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Under siege, now and then FEEDBACK Both terms have their fans and their detractors. If there’s Cawthra Park EDITORIAL gression is possible, particularly in a any consensus at all, it’s that NATASHA climate where leaders lack the political reopens BARSOTTI will to address the long-festering issue I’m glad the park is reopened, albeit you can use anything you like. of anti-gay discrimination. with less green space and fewer trees The crime? A “homo- What would have happened had the [“Cawthra Park Opens in Time for RE: ARE YOU ‘QUEER’? sexual” allegedly applying or wearing store turned the man away, instead of WorldPride,” June 18, dailyxtra.com]. lipstick in public. It might even have providing sanctuary and calling the But I’m disappointed with the way the been lip balm for all we know. police? Would he have suff ered the same AIDS Memorial was caged up during Are you ‘queer’? The details didn’t seem to matter to fate as teenager Dwayne Jones, who was the renovation and not considered for It’s obvious from Xtra’s town hall the incensed people who chased him chased, shot and stabbed in Montego the renaming. meeting and similar gatherings that into a store in a southern Jamaican par- Bay last year? Or as that hapless young RYAN there’s no consensus around the ish and held him under siege for more man who was beaten and kicked by se- DAILYXTRA.COM terms “gay” and “queer” [“Gay or than an hour. curity guards at Kingston’s University Queer: Xtra Hosts Town Hall on the As I watched the TV Jamaica report, of Technology, where yet another crowd I think it was a bad decision to rename Words We Use,” June 20, dailyxtra. I almost forgot about the man holed up gathered to jeer and cheer? Cawthra Park after Barbara Hall. com]. Both terms have their fans in his refuge, so entranced did I become Maybe I looked in the wrong places, I never liked her, nor did most people and their detractors. If there’s any with the mass of people so willing and but I found no follow-up stories or edi- who lived in Toronto when she was consensus at all, it’s that you can use eager to hold him hostage. They clam- torials in the island’s media condemning mayor — since she was defeated twice anything you like. As Xtra Vancouver bered on top of cars and crates for a the “no lipstick” crowd’s actions. No when she ran for reelection. For most editor Robin Perelle pointed out at the good sightline to the door. With mobile expression of disgust, however empty, people in Toronto, Barbara Hall’s one meeting, that’s all well and good but phones at the ready, they clamoured for from the minister of justice, nor from term as mayor was quite enough. But could become a problem when nam- him to come out and face their censure. the prime minister, who can’t or won’t like her tenure as mayor, nothing bad ing community organizations and in- It was reminiscent of one of those give “a timeline” for her plan to address lasts forever. Wong-Tam has given fu- tario Elects Canada’s First Openly frastructure, such as Vancouver’s new Roman amphitheatre scenes. All that the buggery law. ture residents of the area a precedent Gay Premier,” dailyxtra.com, June community centre. Neither “Queer was missing was a Caesar-like figure Lest we forget, gay Torontonians for renaming the park. A future coun- 13]? Election night was a perfect ex- Resource Centre” nor “Gay Resource to turn his thumb up or down. And for — now hosting the world for Pride — cillor may act to remove the name ample. Had this been a straight male Centre” will fl y. Some months past, what? Putting on lipstick, or possibly have been in the same boat as that still- “Barbara Hall” just like Wong-Tam premier who had won the election we came up with Rainbow House, a lip balm? Brushing his lips with his nameless lipstick man who fled his removed the name “Cawthra.” If the he would have had his wife beside term that off ends nobody and likely fi ngers? Why? tormentors. name “Cawthra” can be arbitrarily him during his speech, and he would includes everyone. assigned to the dustbin of history, so Even a hint of “scandal” or a snippet In October 1980, Xtra’s predecessor, have shown open affection to his can the name “Barbara Hall” — even GORDON HARDY of gossip fuels the rhythm of island life, The Body Politic, carried an editorial wife at some point. Not Wynne! She DAILYXTRA.COM more deservedly so. and I don’t say this patronizingly. It on the annual siege of Toronto’s gay St stood onstage alone during the speech often takes very little to arouse excite- Charles Tavern, where thousands of KYLER J except for one brief moment when Trinity Western ment and titillation, and before you people — “most of them young, most of DAILYXTRA.COM she summoned her partner to come The very notion that this school know it, you have an audience angling them straight” — annually descended onstage to exchange a high-fi ve. She for the best vantage point to hear, view for Halloween with chants of “Kill the Lighten up? could be pumping out tomorrow’s didn’t dare refer to her wife as “my lawyers to represent people in mat- and provide running commentary on queers!” Reading @philville Xtra_TO ed wife” despite the fact that they are ters of discrimination and values and the unfolding theatre of the day. The editorial concluded with a call to [“Lighten Up Yourself,” Xtra #773, married. She didn’t dare show any rights makes me very angry [“BC Law I use “theatre” deliberately, because action that still applies in many places June 12]. Why use WorldPride wk aff ection. She did not even make ref- Society Reconsiders Trinity Western even in the midst of their outrage, around the world whose citizens are to invalidate trans & BIPOC queers erence in her speech about being the Approval,” dailyxtra.com, June 10]. laughter and remarks are bandied back now gathered in Toronto to celebrate: response to words & images used fi rst gay premier. She only alluded to Religion has no place in government and forth among the spectators, demon- “Every citizen, every elected official ABOUT not BY them? this fact by saying something along strating a profound lack of concern for should share every gay person’s dismay and no place in the laws that govern the lines “tonight shows how far we our society. A school that believes the terror they are unleashing. at having to face, each year... humilia- @philville @Xtra_TO transphob & have come.” sexuality is a choice has no place in In a way, the level of aggression and tion and hate... passed over in silence, racism exist in the gay comm! We Anyone looking in who did not the licensing of practitioners of law. violence that is prevalent in countries that has drawn no criticism, no condem- don’t get to call ppl ‘whatever the fuck know of the relationship might have Let them train their little drones like Jamaica and my own, Trinidad, nation, that has not moved one single we want’ bc ‘we were attacked too’ thought that her wife was just a cam- where the murder rate is staggering, elected offi cial to say, ‘This is appalling to go and populate churches, not paign manager. I am not criticizing courthouses. In all matters of sexu- provides an apt backdrop to what went and disgraceful. This must be stopped.’” @philville @Xtra_TO So while I take Wynne. It actually shows what a very ality versus doctrine (aka “dogma”), down in that carpark. Happy WorldPride to the nameless your hope that ppl can just have fun clever politician she is. While she let us never forget (and let some of Not to draw a glib connection be- Jamaican man and to everyone else still at Pride, I wish it wasn’t through in- might be the fi rst gay premier of On- us learn) that religion is “taught.” tween a homophobic siege and the struggling to live freely. validating anger at exclusion. tario, chances are she will be the last, It is an indoctrination in every way. murderous violence that’s a byproduct HILLARYCONNOLLY as our demographic radically changes of drug- and gunrunning. But it’s no Natasha Barsotti is the staff reporter TWITTER Sexuality is ingrained and it develops with the continued fl ood of immigra- with maturity, with or without a surprise that such an act of casual ag- at Xtra Vancouver. tion from countries where being gay Ontario elects belief system. is not tolerated. JOHN IN TO The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian first gay premier KEVIN BROWN DAILYXTRA.COM DAILYXTRA.COM people daring together to set love free. Has anyone noticed how Kathleen Wynne goes out of her way to down- Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. play her sexuality in public [“On-

8 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS THIS IS THE MAP THE TTC DOESN’T WANT YOU TO SEE LOSS OF PALESTINIAN LAND In 2013, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) submitted this map as a paid Jewish-owned Land Jewish State Israeli Land Israel+Occupied Land Non-Jewish Land Arab State Palestinian Land Palestinian-controlled Jerusalem Land ad in the Toronto Transit System (TTC). It shows the loss of Palestinian land over the last 65 years. Similar ads have been displayed in other Canadian transit West systems but the TTC refused. This is an unacceptable Bank attack on freedom of expression. CJPME is now challenging this decision in court. Gaza Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) believes Palestine Israel Israel Israel that everyone should know what is really happening Mandate in Israel/Palestine. For years, the Israel lobby UN has been trying to ban QuAIA from Toronto Pride. 1946 Plan 1949- Present 1947 1967 As well as censorship, Israel practices pinkwashing— 94% 43% 22% 12% celebrating gay rights in Israel to mask its violation of the human rights of Palestinians. SAY NO TO CENSORSHIP. DON’T FALL FOR PINKWASHING PROPAGANDA. RIGHTS ARE FOR EVERYONE!

Learn more about these maps and Learn more about Israel’s pinkwashing campaign how you can make a difference: and how to address it: cjpme.org queersagainstapartheid.org design: raymondhelkio.com

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12 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Upfront I voted with my conscience. Catholic school trustee Frank Johnson E 16 Condom exclusivity deal challenged AIDS committee protests WorldPride’s distribution of only Trojan products

SAFER SEX Public Health issued a memo to the HG WATSON Toronto HIV/AIDS Network on May 28 stating that condomTO, their brand- A local AIDS organization is raising ed condoms, could not be distributed concerns about WorldPride Toronto’s at the Pride parade or other official exclusive condom sponsorship agree- Pride events. ment because it limits condom distri- Jann Houston, Toronto Public bution along the parade route to just Health’s director of healthy living, says one brand. she is aware of Trojan’s sponsorship of Trojan, owned by manufacturer WorldPride and respects the exclusive Church & Dwight, has been a sponsor agreement. “Our focus is on the preven- of Pride Toronto for 12 years. Under the tion of disease,” she tells Xtra. sponsorship agreement, it’s the only Kevin Beaulieu, the executive di- brand of condom that can be distributed rector of Pride Toronto, believes the at this year’s Pride parade and at the sponsorship deal allows them to hand street fair. out a great number of condoms. “I think Parade participants are instructed Pride is a great opportunity to spread to contact a representative of Pride the message about safer sex practices Toronto if they want to hand out con- and, in fact, to distribute condoms,” he doms. But Mark Hammann, manager says, encouraging everyone to have a of education services at the AIDS Com- safe and fun Pride Week. mittee of Durham Region, says Trojan Representatives from Church & never replied to his requests, leaving his Dwight and Trojan’s Canadian mar- group without condoms to distribute keting firm did not respond to requests on June 29. for comment. “The issue is that our whole role is to Hammann and the AIDS Commit- promote the use of condoms,” he says. tee of Durham Region protested the In past years, the AIDS Committee of sponsorship agreement on Twitter, Durham Region had never been told using the hashtag “#NotJustTrojans.” that they had to hand out a certain “While we like the support of busi- condom brand, he adds. nesses and corporations, we as a com- Hammann says he understands this WorldPride Toronto’s exclusive preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and what we’re doing.” munity need to make certain that condom sponsorship agreement with year’s sponsorship agreement. “But Trojan has sparked some concern that STIs, he says. “To basically side with one The AIDS Committee of Durham these corporations aren’t just looking I really think in the case of condoms condom distribution will be limited as company and to say no other condoms Region is not the only group affected at how they can make a profit off of us,” it’s unethical,” he says. This is about a result. ADAM COISH can be distributed bites in the face of by Trojan’s sponsorship deal. Toronto Hammann says.

