Most recently, Howe won the 2013 travelled to Tokyo to train with an all- That sounds pretty sweet. Club was born. my passion,” she says. “I don’t want Steinert & Ferreiro Award, which rec- female boxing gym whose members “It kind of came out of despera- to be a business owner. I just want to ognizes leadership in the queer com- had trained in Toronto the year prior. For more information about the News- tion,” says Howe, who didn’t want to be a coach.” munity with a cash prize of $10,000. Today, a City of Toronto commu- girls, go to torontonewsgirls.com.

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! OCT 17–30, 2013 21 22 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS No one manscaped in the 1940s. No groomers, no personal Out inthe City body trimmers; let it be what it is. John Krokidas E29 TECHNOLOGY FETISH Northbound Leather’s 17th annual fe- be available at Northbound Leather. tish fashion show and BDSM party will The fashion show will end with a dance focus on how technology has changed number from Canadian comedian and Redefining PG-13 the way people date and screw. Appro- actor Winston Spear. “He is performing “Every day is Halloween for me,” says priately named ikink, the night features a piece he choreographed just for ikink,” style icon Amanda Lepore. “I love 25 models acting out a series of scenes Kelly says. “It’s all about where the future makeup and dressing up, and I’m al- based on the theme, beginning with a will take you after dating via apps and ways planning my outfi t.” couple who lie about their assets while sites has become obsolete.” The trans performance artist is writing their online dating profi les. Immediately following the fashion co-headlining Sharon Needles’s up- Filmmaker Carolyn Kelly is pro- show, the stage will be cleared and coming PG-13 tour, which touches ducing the event for the fourth year kinky folk can dance until dawn to the down in Toronto Oct 30. Needles in a row. “Nobody meets up the old- music of DJ Jimi LaMort or spend time will be performing material from her fashioned way, like at a bar or through getting naughty in a well-equipped much-anticipated new album, which a friend,” Kelly says. “It’s all about using two-fl oor dungeon overlooking the lake. was co-written and produced by sex- apps and websites.” “One fl oor is men only, and the other is on-a-stick rapper and DJ Cazwell. The event won’t be as shocking as in more mixed,” Kelly says. “It’s also very “A lot of the songs that he wrote I’ll previous years — there won’t be flesh trans-friendly; if you identify as male, be performing at the show,” Lepore hooks or live crucifi xions — but it will be you can go into the male-only dungeon says. “I’m going to perform ‘I Wanna Be just as sexy and enjoyable. The featured space.” —Jeremy Willard Loved By You’ . . . We’re also going to do clothing is all by Northbound Leather’s in- our song together, ‘I Wish I Were Aman- house designer, Cheryl Kocot. “She’s been ikink is Sat, Oct 19, 9pm–6am at da Lepore.’” Lepore, who rocketed to working with some of the leather boys in Sound Academy, 11 Polson St. ikink.ca international fame as photographer the community to fi nd out what works for David LaChapelle’s muse, has toured them — zippers in one area are generally major cities across the planet. But Amanda Lepore and Sharon Needles take not very pleasant!” Kelly says. she’s modest when it comes to con- Toronto. MARCO OVANDO Many of the pieces will later necting to her community and her roots. This past year she headlined This year’s Northbound Ottawa Pride. “I have a lot of fun reach- The PG-13 tour also features DJs, PG-13 touches down Wed, Oct 30, Leather fetish fashion show ing out everywhere because a lot of dancers and prizes for best costumes. blends technology and sex. 9pm, at the Phoenix Concert the time, the smaller towns are very ‘‘It’s going to be me times two with Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St. conservative and don’t have much Sharon, an overload of glamour,” phoenixconcerttheatre.com of a gay social scene.” Lepore says. —Ryan English A smutty, sleazy

Crooked, Jordan Coulombe’s “fagazine,” can be found at the tribute to zine culture Toronto Queer Zine Fair. JORDAN COULOMBE Leafi ng through the pages of Crooked is like being Crooked features naughty pictures, es- gan to formulate a plan to start a stories, especially common in a time warp and a bad acid trip at once. The says about “fag punk” identity and a dia- publication that would put some of experiences that people usually keep “fagazine,” edited and published by Montreal tribe against the Quebec government’s the original sleaze back into queer print.” hidden, helps validate queer experience and writer Jordan Coulombe, is an homage to the anti-homophobia campaign (not so Coulombe followed up with a visit to the helps people overcome shame, and I hoped that glory days of pre-internet 1980s and ’90s punk surprisingly, Coulombe thinks