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SPRING 2011 FREE www.gazemagazine.ca GAZEMAGAZINE.CA 1 SPRING 2011 Contents Around the World ............................. 4 Hometown Headlines ......................... 6 Almost Gaymous .............................. 7 Born This Gay? ................................. 8 Fabulous Finds ................................ 12 Critic’s Corner ................................. 14 Chasing Rainbows ............................ 15 Outings ....................................... 18 Gaybourhood Watch .......................... 21 Reality Bytes .................................. 22 Born This Gay? Featured on page 8 2 GAZE | Spring 2011 Published four times a year, Gaze is a magazine of news, opinion and comment designed for Atlantic Canada’s GLBT community and its allies. Opinions expressed in Gaze are those of individ- ual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the magazine. All content is copyrighted SPRING 2011 and may not be produced in part or in whole without the written consent of the publisher. Sitting down at my desk – cluttered, as always, with a Hoard- ers-esque collection of Red Bull cans and reams of loose The appearance of models or other photo- graphic subjects is not necessarily indicative of paper covered in hen scratch – it dawned on me this morn- their sexuality. ing that nearly a year has passed since I decided to take the plunge and launch Gaze. And boy, what a year it’s been, both Gaze Magazine welcomes written and photo- for the magazine and for me personally. By and large, feed- graphic submissions. back has been extremely positive (there’s always room for Contact us: improvement!) and I remain encouraged by the ever-growing www.gazemagazine.ca list of individuals who’ve joined our family of contributing [email protected] writers, photographers, models, advertisers and distributors. www.twitter.com/citizenwilliams With that in mind, I’m very excited to report that beginning http://on.fb.me/GazeFB with this issue, Gaze will be available at Priape locations in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Not only will this move enable us to better reach out to Atlantic Canadians who John Williams presently call these cities home, but also to the countless resi- Publishing Editor dents and tourists who visit Priape throughout the year. Sue Healy Graphic Design Gaze will continue, of course, to be made available via our newly revamped website www.gazemagazine.ca, while Contributors Canadian mail-order subscriptions may be obtained by Karen Bailey sending a cheque or money order for $20 to Gaze Magazine, Timothy Richard 647 Bedford Highway, Box 408, Halifax, NS B3M 0A5. Mark MacAulay Tyler Colbourne Thank you for your continued support and enjoy the issue! Doug Melanson Phillip Joy Gina Gibb Peter Graham Michael Browne Shaun Simpson Mark MacPhee Lawrence McEachern Kevin Healey Kristi Davidson Glenn Blake Denis Theriault Sasha Downer Printed by Advocate Printing, Pictou, Nova Scotia [email protected] | 902-455-3684 On the cover: Spirit O’Tb Photographed by Michael Boudreau Special thanks to Spirit O’Tb, C!rcus and the staff at boom! Nightclub GAZEMAGAZINE.CA 3 Around the World ARKANSAS: At press time, police had yet GLAAD called Cena’s taunts – he to make an arrest in the murder of 25-year- also insinuated that The Rock and old transgendered female Marcel Tye, fellow wrestler The Miz were gay whose lifeless body was discovered along and on another occasion made a stretch of highway one hundred miles reference to giving The Rock a east of Little Rock March 8. Tye, police say, ‘pearl necklace’ – homophobic sustained a single gunshot wound to the and argued that such remarks head prior to being run over by a vehicle send the wrong message to the WWE’s young viewers. The WWE and dragged several hundred feet. Investigators are confident subsequently apologized for Cena’s behaviour and announced Tye was run over as her assailant attempted to flee the scene. it would partner with GLAAD on an anti-bullying campaign. The FBI is not categorizing her slaying as a hate crime. Then, within days, wrestling commentator John Cole came un- der fire after he called fellow announcer Josh Matthews a “fag- ONTARIO: Still no arrests in the April 5 got” via Twitter. Cole soon deleted the remark, and ‘apologized,’ assault of 24-year-old Valerie Bustros, saying his comment “was obviously not meant the way it was who was attacked by three men at York taken.” Most recently, WWE Diva Maryse, the Canadian-born University’s Absinthe Pub. Accused of ex-Playboy model, lit up the Twittersphere when she publically having wrongly entered the women’s tweeted, “Ur sooo gay...” while trying to send a private message. washroom, Bustros explained that she was a lesbian. A yelling match ensued, followed by a physi- AUSTRALIA: A lesbian couple in Brisbane made history in Janu- cal altercation