COMMUNITY tegic partnerships initiatives at The 519, explained in an email to Xtra that the party typically takes place in the splash-pad area of the park, which was Cawthra Park reopens unaffected by the renovations, allowing the party to go ahead as scheduled. Barbara Hall Park is also home to The in time for WorldPride 519’s Green Space, which hosts some of Pride’s biggest parties, and the World- After 10 months of renovations, Cawthra Aug 19 for what was supposed to be a Pride AIDS candlelight vigil, taking Park (recently renamed Barbara Hall nine-month renovation. But a particu- place as Xtra goes to press on June 24. Park) has finally reopened with a new larly harsh winter delayed construction The project is slated to stay within or look — and a new name. “The last major and raised concerns that it would not close to its $1.6 million budget. “We’ve hurdle is to get the power turned on by be ready in time for WorldPride, which had no serious cost overruns,” Nosella [Toronto] Hydro,” Dave Nosella, the kicked off June 20. says. Any extra costs incurred will be a manager of the project, told Xtra June The first scheduled event in the park result of paying some extra overtime 17, anticipating a June 19 reopening. was the Queer and Trans Family Pride to the contractor, who rushed to get The park adjacent to the 519 Church Party on June 17, hosted by The 519. The newly reopened Cawthra Park has been renamed Barbara Hall Park, after the the job done before WorldPride, he Street Community Centre closed last Matthew Cutler, the director of stra- first Toronto mayor to march in the Pride parade. HG WATSON adds. — HG Watson

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more subdued daytime flag-raising ceremony at city hall but went bigger this year to welcome the world. An estimated 25,000 spectators fi lled the square, where comedian Deb Pearce emceed a lineup that included a speech from recently reelected On- www.cfir.ca tario Premier Kathleen Wynne and performances by British musician Tom excited to be at WorldPride, on his fi rst Robinson, gay country YouTube sen- trip outside the United States, before sation Steve Grand, local dance-chart playing a trio of his original songs and topper Deborah Cox and lesbian rock the Elton John classic “Benny and Wishing you a fun-filled legend Melissa Etheridge. the Jets.” When he closed his per- The ceremony began with a tradi- formance with his smash YouTube tional First Nations prayer and recog- hit “All-American Boy,” he changed World Week! nition of the Mississaugas of the New the lyrics to “All-Canadian Boy” as a Credit, on whose traditional territory thanks to the audience. Toronto sits. Melissa Etheridge brought down Our LGBQ and LGBTQ-friendly, sex-positive therapists Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam the house with a rocking performance provide confidential, compassionate and caring recounted the city’s long history of that climaxed with a surprise duet with psychological and psychotherapy services in the following being on the leading edge of queer Serena Ryder on Etheridge’s 1988 hit areas: rights before delivering the official single “Bring Me Some Water.” Pride proclamation from the city to When all the performances were Child and Family Therapy the Pride Toronto board chairs. Wong- over, a dazzling fireworks display Depression & Anxiety Tam praised the other city councillors scored to a mix of gay anthems, includ- Fertility and Adoption who showed up for the ceremony, then Top, lesbian rock legend Melissa ing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Relationships & Sex Therapy took a swipe at Mayor Rob Ford, who Etheridge kicks off WorldPride “True Colors” and “Defying Gravity,” Sexuality & Gender was not invited. in Toronto June 20. Above, country closed out the night. “Toronto is more than the actions YouTube sensation Steve Grand. While the crowd ate up the celebra- Substance Use ROB SALERNO Trauma of one man. We are Toronto,” Wong- tion, the joy wasn’t universal. Next Tam said. and first lady of Ontario in time for door, in front of Old City Hall, a small Video therapy is available for your privacy and convenience. While Ford is scheduled to remain WorldPride,” Wynne said. “As your but loud group of a half-dozen dem- Reduced cost services are also available. in rehab until after WorldPride is over, premier, I will work every day to make onstrators barked biblical passages his four main rivals in the upcoming Ontario the safest, the most inclusive at revellers as they left the square, municipal election — Olivia Chow, place, so that we can be that beacon demonstrating the continued need for Book your initial appointment on our John Tory, Karen Stintz and David for the world. You are all part of that.” Pride celebrations in Toronto. website or call us at 1.855.779.2347. Soknacki — were at the launch party. Tom Robinson kicked off the perfor- The protesters did not appear to win Kathleen Wynne got huge cheers mances with a stripped-down version any converts. 10 St. Mary St., Unit 305 from the crowd as she came out of his 1978 gay anthem “Glad to Be Toronto, ON, M4Y 1P9 onstage with her partner, Jane Gay,” which criticizes police brutality Watch videos of the launch, (Yonge at Bloor)
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Waterloo .com Catholic board Psychotherapy • Counselling • Depression • Anxiety accepts teachers’ Gender • Sexuality • Life & Executive Coaching choice to join Todd Kaufman Clinical Member, Ontario Society of Psychotherapists Pride parade 1.800.699.3396 • [email protected] EDUCATION HG WATSON

Introducing a motion to respect the right of Catholic schoolteachers to choose to join the WorldPride parade on June 29 was a “no brainer” for Frank Johnson, a trustee on the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. He introduced the motion at a board of directors’ meeting May 26 in re- sponse to a letter sent from Parents as First Educators asking the board to sanction the Ontario English Catholic The Waterloo Catholic District School Board passed a motion May 26 respecting Teachers Association for marching in the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association’s choice to march in the the parade. WorldPride parade June 29. ADAM COISH The teachers’ association’s deci- sion to participate in WorldPride has Waterloo’s Catholic schools. caused controversy in the Catholic Johnson made it clear that his mo- community. Archbishop of Toronto It’s not our tion does not specifically support Thomas Collins said the teachers had position to tell a teachers walking in the Pride parade. an “inadequate and mistaken under- However, he does not believe that standing of their faith,” in a statement person [what to people should be sanctioned for par- released to press in late March. do] or judge an ticipating in an activity on their own Parents as First Educators, actively time. opposed to the teachers’ participation individual. “The Pride parade is a one-day event; in Pride, sent the same letter request- LINDSAY LISKE, CHAIR OF THE it will be over when it’s over,” Johnson ing sanctions to Catholic school boards HURON-SUPERIOR CATHOLIC says. “And then we will still have kids in Halton, Huron-Superior, London DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD and staff in our system who may be and York. worried or fretful.” So far, the London and York Catho- It’s a sentiment echoed by a major- lic school boards are the only ones to Trustee Francis Doyle, who is also a ity of Johnson’s fellow trustees. “If we pass motions asking their local teach- member of Parents as First Educators, signal that the LGBTQ students in our ers’ association units not to march cast the sole vote against. system are to be welcomed and treated in the parade. Representatives from Two student trustees, whose votes with love and dignity, this will make neither school board returned calls count toward passing a motion but it easier for our staff to support our for comment. are rarely recorded, requested to be students in future,” trustee Anthony Halton and Huron-Superior’s Cath- included as recorded votes. Their votes Piscitelli said in a written statement olic school boards chose not to op- brought the total up to 10 to one in during the May 26 meeting. While pose the teachers’ decision. Lindsay favour. board chair Wayne Buchholtz could Liske, the chair of the Huron-Superior Johnson says he understands, as not be reached for comment, he also Catholic District School Board, says a former high school principal and voted in support of the motion. it’s important to promote an inclusive teacher, the importance of creating an Johnson is running for reelection to school environment. “It’s not our po- inclusive and welcoming environment. the Waterloo school board in October. sition to tell a person [what to do] or “I have worked with a number of He knows full well that his motion may judge an individual,” he adds. staff who identify as LGBTQ,” he says, aff ect his chances. But Waterloo is the only Catholic adding that he also had students come “If it happens that come October school board to pass a counter-motion. out to him. He feared that if the board people have long memories and they The Waterloo trustees voted eight to did nothing to counter Parents as First say, ‘You know what? We’re not going to one in favour of respecting the teach- Educators, staff and students might vote for that guy,’ that’s okay,” he says. ers’ decision to march in the parade. worry that they are not accepted in “I voted with my conscience.”

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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 17 This is a beautiful, inclusive place that Ontario votes in Canada’s we live in, Ontario. And I want us every single day to treasure that. first elected gay premier KATHLEEN WYNNE Record number of gay candidates ran for office

POLITICS after winning his third election in four ROB SALERNO years. His margin of victory was more than 20,000 votes over the PC candi- It was a jubilant night for Ontario Liber- date, as the NDP sank to third place in als June 12 as Kathleen Wynne led her the riding, scoring fewer votes than they party to a fourth mandate and became have in any election since 1999. the first lesbian elected premier in a Openly gay Green party candi- general election in Canada. But the date Mark Daye doubled his vote share Liberals’ crushing victory spelled defeat over 2011 but didn’t crack five percent for all 10 gay and lesbian candidates of the vote. from the other parties. Declining NDP vote share was a key Wynne pledged to get back to work as story of the election in Toronto, where soon as possible in her victory speech, the party lost three MPPs. Openly gay in which she also thanked her partner, former MPP Paul Ferreira lost his bid Jane Rounthwaite, and credited On- to return to Queen’s Park by the wid- tario as being a place where anyone can est margin of his four contests against be elected to its highest office. Liberal Laura Albanese. “I am so proud to be standing in Ferreira says the results spell the front of you as the first woman to ever end of his quest to return to electoral have been elected as the premier of politics, quashing speculation he may Ontario,” Wynne said to enormous run for Toronto City Council. cheers. “This is a beautiful, inclusive “It was a decade I devoted myself place that we live in, Ontario. And I to running for political office in York want us every single day to treasure South–Weston,” he says. “I was privi- that. I want our kids to feel that as they leged to represent the riding for a short grow up in our schools and understand time in the legislature, and I can hold what a gift it is to live in a place like my head high and move on.” this, where anyone can be the premier, In 2011, Ferreira blamed his narrow it doesn’t matter. loss on a homophobic campaign against “That thing I said in my leadership him in the riding, but this time he says [race] about how Ontarians do not hold that wasn’t an issue. prejudice in their hearts — that Ontar- “The entire campaign, it didn’t come ians want to be an open and inclusive up a single time,” he says. “That’s par- people — we have so proven that to- tially, I think, because of who the pre- Kathleen Wynne and a crowd of pretty significant role in that issue Queen’s Park ran up against a strong night,” she said. mier is. I sincerely hope in the future supporters sing along with Katy creeping up in the future.” Liberal incumbent in Brant. The Liberal victory was also a tri- for candidates who are openly gay that Perry’s “Roar” after her victory There had been hope that the PCs None of the other gay candidates on speech on June 12. ROB SALERNO umph for Toronto Centre MPP Glen it simply isn’t an issue at all, and I think might elect their first openly gay MPP, the ballot came close to victory in their Murray, who returns to Queen’s Park Kathleen Wynne’s victory will play a but Phil Gillies’s quest to return to ridings.

