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more than women and why fewer male athletes have felt comfortable coming FEEDBACK out. I think it’s simple: bum sex. Homophobes like Vladimir Putin and ‘Fucking’ editorial Let’s get naked Rob Ford surely enjoy a casual wank to your average girl-on-girl porn. But the I hate the word fucking [“For the Love of Fucking, Xtra #764, Feb 6]. It’s not EDITORIAL Bliss. In it, Bliss argues that homophobes thought of two men fucking triggers a DANNY have appropriated the word “homopho- primitive hatred. When we celebrate that I’m a prude, but it is to me a very GLENWRIGHT bia,” redefi ning it so that they become this love during Pride — whether it’s cold word. Having sex — that’s okay its victims. “Three weeks ago I was on naked on a parade float surrounded with me. I also have the same prob- We finally have confir- television, and I said that I believed that by colourful drag queens or dancing lem with nakedness in our Toronto mation from the mayor of Toronto people who actively campaign for gay topless in a Church Street beer garden Pride — it’s no longer necessary to and his Tweedledee brother that the people to be treated less or diff erently — it reminds them of what we do in the parade ourselves in this way. There real reason Rob Ford doesn’t come to are, in my gay opinion, homophobic,” privacy of our bedrooms. So let’s call it are children present, and if they were Pride is because his innocent eyes can’t Bliss said. “And for the last three weeks what it is and stop allowing these bigots our own children we would have some handle all the “buck-naked men.” It’s I have been lectured by heterosexual and nudity-haters from masking their decorum. Just an opinion. mendous amount of money that even- tually everybody will pay for, either in another curious excuse from a man who people about what homophobia is and issues with concern for the wide-eyed PAULA KEY has spent much of his professional life who should be allowed to identify it. children. And let’s remember that Pride TORONTO, ON the form of more expensive insurance inside football locker rooms. Straight people — ministers, senators, is not the Santa Claus parade — its roots or further burdening of our health- Sam Sotiropoulos, a Toronto District lawyers, journalists — have lined up to are in protest and sexual liberation. So PrEP care system. A close runner-up is the School Board trustee, joined Ford Feb 13 tell me what homophobia is and what long as the Putins and Fords of the world Here’s my analogy: a car may have drug’s toxicity and the risk of liver and in the quest to rid the summertime street I am allowed to feel oppressed by.” still have platforms from which to stir up seatbelts and airbags, but the combi- kidney damage (does anybody know festival of any exposed fl esh. Sotiropou- Sound familiar? People like Rob Ford hate, there’s no reason why we should nation of the two provides enhanced what this drug will do to you after 20 los suggested on Twitter that nudity at and Sam Sotiropoulos have rebranded ever let up in that protest. protection should an incident occur years of use?). Plus, you still need to Pride is against the law in Ontario. When themselves as victims, casualties of our We should also keep in mind that [“Take a Pill,” Xtra #764, Feb 6]. Obvi- wear condoms for other STIs (notably challenged, the trustee encouraged To- wanton sexuality and hedonism. there’s nothing shameful about the ously, the driver isn’t going to operate hep C, which is killing more Americans rontonians to stand with him against the But elements of sex-negativity and naked body or sex. If you think there is, the vehicle recklessly just because the per year than HIV) and to make up for evils of something called “homosexism.” Victorian-style prudishness also exist I’d encourage you to avoid Pride. Stay two are present. Things happen in the fact that you cannot miss a dose to “One of the most divisive infl uences in our own community, often coming home, turn on the television and show life. Condoms, like fl ossing, are one of retain your immunity. I don’t think the in Canada today is homosexism it’s [sic] from gays who worry about children your children the more palatable aspects those things people know they need to false sense of security and the risks of disseminators are maliciously rabid,” being exposed to queer people celebrat- of our world: perjuring politicians and do, but it doesn’t always work that way. fucking up your body for sex that still Sotiropoulos posted. When pressed by a ing their sexuality. These squeamish crack-smoking mayors, airbrushed ce- Sometimes they break. This medica- requires a condom is worth it. National Post tion is ideal for people who have poz DAN FALKENHAM reporter about the mean- types — most of whom, it appears, have lebrities, schoolhouse shootings, dead TORONTO, ON ing of the word, Sotiropoulos pointed to been able to claim all their rights — have bodies piling up in the Middle East, partners. I’ve known people who have an entry at urbandictionary.com that somehow forgotten that it’s what we do priests raping children. taken the pre-exposure prophylaxis. There has been this great discussion states homosexism is “discrimination with our naked