it’s Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. “I discov- Crooked could be a platform for that process.” zines. It’s a damn cool read. far too assimilationist). Coulombe ered some really militant and hilarious writing, —Matthew Hays “When I was a closeted kid in the early ’90s, says a big part of his motivation for which helped shape the direction I took with I used to collect gay magazines and other gay creating Crooked comes from how Crooked... The result is a sort of hybrid of creative Jordan Coulombe will be at the Toronto Queer printed paraphernalia in a box hidden in my mainstream so much gay media writing journal and platform for political mani- Zine Fair, Sat, Oct 19, 11am–5pm, Scadding bedroom,” Coulombe recalls. “These magazines had become. “I had been trying to festos, crossed with a dirty smut rag. The writing Court Community Centre, 707 Dundas St W. were my first connection to other fags, and to get my short stories published and felt like there ranges from deliberately confrontational politi- Crooked is also available at Glad Day Bookshop, some extent I learned what being a fag was all weren’t many places left that were interested cal pieces to more confessional personal stories. 598 Yonge St. about from them.” in publishing transgressive queer writing. I be- I’ve always believed that confessing personal

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24 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS American style Philadelphia Just the two of us cheese steak sandwiches Jinkx Monsoon All sandwiches and Major made with Scales do AA Ribeye I WENT TO WE HAVE vaudeville PHILLY ONSTAGE SERAFIN LARIVIERE I have to confess that I’ve never seen Ru- 462 YONGE STREET, NORTH OF COLLEGE Paul’s Drag Race, a reality show where contestants compete to be crowned Open ‘til 3am Fri & Sat Queen of the Falsies, Empress of Eye- 416.927.9090 lashes, the Grand Duchess of Tuck... well, you get my drift. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve interviewed Ru several times, and there’s no one smarter, sav- vier and sassier. But I’d written off the show as a mediocre reality-cum-talent show for lip-synching and bitchiness. JOB OPPORTUNITY That is, until I saw my first video of Season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon (Jerick Hoffer), a dancing, singing dynamo with genuine humour and infectious pizzazz. Certainly Hoffer could have parlayed Media Planner his TV victory into a couple of years on the drag circuit, playing for tips and giggles to an adoring crowd. His shtick Pink Triangle Press is looking for a Media Planner was funny without being abrasive, and the guy can sing like nobody’s business. to drive quality traffic to PTP’s websites. This position But instead, the Seattle-based siren has is responsible for identifying the best mix of media moved on to a very different sort of stage channels to deliver advertising messages to with the successful off-Broadway show the Press’s target audience to produce maximum The Vaudevillians. exposure, within budget. This cabaret-style production is the brainchild of Hoffer and collaborator Richard Andriessen (also known as Vaudeville duo Kitty Witless and Dr Dan Von Come work with us . . . Dandy (aka Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales). Major Scales), a stylish and hilari- If you are the right person for this role, you are able to ous romp that has been drawing huge achieve and exceed monthly and annual targets of the crowds while garnering rave reviews. started thinking about what songs Unlike many shows that feature a following metrics in regard to overall traffic and traffic type, It’s a classic two-hander show: Hoffer would sound funny done in that style.” singer and accompanist, The Vaudevil- and Andriessen play Kitty Witless and Some of the more memorable of lians gives equal stage time to both per- including but not limited to site visits, membership, revenue, Dr Dan Von Dandy, a married song- these have been songs by Britney formers. Hoffer certainly shines with bounce rate, CPA, ROI and registration conversion rate. writing team from the 1920s whose Spears and Lady Gaga, whose hit sin- his standout vocals and pristine comic PTP is committed to employment equity and to providing classic songs have been plagiarized by gle “Judas” was featured in the pair’s timing, but Andriessen is no mere a fair and equitable work environment. We encourage present-day artists. Yes, it turns out Christmas show. Andriessen and Hoffer comic foil. He’s gotten solid reviews for applications from women, aboriginal people, those living this talented duo were the brains be- like to mix things up a bit to keep the both his wonderfully unexpected mu- hind hits like “Girls Just Want to Have show fresh. They’ll mix sical arrangements and with disabilities and people who are visible minorities. Fun” and “Piece of My Heart” before and match songs that fit his brilliant portrayal Please visit the “Work With Us” section of