POLITICS Brian Robinson, the supervising deputy returning officer at the Church Street Junior Public School polls, has Voter turnout trends up in Toronto Centre overseen more than one election. “It’s usually always steady [turnout] in our Preliminary numbers released by Elec- easy victory with 29,799 votes. In Trinity-Spadina, where NDP in- area,” he says. But at about 3pm in the tions Ontario show voter turnout in There was a five percent increase in cumbent Rosario Marchese suffered tiny gym of the school in the heart of the June 12 provincial election was up voter turnout, to 53 percent, in Toronto a surprising upset at the hands of Lib- the Village, Robinson had seen a lot of in several key Greater Toronto Area Centre compared to the 2011 provin- eral candidate Han Dong, voter turnout new faces. ridings, including Toronto Centre, the cial election. That number will likely jumped 10 percent from last year. The “There are a lot of people who are home of the Church-Wellesley Village. change as Elections Ontario releases hard-fought riding of Parkdale-High coming who are not on the list who More than 50,000 people cast votes the final number of registered voters Park saw a similar increase, with about want to be on the list,” he says. “So that’s in Toronto-Centre, where Liberal in- and the number of declined and spoiled 60 percent of registered voters heading Glen Murray good.” — HG Watson cumbent Glen Murray cruised to an ballots. to the polls. ROB SALERNO

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EDUCATION BC law society reopens TWU vote Members of the Law Society of British since several legal actions have already Columbia passed a resolution, by a been launched — one challenging the vote of 3,210 to 968, at a special general BC government for approving TWU’s meeting June 10 urging the board to school and another challenging the reverse its previous approval of Trinity Ontario and Nova Scotia law societ- Western University’s (TWU) proposed ies for rejecting the school. Lawyer law school. While Section 13 of BC’s barbara findlay received a standing Legal Profession Act says that a resolu- ovation when she urged her colleagues tion at a general meeting is not binding to overturn the board’s April decision on the board, a statement from the to accept future TWU graduates. society says directors will give the For admission to TWU, students resolution serious and thoughtful must sign a covenant agreeing to consideration. The board could vote uphold Christian biblical teachings, on TWU again as early as July. including no premarital sex and no “More than 75 percent of the mem- homosexuality. bers who registered and voted [at the “I support freedom of religion,” meeting] have asked us to change fi ndlay said. “You have every right to our decision,” law society president believe I am a sinner, but when your re- Jan Lindsay said. Lindsay thinks the ligious belief turns into action that dis- question ultimately will be decided criminates against me, that’s when you by the Supreme Court of Canada, cross the line.” — Jeremy Hainsworth

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7Z`JOV[OLYHW` TRANS RIGHTS :LY]PJLZ JONATHAN FORANI In what may prove to be a landmark 3PMLPZUV[TLHU[[VILH decision for trans rights in Ontario, a Z[Y\NNSL¶JVU[HJ[TL[V tribunal ruled May 30 that the ouster HYYHUNL`V\YMYLLOHSMOV\Y of three transgender women and their boss from a London farmers’ market JVUZ\S[H[PVU was discriminatory. The case is the first closed under ,!JOYPZ[PULMHPOa'NTHPSJVT Toby’s Act, which in 2012 added gen- ;!   der identity and gender expression to >LSSLZSL`:[,HZ['*O\YJO the Ontario Human Rights Code as Ontario Human Rights Commissioner Barbara Hall launched a new policy in April prohibited grounds of discrimination. to clarify Toby’s Law, which in 2012 added gender identity and expression to the For the trans community, the Ontar- Ontario Human Rights Code. ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION io Human Rights Tribunal ruling is just one of many much-needed triumphs. As part of the ruling, Kikkert must women’s washroom facility. “This law “We’ve got so many battles that we’re pay $40,000 in damages, take the Hu- must be changed,” Blizzard wrote in A Proud Representative of the Gay Community fi ghting at all times that, when we get man Rights Commission’s online train- February. “We cannot let political cor- one, we pause and enjoy the victory,” ing course, and train his staff . rectness trump common sense, human says Michelle Boyce, of London’s Al- Though trans people have been pro- dignity — and the safety of women.” phabet Community Centre. “But we tected under Ontario’s Human Rights Opposition lies even within the gay have so many more fronts to battle.” Code for some 15 years, it was always community, notes Boyce, who recalls Despite the now explicit legal rec- under the categories of disability and a time in London when trans people ognition of trans rights, and the policy sex, which wasn’t accurate, commis- were thrown out of a Pride dance. That launched by the Ontario Human Rights sion head Barbara Hall says. has since changed, with trans people Commision in April to clarify the law, “When that was the only thing avail- on Pride boards across the country, the fi ght is still young. In many ways, able, some people were prepared to but more needs to be done, she says. the hardest work is still to be done in take advantage of that,” Hall says. But “There’s a huge push-back by the implementing workplace-training the problems ran deeper, with trans GLB community, in particular the initiatives and further defi ning who complaints fi led under categories that G community, whereby they don’t feel falls under the gender identity and didn’t fi t. “Many people didn’t know that trans is under the umbrella,” she expression definitions. The London it existed. Trans people themselves says. “They think that the world re- Craig Head, ABR market case is just the beginning. didn’t know they were protected, and volves around them, and I mean, you Sales Representative The owner of the Trails End mar- all the people with obligations or re- don’t have to go far to see the comments 2IÀFH416.481.6137 ket, Edward Kikkert, had alleged that sponsibilities didn’t know.” on an Xtra blog post before somebody www.CraigHeadFD in September 2011 the employees at Boyce welcomes the Ontario govern- is bringing up ‘This isn’t a gay issue.’” Bosley Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage Karen Clarke-McIlwain’s candle booth ment’s 2012 act to prohibit discrimina- A recent report by the Canadian Specializing in Condos Throughout Yorkville & Downtown were too scantily dressed for his “fam- tion specifi cally on the basis of gender AIDS Society found that as much as 85 ily” market. Clarke-McIlwain alleged identity and expression. “Visibility is percent of trans responders had been she was given an ultimatum: remove crucial,” she says. “It’s right there. They harassed for being trans. For Loralee the “guys dressed up as girls” from her can’t miss it.” Gillis, research and policy coordinator booth or remove her business from Still, the visibility that the new law at Rainbow Health Ontario and one of the market. She opted to leave rather and now the Commission’s policy clari- the complainants in the Pussy Palace than be party to bigotry, she said at the fying the law bring were a long time case in 2000, the commission’s new VIDEO: Melissa Etheridge and time. Then she fi led a human rights coming, Boyce says.“I think what took policy is a necessary but small step to Serena Ryder kick off WorldPride complaint. so long was ignorance of society about help decrease those numbers. The tribunal in May found Kikkert’s this community,” Hall says. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” actions discriminatory and said that The policy has not come without Gillis says. “This is about prevent- “transgendered people should be recog- its detractors. Christina Blizzard, of ing discrimination. That’s just the nized and treated as the gender they live the Toronto Sun, came out against beginning. We want to live in a world dailyxtra.com in, whether or not they have undergone Toby’s Law in the wake of news that a where trans people are embraced and surgery.” man posed as transgender to get into a celebrated.”

20 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Healthy & proud Advanced screening as an essential human right

STOREFRONT to seeing the doctor and went only when Diane Charter, a member of the Canadian When Diane Charter and her partner, absolutely necessary. The idea of cancer Cancer Society’s LGBT steering committee Arlene, fi rst met, the idea of publicly ac- screening — seeing a doctor when you and a Get Screened health ambassador. knowledging their relationship seemed weren’t sick — never even occurred to us.” impossible. “Arlene was serving in the Air As they grew older, Arlene experienced Force at a time when the mere suspicion of health problems, but the couple’s family back. We can’t be complacent with rights, homosexuality was grounds for immediate doctor never suggested cancer screening. just as we can’t be complacent with our dismissal,” Charter says. And while Charter After they found a new healthcare provider, own health.” worked in healthcare, she, too, felt the in- Arlene was diagnosed with advanced colon After 34 years together, Charter and dustry was not welcoming. In fact, neither cancer that had been growing for 10 years. Arlene were legally wed in a formal ceremony. Not quite a year later, Arlene died. “We probably could’ve had a few We can’t be complacent with more good years together had we pursued screening more aggressively. As a health rights, just as we can’t be complacent ambassador, I want to spread that with our own health. message in my community and maybe help prevent another needless death.” Get Screened health ambassadors of them were comfortable sharing their While people in the LGBT community engage with friends, family and social orientation with their doctor. today are far more knowledgeable about networks in conversations about cancer “We assumed healthcare professionals playing an active role in their health, Char- to increase awareness, knowledge and would be judgmental and disapproving ter sees a parallel between the push for gay positive attitudes toward colon, breast and of our life choices,” says Charter, who is a rights and an increased focus on preventive cervical cancer screening among LGBT member of the Canadian Cancer Society’s healthcare. “My generation fought hard to communities. LGBT steering committee and a Get get freedom and acceptance for LGBTQ Screened health ambassador. “We were in people,” she says. “But those freedoms To become a volunteer, visit a guarded, tightlipped mode when it came can be taken away from us if we just sit cancer.ca/getscreened.

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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 21 Cruising in the social marketplace of the Maple Cleanup, aisle two! Leaf Gardens Loblaws

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“For your information, dink, Social Safeway just happens to be... well, it’s just the... big thing, that’s all.” “For those who get off on groceries.” “For those who get off on men, hon. It’s a local tradition. Every Wednesday night.”

In Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series, the Marina Safeway is a grocery store envisioned with all the excesses of the Me Decade — a space of free love and social experimentation that had evolved well beyond its utilitarian roots. There, Since it opened in November 2011, the Maple shopping for groceries took a backseat to social Leaf Gardens Loblaws has factored into many interaction, with singles cruising the aisles and conversations about the changing face of the dancing to disco and the promise of young love Church-Wellesley neighbourhood. ANDREA HOUSTON around every display case. Maupin’s Safeway may seem like a relic from Loblaws, but it makes a lot of sense if you think a bygone era, but retail spaces remain popular about it,” says Marcus, a bisexual man who spoke cruising spots for many gay men. A quick skim to Xtra on condition of anonymity. He regularly through Craigslist’s missed connections reveals cruises a number of public spaces in the city, that Toronto is still a hotbed of public cruising, including the Eaton Centre, the University of with retail spaces like the food court at the Eaton Toronto and the Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws. Centre and the Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws And what attracts him to those specific places particularly high on the list. is pretty clear. So, while you might not make friends with salad, “Well, proximity to other men is a big part of it. there’s a good chance you’ll find other forms of Somewhere like [Maple Leaf Gardens] is near the intimacy while shopping for one. Village, so you’re more likely to find people look- “With the advent of dating lines, then websites, ing for sex... The other is a mixture of private and then phone apps, the need for a geographical public space. You want somewhere that attracts location in which to cruise has decreased, but many different types of men and that [can allow there will probably always be people who prefer for] privacy and discretion but where you can also to go to a park or store to cruise,” says columnist be safe if the situation is dangerous.” Jeremy Vance Willard, one half of Xtra’s History A grocery store is a daily stop in many people’s Boys. “Whether because that’s what they’re used lives, he notes, whether they’re partnered or not. to or because it’s dangerous and fun or they just “Everyday tasks can be very attractive to some feel naughty wandering around a grocery store or men. It’s a place where you can go and get off clothing store eying up random guys. Maybe it’s without the stigmas or questions.” more visceral or real than using an app.” For Willard, retail spaces have always been a Since it opened in November 2011, the Maple common space for cruising. “In Toronto in the Leaf Gardens Loblaws has factored into many ’20s and ’30s, retail spaces were certainly one conversations about the changing face of the of the main places to go to find other gay guys. Church-Wellesley neighbourhood. For some, the Especially the Eaton Centre or Simpsons — they big-box retailer’s presence has been a sign of the were places where gay people worked, and stores gentrification of the Village, with independents like that were relatively tolerant places.” slowly being driven out by higher rental costs and But, Marcus warns, that tolerance goes only excessive condo construction. Others have viewed Armistead Maupin’s Safeway, in his Tales of the City novels, may seem like a relic from a bygone so far. the grocery chain as part of a larger process of era, but retail spaces remain popular cruising spots for many gay men. THINKSTOCK.COM “You have to be careful. The store may encour- urban renewal, with a decaying landmark smartly age the public to visit and socialize, but it’s still reconfigured to better serve the surrounding square — a social hub for the community, provid- products while preventing the harsh fluorescent private property. They want you to [patronize] community. ing a place to meet, eat and fall in love. A place to lighting of other food shops. The overall effect was their store, and there are still very strict laws Either way, patrons seem to have embraced the sample, watch and be inspired by the food and... meant to recreate the impression one has in an around public sex.” space. The location has done brisk business in its where people could slow down, browse and learn outdoor space or city street. Which isn’t to say that men who are looking for first two years and continues to attract a signifi- as well as switching off and socializing.” “We wanted the light and shade that one finds in sex are limited in their options. cant amount of foot traffic. And in an interesting Landini explains that urban planners didn’t give nature, thus providing and encouraging a slower “There’s no end of historical incidences where throwback to Maupin’s era of grocery shopping, his firm guidelines so much as “guiding principles” pace than normal so that customers would be guys have found secluded and poorly policed the store was designed to encourage socializing. dictated by the building’s history and overall lay- more likely to slow down and enjoy and engage places where they could hook up, from British “We absolutely see it as a meeting place,” says out. Eschewing a more standard museum-style with the store... Certainly, it was our desire to molly houses in the 18th century to NYC’s The Mark Landini, creative director of Landini Asso- approach with cordoned-off sections, the firm create a social space,” he says. Bowery in the late 19th century to parks just ciates, the graphic and interior design firm hired instead chose an integrated design, with a mixture For some patrons, the invitation to slow down, about any place and at any time,” Willard says. to shape the look of the store. “In fact, our aim of materials commonly used in urban spaces and enjoy and engage has been taken to new heights. “If there’s no handy place to hook up, people was to create a modern version of a market town a shaded lighting system that could emphasize “I’ve definitely had successful hookups at the create them.”