bodies that kept us gays I prefer to leave that all behind for a Despite some high-risk needle sticks, south of the border on PrEP and Tru- or prejudice against straight men or down for so long. few hours on Pride and head downtown all follow-up blood work was okay. vada and very little here in Canada. women by Gay, Lesbian, Transgender I recently took part in an online dis- to celebrate gay rights and gay sex — and If condoms are employed to reduce I haven’t been able to fi nd much from or Bisexual people.” cussion about LGBT discrimination and to protest those who hate us gays and the hep C and PrEP to prevent HIV, it will the diff erent agencies except for an ar- The spat reminded me of the recent vi- Russia. The moderator wanted to know ways we seek pleasure. And for those, like improve the quality of life and reduce ticle on their website. I understand not ral video featuring Irish drag queen Panti why Russian gaybashers target men me, who have never wanted Rob Ford or healthcare costs in the long run. wanting to jump on the bandwagon his ilk at Pride, now we know how to en- CAELAN right away, but we are coming up on TORONTO, ON The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian sure he never shows up. Let’s get naked! two years of approval down south. people daring together to set love free. NICK MEYER Danny Glenwright is Xtra’s managing For me, the expense of this drug alone Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. TORONTO, ON editor. makes it a non-starter: it costs a tre-

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COMMUNITY NEWS ship with TO 2015,” she says. “It was emerged at the Vancouver Olympics in SAIRA PEESKER under their initiative that the Pride 2010, Besharat says. Instead of simply House 2015 got started.” being a drop-in centre for queer ath- The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Based at the 519 Church Street letes and allies, it has become a way to organizing committee is working with Community Centre, PrideHouseTO foster stronger bonds between sports the local Pride House organization to is a collaboration between more than and the LGBT community. make next year’s event “the most inclu- a dozen organizations, including “Canada has made great strides, sive multi-sport games in history” — a OutSport Toronto, Egale Canada, the especially compared to many other na- lofty goal that comes at a time people Church-Wellesley Village Business tions, in ensuring marginalized groups are eager to hear it. Improvement Area and the University are represented and can be included [in It almost seems as though Toronto of Toronto. There are already 100 vol- sport],” she says. “But for LGBT people, 2015 is trying to brand itself as the unteers on board with various Pride- sport can still be a hostile environment. “anti-Sochi.” But if the Russian Olym- HouseTO projects, a number that will It doesn’t seem that sport and LGBT pics are acting as their “what not to grow to more than 1,000 during next people are even talked about in the do” guide, local Pan Am organizers are year’s games. same sentence that often.” keeping that to themselves. PrideHouseTO 2015 will focus its Team Canada soccer player Erin “We don’t want to speak about what’s programming on four areas, includ- McLeod, who hopes to take part in happening at other games — it’s not our ing a community hub that will be a the Pan Am Games, has been public place — but in Toronto and this region centralized space for project coor- about her own sexuality. Lately, the it’s an important initiative to showcase dination, events, workshops, media goalkeeper has been campaigning to add diversity,” Pan Am spokesperson Teddy interviews and watching the games. protection from discrimination based Katz says. “We’re trying to make sure It will also feature a roster of outdoor on sexual orientation to the Olympic that people in all communities can feel concerts, cultural programs and sports Charter. She says it’s great to see a major a part of the games.” on Church Street, called the Village event like the Pan Am Games taking a During its moment on the world Festival. “If I have my way, we’ll put leading role in inclusivity. stage, Pan Am organizers would be some sand out and play beach volley- “I think it’s inspiring to know they remiss if they didn’t celebrate the city ball,” Besharat says. want to do that,” she says, noting that for what it is, a “community of commu- In addition, there is the policy advo- soccer’s governing body, FIFA, already nities,” Katz says. But while Katz gives cacy group, which is working behind protects such rights. “It starts with the PrideHouseTO the credit for bringing the scenes on sports-related LGBT bigger organizations to just pave the the queer community into the Pan Am issues, and community ambassadors, way, and then it becomes a non-issue. fold, PrideHouseTO’s Barb Besharat leaders across Ontario who will take If you have a games where race, reli- puts the praise back on the games’ part in sports-inclusion training. gion, politics or gender doesn’t matter, organizing committee. The function of a Pride House has I think it’s better for the athletes and “We have a great working relation- evolved significantly since the concept everyone else.”

