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Gaycalgary and Edmonton Magazine September 2007 Edition September 2007 Issue 47 FREE of charge RRichardichard NNewmanewman CCalgaryalgary andand EdmontonEdmonton EEdmontoniandmontonian GGayay oonn BBigig BBrotherrother UUKK AAIDSIDS WWalksalks 3300 YYearsears ofof “The“The Roost”Roost” BBearbashearbash 20072007 RRockyocky MMountainountain BBearsears HHoldsolds AAnnualnnual GGatheringathering >> STARTING ON PAGE 16 GLBT RESOURCE • CALGARY & EDMONTON 2 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #47, September 2007 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #47, September 2007 3 4 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #47, September 2007 Established originally in January 1992 as Men For Men BBS by MFM 12 Communications. Named changed to GayCalgary.com in 1998. Stand alone company as of January 2004. First Issue of GayCalgary.com Magazine, November 2003. Name adjusted in November 2006 to GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine. Publisher Steve Polyak & Rob Diaz-Marino, [email protected] Table of Contents Editor Rob Diaz Marino, editor@gaycalgary. com 7 The Pains of Being Media 10 Original Graphic Design Deviant Designs Letter from the Publisher Advertising Steve Polyak [email protected] 10 Richard Newman Contributors Edmontonian Gay on Big Brother UK Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino, Jason Clevett, Jerome Voltero, Kevin Alderson, Allison Brodowski , Mercedes Allen, Christopher 12 Calgary Stampedes 16 Garvey, Arthur McComish and the Gay and Lesbian Community of Calgary and Edmonton to Vancouver Pride A View from a Broad Photographer Steve Polyak and Rob Diaz-Marino Videographer 16 Map & Event Listings Steve Polyak and Rob Diaz-Marino Find out what’s happening Please forward all inquiries to: GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine 23 Silence = Death Suite 100, 215 14th Avenue S.W. Calgary AIDS Walk Breaks the Silence Calgary, Alberta T2R 0M2 Phone (403) 543-6960 or toll free (888) 24 Press Releases 543-6960 Fax (403) 703-0685 25 Q Scopes ““Host a party, Virgo!” 50 E-mail [email protected] Print Run Monthly, 12 times a year 26 Adult Film Review Masthead continued on page 6 Muscle Bear Motel, Tap Out, Side Effects, A Night at the Ramrod 28 Q Puzzle “It’s All in the Game,” 29 Transsexuality The Stigma of the Current Medical Model 31 Bearbash 2007 Rocky Mountain Bears Holds Annual Gathering Continued on page 6 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #47, September 2007 5 Continued from page 5 32 Fundraising Photos Continued from page 5 Copies Printed Monthly, Over 10,000 35 Cell Phone Fiasco copies. Don’t Get Boned by your Phone! Distribution points up to 200 points in Calgary, largest number of distribution 37 8th Annual Calgary International Film points for any Gay publication in Calgary. Festival Up to 150 points in Edmonton, largest number of distribution points for any Gay publication in Edmonton. Also distributed 38 Sharing the “Gift” of Death coast to coast across Canada in select locations in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, 40 A Party To Murder Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and other Vertigo’s Season Opener Will Keep You Guessing places across Canada and the United States. Please call us if you would like to 42 30 Years of “The Roost” be a distribution point. 32 Distributed by Gallant Distributions 43 Bitter Girl (Calgary), Clark’s Distribution (Edmonton), Canada Post (rest of Canada and USA) 44 Letters to the Editor and by GayCalgary.com Deadline for Ad Bookings 25th of the month 45 The Rabbit Hole (unless otherwise stated) Tragedy explored in ATP Season Opener Deadline for Ad copy 28th of the month (unless otherwise stated) 46 Edmonton Walk for Life Legal Council Courtney Sebree Aarbo, Barristers and Solicitors 50 Sizwe Banzi is Dead Printers North Hill News Theatre Junction explores Aparthied at The Grand This Issue Cover Models Brad (caged) and Pete, photo taken at the Calgary Eagle by 52 Queer Eye - Calgary & Edmonton Steve Polyak and Rob Diaz-Marino. Community Events this Month The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of GayCalgary.com or 57 A Couple of Guys the contributors of the magazine. 52 60 Classifieds Ads People photographed or interviewed, writers, advertisers, contributors and anyone else involved with this publication are not necessarily gay, lesbian, bi, bi-curious or trans gendered. They can be October 2007 straight people that are gay friendly. No part of the publication may be reprinted Press Deadlines without the expressed permission of the editor-in-chief. Copyright 2007 AAdd SSpacepace BookingBooking - WednesdayWednesday Member of SSeptembereptember 26th26th 20072007 Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber AAdd SSubmissionubmission - of Commerce FFridayriday SSeptembereptember 28th28th 20072007 Member of International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association IInn CirculationCirculation - ThursdayThursday OOctoberctober 4th4th 20072007 PPleaselease contactcontact usus ifif youyou maymay hhaveave missedmissed thethe BookingBooking oror SSubmissionubmission DeadlinesDeadlines Member of Edmonton Rainbow Member of Tourism Calgary. Business Association. 