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26 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Why is everyone obsessed with our struggle as an aesthetic, but they don’t really want to Out inthe City hear it from our mouths? Nomi Ruiz E 44 10X10 again BIG&BODACIOUS Since the fi rst exhibit in 2011, the 10X10 Pho- The queen of Vine, TS Madison, is coming to that small dwarf will rise to power, and we tography Project has become a mainstay of Toronto for the Fit Primpin’ party. We caught all want power. Besides, he also likes whores. Pride celebrations in Toronto. The concept of 10 queer photographers taking portraits up with Atlanta’s big-dick bitch to talk about You can’t kill the dead, but Joff rey was the of 10 queer Canadian artists was such a tre- transitioning, music and fantasy sex games. fi rst I wanted dead. mendous success that the organizers soon developed a 10-year plan — incorporating XTRA: First of all, you have an amazing, You have your own production company, more than 100 photographers and 1,000 award-winning butt. What’s your secret? Raw Dawgg, but did you always want to get portraits and building a platform on which to into music? TS MADISON: A girl never really tells her celebrate those who have made signifi cant secret for her derrière, but if you must know, I still own my company, yes, but where is the contributions to the city’s thriving queer arts honey, it was one of my answered prayers: rule that I can’t do everything? I’m a treasure community. Alejandro Santiago, one of the some big titties, a big butt and a smile. that was always trapped in a chest. Although photographers featured in this year’s exhibi- I love milking a good man, I still enjoy enter- tion, sat down with Xtra recently. How long have you been transitioning? taining a crowd with my clothes on. XTRA: Tell us a bit about your work. I have been in transition for about 20 years ALEJANDRO SANTIAGO: I am always taking now, and I started very young, about 17. Times Do you have any stories from performing your singles onstage? photos, whether it’s a concert, theatre, club or have changed, and people are far more accept- portraits. I have been photographing Hotnuts ing of people who have accepted themselves. I really don’t have any crazy stories yet, but I [the party], and somehow those photos made I don’t hide the fact that I am a trans woman: will say the crowds have been so amazing that it into the Ryerson Image Centre’s queer pho- either you’re going to deal with it or not. I have to stop and breathe before hitting the tography exhibit, What It Means to Be Seen. stage. It’s been a roller coaster, but it’s a ride I I feel really honoured to have my work featured Have you been to Canada before? hope I never get off . in two exhibitions at once. I have been to Canada, but I have never expe- Any parting words? Describe rienced a WorldPride. I can’t wait to be at the Buzz, by the work I just want my fans to know I love Toronto extravaganza because I hear it’s bomb. Alejandro that you are Santiago. them and I mean it. I am very including I hear you’re a TV buff . Fuck/marry/kill: humble and will always continue to the cast of Game of Thrones. in 10X10 this grow. — Andrew Jacome year. TS Madison brings beauty and booty to Fit Primpin’. I would fuck Jaime Lannister — because if So much of the sister is having him, then the dick must TS Madison performs Fri, June 27 at my photogra- be good — and I would marry Tyrion because Fit Primpin’, 99 Sudbury St. phy is about collaborating and docu- menting the work of other The return artists. I love to magnify someone’s art through my photography and make them the hero of their portrait. I made it a point to spend time with everyone I photographed so that I could better understand how to portray them. Each shoot of Vazaleen was diff erent, but they were all collaborative. For some Torontonians, a perpetual spotlight What is it about 10x10’s mandate (celebrat- shines on the exact moment you learned of Will ing queer Canadian artists) that resonates with you? Munro’s death. What I remember most isn’t 10x10 was the perfect opportunity for me to where I was or who told me, but the reaction photograph artists I love and am inspired by, of the 22-year-old friend I was with. When I like Heather Cassils and Robert Lepage. It’s so Shadowy Men on a Shadowy relayed the sad news to him, he asked, “Who’s important to celebrate the culture makers in Planet. DAVE FLEWWELLING Will Munro?” our community. If I’m taking your photograph, By the time he died in 2010, Munro had been it’s because there is something about you that battling cancer for several years. He’d been “community builder” as often as an artist or a who’d often never met. I want to share with the world. less present on the scene than the early 2000s, DJ, and Munro’s monthly event was one of the In 2007, Munro moved Vazaleen from monthly I feel so lucky to live here. So many great when you couldn’t go anywhere in the West End most successful manifestations of his desire to to twice yearly, at Halloween and Pride, dubbing friendships and collaborations have come out without running into him or at least a poster for bring queers together. the Pride edition Shame and inviting those who of my photography. The queer community in one of his events. The Beaver was booming, and Following a “build it and they will come” came to be their freakiest selves. Whether Shame Toronto is so rich; it nurtures so many great a younger generation of queers was content to mentality, he created a space for queer people was the highlight of your Pride or is an entirely young artists. It’s not easy to be an artist anywhere, but Toronto has a great drink and dance there, not knowing the name of who didn’t fi t in anywhere else. Kids ventured new concept, this year’s version will be unlike tradition of cultivating artists. — JP Larocque its famous founder. from around the city to dance to The Scorpions anything on off er. — Chris Dupuis It may be that same younger generation in their Motörhead T-shirts. Vaseline — Munro 10x10 runs until Mon, Aug 18, with the doesn’t know the history of Vaseline. Named eventually was forced to rename the night Shame/Vazaleen, with Shadowy Men on a opening reception Thurs, June 26, 7pm, for a product that can spike your hair as ef- Vazaleen — wasn’t just a place to drink, dance Shadowy Planet, Jenna Syde and DJs Max at the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W. fi ciently as it can lube your ass, Munro’s queer and hook up; it built community in the most Mohenu, Vee Stun and Michael Comeau, is Sun, 10x10photographyproject.com rock night was a seminal moment. He’s called a fundamental way possible by connecting people June 29, 9pm, at Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St W.

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PRISM POWER JOHNNIE WALKER Think those big, bulging Pride circuit parties are on their way out? Think again Pride means many diff erent things to many diff erent people, but one thing it means to everyone is sweaty parties with thick bass, shirtless hunks and ferocious drag queens. So, as Toronto queers watch the all-the-way double rainbow that is WorldPride stretch its effulgent, glimmering arch from one end of the city to the other, many of us have important questions about how Pride will be diff erent this year. Will the drag queens be taller? Will the hunks be even more shirtless? Will we all wear jockstraps made from glitter and nothing else? To get to the bottom of these and other mysteries, we spoke to Prism Events’ Gairy Brown and Aussie drag Chus & Ceballos headline Aqua. queen DJ Kitty Glitter. Prism is respon- sible for some of the most ambitious gay circuit parties on the continent, and let’s just say they don’t plan on sitting out WorldPride. “We usually do five events,” Brown explains, “but with the combination of WorldPride and Canada Day, we added an extra.” That would be Sunday night’s Peep- show at Maison, festively stuff ed into an already packed itinerary. On Thursday night, Prism says goodbye to Fly Night- club with College. On Friday, things get GI Joe–mosexual with the military- themed Boot Camp at The Guvernment. Saturday afternoon and early evening is set aside for Aqua at Yonge-Dundas Prism mastermind Gairy Brown. Square, featuring the likes of Kitty Glit- ter, Sofonda Cox and Drag Race alum sible). The same cannot be said for Carmen Carrera. On Saturday, Sofonda Fly Nightclub and The Guvernment, is joined by a host of international DJs which will close after the Prism events. for the White Party–esque La Leche at A huge loss for the party scene? Maybe. Sound Academy. Finally, Prism will shut Carmen Carrera But Brown has an optimistic take on is the host of down the beloved Guvernment with Aqua. the closures. “I don’t look at it as sad,” Revival: Last Dance on Monday night: MIKE RUIZ he says. “I think it’s time for the city a marathon dance party — during which to redefine itself again. It’s time for DJ Abel will spin a seven-hour set — that a really amazing interplay of music, sex, Prism regulars will already be famil- promoters like myself to become a bit goes until 8am. glamour and celebration.” iar with Kitty Glitter, who has been more creative in the events that we do. Is your Google Calendar quaking in Ticket sales aside, which Prism event hitting Toronto Pride every year since And to access new spaces. We will still fear like a size queen who has fi nally is Brown anticipating the most? “The 2010. “Toronto Pride is so massive!” be bringing in DJs. We’ll still be doing met her hella-girthy match? That’s a lot one that I’m looking the most forward Kitty says. “It’s kinda overwhelming dance parties. In fact, we’ve already of parties! But let’s hope you’ve already to is Aqua. I think the DJ lineup and for a little kitten from Down Under like DJ Aron spins at Aqua. planned quite a few for the fall, which booked some tickets, because a lot of the talent is exciting ... we’re actu- me, but I am undeniably addicted.” For are going to be spectacular. So, for us, people are coming out. “We haven’t ally wrapping the entire venue in an those whose knowledge of the Aussie until I’m about to walk out the door,” it is sad that Fly’s closing, because so had a year with this many ticket sales eight-foot-tall rainbow fl ag. Of course, drag scene is limited to Dame Edna, she admits. “It all depends on how I many memories have been created ever,” Brown says. The hottest ticket Carmen Carrera is hosting. We have Courtney Act and Priscilla, Kitty is feel at the moment ... and who I was there; however, I think that moving right now? La Leche. “It’s going to be Sofonda performing a Beyoncé tribute top-drawer glamazon with a penchant just with!” forward, it is exciting to see what can a very high-energy, Ibiza-style party. with about 15 dancers. Our DJ lineup for high-energy pop/house music and After the rainbows get packed away, happen.” It’s the biggest production that we’ve is Kitty Glitter from Australia, DJ Aron next-level fashions. But will she drop Yonge-Dundas Square will probably done. A lot of technology involved. from New York and headliners Chus & any hints about the looks she’s plan- still be standing (unless Carmen Car- Visit prismtoronto.com for tickets, dates Screens, lasers, décor — it’s going to be Ceballos from Spain.” ning? “I never know what I’m wearing rera starts a riot, which is highly pos- and times.

