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6 DEC 25, 2014–JAN 7, 2015 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Upfront The Fords and Ford Nation — the end of an error, as it were. JP Larocque• 8 Proud FM leaves the Village were not a reflection on the staff mem- profitable radio.” He adds that the move Three staff bers’ talents. Howson and Loncar, both to Evanov’s headquarters allows them on-air hosts, and Witherspoon, the pro- to take advantage of resources there and members laid motions coordinator, did not respond to remain Proud FM. to Xtra’s requests for comment. Willette Three of Evanov’s other Toronto off from LGBT says they will not be replacing the two stations — Z103.5, multilingual AM hosts and instead will be increasing the 530 and Jewel 88.5 — are also housed radio station number of radio features. in Etobicoke. Pearse Murray, who does the week- In late 2012, the CRTC turned down COMMUNITY end morning show, is a volunteer and Proud FM’s application for a stronger HG WATSON will continue to be heard on-air. Richard radio signal — a move many thought Ryder, a paid employee, will continue to would have helped the struggling Budget cuts have forced LGBT radio host the afternoon show. The station station. station Proud FM to leave the Church- has laid off a number of staff members “We are really trying to find a fre- Wellesley Village and to lay off three over the years, with some hosts return- quency or distribution method that staff members. ing after being let go, including Ryder will allow many more people to hear On Nov 28, the station bid adieu to and Loncar. Proud FM,” Willette says, noting that its offices at 65 Wellesley St E. Since On Feb 6, 2012, Proud FM’s admin- the station streams online, on an app then, staff members Chris Howson, istrative staff moved from their Vil- and on Bell Fibe services. But, he says, Danielle Loncar and Jordan Wither- lage location to Etobicoke because the power of the FM signal has been the spoon have been laid off. of high rents. At the time, Willette company’s biggest challenge. Bob Willette, the program director at told Xtra that although the rents were Willette says that the Evanov Radio Proud FM, tells Xtra that management high, they felt it was crucial to remain Group remains committed to serving decided to move the remaining in the Village and be visible among the the LGBT community and that there production to the Evanov Radio Group’s downtown LGBT community. are no plans to change the programming — Proud FM’s parent company — head- “Media consumption and consoli- format or orientation. The company quarters in Etobicoke and eliminate dation changes everything,” Willette is in the process of launching a new three positions as cost-cutting measures. says. “So the industry has to change its LGBT-focused radio station in Mon- Willette is emphatic that the layoffs approach on how to make really en- treal, AM 980 Radio Fierté, which will stemmed from financial reasons and Proud FM vacated its broadcast studios at 65 Wellesley St E on Nov 28. HG WATSON tertaining, engaging and, importantly, begin broadcasting in January.

COMMUNITY will be a hit at first, but it’s not going to stop people from coming out and enjoying themselves.” One problem she New smoking ban targets patios foresees is cigarette-strewn sidewalks. “They’re going to be a mess.” Beginning in 2015, the most recent indicates that there has been a solid Another concern down the road is amendment to the government’s decline in the number of Ontario smok- Pride. Swanton worries about manag- Smoke-Free Ontario Act will extend ers over the last decade (2002–2012), ing in-out privileges for smokers while the ban to include bar and restaurant from 21 percent to 16 percent. The rate dealing with capacity issues. “It’s going patios. Other places where smokers will fell more sharply among teens than any to be chaos.” no longer be allowed to light up include other group. As the number of smokers Further down Church Street, Yuri, children’s playgrounds, publicly owned decreases, so will the healthcare costs who works security for Crews and Tan- sports fields and swimming pools. of smoking-related illnesses. gos, has a different opinion. “It’s going Restaurant and bar owners took a hit In the LGBT community, however, to hit us hard,” he says. “We get 400 after the 2006 ban, which prohibited smoking rates are nearly twice as high to 500 people a weekend, and about smoking in all enclosed workplaces and as those of the general population. The 65 percent of them smoke.” Crews & Effective Jan 1, smoking will no longer be permitted on bar and restaurant patios public places, came into effect. Almost 2007 Toronto Rainbow Tobacco Survey in Ontario. THINKSTOCK Tangos is one of the few establishments all businesses lost customers and it reported smoking rates of 36 percent with a decent-sized patio — and its own took some time for smokers to adapt to among Toronto’s LGBT community ver- of these automobiles going by — they put it will be less of a headache because patio bar. “People don’t want to leave the new restrictions. At that time, the sus 17 percent among Toronto adults. many more pollutants into the atmo- people want to be seated away from the building. They’re having fun.” only upside I recall was that my clothes A regular at the Church-Wellesley sphere than any smoker does.” smokers anyway.” Kovosi adds, wistfully, that he will didn’t smell like smoke after a night out. Village’s Churchmouse and Firkin who Drew Kovosi, a manager at Church- O’Grady’s manager Jayme Swanton miss the determination of smokers. But there have been significant enjoys smoking on the patio takes a dim mouse, has a different take. “We’ll agrees that her business will adapt to “They are always the first ones on the changes as a result of the last ban. A view of the upcoming ban: “I understand adapt,” he says, adding that there’s a the outdoor patio ban, like it did to the patio in the spring and the last to leave 2014 University of Waterloo report it, but if you’re rational about it, pick any practical upside. “For us as a business, earlier, indoor one. “Obviously, there in the fall.” — Hope Thompson