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Scottish merchant Alexander Wood arrived in Canada in 1793, fi rst help- David LeBlanc, Bruce Ferreira-Wells, ing to set up a brewery in the town of Successful Clients Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants RCIC – ICCRC Kingston before continuing on to York, which would later become Toronto. Wood created a successful import- export business, selling European Miss Bailey had apparently scratched the genitals of her attacker, and Alexander luxuries widely unavailable in the colo- Wood took it upon himself to call in several suspects for inspection. ERIC WILLIAMS nies while exporting products, includ- ing fl our, to the continent. returning in 1812 after the American Toronto, though this land went mostly The province of Upper Canada, invasion. He took up his previous po- undeveloped until after his death. His British-controlled colonial land that sitions, including that of magistrate, nickname, “Molly Wood” (molly be- included what is now southernmost and resumed most of his friendships. ing an insult for homosexuals at the Ontario and Quebec, was run by a close- Powell, now serving on Upper Canada’s time), meant the land became known knit group of men who held most of executive council, was Wood’s sole an- as “Molly Wood’s Bush.” He returned the legal, political and fi nancial power. tagonist. Wood returned to Scotland to Scotland in 1842 for a visit, but Wood managed to beguile his way into briefl y after inheriting his family’s es- remained there until his death two the graces of the strongly classist Family tate but returned in 1821, closed his years later. His Canadian land passed Compact, becoming close with William business, which had never recovered on to distant relatives and eventually Dummer Powell, an American-born after the scandal, and spent much of his became the Church-Wellesley Village. Loyalist lawyer, among other Upper remaining life as a manager for absentee I drew much of this information from Canadian elite. He was also awarded landowners in the growing settlement. my favourite LGBT history resource, several affl uent judicial positions. By 1823, Wood sat on many commis- historian Hamish Copley’s The Drum- In 1810, word spread about Wood’s sions and Powell had been appointed mer’s Revenge. On the scandal that kept search for the man who had raped a chief justice of the Supreme Court. Wood alive in public memory, Copley woman named Miss Bailey. She had When Wood was named to the war writes, “It’s become increasingly fash- apparently scratched the genitals of claims commission, Powell refused ionable to claim that the rumours were her attacker, and Wood took it upon to swear in his former friend on moral made up by Wood’s enemies. Between himself to call in several suspects, one principle. Wood sued Powell for dam- homophobes on one side who’ve tried by one, and inspect the young men for ages and won £150, what would amount to erase homosexuality from Canadian evidence. As Miss Bailey was likely to approximately $10,000 today. In- history, and gay activists on the other fi ctitious, the incident caused a scandal stead of paying, Powell published a who’ve tried to turn Wood into some that sunk Wood’s social standing and pamphlet detailing the decades-old kind of hero, Wood has been portrayed business. Evidence of the misconduct scandal, though this wouldn’t have as a victim of a whisper campaign.” was submitted to a prosecutor but sup- been news for York. This time silence Wood’s statue is worth a visit; not as a pressed due to the “odious nature” of was on Wood’s side, and his ongoing monument to a hero or villain, but to the transgression. Silence, after all, was service to the community made him a a man as fallible or perverse or prone the strategy to stonewall any spread sympathetic fi gure. When Powell died, to goodness as the rest of us. of homosexual sex or love, so it was his debt was passed on to his widow. agreed that Wood would leave Canada Wood eventually forgave the debt. Go to dailyxtra.com for an interview and never return. Wood bought a great deal of prop- with Del Newbigging, the sculptor who Wood defied the latter condition, erty in 1826, in what’s now downtown created the Alexander Wood statue.