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Marches & parade BAY ST Toronto is busting at the seams with WorldPride parking-lot N parties, cruises, art shows, human-rights talks and late-night throw-downs. Winding their way through all this are the

BLOOR ST SHERBOURNE ST marches and parades — accompanied by the various marshals and honoured groups and individuals — that make Toronto North Stage This open-air, barrier- HAYDEN ST Pride so inspiring. Below is a guide to all the street action. free space features everything from spoken word to live music, drag CHARLES ST artists to puppetry. Clean, Sober George & Proud Place Hislop Park Pride Toronto grand marshal A substance-free space for Human rights activist Anna Rekhviashvili, community director everyone. Festivities include ISABELLA ST of the largest LGBT organization in Georgia and one of the live performances on the organizers of Georgia’s International Day Against Homophobia Norman Green stage, holistic services and Jewison Park and Transphobia, held in Tbilisi in May 2014. To watch a confi dential recovery Space: video interview with Anna, go to dailyxtra.com. meetings. GLOUCESTER ST Cawthra Square WHEN HONOURED HONOURED Park Village Stage: WHAT & WHERE INDIVIDUALS GROUP DUNDONALD ST Community Cabaret JARVIS ST HRHS CHURCH ST CHURCH ST Live music, dance, DJs, drag Trans* Pride March FRI, JUNE 27 and burlesque performers — a cornucopia of community in The trans community Pre-march rally kicks Monica Forrester, Trans Pulse, a WELLESLEY ST the heart of the Village. comes together in off at 7pm in George accessibility advo- community-based protest and celebra- Hislop Park (between cate and producer research group that TD tion for their longest Isabella and Charles of the bimonthly looks at the impact of Wellesley Pride march yet. A streets, just east Spirit Indigenous Sex social exclusion and Stage second march, not of Yonge Street); Workers zine, and discrimination on the MAITLAND ST affi liated with the parade starts at 8pm Alex Abramovitch, health of trans people OLG offi cial one, leaves at and moves south on queer youth home- in Ontario. Central the same time from Yonge to Yonge- lessness activist. Stage George Hislop Park and Dundas Square. Family Pride ALEXANDER ST ends at Allan Gardens. This kid-friendly zone has activities and entertainment for the whole family through- MUTUAL ST Dyke March SAT, JUNE 28 Alexander out the weekend, including Street WOOD ST snacks, music, games, face A grassroots march Rally begins at This year’s honoured Toronto Fierce Parkette painting and crafts. and demonstration 1:30pm at Allan dyke is Connie Femme Organizers, where women and Gardens, at Carlton Bonello, who is including Kim Milan trans people take to and Sherbourne responsible for the (Crosby), Catherine CARLTON ST the streets to make streets; march starts national launch Hernandez, Gein their voices heard. at 2pm, moves west of IBM’s Teaching Wong, Chanelle

on Carlton Street, Respect in Canadian Gallant, Sedina YONGE ST Allan north on Yonge and Schools program. Fiati, Leah Lakshmi, GRANBY ST Gardens concludes at George Dainty Smith, Monica Hislop Park, between Forrester, Belle Isabella and Charles Jumelles, Anna Green MCGILL ST streets, just east of Camilleri, Allyson Space: Yonge. Mitchell and Vee Stun. Bud Light Ryerson South Stage Quad GERRARD ST WorldPride Parade SUN, JUNE 29 Canada’s largest Pride Starts at 1pm at Brent Hawkes, who 2 Spirits Toronto, a parade gets even Church and Bloor has championed non-profi t organi- Allan Gardens bigger this year with an streets. The parade various human rights zation that offers Get away from the hustle extended route. (Tip: heads west, then initiatives and, in services and support GOULD ST and bustle of Church Street head north of Bloor dances all the way 2001, offi ciated at the to two-spirit and other Yonge- in one of the oldest parks in on Church Street to down to the party fi rst legal marriage aboriginal people living Dundas Toronto and enjoy a wide preview the fl oats lined at Yonge-Dundas of a gay or lesbian with or affected by Square variety of cultural program- up along tree-lined Square. couple in the world. HIV/AIDS. ming and exhibits. Rosedale Valley Road.) DUNDAS ST

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32 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS HOT PICKS Queer Pride 2014 at Buddies Human Rights Conference Pride and Remembrance Run Queer Pride is a festival of theatre, This three-day event brings together activists, academics, Sporty types run to benefi t Fife House, comedy, art, music and parties that artists, journalists, policymakers and students from around the Egale Canada Human Rights Trust and showcases our community’s unstop- the world. The daily plenary sessions, 4–6pm, are free and open the Pride and Remembrance Foundation. pable spirit. Runs through Sun, June 29. to the public. Wed, June 25–Fri, June 27. Sat, June 28, 10am. Starts at Church and PRIDE buddiesinbadtimes.com Johanna Sigurdardottir, former prime minister of Iceland Wellesley streets. priderun.org

Main stages FRIDAY JUNE 27 LOCATION EVENT 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM & events Green Space: One World: DJ Neill DJs Paulo & Jackinsky DJ Hector Romero Events and times are subject to change. Cawthra Park To Frankie with Love MacLeod Note that Pride Toronto could not TD Wellesley Stage Pop Goes Pride Featuring Carly Rae Jepsen, Dragonette, Fefe Dobson, Molly Thomason and the cast of 1 Girl 5 Gays. Hosted by MTV’s Lauren Toyota and Phoebe Dykstra. supply us with an offi cial breakdown Bud Light South Stage Decades Featuring Rough Trade’s Carole Pope, Peaches, The Parachute Club, with Lorraine of performers and showtimes for their Segato, and Berlin, featuring Terri Nunn. stages in time for our press deadline. We OLG Central Stage Blu Rainbow DJ Sydney Blu spins, with a special performance by Azari & III vocalist Starving Yet Full. have done our best to provide specifi c details where we were able to fi nd them. Yonge-Dundas Square Trans* Pride Post- Hosted by S Bear Bergman and Tobi Hill-Meyer, March Showcase featuring Crackpuppy, The Cliks and Against Me!

SATURDAY JUNE 28 LOCATION EVENT 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM Green Space: Lipstick Jungle DJ Delicious DJ Tizi DJ Francesca Lombardo DJ Kim Ann Foxman Cawthra Park Green Space: Main Event DJ O’Halley Brothers RuPaul DJ Freemasons DJ Rosabel DJ The Cube Guys Ryerson Quad Drag Race 2014 stars TD Wellesley Stage I Know You Got Soul A showcase of R&B, soul, hip-hop and dance-music artists. Featuring Estelle, Deborah Cox, Jully Black, Neon Hitch, Reverse, the House of Xtravaganza, and Queer Krip Hop, with Wheelchair Sports Camp and more. DJ Kitty Glitter spins an extended closing set. Bud Light South Stage Various Gay Ole Opry showcase, with Venus Rising: Celebrating 20 years with the House of Venus. Featuring Light Fires, Hercules and Love Affair, Chely Wright, Amanda Rheaume, Peaches and Betti Forde. Tim Chaisson, Mark Jacob, Don Brownrigg and The Secrets. OLG Central Stage DJ & Diva Central Throughout Pride weekend, this stage features DJs/producers David Morales, Barry Harris, Quentin Harris, Hector Fonseca, Cajjmere Wray and a special vocal performance by “the original Weather Girl,” Martha Wash. Alexander Parkette Fruit Loopz Presented by Supporting Our Youth, Fruit Loopz is base to a vibrant community of young queer and trans artists, but all are welcome at this family-friendly, drug- and alcohol-free, youth-focused space. Yonge-Dundas Square Various Aqua Mega T-Dance, with DJs Chus & Ceballos, Kitty Glitter and Aron on decks. Includes a drag WorldPride Smart Party, featuring Miss Honey Dijon and electro-superstars performance by Sofonda Cox. Austra.

SUNDAY JUNE 29 LOCATION EVENT 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM Green Space: Disco Disco DJs Phil V, Kris Steeves and Dimitri from Paris Horse Meat Disco Cawthra Park Diego Armand Green Space: TreeHouse Party DJ Cindel DJ Deko-ze DJ Alain Jackinsky DJ Isaac Escalante Ryerson Quad TD Wellesley Stage Blackness Yes! pres- Blessing, Activist Love Letters Runaway Renee, Shi LAL, Urbanesque, Ill Nana, Devine House of Monroe, Crystal Waters, ents Still We Rise: (Syrus Marcus Ware), Ashley Bea, Wisdom, DJ Pleasure, Darlin’, Vitality Black, Wesley DJ Blackcat, DJ Jojo Flores Blockorama 16 Troy Jackson, DJs Tamika and DJ Nik Red Dykes-Darling, Michelle Ross, Roxanne Diana King, DJ Carma, TheeSatis- faction and DJ Craig Dominic Bud Light South Stage Dirty Disco Featuring DJs Don Berns (aka Dr Trance), Robb G, Adam K, Andy Reid, Deko-ze and Jelo, with the incomparable Dave Audé closing out the night OLG Central Stage DJ & Diva Central Throughout Pride weekend, this stage features DJs/producers David Morales, Barry Harris, Quentin Harris, Hector Fonseca, Cajjmere Wray and a special vocal performance by “the original Weather Girl,” Martha Wash. Alexander Parkette Alterna-Queer DJ Steve Rock 2:30pm Hervana 3:30pm Unfi nished Business 4pm Sister Hyde 4:30pm Zoo OWL 5pm No Pants Society 5:30pm Judy Virago and Igby Lizzard Trash Cabaret 6pm Pantychrist 7:15pm Ginger Coyote with Sid’s Kids 8pm Lydia Lunch 9pm Pansy Division 10pm Yonge-Dundas Square WorldPride 2014 WorldPride 2014 Closing Ceremony Pre-Show This showcase performance features Tegan and Sara, Rich Aucoin, Hunter Valentine, Closing Ceremony Robin S, CeCe Peniston and God-Des & She. Includes parade awards and the handover to the next WorldPride host city.

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 33 XTRA’S WORLDPRIDE GUIDE AS THE WORLD SPINS DJs from around the Australia’s Kitty Glitter is making the 15,585-kilometre trek from Sydney to globe are bringing their spin at WorldPride. best beats to Pride EDUARDO SABATE Australia’s Kitty Glitter takes the prize for longest journey to WorldPride as she makes the 15,585-kilometre trek from Sydney. That’s not to discount other spin masters travelling from South America, Europe, all over the US, and, of course, across our home and native land. While the DJ booths of bars and clubs all over Toronto are frequently manned by a mix of international and local favourites, having one of the largest Pride events in the world is a game changer. What’s different this year? It’s the ridiculous number of top-notch artists gathering for the very special edition of the festival, so to make sure you dance to as many possible, we’ve compiled a heaping and helpful guide. Let the music play!

