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Atlantic Canada's Queer Quarterly ATLANTIC CANADA’S QUEER QUARTERLY WINTER 2011 FREE www.gazemagazine.ca GAZEMAGAZINE.CA 1 2 GAZE | Fall 2010 On the cover: Ryan’s Fancy Featured on page 18 WINTER 2011 Contents image of article Around the World ............................. 5 here with call-out Hometown Headlines ......................... 7 Almost Gaymous ............................. 10 Model Behaviour ............................. 14 Critic’s Corner ................................. 21 Caught on Cam ............................... 23 Gay-loha! ..................................... 28 Gaybourhood Watch .......................... 29 Reality Bytes .................................. 30 Is Truro Getting a Bum Rap? Featured on page 12 GAZEMAGAZINE.CA 3 Opinions expressed in Gaze Magazine are those of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the magazine. All content is copyrighted material and may not be produced in part or in whole without the written consent of the publisher. The appearance of models or other photo- FALL 2010 graphic subjects is not necessarily indicative of their sexuality. Happy 2011! Gaze Magazine welcomes written and photo- Personally, I can’t think of a better time than the dawning of graphic submissions. a new year to announce important changes at your favourite Contact us: Atlantic Canadian GLBT publication. www.gazemagazine.ca [email protected] When I launched Gaze last July, I envisioned that the maga- zine would be published ten times a year, with the next issue scheduled to hit newsstands by mid-September. It’s now the middle of January, and this, our Winter 2011 edition, is only John Williams Publishing Editor our second printing. Shaun Simpson As many of you know, Gaze is largely a one-man operation, Fashion Photography published with the assistance of freelancers and friends. Unfortunately, churning out a publication like Gaze , on an Sue Healy almost monthly basis, with minimal manpower, proved more Graphic Design difficult than I anticipated, hence my decision to make Gaze a Contributors quarterly endeavour, with issues being published in January, Anjuli Patil April, July and October. Simon Thibault Several of you have enquired about the status of our website, Mark MacPhee Michael Browne www.gazemagazine.ca. Plans to continue making Gaze avail- Jenna Conter able on-line have not been abandoned, however, following a Lawrence MacEachern hack attack on our site in the early fall prompted us to disable Curtis Cartmill it and we are currently in the process of having a new one cre- Gina Gibb ated. In the meantime, additional content (photos, web links, Randall Perry etc.) will be posted on our Facebook page and via Twitter by Gene Campbell following @CitizenWilliams. Gaze launch party photos by SNAP Halifax Perry Paris photo by David J. Crewe Despite the growing pains that followed our inaugural print- ing – and there were many – I continue to remain dedicated Printed by Advocate Printing, Pictou, Nova Scotia to Gaze’s long-term prospects. With that, I would encourage [email protected] you to become a valued member of our editorial team by 455-3684 emailing me at [email protected] so that together Special thanks to: we can adequately cover the various GLBT communities Sam Hayes Jr. within our geographical reach. With your help, we can con- tinue to produce a publication everyone, regardless of sexu- The Staff at Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand ality, can learn from and be proud of. Honolulu, Hawaii Until next time, On the cover: Ryan MacGrath Photographed by Tyler Colbourne, Tyler John Photography Ryan’s wardrobe courtesy of Biscuit General Store, 1661 Argyle Street, Halifax 4 GAZE | Fall 2010 Around the World ARIZONA: Hours after CALIFORNIA: Palm Springs police Democratic congresswoman chief David Dominguez stepped down Gabrielle Giffords was shot earlier this month, soon after apologiz- in the head during a public ing to members of the gay community political event January 8, she for making an “inappropriate com- was heralded by the Human ment.” According to ontopmag.com, a Rights Campaign – the USA’s complaint filed against Dominquez by largest lesbian, gay, bisexual a fellow cop accused him of referring and transgender civil rights to homosexuals as “a bunch of filthy motherf--kers” and telling organization – heralded as them they “should get paid extra” for taking part in a 2009 under- “a champion for LGBT equal- cover gay sex-sting operation that led to 19 arrests. ity.” One of twelve people wounded in the shooting spree that killed six, Giffords has es- tablished herself as a vocal supporter of gay rights, including TEXAS: Tyjanae Moore, a trans- same-sex marriage. gendered female, was arrested at the Houston Public Library November 17 for “knowingly CALIFORNIA: The United States’ first GLBT museum opened its entering a restroom of the op- doors in San Francisco January 13. Located