our website THE VAUDEVILLIANS succumbing to involuntary cryogenesis with the show’s zany arc of a 1920s music man, at dailyxtra.com for further information and instructions thanks to an unexpected avalanche. of a couple dealing with Fri, Oct 25 complete with creamed on how to apply. Fortunately, global warming has their own relationship 7:30pm & 9:30pm hair and bang-on period The 519 Grand Ballroom thawed out the intrepid couple, who issues, while acclimating 519 Church St singing. But perhaps his are back to set the record straight on to the new world around the519.org favourite aspect of their who really wrote Snoop Dogg’s mega- them. Andriessen and hit show is the expec- hit “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” originally Hoffer have been room- tations some audience their tribute to the invention of the mates since college, and, Andriessen members bring with them. electric iron. says, these onstage hijinks aren’t far “It’s always enjoyable for me when CANADA’S “It really started out as this stupid off the mark from reality. we get Drag Race fans coming,” An- joke between the two of us,” says An- “There’s very little artifice in the driessen says. “They think they’re GAY & LESBIAN driessen, who also serves as the show’s relationship,” he says with a chuckle. going to see a drag show with lip sync, NEWS music director. “We already had this “We’re basically an old, bickering cou- but what they get is this fully realized predilection towards music from the ple at this point, so it’s fun for us to tap theatrical show.” 1920s and ’30s to begin with, so we into those characters.”

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Shortly after Pride, I was roaming the aisles at Dollarama with a friend. He disappeared around a corner, screamed bloody murder and came running back with a basket full of little plastic pumpkins and witches. My pulse shot through the roof, and we hopped up and down with ghoulish, girlie glee on the way to the checkout line. If you are at all like the nosy lady behind us in line and think July is too early for Halloween prep, I don’t want to hear it. As far as I am concerned, there are three nights that should be marked on your calendar before all others: New Year’s Eve, Pride and Hal- loween. I live for the day in the same way Christians live for Christmas and show queens live for Tony night. It is never, ever too early to talk about Halloween, so now that September is behind us, let the party planning, cos- Two Church Street homos keep Halloween tume construction and candy crunch- deliciously dark. TONY FONG ing begin! What is it about All Hallow’s Eve that sends some of us into a tizzy? Every while carving jack-o’-lanterns from many others — and the least we can do year, the best Halloween costumes turnips. When the Irish and Scottish is make it worth their time. I see are from my fellow queers. I’ll brought the holiday to North America, The one thing that bugs me is how never forget the drag queen Cinderella it really took off and morphed into many queer people look at Halloween being pulled in a crystal carriage by the nighttime revel we now love. Any as one last time to get our collective four (real) white horses with attendant excuse to throw on a costume and show sexy on before winter comes. Major foot-dykes or Fluffy Soufflé’s disgust- off some culinary/artistic skills, and eye roll, Toronto. Do we have to sexy ing “Mama Zombie eating her baby we queers are there in a heartbeat, but up every damn thing? We have tons zombie’s brains” appearance. One year, I’m fond of thinking about Halloween of other days to look cute! My twisted I thought my drowned sailor look was in an LGBT context. The ghost of ac- sisters, Halloween is supposed to be a pretty great until I saw a whole crew tivist Emma Goldman is said to have scary holiday tinged with darkness, fear, of drowned sailors pulling along a haunted Gold Diamond restaurant at dread and death. A cute pair of bunny giant, rusty barnacled boat. Every year, 346 Spadina Ave for decades; maybe ears and booty shorts might get you laid, Church Street sets the bar high, and as she’ll put in an appearance after sun- but it won’t scare off your dead Uncle soon as night falls, the show begins, but down to remind us of the importance Remus who remembers when you stole beware: it’s widely considered cheating of being politically active! Then there’s $5 from his wallet as a kid and wants it if you pull out the same costume year the Alexander Wood statue . . . I’m back. If you absolutely must be a sexy after year. Think of this as your official sure Mr Wood is still angry at being nurse or hot baseball player, at the very notice that you have two weeks to get remembered for a possibly phony sex least zombie yourself up. Better yet, your act together. scandal more than he is for his business indulge in a dark fantasy you wouldn’t Historically, Halloween is the time acumen. Don’t be too afraid if you see get to