Thurs, June 26 Manny Lehman (NYC), Eddie Martinez (NYC) and Erez Ben Mado (Mtl) and TLA at Starry Ishay (Tel Aviv) at Bootcamp. Night. 7pm. Cawthra Park, 10pm–6am. Guvernment, 132 519 Church St. No cover. Queens Quay E. prismtoronto.com greenspacetoronto.org Stéfane Lippé (Mtl) and Sat, June 28 Cajjmere Wray at Prism College. Deko-ze and Nick Bertossi 10pm–4am. Fly, 8 Gloucester St. (Van) on the SS Steamworks Jockpride. 10pm–4am. Marquis 7pm. Smith, 553 Church St. $15. flynightclub.com Bok Bok spins at Drip Cruise. Noon–4pm. Pier 31, 333 — Smith, Sun, June 29 of Granby, 418 Church St. $10 dripparty.com Lakeshore Blvd E. $75 advance. advance, $15 door. facebook.com/ Andy Butler (NYC) at Drip. 7pm. Fri, June 27 steamworksbaths.com jockpartyto House/Maison, 580 Church St. Hector Romero (NYC), Paulo Kitty Glitter (Aus), Chus & Scooter McCreight, Taco $15. dripparty.com (LA), Alain Jackinsky (Mtl) and Ceballos (Spain) and Aron Tuesday (San Fran) and Shane Hector Fonseca (NYC) and Neill MacLeod at One World: To (Tel Aviv) at Prism Aqua. Noon– McKinnon at Cub Camp. 11pm. Shawn Riker at the Fly Nightclub Frankie with Love. 5pm–midnight. 8pm. Yonge-Dundas Square, The Beaver, 1192 Queen St W. $10. Farewell Finale. 9pm. Fly, 8 Cawthra Park, 519 Church St. 1 Dundas St E. prismtoronto.com beavertoronto.ca No cover. greenspacetoronto.org Gloucester St. $30 or with $75 The Cube Guys (Italy), Rosabel weekend pass. flynightclub.com Henry Krinkle (LA), Figgy (NYC), (Chicago/Miami), Freemasons Sun, June 29 Gingy and Rory Them Finest. 7pm. (UK) and O’Halley Brothers Isaac Escalante (Mexico), Mon, June 30 House/Maison, 580 Church St. (Brazil) at Green Space: Main Alain Jackinsky (Mtl), Deko- Scooter McCreight, David $15. dripparty.com Event. 1pm–1am. Ryerson ze and Cindel (Chicago) at Picard and Taco Tuesday (San Quad, 43 Gerrard St. $10. TreeHouse Party. 1pm–1am. Chris Cox (LA), Deko-ze, Fran) at Trade: Gym Shorts, greenspacetoronto.org Ryerson Quad, 43 Gerrard St. $10. Dwayne Minard, Alessandro No Underwear Party. 3–9pm. greenspacetoronto.org (LA), Aural and Del Stamp (Van) Francesca Lombardo (UK), Black Eagle, 457 Church St. $10. at Pitbull: Worldwide. 9pm–4am. Kim Ann Foxman (NYC), Tizi Dimitri from Paris (France), blackeagletoronto.com Liberty Grand, 25 British Columbia (Mtl) and Delicious at Lipstick Horse Meat Disco (UK), Phil V, Abel (Miami), Honey Dijon Rd. $60. pitbullevents.com Jungle. 1pm–midnight. Cawthra Kris Steeves and Diego Armand (NYC), Shawn Riker, Deko-ze and Park, 519 Church St. No cover. Gordon John (UK), Alessandro 10pm. Henhouse. 10pm. at Disco Disco. 1pm–midnight. Tizi (Mtl) and Ria in Chroma, DJs Mark Falco at Revival. 10pm–8am. greenspacetoronto.org (LA) and John Caffery at 1532 Dundas St W. No cover. Cawthra Park, 519 Church St. Stix and Miz in Galleria at Lick It. The Guvernment, 132 Queens Pitbull: Gone Wild. 9pm–4am. henhousetoronto.com No cover. greenspacetoronto.org 9:30pm–2am. Guvernment, 132 Brenmar (NYC), Shaydakiss Quay E. prismtoronto.com Phoenix, 410 Sherbourne St. $35. Queens Quay E. $25 advance, $30 (Mtl) and Prince Innocence at Javier Medina (Spain), Phil Lilly Russner (Brazil), Delicious, pitbullevents.com door. girlplaytoronto.com Drip. 7pm. Smith, 553 Church St. Romano (Italy), Tony Moran KLR and Stix at Girl Play’s Mark Vicente (Mtl) at AX $15. dripparty.com Sticky Cuts, KLR and Marina (Mtl) (NYC) and Jeremy Khamkeo afternoon tea-dance. 3pm–2am. at Toastr. 9:30pm–2am. White at La Leche. 10pm–7am. House/Maison, 580 Church St. Pride. 10pm–3am. Phoenix, 410 Kidd Madonny (Miami) and For more Elephant, 366 Queen St E. $25. Sound Academy, 11 Polson St. $20. girlplaytoronto.com WorldPride Sherbourne St. $20 advance, $25 Deko-ze at Babylon: World of girlplaytoronto.com prismtoronto.com listings, check door. meetmeatax.com White. 9pm. Fly, 8 Gloucester Bok Bok (UK), Girl Unit (UK), out our Ultimate St. $25 advance or $75 weekend Sis n Bro and Mary Mack (Florida) Ben Baker (NYC) and Nick Juliana Huxtable (NYC) and Pride Guide at upgtoronto.com. pass. flynightclub.com at Inspiration and Liberation. Bertossi (Van) at Jockstrap: Michael Magnan (NYC) at Drip.

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Robin S’s connection to LGBT crowds crosses eras, genres and countless remixes LADY OF THE HOUSE BY ELIO IANNACCI

he word diva has fallen sing rings around some of these airy pop Knuckles and the other Garage men being in pain because of high heels and on hard times. Polluted singers. ‘Diva’ fits our bill.” and women weren’t the only ones to a sweaty sequined dress.” and mutilated by music- Ms S recalls her early performances inspire and be inspired by Ms S; she ad- Ms S has a list of rules she abides by industry hacks who insist and public appearances during the era mits she doesn’t know how many times when she’s performing. The main one? on using the description of HIV/AIDS fear and men and women “Show Me Love” has been remixed over Refusing to use any audio tricks that will for Nickelodeon show- living on the down-low. “At the time I the years. The song has charted numer- fool her audience. “It’s always my live Tgirls (see Selena, Demi, Vanessa), its recorded ‘Show Me Love,’ gay and lesbian ous times in Europe and North America voice you are going to hear when I show meaning has been gravely compromised. life was rough,” she says. “I remember in various mixes and stands apart as a up,” she says. “I refuse to sing over vocal Which explains why so many song lovers singing at a lot of underground events, house anthem, blending the chutzpah of tracks. I will not do it. I’d rather not sing at serve up serious cut-eye when the noun top-secret parties and clubs where so Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” with the all. When I finish with my crowd, I usually is uttered — even Mariah has moved on many people in the audience were [clos- rawness of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect.” have no more voice to speak because I lay to “elusive chanteuse.” eted]. It was tough, but I’m glad we have “That song is not a story about one my heart and soul down for the people! Robin S feels it’s time to reclaim the moved on. Everyone should be afforded life,” she says of the hit that earned her That’s the way it should be,” she says. “No D-word’s true meaning. The 52-year- happiness. That’s the one two Billboard Music one can ever say I’m not tired when I leave old, NYC–born dance vocalist — known thing that’s free. I used WORLDPRIDE Awards. “It’s about many that spotlight to go home.” for such hits as 1993’s “Show Me Love” to get so agitated when CLOSING CEREMONY lives. It keeps evolving be- She hints that her set will include all and “Love for Love” and a 1997 cover of people would ask me why With Robin S, CeCe Peniston cause people keep going her hits and possibly her favourite covers: Alton McClain and Destiny’s “It Must I was so supportive of the and Tegan and Sara through the same situa- a funk-laden version of Stevie Wonder’s Be Love”— believes the title should be [LGBT] fans because it Sun, June 29, 5pm tion. I see young gays and “All I Do” and a nu-disco take on Phyllis reserved for its old-school definition: “a was a foolish question for Yonge-Dundas Square lesbians in the audience Hyman’s “You Know How to Love Me.” worldpridetoronto.com woman of great artistic power.” That oth- me. Why would I want to that weren’t even born What may also make the cut are the er definition, of a demanding, piranha- deny anyone happiness?” when that song came out. under-wraps “spiritual house” tracks she like caricature? Ms S wants it shot dead. Her embrace of the children led the They went back, heard a remix and as is working on, which blend her gospel The Georgia-based performer — who is legendary godfather of them all to reach young adults are reliving what I lived roots with her signature sound, as well as booked to sing at the WorldPride closing out to her. In what she calls a highlight of when it was released.” a new single she released with DJ Escape ceremony — is unapologetic, however, her career, she recorded a song in 2012 For her upcoming set at WorldPride, called “Shout It Out Loud” (one of a few about owning the diva title. “Don’t even called “Right Now” with the late DJ and Ms S wants to thank her fans with pure she plans to roll out with Escape). try and take that away from me, honey,” producer Frankie Knuckles (it is featured fire, not smoke and mirrors. “Mama’s “I’m going to give it to you real, so get she warns, chuckling over the phone on his last album, Tales from Beyond the gotta be comfortable if you want to hear ready,” she promises. “House music in “Diva” fits the bill from her home in Atlanta. “I have no ill Tone Arm). She first encountered Knuck- the high notes,” she says with a laugh. its rarest or rawest form — especially for Robyn S, who will to those who sing very light and very les at New York City’s Paradise Garage, In other words, expect no Gaga-like when I witnessed it in places like the will perform her gay dainty, but women like me, we have a where she learned what “transcending wardrobe. “Back in the day, I had these Garage — is good mood music and should anthem “Show Me gift, so I don’t mind people calling it out music” was. “You could close your eyes fantabulous costumes that wore me be regarded to be as important as rock Love” at the WorldPride the right way,” she says. “So many of us and go to whatever lovely, warm place you out to get in and out of them,” she says. and roll. There is still a big need for the closing ceremonies. house vocalists have these rich, hard- needed to get to at the Garage. It was an “Nowadays, I’m coming in stretch pants diva, and house is an integral part of the to-describe voices that come from deep escape route from the hate and darkness and white high-top Converse sneaks so I past couple of generations. People are within the church — which means we can of life outside the club.” can lock in onstage and let it rip without just catching up.”

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DIVA TRACK RECORD HER MODUS OPERANDI VOCAL RANGE ON TODAY’S DANCE SCENE

According to the 44-year-old vocalist, The Ohio-born vocalist has always Peniston’s range (“fi ve to seven “People want to feel something real, “bad boyfriends make for good songs,” maintained she’s a soul singer who octaves,” she says) has got her and house gives them that rawness CeCe and this is refl ected in singles such as dabbles in dance — like her hero, gigs performing in the Vatican that you don’t get in pop,” she says, “Movin’ On” and “Keep On Walkin’”— Patti LaBelle, who mastered the for the Pope, at Aretha Franklin’s noting that she doesn’t love the rush Peniston which speak to the good, the bad and art of jumping across musical birthday party (the Queen of Soul of EDM and circuit that plagues the the fugly of past relationships (as genres. “I’ve watched Patti requested it) and for Bill Clinton’s clubs. “Everything has gotten so Aqua witnessed in her trio of ’90s albums). backstage,” Peniston says. inaugurations. robotic and technical.” Sat, June 28 Peniston credits her massive 1991 hit “Just seeing her [prepare] Yonge-Dundas Square “Finally” for her longstanding suc- with her stylist was such cess. “That song bought me a house, a lesson.” WorldPride cars, clothes and a lifestyle that I love Closing Ceremony to live,” the Arizona-based artist says. Sun, June 29 “It’s on more than 4,000 compilations Yonge-Dundas Square and a skin-care commercial. ‘Finally’ cheques keep rolling in!”

Although everyone knows her for Feminist A graduate “I’m happy house has come back in a “Gypsy Woman,” the Philadelphia- scholar bell from the Grace big way. But when I saw Mary J Blige Crystal born talent has three albums and hooks once Jones school doing that Disclosure duet, I thought nearly 30 singles to her name. This described of chanteusery, ‘Whaaaat?,’” she says, laughing at the Waters includes such recent across-the-pond Waters as “fi erce and Waters’s deep contralto is all UK duo’s recent re-release of “F for hits as “Oh Mama Hey” (with Chris politically on the job” — about projecting cool, snap- You,” featuring Blige. “They should Blockorama Cox) and “Blow” (with Armand Pena, a description the singer pish sighs, gasps and whispers have asked a seasoned house vocalist Sun, June 29 Harry Romero and Alex Alicea). still feels rings true. rather than Mariah-high to work with them. I remember be- TD Wellesley Stage “I’m aware of the world,” notes. To her credit, Waters ing on tour with Mary in the ’90s and she says. “I’m educated. chooses songs that suit her she was not appreciating dance. She I watch Jon Stewart and smoky “la da dees la da das.” thought house was bullshit. Everyone the evening news — that was coming up to me in the ’90s and makes itself known Crystal Waters brings 100 saying stuff like “When are you gonna between the lines of percent to WorldPride. make real music?” They put us down my lyrics.” so bad that now it feels validating.”

