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JUNE 2011 ISSUE 92 • FREE The Voice of Alberta’s LGBT Community magazine Mistress of the Gays ELVIRA PURE Pride Circuit Parties One on One with: Johnathan Frakes Ewan McGreggor Tia Carrere Interview with Scan to Read on Mobile Devices Stevie Nicks Business Directory Community Maps Events Calendar Tourist Information STARTING ON PAGE 17 Calgary • Edmonton • Alberta www.gaycalgary.com 2 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #92, June 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Table of Contents JUNE 2011 5 Getting Physical Publisher: Steve Polyak Publisher’s Column Editor: Rob Diaz-Marino Sales: Steve Polyak Design & Layout: 8 Make it so, Number One Rob Diaz-Marino, Steve Polyak Chatting with Jonathan Frakes Writers and Contributors Chris Azzopardi, Dave Brousseau, Jason Clevett, Andrew Collins, Amy Darling, Rob Diaz-Marino, 9 Pure Pride, Pure Party Janine Eva Trotta, Jack Fertig, Glen Hanson, Joan Hilty, Evan Kayne, Stephen Lock, Chantal Macleod, Allan Neuwirth, Steve Polyak, Carey Rutherford, 10 Ewan McGregor: ‘I Learned a Lot’ Romeo San Vicente, Ed Sikov, Nick Vivian and 8 PAGE the LGBT Community of Calgary, Edmonton, and Beginners actor on new film, the gay history lesson he got and getting Alberta. naked again Photography Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino, Dave Jackson 11 Mike Mills: My Gay Dad Videography Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino The personal story behind Beginners Printers Transcontinental Printing 12 CRIR Rodeo Preview Distribution Part 2: Yes, We Know it’s a Rodeo, But... 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That may difference in my lungs when it came to talking and singing. not seem like a curse to some, but for me it has always felt like It feels very exciting to be experiencing all of these changes, and I can’t wait to see where it will take me. It seems to me like, whether you want to gain a complete mismatch for who I am on the inside. As far back as weight or lose it, a little bit of challenging exercise every day will always take I can remember, even prior to hitting puberty, I’ve been allured you in the right direction. by the ideal of the stockier male physique – whether that size Last Month be due to fat or muscle. This has played into what I look for in Despite our hopes that May would be a quieter month so that we could a partner, and also what I hope to be myself. catch up on work, it turned out to be pretty busy, with plenty of smaller community events still going on in both Calgary and Edmonton. In my case, I was getting pretty discouraged knowing that I weighed 10 lbs more in High School than I have in recent times. Steve and I will often Pure Pride held a special dance at Club Sapien last month, where they eat the same portion sizes at meals, yet his metabolism will handle that food flew out DJ Nick Bertossi, Steven Daigle (from our June 2010 cover) and very differently from mine. During holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving adult film superstar Austin Wilde. But first, the boys went for a romp at the I’ve done my best to stuff myself at meals but, I would max out my appetite pre-party at Priape, where they tried out the port-a-sling in front of drooling and in the end nothing would stick. I’m not looking to become obese; I’m just onlookers - ourselves included! Over the course of the night, Wilde ended up trying NOT to look as if I’ve been starving myself – to look healthy, and feel taking my shirt off two times…he was just helping, since I asked for pictures happier with myself. with him. Woof! Back in October of 2010 I started a full time day job. From the way I feel, The Calgary Men’s Chorus put on a very unique show this past month. and the feedback I have been getting, I’ve been really excelling at what I do Just from the concept, Blue seemed to catch people’s curiosity. When they there. But much like what I do with the magazine, it is a job that is primarily sold out of tickets for the two shows that they had originally planned, they mental labour. I was finding that, at the end of the day, my mind would be decided to offer a third show, which was close to selling out when we attended exhausted and somehow my muscles would be aching too. It wasn’t the kind on their opening night. Though the hot humid air and bleacher seating were of ache that would go away with relaxing; in fact it was exactly the opposite. not ideal for comfort, the combination of singing and synchronized swimming My body was trying to tell me that it was feeling left out. was truly breathtaking. As part of their philosophy to keep employees happy and healthy, my work Flash celebrated their first anniversary on the 27th and 28th. I showed up offers access to a private fitness facility in the basement for a mere $4 per to take pictures, however my cold was just starting to hit me at that time. It’s month. So I signed up, and during the day when I was feeling restless I would difficult enough to approach people in a loud and busy club, but doing this take my half hour break to go and lift weights.