do at any other time of year and of year where the souls of the departed his eyes move as you head to Buddies. take a cue from the late Will Munro. wander the Earth until morning, giv- If we’re lucky, Peter Bochove might One Halloween he went home with a ing the dead one last chance to bring just be seen again in the halls of Spa stranger in a scary mask. The stranger vengeance and bad fortune on their Excess, Dusty Springfield might pop up kept it on all night and left without ever enemies before their sleep of ages. to see who Carole Pope’s dating now, revealing his identity. This is truly the In order to avoid being recognized by and 12-year-old Emanuel Jaques might spirit of Halloween in action, and I hope ghosts on the prowl and to ward off once again walk Yonge Street, raging the spirit moves you this year. Trick or the bad luck they bring, people would against his cruel murder in 1977. A treat? Maybe the ghosts of Halloween fashion costumes, masks and disguises night of unrest lies ahead for these and will grant you both.

26 OCT 17–30, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Strange Sisters cabaret returns to Buddies after Sister act five-year hiatus ONSTAGE JOHNNIE WALKER

From 1990 to 2007, the Strange Sisters cabaret was a Toronto institution. Now, after a five-year absence, the one-night- only event is back (subtitled The Insatia- ble Redux). Buddies in Bad Times will be taken over by a slew of artists — including Catherine Hernandez, Donna-Michelle St Bernard and Alvis Parsley — express- ing themselves through spoken word, burlesque, video, dance and everything in between. Xtra spoke with the event’s curators, Gein Wong and Kim Crosby, about reviving old traditions, queer his- tory and a butch lesbian Cinderella. XTRA: Strange Sisters has been gone for quite a while. Do you think the new incarnation will seem familiar to fans of the old edition, or is it an entirely new beast?

GEIN WONG: We’re ecstatic and hon- oured to be reviving and continuing the legacy of Strange Sisters. It very much represents the long history of strong support for the amazingly talented queer women performers in the city. KIM CROSBY: We think it’s important that younger folks understand that we are reviving a tradition. We have been interviewing previous curators, includ- ing Jane Farrow and Moynan King, as well as former Buddies artistic director Sarah Stanley, because we wanted to Oakland. Clearly, folks are hungry for space to reflect this amazing energy. trans folks and allies as possible, es- get their insight and their blessings as We think it’s this space, and they want to bring their We’re working with space activator Jade pecially younger generations, newly we begin this new journey. The night particular kind of magical talent to the Lee Hoy to create a performance space queer-identified women and cash-poor comes from a really powerful, raunchy important that event. In the coming years, we really that feels transformative- queer and trans folks. To and vibrant history that we are excited want to grow Strange Sisters so that it ly queer as soon as you help make this happen, STRANGE SISTERS to revive, and we are hoping to bring the younger folks can accommodate more of the visionary enter the building. As well, we are offering a “pay it Fri, Oct 25 same energy back to Buddies. work that is being created. we are bringing high pro- forward” program, where understand Buddies in Bad duction quality through Times Theatre people have the option to In 2013, where do you think we’re at What will audiences see at Strange 12 Alexander St in terms of representation for queer that we are Sisters that they aren’t going to see lighting, transitions and purchase tickets for peo- direction. Performances buddiesinbadtimes.com ple who cannot otherwise women and trans people? Are events reviving a anywhere else? like this one still vitally important, or blend and flow into one afford to come. People are there more opportunities for queer tradition. KC: An amateur cute Asian dominatrix, another, performers appear multiple simply purchase extra tickets at the female and trans expression than there as interpreted by Alvis Parsley; hot times all over the room, and a big group box office, which will then be distributed used to be? KIM CROSBY superhero aerialists and pole perfor- musical number will occur. to people-in-need who request them. mances from Oakland; a lot of brav- How do you plan to get the word out to You’ve programmed a diverse night of KC: When it becomes entirely normal ery, frailty and hotness. This is a space Strange Sisters performers Alvis younger members of the community performances, but do you see connec- to see a performance of Cinderella with Parsley, Catherine Hernandez, where we encourage artists to unabash- who might have missed out on Strange tions between the different pieces? a butch lesbian as the lead or Othello Cassy Walker, Masti Khor and Juliet edly worship the complexities