The powerhouse behind such an- Her early days were spent support- Wash is a solid fi ve- “For the longest time, sing- thems as “It’s Raining Men,” “Gonna ing the late, great gay disco star Syl- octave singer, belting ers have been in the back- Martha Make You Sweat” and “Everybody vester with Izora Armstead (her Two out choruses with ground ... and DJs were at Everybody” has survived four de- Tons o’ Fun/Weather Girls partner) the love of God and the front of the bill. I hope Wash cades of clubland. Skipping through before becoming the go-to voice for gays behind her. She it’s changing. Artists with disco to house to circuit to EDM, top gay house/circuit DJs aiming to was trained in classical voices [need to] get the play WorldPride Wash is a dancefl oor chameleon. She create pre-Miley bangers. “I learned opera, led gospel choirs they deserve.” Closing Ceremony really should be a Rock and Roll Hall how to attack a song from Sylvester,” and headlined many Sun, June 29 of Famer by now, as she went on to she says. “That’s why I have more groundbreaking dis- Yonge-Dundas Square change music history by suing C+C drama than HBO in one track. I want cos in the 1970s. Music Factory and Black Box for not people to refl ect, stop and think properly crediting her vocals on their when they hear me.” It will be raining chart-topping hits. This led to federal Martha Wash at legislation that made vocal credits Pride. mandatory on albums and videos.

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“Black women and gay men have A house-styled album produced by strong commonalities. If you DJ StoneBridge, the mastermind give trouble to a confi dent black behind Robin S’s remix of “Show woman or a strong gay man, good Me Love.” She’s also working on a luck to you. Once you have life hit reality-TV series called Unveiled. you in the face like we do ... honey, The series casts Waters as a host “outrageous” you do not mess with that person! who helps queer people who want to - Canadian Art Watching Lady Bunny and RuPaul come out of the closet. also helped me fi nd my own per- sonality onstage.”

“Back in the day, when I played at More remixes of 2013’s R&B-tinged the Paradise Garage [in the 1990s], Something Good album. Her club I was trying to give the community version of “I’m Not Coming Down” relief because they were so ostra- is currently hitting top 10 on the cized by the media about AIDS/ Billboard dance charts (the 60-year- HIV,” Wash says of the time when old’s fi rst Billboard hit in more than major partner event program sponsor exhibition media sponsor she released songs like “Carry On” 20 years). “A remix can’t break your and “Give It to You.” “The papers career,” she says, “but if you’re lucky, called AIDS a gay disease — which it can make you.” was not true. I felt my job was to give [crowds] the happiness that wasn’t outside of the clubs so that they could have the strength to For comprehensive GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 2014 media partner WorldPride listings, face the realities of the next day.” check out our Ultimate Pride Guide at upgtoronto.com. IMAGE: RICHARD MILETTE, TEAPOT FOR QUEEN X, 1989

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 39 XTRA’S WORLDPRIDE GUIDE PROUD CULTURE There’s more to celebration than parades and parties JEREMY WILLARD Pansexual orgies, gay cruises, park- ing-lot piss-ups, historical tours, kid-friendly face-painting sessions — WorldPride off ers all manner of cel- ebration and expression of what it’s like to be queer. However, the people perhaps best equipped to express this state are artists, and luckily quite a few of them — of both the local and in- ternational varieties — are putting on art shows during the festivities. Tourist Trap, by Attila Richard Lukacs. Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque Over the Rainbow: twins and lifeguards. Like dear ol’ grandma in leather jack- Ross Watson WorldPride Exhibition runs until boots swingin’ a cat-o’-nine-tails, the Seduction and Identity Sun, June 29 at IX Gallery, 11 Davies Ave, Unit Gardiner Museum’s Camp Fires: The Drawn from the private collection of 101. rosswatson.com Queer Baroque exhibit takes innocu- Salah Bachir and Jacob Yerex, this ous objects like candlesticks, teapots exhibit acknowledges the archetypes Just Me and Allah: and vases and transforms them into associated with queer culture — like Photographs of erotic and compelling statements camp, celebrity and rainbows — and about sexuality. By looking at the looks beyond to the ways that queer Queer Muslims concept of “camp” in the work of fran- culture and mainstream representa- “Mainstream Islam isn’t always wel- cophone Canadian ceramic artists tions of that culture infl uence each coming of LGBTQ Muslims, yet a lot Léopold L Foulem, Paul Mathieu and other. The show comprises paintings, of the Muslim traditions and rituals Richard Milette, the exhibit portrays drawings and photographs and in- bring queer Muslims comfort and subversive notions of queer identity. cludes works by Andy Warhol, Keith provide a sense of belonging,” visual Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque Haring, Stephen Andrews and Annie artist Samra Habib says. From people runs until Mon, Sept 1, at the Gardiner Leibovitz. celebrating Muslim traditions in Museum, 111 Queen’s Park Cr. Over the Rainbow: Seduction and Identity queer spaces to incorporating Muslim gardinermuseum.on.ca runs until Sun, Aug 17, at the Museum symbolism into everyday life, Habib’s of Contemporary Art, 952 Queen St W. video interviews and photographs Bent Lens: mocca.ca give an intimate sense of how some Pride on Screen queer people navigate their compli- Ross Watson cated relationships with Islam. The Toronto International Film WorldPride Exhibition Just Me and Festival (TIFF) and Inside Out Allah: Pho- LGBT Film Festival’s joint summer Ross Watson has no shortage of ad- mirers: Stephen Fry said, “Oh good- tographs of program, Bent Lens: Pride on Screen, Queer Muslims explores queer stories through the ness — your works get sexier and runs until Wed, past, present and future of cinema. sexier and more and accomplished July 9, at Parliament Included are the Queer Outlaw Cine- — lost in admiration!” Sir Elton Street Library, 269 ma program, a free gallery exhibition, John said, “I never tire of his paint- Gerrard St; Sun, Oct retrospectives, special events, free ings — he’s a leader in contemporary 5, at the Canadian outdoor screenings and special guests realism.” The Australian artist’s work Lesbian and Gay Ar- that include transgender advocate fuses classical European art refer- Laverne Cox and writer/director/ ences with contemporary images and performer John Cameron Mitchell. deals with sexuality, religion and the Guasparre, by Bent Lens: Pride on Screen runs until impact of social media. The Toronto Richard Milette, Love You, by Attila Sun, Aug 17. tiff.net/bentlens exhibit includes Watson’s sexy surf at Camp Fires. Richard Lukacs. GARDINER MUSEUM

40 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Mr Robinson, Dali, by by Attila Richard Lukacs. Samra Habib.

Duo, by Ross Watson. The Hit Parade Curated by the Transmission Com- mission Collective, Hit Parade is an exhibition of visual art that responds to problems aff ecting queer com- munities globally, including legal and psychological issues and physical vio- lence. The exhibition includes work by both local and international artists, and a percentage of proceeds from sale of the works will benefi t the Will Munro Memorial Fund for Queers Living with Cancer. Hit Parade runs until Sun, July 6, at p|m Gallery, 1518 Dundas St W. pmgallery.ca Imaging Home: Resistance, Migration, Contradiction In Uganda, Kenya, Guyana, the Ca- ribbean, India, Toronto — across the globe — queer people have felt oppression. Through documentary video and photographic work, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives’ Imaging Home: Resistance, Migra- tion, Contradiction tells a captivating The best of gay chives, 34 Isabella St; and Thurs, July 10– aged 14 to 30 were asked to submit story of the challenges queer people Mon, July 14, at Videofag, 187 Augusta Ave. artwork on the theme of “solidarity and lesbian queermuslimproject. tumblr.com have faced around the world. The with Canada’s two-spirit and LGBT- event includes several guest speak- TIQQ* communities.” On May 14, a Toronto — on your Youth Solidarity ers, including Ulelli Verbeke, Namela vote was held to decide whose work Baynes-Henry, Richard Lusimbo and desktop and your Project best refl ects the theme; the work of Brayo Bryans. the six fi nalists is on display during mobile device! As part of an initiative by the Art Imaging Home: Resistance, Migration, WorldPride. Gallery of Ontario and the Michaëlle Contradiction runs until Sun, Oct 5, at the Check out the interactive Jean Foundation to promote safe, The Youth Solidarity Project exhibi- CLGA, 34 Isabella St. clga.ca tion runs until Sat, Nov 15, at the Art digital edition of Xtra Living at inclusive and healthy communi- xtralivingtoronto.com ties for queer youth, young people Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St W. youthsolidarityproject.ca

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younger producers like Yuksek, FKJ, Rocca, “Disco Shake,” is coming out Boston Bun and Le Crayon are doing, soon; it’s a proper live recording with to name a few. a great-looking picture sleeve vinyl as well. After that, look for a new Euro- How do you feel about the new DIMITRI’S DISCO crats release. crop of deep-house and disco- sampling house Your Live at The The celebrated DJ spins his first-ever Pride party records of today? DIMITRI’S Playboy Mansion Do they compare to comps have sold by DEKO-ZE & time during Pride. It’s unusual and WORLDPRIDE the quality of early, PLAYLIST the bucket-loads! ANDREW JACOME lovely to be able to play outdoors dur- groundbreaking disco? Who is your favourite ing the day, so I’m hoping to showcase It’s a case of apples and Chaka Khan Playboy bunny? Dimitri from Paris is known for his the sunnier side of my disco-flavoured “I’m Every Woman” oranges, really. The vast As strange as it may dapper suits, retro sensibility and collection. (Dimitri from world-class Playboy parties. The slick, majority of contempo- Paris Remix) be, I’m in this business internationally renowned DJ’s latest You’ve already done so much with rary dance is the work for the music, not the compilation, Dimitri from Paris in the your career. What’s next? of a single or very small Diana Ross bunnies. group of people working “The Boss” (Dimitri House of Disco, came out this month, I’m blessed enough to be able to share from Paris Remix) If you could hear off a computer. In the just in time to prime the city for his my music for over 30 years and make any artist perform visit to The 519’s Green Space, for Dis- a living of it. Not sure what else to case of disco, you needed Dimitri from Paris & DJ Rocca live right now (alive co Disco. Our very own Deko-ze chats wish for! a whole band plus a stu- “Disco Shake” or passed), who would with Dimitri as he gears dio to record it in. The it be? People like Daft Punk, souls each playing a real (Original Mix) up for his soon-to-be leg- Teddy Pendergrass. RIP. endary WorldPride set. DISCO DISCO Laurent Garnier, Bob instrument allowed for Sister Sledge, “Lost Sun, June 29 Sinclar, Justice and a richer organic sound. in Music” (Dimitri Chic or Cerrone? XTRA: Greetings, (Dimitri spins 4–7pm) Martin Solveig have from Paris Remix) The 519 Green Space There is still genius to Chic, without a doubt, Dimitri! We are super greenspaceto.org achieved international be found nowadays; it’s success and cemented Chic, “Le Freak” as they have R&B in excited to have you for just harder for it to come our WorldPride cel- French house as a (Dimitri from their DNA. out from an ocean of Paris Remix) ebration. What can your longtime force to be reckoned with. What mediocrity. Disco balls or fans and new followers expect? are your thoughts on the current bell-bottoms? DIMITRI FROM PARIS: Thank you. state of French house music? Disco mastermind Dimitri from Paris Speaking of music, do you have any Seriously? Many things came back I’ve always enjoyed playing in Toron- The French scene is still quite keeps the genre alive and healthy with original productions coming soon? his sought-after remixes. from the past. Luckily, bell-bottoms to and am looking forward to my first healthy. I particularly like what My new track with collaborator DJ haven’t, so the world is not lost — yet.