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12 FEB 20–MARCH 5, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS It’s nice to have a party that’s got such a huge demographic of people of colour. It’s hard to fi nd queer Out inthe City parties anywhere that do that. Nino Brown E14 A beautiful romp

The ambiguous lesbian coff ee date is a quintes- sential part of the queer woman’s experience. It goes like this: two women meet over coff ee (or perhaps herbal tea), and one or both are unclear on the nature of their meeting. Is it a date? Are they just friends? Will they fuck? Should they rent a U-Haul? Daniel MacIvor’s A Beautiful View plays like a lifelong version of this scenario. Becky Johnson (left) Two 20-something women, known only as M and Amy Rutherford, in A Beautiful View. HILDA LOBINGER and L, meet in a camping goods store and strike up a conversation about their shared fear of bears. Over the next two decades, they drop in and out ject, that of friendship, which is rarely seen as a of each other’s lives, through a long friendship subject in drama. complicated by a sexual tension neither of them An occasional sticking point for both audi- totally understands. ences and critics is how precisely to categorize “It’s a kind of existential romp,” says Ross the play. Like the ambiguous lesbian coff ee date, Manson, director of Volcano Theatre’s current the action reads very diff erently depending on production. “It’s both delightfully quirky and your perspective. In fact, the question of how to startlingly insightful. What should just be silly categorize what happens in the play becomes a ends up being heart-wrenching. It’s truly a mas- focal point of the work itself. terpiece of Canadian theatre.” “MacIvor understands extremely well that First staged in Toronto in 2006, the original categorizing something can narrow it,” Manson production featured MacIvor’s long-time friends says. “It’s not a queer play, just as it’s not a straight and collaborators Caroline Gillis and Tracy play. It’s a play about love and how indefi nable Wright. A Beautiful View is the kind of theatre and fragile love between two people can be.” MacIvor has made his signature: plays that use —Chris Dupuis whatever fi ction exists within them as a sort of ironic pretence to talk about something larger. A Beautiful View runs Thurs, Feb 27–Sun, March In this case, he takes on a near universal sub- 9 at Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St. volcano.ca

Goodnight Desdemona director Carly Chamberlain. MARRIED TO MUSICALS Wondering how to spend a Saturday night with a particular song. Because of how it’s alone has plagued single folks since fasting constructed, a huge amount of the story is left Shakespeare: remixed before Sunday communion fell out of fashion. to the interpretation of the team.” Marry Me a Little opens with two New Yorkers Sportelli is well versed in Sondheim’s pondering this question musically. catalogue, having worked on productions Known only as Young Man and of nearly all his shows. Though he’d Ann-Marie MacDonald is one of Canada’s great- through the rabbit hole (or in this case, a garbage Marry Me Young Woman, the pair navigate never seen before this est cultural assets (a fact that both Oprah and the can) into The Bard’s canon, where she encounters production, he knew many of the their respective evenings of governor general have agreed on), so when one a host of familiar folks: Tybalt, Romeo, Iago and songs from his days playing in solitude in separate bachelor of her plays is produced, it’s a good idea to grab Othello. Of course, the best scenes are with Des- New York piano bars. apartments, stacked on top a ticket. When the play in question is her classic demona, Juliet and Constance, winding their way Like many gay men, his love of each other. comedy Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning through everything from sex to identity to the of musical theatre dates back First staged off -Broadway to childhood. His mother was Juliet), attendance is mandatory. F-word: feminism. “It is an intensely intelligent, in 1980, Marry Me was the a regular performer in small- It’s a safe bet that the upcoming Hart House joyful love letter to Shakespeare and a celebration brainchild of Craig Lucas and town Connecticut community Theatre production will be