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#HEROES #VILLAINS Law societies vs Trinity Stephen Harper and Western University the Conservatives It’s perfectly acceptable for an accredited Our Bond villain of a prime minister law school to require that all its students continues to be up to no good, as he abide by a covenant that forbids intimacy quietly tweaks laws, rejects landmark outside of heterosexual marriage, right? #HERO international rights documents and silences Yeah, I didn’t think so. Thankfully, the law environmental research. But this year was societies of British Columbia, Ontario and a particularly active one for the Harper Nova Scotia agree, with their members government, with the Conservatives voting overwhelmingly against accrediting WorldPride in Toronto continuing to debate and delay the Trinity Western University’s law school. transgender rights bill, the introduction of If you’re still hung over from this year’s Pride festivities, we understand. Toronto hosted the anti-privacy and anti-terrorism bills that world for two glorious weeks, and queers from all corners of the globe flooded the city. They all would give the government unprecedented participated in various festivities, including Canada’s largest LGBT arts festival, a human rights access to personal information, and a new conference featuring delegates from more than 50 countries, and a six-hour parade. And then anti-prostitution law that puts sex workers at Mother Nature proved her love for all things queer by wrapping the city in a gigantic double risk. Remember when Pierre Elliot Trudeau rainbow, because we’re that awesome, you guys. said, “There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation”? Well, Stephen Harper wants to be in your bedroom.

#VILLAINS #HEROES The Duggars #HERO #HERO For two people whose sole talent is Ontario English successfully reproducing, Jim Bob and Laverne Cox Michelle Duggar sure have lots of opinions Conchita Wurst Catholic educators on things that have nothing to do with 2014 was the year of Laverne Cox. From A rundown of 2014 wouldn’t be complete This year, the Ontario English Catholic them. The TLC stars got in hot water in without a nod to the fabulous Conchita Teachers Association voted in favour of her Emmy-nominated performance on the 2014 for successfully helping to overturn Netflix hit Orange Is the New Black to her Wurst. The Austrian winner of the Eurovision marching in the WorldPride parade as a an anti-discrimination law that protected Song Contest in 2014, Thomas Neuwirth’s show of support for their LGBT colleagues history-making Time magazine cover, Cox the rights of queer and trans people in has made a name for herself as an outspo- bearded drag persona was a controversial and students. It was an act of faith so loving their community and for having affiliations hit, celebrated by LGBT groups worldwide and non-judgmental that you’d be forgiven ken advocate for trans issues, correcting with the anti-gay Family Research Council. hosts like Katie Couric and Gayle King on while being condemned by conservative for thinking individuals other than those Between this and the Mama June debacle, and religious groups. within the Catholic school board did it. language etiquette in interviews, speaking maybe it’s time we stop providing jerks with up for trans woman CeCe McDonald’s need platforms to spread their hatred. to use deadly force against her vicious at- PROUD TEACHERS: ADAM COISH; WORLDPRIDE: SPENCER XIONG tackers and being heralded as Glamour’s 2014 Woman of the Year. 8 DEC 25, 2014–JAN 7, 2015 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS WorldPride, the fall of the Ford Empire, marriage equality and PrEP — 2014 was a big year for the LGBT community, both in Toronto and abroad. And yet for every hero, there is always a villain. Join us as we look back at the Heroes & villains of 2014 individuals and groups worthy of our praise — and our scorn. JP LAROCQUE