of them- Sisters in its first incarnation? with a genderqueer Desdemona, we may November. selves. We want artists to express their KC: While the content and the subject decide that places like Strange Sisters ZAHRA SIDDIQUI whole selves — as freaks, as queers, as GW: Strange Sisters has a storied history matter of each piece is distinct, they are obsolete. But the applications speak weirdos — and to do it with as much of bringing queer women together. With are all fierce, hilarious and innovative for themselves: over 70 for eight spots, celebration as they want. this revival, we hope to fill Buddies with in their own skin — it’s this energy that with artists applying from Bangkok to GW: Accordingly, we are moulding the the energy of as many queer women, ties them all together.

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ONSCREEN Given that the film’s main protago- NIC KAZAMIA nist is a gay, Jewish, drug-taking poet, it took more than a decade to bring it John Krokidas’s stunningly assured to the screen. Though Daniel Radcliffe debut feature film, Kill Your Darlings, auditioned — and campaigned — for the is about desire, homosexuality and lit- lead role, he had the two final Harry erature. Based on a true case of murder Potter films to shoot and promote, so that involved the core Beat Generation the role of Ginsberg first went to Jesse of writers — Allen Ginsberg, William Eisenberg, with a pre-Captain America S Burroughs and Jack Kerouac — the Chris Evans as William Burroughs film focuses on their lives before they (which may have been the strangest became legendary. With their copious literary casting since Sandra Bullock use of drugs, sexual experimentation portrayed Harper Lee in Infamous). and sordid history with violence, the With financing finally in place, the Beats were no turgid iconoclasts, and film was ready to start shooting when Kill Your Darlings beautifully captures Eisenberg, just off the success of play- their essence. The 1940s death of the ing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg homosexual David Kammerer, mur- in The Social Network, pulled out. As dered by Lucien Carr, is said to have Krokidas recalls, “Jesse calls me and fuelled the work of Ginsberg — and his says very honestly, ‘John, I think I just sexual awakening. played the most iconic Ivy League col- “This movie is about a young man lege student I am ever going to play in finding his voice as an artist,” Krokidas my life; I think I need to play grownups about is not Radcliffe’s nude backside, what is going on in the Soviet Union, explains. “And this is Allen Ginsberg, now.’ And of course, while that upset but the emotional intimacy that Gins- looking at what is going on in countries and his sexuality had so much to do with me, I understood.” Krokidas was back It wasn’t Dan berg has been searching for with Carr’s such as Yemen, and several countries that.” As a queer adolescent, Krokidas to ground zero when Radcliffe became that was nervous character (played by the ethereally all around the world, where you can connected to Ginsberg’s work on a available. beautiful Dane DeHaan). What Kill Your still get away with murder by beating visceral level, and it’s easy to see why — Once Radcliffe committed to the role, about that scene. Darlings does remarkably well is unveil up and killing a homosexual in the name Ginsberg’s epic poem Howl is laced with he was game for anything thrown his It was the crew. the timidity and vulnerability of Gins- of social justice...” Krokidas stops and depictions of graphic gay sex and drug way. Krokidas recalls, “I told Dan, ‘You berg as a young man, and that is due to gathers himself, before continuing: “It use. As Krokidas explains, Ginsberg’s know what, no one manscaped in the JOHN KROKIDAS, DIRECTOR Radcliffe’s fearless, fragile, performance. just infuriates me, and while this isn’t brazen sexuality “was so brave, at a time 1940s. No groomers, no personal body “The thing that I realized, that kept a political movie by any means of the when it wasn’t just uncool, but scary, trimmers; let it be what it is.’” me up at night,” Krokidas says, “is the imagination, it’s part of the emotional and, you know, he was brought to the Radcliffe had no reservations about fact that in 1944 you could literally get core which caused me to wake up every freakin’ Supreme Court in an obscenity the same-sex scene at the film’s core. “It away with murder by portraying your day and make this story.” trial over this, to put his sexuality, wear wasn’t Dan that was nervous about that Above: Dane DeHaan and Daniel victim as a homosexual. And the fact that it on his sleeve, put it in his work, and scene,” Krokidas says. “It was the crew.” Radcliffe get intimate in Kill Your that’s not... just a dirty stain on Ameri- Kill Your Darlings is in theatres begin- say this is who I am.” Ultimately, what the sex scene is Darlings. JOHN KROKIDAS can history — but obviously looking at ning Wed, Oct 16.