a hot seller; the com- of feminism,” director Carly Chamberlain says. Norman René, creators of the theatre, and she would often pany’s been on a solid streak lately, with a strong “It’s over 25 years later, and this is still a big deal!” hit musical Prelude to a Kiss Paul Sportelli take him to rehearsals. While the (later adapted as the consider- production of Twelfth Night back in Don’t come expecting passive other kids were chucking rocks in the ably less successful Meg Ryan fi lm). November. It’s great to see them close GOODNIGHT heroines of yore. MacDonald’s su- parking lot, Sportelli was inside mesmer- Conceived as a sort of salvage project for out their season with a Canadian play, DESDEMONA (GOOD perb writing allows these newly posi- ized by the action onstage. That spark led to a MORNING JULIET) Stephen Sondheim’s “trunk songs,” the revue- headed by a powerhouse cast that tioned characters to help Constance career that now spans three decades. Fri, Feb 28–Sat, March 8 style piece builds its story almost entirely with includes Cydney Penner, Katie Ri- Hart House Theatre fi nd her own identity. “What could be “I was playing piano for musicals by the time tunes cut from Sondheim’s other shows. bout and Theatre Inamorata’s Lesley 7 Hart House Circle more important than that?” Cham- I was in grade school,” he says. “I think my fate uofttix.ca “It’s a very open piece, in terms of the was pretty much sealed then.” —Chris Dupuis Robertson. berlain asks. “It is only with strong concept and the lyrics,” says Paul Sportelli, The award-winning play was writ- self-worth that we can truly be gener- musical director of Tarragon Theatre’s current ten in 1990, has been mounted around the world, ous, loving and make our greatest contributions to production. “In rehearsals, we’re constantly Marry Me a Little runs Wed, March 5–Sun, and plays out like Shakespeare remixed. The play- the world — free from fear. Of course, she goes on asking ourselves what a certain lyric means April 6, at Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave. within-a-play-within-a-subconscious sees Con- that journey within two hours on our stage. But for in this context and what story we want to tell tarragontheatre.com stance, a modern-day, mousy academic, going the rest of us, it’s a lifelong journey.” —Ryan G Hinds

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COVER STORY INTERVIEW BY PHIL VILLENEUVE PHOTOS BY N MAXWELL LANDERWE ILA STUNTS YES YES JILL (ILA KAVANAUGH) (JILL FOSTER)

Xtra: How did Yes Yes we thought 50 people would show have a specific type of person come, Y’all come to be? up, then there was a lineup around and all that was was an open-minded ILA: We DJed parties in Toronto the block. person. Of course it’s queer-friendly, together before... Sticky Fingers, YES YES JILL: Then our biggest worry but we are also straight-positive. CAN! ILA: Hump Day Bump. was “Oh no, we need more coat-check That was our mandate from the L-ROCK: We all DJed separately and tickets!” beginning. We were straight-friendly Toronto’s most diverse were already friends. L-ROCK: Back then we were renting but with zero tolerance for any kind NINO BROWN: Then basically, we the equipment ourselves and setting of homophobia or transphobia — dance party turns five ended up in a relationship together. the party up — anything aggressive. L-ROCK: Yeah, a five-way poly SAMMY: — in a youth hostel at King NINO: And it’s nice to have a party The world of hip hop is all about boasting. Who’s the relationship... It’s a small queer world. and Spadina called Global Village that’s got such a huge demographic biggest, who’s the best, who’s wearing the most expensive Backpackers. We would trash the fuck of people of colour. It’s hard to find labels possible on their body. So it’s not so out of place for Did you have a mandate for the bash out of the place. queer parties anywhere that do that. in the beginning or did it evolve? L-ROCK: And I think strategically, we Toronto’s Yes Yes Y’all crew to stick out their chests and L-ROCK: I think we had an intention Now that baby is grown up, how did it at a place in the city that was big up themselves in light of their thriving hip-hop and for the party and what we wanted it do you think it turned out? easily accessible for the east end and dancehall jam turning five this month. The