in The Castro, one of posite sex” and thrown in jail, the nation’s best-known queer districts, the museum is a project despite a 2010 executive or- of the GLBT Historical Society, an archives and research center der from openly gay Houston established in 1985. mayor Annise Parker allowing transgendered persons to use the city restroom of their choice. Ms. Moore pleaded guilty to the charge and was given credit for the two nights she spent in jail. VANCOUVER: Released results of a first-ever study of HIV rates among gay men in Vancouver have revealed that 18% of those surveyed are infected with the virus; most are taking anti-HIV medications. NEW YORK: Dogged for years by rumours surrounding her rela- tionship with longtime pal Gayle King, billionaire talk show queen Oprah Winfrey addressed the allegations head-on during a tear- stained interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters in December. “I’m ONTARIO: Halton Catholic not lesbian,” Oprah told Walters. “I’m not even kind of lesbian.” District School Board chair Alice Anne LeMay raised The interview was somewhat reminiscent of a 2007 exchange more than a few eyebrows in between Nova Scotia songbird Anne Murray and Globe & Mail January while discussing the reporter Michael Posner, Murray’s biographer. Asked by Posner if board’s ban on gay-straight she was gay, Murray told him, “No. I’m not. Nor have I ever been, alliances. “[They’re] banned although I know there are people who thought I was. I do have because they are not within a lot of women friends, but none of them is gay nor have they the teachings of the Catholic ever been.” Church,” LeMay said, further adding, “We don’t have Nazi groups either.” In a subse- quent press release, LeMay stated it was never her intent to compare gay-straight alliances and Nazi groups. “Rather I was providing a number of examples of groups that are not endorsed and permitted in Halton Catholic schools, for example, groups in favour of abortion or hate groups of any nature.” GAZEMAGAZINE.CA 5 Around the World GERMANY: Thirty-some- things Michael Konigsfeld and Thomas Brandl, op- erators of a funeral home in Cologne, are hoping to win over members of the gay community by offer- ing rainbow-coloured urns and erotic coffins featuring nude-renaissance imagery. KENTUCKY: In October, Masons at an annual statewide meeting in Louisville voted against a pro- posal that would have prohib- ited openly gay men from join- ing their storied fraternity. John Wright, the leader of a lodge in that state, who’s own coming out resulted in him being called “a flaming faggot” and prompt- ed several members of his lodge to walk out and call for his resig- UGANDA: The nation, called the move a “critical managing editor moment in the Lodge’s history.” of Uganda’s con- troversial Rolling Stone magazine (not to be con- NEW HAMPSHIRE: The fused with the similarly named U.S. publication) has said his New Hampshire Union Lead- newspaper plans to appeal a recent court ruling declaring it er, the state’s second-largest unjust to publish the names and photos of gay men living in the newspaper made headlines African nation. Homosexuality is a criminal offense in Uganda. of its own in October when Three men sued Rolling Stone after it printed a photograph- it refused to print the same- ic list of Uganda’s “top homos,” together with a front-cover sex wedding announcement banner calling for them to be hanged. A second list, adver- of N.H. native Greg Gould and his Venezuelan fiancé Aurelio Tiné tised on the front page with headlines like “More homos’ faces despite the legalization of homosexual unions in that state. exposed” and “Men of Shame Part II” followed. Editor Giles “The state recognizes a lot of things,” publisher Joe MacDonald Muhame said the photos were lifted from the gay networking reportedly responded, “including my right to set policy for the website, gaydar.co.uk. newspaper. This paper’s view is that marriage is between a man and a woman, and that will never change as long as I am running the paper.” NIGERIA: The town of Ebem Ohafia has placed a total ban on homosexuality. Community leader Eze Ukoha Kalu recently told those attending its Cultural Carnival that confirmed homosexu- CALGARY: Outlooks Magazine has announced that effective als would be stoned. February 2011, the glossy GLBT publication will be available exclusively by subscription and retail sales throughout Canada. 6 GAZE | Fall 2010 Hometown Headlines HALIFAX: Police warned residents to be cautious of face-to-face HALIFAX: The Pogue Fado found itself meetings with individuals initially encountered on-line after two gay at the centre of a they said-they said men were robbed in separate incidents in South End Halifax. Inves- debate in October after two gay men tigators believed the suspects were targeting gay men through the were asked to leave the Barrington on-line dating website Plenty of Fish.
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