during which Bustros was kicked in the face. ary when they delivered quintuplets without the benefit of fertil- Pub staff quickly came to her rescue, but the identities of her ity treatment. Melissa Keevers, 27, and Rosemary Nolan, 22, beat assailants were still unknown last week to Toronto police. “I can’t incredible odds – 60 million to one! – when Keevers delivered believe this – it’s 2011,” she told reporters of the experience. “ five babies, conceived via a sperm donor, at 26 weeks. Twenty- ...We still have a long way to go with tolerance.” five hospital staffers were required to deliver the couple’s three girls and two boys, USA: When it comes to gay drama, not even Glee has been able each of whom weighed to hold a candle lately to the WWE, Vince McMahon’s testoster- less than a half-pound one-laced wrestling franchise. Back in March, GLAAD (the Gay at birth. Queensland and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) took aim at former law dictates that Nolan champ John Cena after he made “Brokeback” and “fairy” jokes has no parental rights about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who’d previously likened and will not be able to Cena’s colourful wardrobe to “a big, fat bowl of Fruity Pebbles.” adopt the children. 4 GAZE | Spring 2011 Around the World ST. LUCIA: International headlines ceased to categorize it publicizing a violent home invasion at as a mental illness four a rental home occupied by three gay years later, it continues Americans last month had St. Lucia’s to be heavily stigma- tourism minister scrambling to assure the rest of the world that his tized in many parts of Caribbean nation remained a safe travel destination. In publically the country. denouncing the attack, which saw Michael Baker, his boyfriend Nick Smith and their pal Todd Wiggins beaten, berated and robbed by five UGANDA: Gay rights activist David Kato, one men wielding guns and knives, Allen Chastanet described the former of three Ugandans responsible for achieving British colony as an island “respectful of people’s own choices for reli- a court-ordered injunction preventing media gion, beliefs and perspectives on life.” Describing the horrific event in outlets from outing alleged homosexuals, a Facebook post, Baker said the violence he and his friends endured died in January after being bludgeoned with was “partly a gay bashing.” “They asked if we were gay,” he wrote, a hammer at his home. Despite widespread noting he was in the shower with Smith when the men arrived. “They cries labelling Kato’s death a hate crime, police were quick to link his began to tell us that they hated white people. They hated faggots... death to the theft of various household items. Giles Muhame, the They asked if we were gay... They said if we were faggots they would managing editor of Uganda’s Rolling Stone newspaper, which previ- kill us... They told us they had been watching us, and they hated us, ously published a photo of Kato on a front page dedicated to incit- and wanted us off the island. They said they would kill us if we did ing homophobic violence, dismissed claims his paper had anything not leave.” Tied up and tossed in the shower, the three men eventu- to do with Kato’s death. “There is no need for anxiety or for hype,” ally managed to free themselves and make it to safety after their he said. “We should not overblow the death of one.” assailants fled. “Whether or not this crime was motivated by anti-gay GEORGIA: Plans are sentiment, or during the course of a robbery, it is nonetheless unac- currently afoot to add ceptable behaviour and Saint Lucia... will not tolerate it,” Chastanet a ‘gay’ section to a said. Homosexuality remains illegal in St. Lucia. downtown Atlanta CHINA: Earlier this month police raided Q Bar, a gay establish- cemetery. A spokes- ment in Shanghai, and proceeded to arrest dozens of men for person for the com- allegedly watching “pornographic” shows. Several reports have pany that owns Crest indicated that local law enforcers were particularly interested Lawn Memorial Park in the specifics of Q’s go-go boy act. It’s been suggested that told The Georgia Voice the police complaint was prompted by individuals at a rival the move seemed like a natural progression for gay men and bar. Although China decriminalized homosexuality in 1997 and lesbians as they gain greater acceptance in mainstream society. GAZEMAGAZINE.CA 5 Hometown Headlines CHESTER: Tanya Bloomfield, ST. JOHN’S: Zone 216, St. John’s lon- a transgendered female who gest-running gay bar, shut its Water made international headlines Street doors New Year’s Eve after near- last year for seeking refugee ly 17 years in business, the result of a status from the Canadian gov- dispute between the building’s owner ernment, has left the South and the city. Mobile events, like the one Shore to return to the United scheduled to take place on April 22 at Kingdom.