five members to be. L-ROCK: I think it’s one of the most west end. of the posse have a lot to be proud of. Their monthly dance SAMMY: But we didn’t have any diverse queer parties in Toronto NINO: And we can see that it’s reaching expectation about the party growing to because of gender, race and all sorts. out to the GTA now, too. We have the bash has been a firecracker since its inception in 2009, what it’s become. NINO: I haven’t been to a party suburbs coming out; there’s double the and thanks to their belief in community, queer talent and ILA: It wasn’t contrived. anywhere in the world that seems as amount of people if you include them. bubble butts, the party shows no signs of slowing down. SAMMY: I remember the first party, diverse, and we really tried hard to And that happens to be very diverse

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out there, too, and luckily for us, lyrical content is. For the most part, Tell us about your favourite queer-ally hip hop and dancehall crowd and their safety. Anybody can people caught on, and in five years the we’re careful about listening to the guests. Y’all bring in some happening right now. We even see it come, but no bullshit. numbers aren’t really dropping. lyrics and hearing what’s actually amazing queer talent to the city. with Beenie Man apologizing for his JILL: People want to dance to hip hop SAMMY: It’s actually growing still. being said, and we’re not going to SAMMY: That’s also what sets us apart past comments. You can see a shift and dancehall, but they can’t go to a necessarily play it if the lyrics are from other parties, is that we bring in happening in the culture, and I think regular club in the city because they Why hip hop and dancehall explicitly violent or homophobic. international talent, like Angel Haze, we knew that all along. don’t feel safe. always and forever? There’s a bit of room for what you can Lady, House of Ladosha, Yo Majesty, SAMMY: We have a good pulse on that ILA: Straight people love our party. NINO: We lied when we said we didn’t play with, because there’s a song like Bonjay. shift. NINO: They can take their top off and set out with a specific agenda, because “Ramping Shop,” by Vybz Kartel, with JILL: Zebra Katz, Le1f, Mike Q. NINO: It’s got a long way to go, but it’s not care; no one will bother them. we most certainly did. And that was the lyrics “Man to man/gyal to gyal/ NINO: For the fifth anniversary party, happening. to have a queer, safe-space party that dat’s wrong.” we have Princess Nokia, who I think What do you see for the didn’t have to rely on pop, house and SAMMY: But we cut the lyric and all is going to blow up. She’s from Harlem How does this shift reflect in future of Yes Yes Y’all? techno. We like hip hop and dancehall, yell out “That’s bomb!” instead. and raps like Lil’ Kim. the people who attend? NINO: I think we’re all riding on the and a lot of queer people look down NINO: Hip hip and dancehall are very L-ROCK: Where is there a momentum. upon that because there is a lot of much a part of Toronto’s culture. Why these artists? YES YES Y’ALL: space that’s ever proven SAMMY: Right now we’re able to afford LILA: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY homophobic content in it. But if you So you can’t really deny that music We’re fans, and we PARTY to be a good balance to bring in bigger names and talent, love it as much as we do, then you can because most of us grew up with that do our research. We’re Fri, Feb 21, 10pm of queer and straight? especially with WorldPride coming. find the good stuff. being our guardianship. For me at least, paying attention to what Coda, 794 Bathurst St You just don’t find that. NINO: We have some nice surprises, so dancehall and hip hop were so much is happening. Things are generally I don’t feel like we’ll be shutting down What about the homophobic artists a part of my upbringing that I needed SAMMY: I think there’s a total zeitgeist queer or straight-based. anytime soon. and lyrics in so much of the music? to find the stuff that I identify with, of queer hip hop happening right now. ILA: If they go too straight, shit goes L-ROCK: Maybe we’ll do our second L-ROCK: It all depends on what the because most of it I do. NINO: There’s a lot of queer and down. We’re really mindful about our Xtra cover for the 10th anniversary!