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ROLYN CHAMBERS PHOTOS BY DEEP DISH TONY FONG Dirty Sexy Art with Heart FRI, OCT 4 @ FLY NIGHTCLUB TUES, OCT 8 @ THE CARLU The whispers spread. The word on The whispers spread. The word on the dancefloor of this post-modern the floor of this art deco theatre club is that he is, gasp, straight. But is that, gasp, a certain work by a how could this be? He looks like a certain photographer will soon be typical gay bottom-boy who decid- auctioned off. The photo is carried ed after short careers in what must to the front of the stage by two have been ballet and gymnastics bicep-gifted TD boys, and the bid- (his dance moves and upside-down ding reaches fever pitch. Edward leg splits are most impressive) that Burtynsky’s Colorado River Delta he might as well get some cold hard #3, valued at $18,000, sells for cash out of his smooth bubble butt a jaw-dropping, crotch-bulging and become a dancing underwear $32,000. Money gets me hard. This model. But here he is, Quinn Jaxon, is good news for the 20th annual peeling off his patented bulge- Art with Heart benefit for Casey thrusting Andrew Christian under- House, held at The Carlu. It’s a wear onstage at Fly as Dirty Sexy happy turnaround for the organi- 3 Party hosts Sofonda and Joseph zation, which needs the money to Patrick egg on the crowd. “This is build a state-of-the-art, four-storey our last time at Fly. Next month AIDS hospice and out-patient hos- we head back to Club120,” they an- pital at Jarvis and Isabella streets. nounce, sadly, before picking one Last year bids were hard to come tipsy twink after another to join by. But with long-time auctioneer Quinn onstage. Now there are five Stephen Ranger goading bidders 5 (one for each finger) half naked, on with lines like “You know you horny guys (and one fully clothed want it” and “We all like a happy woman) onstage shamelessly rub- ending” and wine stewards filling bing each other up. Where’d that glasses after just one gulp, bids are baby oil come from? Whose hand exploding all around the room like 4 is that? What’s that sucking noise? a currency orgasm. It’s pretty much I swear that guy had a ring on his all thick wallets and thinning hair, finger a minute ago. This is why I with some wonderful exceptions, love being gay. You would rarely like interior designer Glenn Dixon, find this messiness happening in a HGTV’s Tommy Smythe, photo- straight club, and if you did, most grapher Patrick Lightheart, Fashion of those involved would be ugly as magazine’s Elio Iannacci and a fuck. Tonight they’re just ready to newly thin and prim John Kenyon. fuck. Mostly. I, of course, am stand- “This year’s curatorial team did ing firm. an excellent job of reaching out to 1E Adam & Connor 2E Quinn & Jason the collectors of this year’s artists,” 3E Quannah & Michael 4E Kevin & Smythe says. “They got asses into Danny 5E Jason & Attila seats.” I, of course, am left standing. 6E Marc, Bobby & Ross 7E Said, Glenn Dixon & Paul 8E Daniel & Rui 9E Ernie, Carlos, Matt, Charlie, Elio & Mike 10E Rene & Brandy 6

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