6 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #47, September 2007 The Pains of Being Media Letter from the Publisher but everyone is too polite to tell him. I also feel a little By Rob Diaz-Marino like Rogue from X-Men with this random streak of white - not that I’ve been through anything I would describe as Okay, so the fi rst part of my letter from the pub- traumatic. lisher last month really sucked. As one of our writers kindly put it, “it’s good to challenge peo- ple,” but I think I might have gone a little too far. Last Month I did justify that I only came to this understand- August is traditionally the slowest month of the year in ing via my education in Computer Science, which the gay community, as people are on holiday or steal- is a realm heavy in math, logic, and philosophy. ing their last opportunities to go camping. It is our So if you got what I was saying then good for you! chance to take somewhat of a break from event cover- But let’s have a publisher’s column this month age and concentrate on getting caught up on things that that we can all understand, shall we? we have diffi culties scheduling during busier months. For me it has meant working on a new version of the The amount of construction downtown is getting com- GayCalgary.com website, to be launched sometime this pletely ridiculous. A comedian that preceded the Wet coming month. I fi nally get to make good on dreams and Spots at Yuk Yuk’s last month stated, “Calgary is a nice promises of a number of unique features, which trickle city…can’t wait until it’s fi nished!” It’s not just motor- down to benefi t the non-profi t group sites that we host. ists that are running into problems – in fact, right now But for now I don’t want to ruin the surprise. I’ll let you they seem more inclined to close sidewalks than roads, explore for yourself once the new site goes public. making it diffi cult for pedestrians. I usually walk down 1st Street SW to get from home to the train station, and The event that broke our two weeks of hermit-hood I have to cross back and forth several times because of was the AFQOL Meat and Greet at Money Pennies. Ja- sidewalks closures. I now have no choice but to walk in son, Lizaine and family made Money Pennies more than front of the straight bars along that strip, which is some- just a venue for this event – they gave a lot of them- thing I prefer to avoid especially in the evenings. We selves, from acquiring sponsorship of the Angus burgers can no longer take our usual routes to the bars because to pledging contributions every time a family member so many sidewalks are closed, and even have to take sung Karaoke. A few members of the ISCCA also stepped detours upon on our usual detours. In the past the city in to help out where they were needed: Ashley did an has tried to do construction in a manner that minimizes amazing job selling the 50-50’s, though she recruited the interference for the people that regularly use these Justin and I to rip tickets; meanwhile poor Cory took on public corridors, but they seem to be allowing everything the BBQ not realizing this would be a trend throughout to be torn apart just to get it over with quicker. Hurry the rest of the month. The place was bustling during the up already! afternoon, but was totally packed by the evening when a band came in to play. All in all, the event was a commu- Steve’s birthday and our anniversary were at the be- nity effort and supremely paid off. I will let Linda Huston ginning of this month, but we had to delay celebrations sum it all up in her AFQOL thank you letter next month, by a few days as we fi nished getting over our fl us and however I can say the fi nal total ended up being close to fevers. Steve had caught it as we were going to press two grand! last month, and I followed a few days after. Had I not been sick, we could have celebrated while up at the West Aside from this, the only other events we were aware Canadian Pride Campout, but we had to decline and ask of in Calgary were the ISCCA barbecues at the Backlot our friend Don to cover for us. As it was last year, we and the Eagle, shooter bars at the Texas Lounge and the regretted missing this unique and fun event. Once I was Eagle, and Starlit Nights with a Twist at Twisted. Though fi nally over the rough patch a few days later, we were these events have been occurring just as frequently in fi nally able to go out for a romantic dinner together.
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