#VILLAIN Jian Ghomeshi With accusations mounting, sexual assault charges looming and your former employer lawyering up, what’s the best possible PR strategy to save face? How about #VILLAINS blaming your allegedly non-consensual, violent sexual behaviour on an erotic #HEROES subculture of which you have little to no The Fords and Ford Nation understanding? Ghomeshi stands accused It’s the end of an error, as it were. With of some pretty heinous acts, but his the Ford brothers finally out of the mayor’s decision to use the BDSM community as office and the city regaining a comparative Gay-for-pay corporations a scapegoat on social media was a very sense of normalcy under the Tory has drag queens, Burger King celebrates gay families, and Kellogg’s makes Tony the public mistake that effectively hoisted the administration, it would be easy to write Tiger wear rainbow-coloured stripes. This was the year of corporations going to bat for the LGBT fallen host by his own petard. off the last four years of drug videos and community, ignoring various calls for boycotts and religious backlash, and bravely marketing to drunken stupors as a collective bad dream. our demographic. Congrats, everyone! Our copious amounts of disposable income are finally But the Fords did tremendous damage to being acknowledged by capitalism. Freedom comes with a gift card and a delicious mushroom- Toronto’s civic character, cracking open Swiss-bacon Whopper. the veneer of acceptance that had been fostered for decades to reveal a hotbed of intolerance, resentment and division. Even politically neutered, the Ford family remains a potent symbol of a portion of Toronto that isn’t interested in accepting the LGBT community. Sadly, we still have lots of work to do to repair our fractured city.

#HEROES Ontario voters #HERO #VILLAIN On June 12, Ontario voted in Kathleen O’Day Wynne as premier of the province Jill Soloway’s Pastor Manning and the first openly gay elected head of The passing of Reverend Fred Phelps left government in Canada. And perhaps Transparent a career opening for crazy religious bigots what was most significant about both the Amazon entered the streaming television everywhere, and so we now have Pastor campaign and victory was how little the game with this touching and subversive James David Manning of advocating media and her political opponents called #VILLAINS series about a father (played with grace stoning homosexuals to hell, accusing attention to Wynne’s sexual identity. At by Jeffrey Tambor) who comes out to his President Obama of destroying the black a time when mudslinging in the political grown children as a transgender woman. community and suggesting that Starbucks arena is common, Wynne’s win came Capital Pride Exploring sexuality, identity and familial flavours its coffee with the “semen of across as a tentative step forward for both It hasn’t been an easy year for Capital dysfunction with intelligence and humour, sodomites.” Well, I guess that explains the the province and LGBT rights. Pride, with the Ottawa organization the show is easily the year’s best and drag queens. declaring bankruptcy without community represents a clear turning point in queer consultation, owing various suppliers televised storytelling. KATHLEEN WYNNE: ANDREA HOUSTON; THE FORDS: SISSYDUDE; CAPITAL PRIDE: BEN WELLAND thousands of dollars and casting serious CONTINUED NEXT PAGE doubt on the future of the event.

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#VILLAINS Reluctant Hero: IOC #HERO #HERO The International Olympic Committee Catholic bishops didn’t exactly make lots of gay friends BioWare’s Dragon Age: PrEP with its decision to stay quiet on Russia’s So, that Pope Francis is kinda cool, right? numerous human rights violations in the Inquisition He’s fairly progressive, as far as popes go. Approved as an HIV-prevention method lead-up to the Sochi Games. But by the Video-game developer BioWare is used He made strides to welcome gay people and by the US Food and Drug Administration end of 2014, the committee had shifted to courting controversy and has given divorcees into the fold and is helping to bring in 2012, PrEP (under the brand name its position, announcing that it will add countless interviews describing its the church into the 21st century, but then he Truvada) is still not offi cially licensed for use sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination commitment to creating rich, entertaining has to deal with a bunch of buzzkill bishops in HIV prevention in Canada. Still, countless language in host-city contracts — a move games populated by diverse casts of going against him out of the fear that it would sexual health organizations have come that some hope will see signifi cant changes straight, gay and bisexual characters. And “undermine the traditional family.” Well, stay out in support of the drug, and many in to LGBT rights in the countries where the with Dragon Age: Inquisition, the company strong, Francis — something tells me that the community see it as a valuable tool for games are held. went even further, creating its fi rst trans you’re on the right side of history. lowering the risk of infection. character, a second-in-command named Krem who has been heralded as a huge step forward in gaming representation.

#HERO Michael Sam The St Louis Rams’ decision to draft Michael Sam — an openly gay football player — took many by surprise. For a sport #HEROES that has a bunch of burly men in spandex #HEROES shorts aggressively rubbing against each Stories of Our Lives and other, the idea of a gay football player seemed to make subtext a bit too textual filmmaker Jim Chuchu International Pride celebrants for some in the industry. Still, the draft went Banned by the Kenya Film Classifi cation ahead, and Sam has since revealed himself Board, the fi lm Stories of Our Lives offers up 2014 was a big year for Pride celebrations in traditionally homophobic countries, with brave pro- to be a charming role model and capable fi ve vignettes about the extreme diffi culties testers hosting demonstrations in India, , Russia (above) and Uganda, to name just a few. athlete — even if he’s since been cut by the of queer life in the African country, where Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. is illegal. The cast and crew remained anonymous during the production of the project out of fear of repercussions and revealed their identities only at the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