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1E Pageboy haircut, faux-fur which provides just enough coat, lace body suit: Kayla over coverage to keep the fl u at bay here is extremely on point but not so much that you hide at the fi rst anniversary for your money-maker of a bod Regretro at the Henhouse. away from the adoring public. Jiz-worthy. Smart man. 2E TK and Pascal’s faces tell the 6E The Vogue Ball at Harbour- whole story of just what kind of front was so incredibly rife shit-show of love the Regretro with talent Becca had a panic party was. It’s this kind of joie attack in the bathroom at one that probably kept this party point. Check out Alistair here going for the last year. and his lovely outfi t, inspired 3E Emad did some DJing at by Leigh Bowery. Oh swoon. Unfriendly Bitch, and Cam- 7E Jo, François and Benjamin eron pressed up the craft drag were prancing through the 2 on crack. That paper bag has Vogue Ball in all the things lipstick and a blonde ponytail. I love in life: eyelashes that A fucking Barbie-level ponytail. read from the back of the room, 5 6 Could you just die? cut-off athletic jerseys and one 4E J/A/L’s face is the perfect well-waxed dandy mustache. stink-face. The disco-ball hat It’s more of an ensemble piece and the snap-on bow tie really than a star of the show, this make the pure stink-face trio, but all the best acts are. stand out, like the most 8E Mitchell bears a striking perfect framing for resemblance to a 1980s Rick a beautiful piece of Astley in that green plaid-on- art. I think J/A/L plaid suit, and I say that in the should be the nicest way possible; that suit is face of the next beautiful and it matches him to poster for Un- a tee. Adamo, by his side, ain’t friendly Bitch so bad either. Perfect 10. at The Beaver. 9E Sexy couple Darlene and Like really, Julie did it up on the dancefl oor can you get for Joseph and The Mercurials’ 4 any more show at Soho House. That unfriendly or place has so much skin-tight bitchy than this? leather and perfect blowouts 5E It was chilly out the night of fl ipping around, you’d think it Vogue Ball, so Davey came pre- was upper Manhattan in the pared with his best feather boa, late 1970s in there.

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There once was a thin Jeremy, a Jeremy whose shoulders were wider than his hips, whose sweaters didn’t make him look like a woolen bag of pudding, who could wear a medium-sized dress shirt without his stomach breaking through the buttons in a kind of pathetically slow and wobbly jailbreak. That Jeremy has been gone for years, destroyed by sitting around and eating a lot of shitty cafeteria food at universi- ty. Before he left, he bequeathed me his clothing, which I keep in two large plas- tic bins. He had quite a nice selection of wool and cashmere sweaters, and I plan to fi t into them again one day. Do I seem mentally unbalanced? Obsessive? I’m not, really. I used to be. I used to get very upset when people compared me to thin Jeremy. Did you Jeremy thinks he has great momentum. JASON know that he modelled nude for a bit in WEBSTER his late teens? But I got over him. I want to get thinner, but I don’t crave it the that well, my routine keeps me training I’m usually too dazed and exhausted NAME: BRUNO DUARTE way I did, and I only keep those clothes well enough, and 2) dietary changes to fi ght back. Of course, if thin Jeremy AGE: 34 SIGN: ARIES because I have a whole wardrobe wait- mean that my metabolism is quicker had known enough to stick around, ing for me just 20 pounds away. and can compensate for the occasional I wouldn’t have to do all this hard work. I’ll get there. Last week I felt a bit sick, late-night bowl of pasta (though, as a Oh well: I have that jerk’s sweaters. Bruno comes from Madeira, a Portuguese island 1,000 kilometres from so I didn’t eat or train very well, but I general rule, I need to avoid those). Screw you, thin Jeremy! the European continent that’s also the birthplace of Cristiano Ronaldo. still lost weight. My trainer, Sam, says I’m no longer sick, but this coming Like Ronaldo, Bruno is a soccer player, and his favourite pieces of clothing that momentum is very important, and week is going to be hard. The workouts For more information about Evolution are V-necks and Speedos. His ideal vacation would be “mostly beach, I think that I have great momentum, keep getting more diffi cult. Sam sneak- Fitness and its team of experts, visit with a touch of culture,” and on a night out you’ll see him in a club dancing such that 1) even when I’m not training ily hands me heavier weights to lift, but personaltrainerstoronto.com. the night away. Bruno says the “freedom to be creative and showcase my passion for design” is the best thing about owning his own business, Fresh Floral Creations on Danforth Avenue. Inspired by nature and architecture, Bruno’s favourite quote is “A fl ower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” freshfl orals.com; Facebook: facebook.com/freshfl orals; Instagram: brunofl oral Xtra and the AIDS Committee To comment on or become an Xtra Hot guy or gal, email Drasko at [email protected]. of Toronto bring you a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Keep things hot while the temperature drops. Bring a little Stag Shop home. SNAP! Live & Silent Auction Gala on Thursday, March 6.

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