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48 JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS solid and unfrayed now as it was when I first brought it home. Contrast that with a storage ottoman bought from Ikea just four years ago, which has al- Downtown, ready sprouted loose threads and gone wonky on one side. Sure it was half the price, but now I need to buy another one. “I think people are realizing that if they UpCountry invest in a piece of furniture, it can last them a lifetime,” Sutch says. “It’s about craftsmanship and quality.” One of Toronto’s coolest furniture Given the clean, unfussy lines of what I see on the showroom floor, it’s easy stores celebrates 25 years to imagine these pieces enduring both physically and aesthetically. The Phase STOREFRONT match,” says Stephen Sutch, the store’s solid walnut bedroom suite is timelessly SERAFIN LARIVIERE general manager. Sutch is a fan of what elegant, as are the mix-and-match din- he calls “transitional design,” a blend of ing sets from Dine Art. These tables and When I moved back to Toronto in 2000, different styles and finishes that gives chairs are particularly versatile, given I was struck by how significantly the de- a home its own distinct personality. the mix-and-match options for table- sign landscape had changed in the half “It can be so many things, from Arts and tops, legs and finish. decade since my departure. Shops once Crafts to antique to modern. It’s a very That’s not to say there aren’t some packed with overstuffed, cozy couches personal design statement.” wonderfully quirky options available to and big, poofy chairs now showcased a It’s certainly nothing like messieurs the more adventurous consumer. It’s sleek modernity that favoured a bolder, Roebuck and Sears ever imagined. I am hard not to love the Madison loveseat, cleaner look. Fourteen years later, the instantly taken by a line of Felipe con- upholstered in brown and white cow- modern aesthetic is still thriving when it crete occasional tables that are both hide, or the locally made pendant lights comes to downtown living. classically beautiful and utterly modern. fashioned from thick industrial rope. Certainly one of the leaders in the The Phase bedroom suite, shown with the Dakota chair, is timelessly elegant. The smooth, polished surface has a gor- “There are so many ways to make a city’s designer furniture craze has been geous tone, set perfectly into distressed Lloyd’s vibrant silk-screened pillows in our own back yard. That’s important.” personal statement with your home,” UpCountry, now celebrating its 25th raw steel frames. I particularly love the and a pair of round convex mirrors and It’s also surprisingly affordable — par- Sutch says. “The important thing is for anniversary. The store is huge — a coffee table on large industrial castors you have a truly unique grouping. The ticularly when you figure in the decay it to be comfortable, attractive and 40,000-square-foot mélange of cool and would pair it with the Soho sofa best part: everything I’ve mentioned is rate of the flat-pack fibreboard stuff quality-made.” chic and hip eclectic that goes against in distressed dove-grey leather or the created right here in Canada. that seems to crumble after just a few everything the Sears catalogue taught Cloud kidney-shaped couch in dark- “We carry several Canadian design- years of use. I paid $200 for a beautifully UpCountry is located at 310 King St E. me about matching furniture as a child. grey fabric that has the sheen of fine ers,” Sutch points out. “They are on the upholstered ottoman from UpCountry upcountry.com “Many people definitely mix and Italian suiting. Toss in a few of Nadia cutting edge of design and are working back in 2000, and the piece is still as

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JUNE 26–JULY 9, 2014 49 Writer/director Ken McNeilly’s The Common Ground gives an entirely dif- ferent though equally serious subject a comedic twist: his PhD research saw the University of Toronto graduate examine the lives of children raised by Fringe festival follies queer parents. “I realized how many advantages kids see about having lesbian or gay parents,” he says. “The teens I interviewed talked Queer highlights about how authentic their parents are and how brave they were to come out. at this year’s They felt like they’d learned so much from their strength. Most of the teens festival offer a I interviewed were straight, and a lot of them feel like they are ambassadors of welcome dose the queer community. They’re in a really of comedy unique position to be a voice for social justice. That can be a huge pressure, ONSTAGE but it can also be a rewarding privilege.” CHRIS DUPUIS Though McNeilly found the mate- rial he gathered extremely compel- Perhaps it’s the unending lines, the ling, he realized that isolating it in strict no-latecomers policy or the oc- academia meant dramatically limiting casionally unbearable July heat, but its audience. Toronto’s Fringe Festival has long been “Every single interview with these a place where audiences need a good From left, Julia Gartha, Tegan Macfarlane, kids I did was amazing, but who’s going laugh. While the annual summer event Ben Chiasson and Fiona Sauder in The to actually read a 400-page disserta- Common Ground. TESSLA STUCKEY is home to all manner of works, it’s truly tion?” he says. “Originally, when we a place where comedy shines. The 2014 decided to turn it into a musical, we edition finds two queer theatre artists Largely recovered by 1997, Steele weren’t going to reference the disser- asking us to laugh at unlikely subjects. thought he was mostly in the clear. But tation at all, but then at some point we In This Ain’t the Yellow Brick Road, in 2010, doctors found a mass growing decided we had to make fun of it.” writer/performer Jake Steele aims to on his brain that paralyzed him and The show itself is a bit like a version of find hilarity in his almost lifelong his- sapped nearly every memory he had. the process McNeilly and his team went tory in the medical system. When he “Everything was gone,” he says. “It through. Four “queerspawn” teens are contracted HIV in 1981 from a blood took my parents a few months to con- set to give a presentation on what it’s transfusion, the disease didn’t even vince me who they were. I had to relearn like to grow up in an LGBT family, but have a name. Fearing the how to brush my teeth, realizing it’s going to be mind-blowingly stigma that went along THIS AIN’T THE how to process emotions. boring, they opt to turn it into a musical. with the disorder seem- YELLOW BRICK ROAD If I was having a face-to- Aiming to keep things real, McNeilly Wed, July 2–Sat, July 12 ingly relegated to homos Tarragon Theatre face conversation with cast four teenaged actors who could and heroin users, he hid Extraspace someone and looked keep him on point about whether any- his diagnosis from his 30 Bridgman Ave away, I would forget who thing sounded boring or fake. Weaving THE COMMON GROUND family until 1994, when Wed, July 2–Sun, July 13 I was talking to.” its way through McNeilly’s research, the illness really kicked Randolph Theatre Building the show the piece puts a humorous twist on the in. His immune system 736 Bathurst St formed part of Steele’s lived experience of the kids in his study. barely existent, he then fringetoronto.com recovery from his most Lest his description sound overly dry, spent the next two and a recent brush with death. he’s quick to point out his company’s half years bedridden in a bleach-soaked “It’s a dark standup comedy where I talents. apartment, fighting for his life. poke fun at all the shit I’ve been through,” “Collectively, this is one of the fun- “Somehow I survived, and I always he says. “I have to laugh at it for people to niest casts I’ve ever seen, so nobody get asked how,” Steele says. “I don’t accept it. Somehow, the more fun I poke Jake Steele in This Ain’t the Yellow needs to worry about this being too know, except that I’m tenacious and a at these things the easier it is for people Brick Road. SYDNEY HELLAND academic,” he says. “Far from it. This pain in the ass.” to deal with the illness.” show is ridiculously funny.”

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Elvira Kurt and David Benjamin contact [email protected]. The Big Pride Sing-Along BoylesqueTO: ocadu.ca Martha Chaves. Runs until Sat, June 28, various times. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Tomlinson. Sat, June 28, 8pm. Every Monday, 5:30–8pm. The queer community chorus invites Welcome to Manada Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander Sherbourne Health Centre, 2nd floor, Richmond St W. $25. yukyuks.com people to come and sing some The all-male burlesque troupe Ross Watson St. $25. buddiesinbadtimes.com 333 Sherbourne St. Free. uplifting favourites. Sat, June 28, 7 performs a Canada-themed show, WorldPride Exhibition soytoronto.org Transdangerous Cabaret and 9:15pm. Betty Oliphant Theatre, stripping their way from coast to Watson’s fusion of classical A rare evening of comedy, readings 404 Jarvis St. $15. singingout.ca Mountie-festooned coast. Fri, June European art references and and music with S Bear Bergman, HEALTH & ISSUES 27, 9pm. 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Glow Party XXX Men’s Night SAT, JUNE 14 AT CLUB120 FRI, JUNE 13 AT FLY It comes out of nowhere, fast It comes out of nowhere, hard and furious. It’s all over my and throbbing. It’s in and out, shirt, sticks to my face and, and out and in, and up and worst of all, gets in my eye. But down, and down and up. But I’m not the only one. Everyone I’m not the only one trying to is covered in it. We look like track its ooey-gooey trajectory. messy, milky men as we bump Penises are hard to follow. I’ve into each other blindly under come to check out what the pulsating lasers. Really, this is commotion is all about at the happening. York Pride Fest’s fi nal XXX Men’s Night at Fly Keep Calm and Paint On, a (launched just two months ago, glow-in-the-dark paint party it ends with the closure of this 2 at Club120, is one of the most legendary club). But “the party unique and outright fun par- will continue,” organizer Ryan 3 5 ties I’ve been to in years. We’ve Russell assures. Perhaps he’ll been told to wear something move it to his other home base, white that we don’t mind get- the Black Eagle, or Club120. ting paint on “or just go naked.” Russell, by the way, is looking Club120 co-owner Todd Klinck big, beefy and bald. Having is, surprisingly, not here to shaved his head, he looks even supervise the messy madness. more like a hard-core pornstar “Kids these days,” is all he has than ever. Always one for new to say. Head kid and organizer challenges, perhaps he’ll enter Jacob Gal is up onstage in swim next year’s Mr Gay Toronto trunks armed with an arsenal contest. Current titleholder of paint-shooting devices fi ring Obed Urquilla and current non-toxic colouring into the Mr Gay World Christopher white-clad audience. White Olwage, visiting from New Zea- shows off the paint better and land, are making their rounds under black lights glows magi- promoting the organization, 4 cally like one of those tacky which is fairly new to Toronto. yet mesmerizing black-velvet It’s like a pageant, but for gay 9 paintings you buy at fl ea mar- men, and even includes a writ- kets. The club is covered in ten test. Watching the action clear plastic, and we take ref- onstage, though, the only thing uge every so often in the paint- being tested is my companion’s free, second-fl oor VIP zone patience. “Are they done yet?” between strategic advances to he asks. “I just wanna dance.” 6 the front. As we battle our way But the show is just about to be- between others who’ve taken gin: four very erect men (Stuart heavy hits from paint cannons, Ross, AnacondaHunga, Sebas- we watch for roving brush-and- tian Woods and Landon Long) bucket-carrying infantry who mount the stage and proceed sneak up and splatter us with to entertain each other for our psychotic paint lust. Next time, entertainment. Sucking, fuck- 7 I’ll leave my drink outside the ing, rimming and, yes, even a bit battle zone. My gin and tonic is of fi sting. It’s like a grab bag of now a gin and non-toxic mess. grabbing bags. Every orifi ce is Cheers? Choke. invaded and all eyes watch wist- 1E Glen & Chris 2E Chris, Mason fully. Next time, before I shake & Nathan 3EJack 4E Travis & the hand of a porn performer Jeovanni 5E Kevin post-penetration, I’ll ask him to wash up. My nice Nivea- oiled palm suddenly becomes a greasy Gun Oil grip. Hand- shake? Handjob. 6E DJ Aeryn Pfaff 7E Obed Deep Dish appears in & Christopher 8E Ryan Rus- every other issue of sell 9E From left, Stuart Ross, Xtra . For this week’s Xposed AnacondaHunga, Sebastian column, by Anna Pournikova, Woods & Landon Long go to dailyxtra.com. 8

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