#VILLAINS #VILLAINS NBC and the show runners of Constantine Uganda’s Parliament #HEROES Adapting a comic to television involves a In February 2014, the Parliament of Uganda certain amount of creative licence, but the signed its infamous “Kill the Gays” bill into decision to alter a lead character’s sexuality law, which was subsequently struck down is a bit more suspect — which is why the by the Constitutional Court in August. American equal- creators of NBC’s Constantine have had Victory, right? Not quite. In refusing to marriage plaintiffs to go on the defensive over their version, comment on the content of the bill, the When historians look back on the fi ght for which makes Constantine straight. There’s Constitutional Court left open the option #VILLAIN marriage equality in America, they will see been lots of waffl ing, lots of talk of series for another anti-gay bill to surface, which a battle that was won slowly, on a case-by- chronology and lots of insulting back-and- it did — a harsher bill that seeks to punish case and state-by-state basis. Still, a critical Russian President forth with the fandom, but the bottom line not only homosexuals, but landlords of gay turning point occurred in October of this is this: the network didn’t have the balls to tenants and LGBT civil rights groups. One year, when the Supreme Court chose not build a show around a bisexual hero. Period. step forward, two giant leaps back. to hear appeals against lower court rulings Need we say more? that had overturned gay-marriage bans in JIM CHUCHU: N MAXWELL LANDER; UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI: RUSSELL WATKINS/DEPT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; fi ve states. As a result, same-sex marriage OLYMPIC PRIDE: PAUL DOTEY; VLADIMIR PUTIN: ENRICO VARRASSO is now legal in 35 states, representing more than half the country’s population. 10 DEC 25, 2014–JAN 7, 2015 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Immigration is for lovers!™ Complete immigration services. Competitive pricing Not so straightforward Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Extraordinary success rates.

A queer look at the beginnings of heterosexuality Not sure where to begin? HISTORY BOYS Call us today for a brief assessment MICHAEL LYONS 416-651-8889 I was talking to a straight www.immigrationservices.ca guy about queer sex the other day. I mentioned that I’ve had (sexual) relationships with trans men — guys who were assigned “female” at birth but started identifying and physically presenting as men at some point in their lives. My consternated conversational partner furrowed his brow, anxious about sounding insensi- David LeBlanc, Bruce Ferreira-Wells, tive: “So you have sex with . . .” I antici- Successful Clients Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants RCIC – ICCRC pated his thought: “The guy’s vagina. Sometimes, yes.” He puzzled this over for a minute; I could see the cogs turn- ing. “So doesn’t that kind of make you straight?” he asked. Well does it? What is heterosexual- ity? We’re always questioning what homosexuality is — nature versus nur- ture, a biological inevitability or a so- cial problem, something that’s existed forever or something completely made up — but we rarely stop to ask ourselves, What makes a heterosexual? Where did they come from? It may surprise many of our staunchly straight friends, but heterosexuals didn’t actually exist until the mid-19th century. Of course, It may surprise many of our staunchly straight friends, “but heterosexuals” didn’t actually exist until the mid-19th century. SISSYDUDE different-sex sex and relations have PUTTIN’ existed for as long as the forerunners of men, inspired by ideas of love from tion] if there is insufficient opportunity homo sapiens have had the proper tools, Plato’s Symposium. His strategy for to satisfy one’s sex drive. And they so to speak. But our species managed to advocating against legal punishment are equally likely to assault male but do without the label for millennia, and of his urnings was that “we make up a especially female minors who have the “heterosexual” is a fairly recent third sex . . . We are women in spirit.” not reached maturity; to indulge in ON THE RITZ development. Despite this fact, society The argument was that this naturally incest; to engage in bestiality and the has rejected a complex, diverse history occurring “female psyche” made pun- misuse of animals; and even to behave of weird and wonderful sexuality and ishing men who experience same-sex depravedly with corpses if their moral The Irving Berlin songbook accepted heterosexuality as the default, desire pointless and cruel. self-control does not control their or normal, sexual identity. So let’s take It was on May 6, 1868, in a letter to lust.” Heteros were, to Kertbeny, enor- a moment to consider heterosexual Ulrichs, that Karl-Maria Kertbeny, mous sexual deviants! identity as they consider ours: as a a vagabond German writer-turned- It may seem like Kertbeny had an bizarre sexual phenomenon and social soldier-turned-self-taught-science- axe to grind about heterosexuality to JAN. 11, 3:30 PM & JAN. 13, 8 PM construction. Let’s take a moment to enthusiast, invented the now widely the point that many, including himself, Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West queer heterosexuality. used terms — along with a couple that wondered about this. “How did I, a nor- Given the ramifications, it’s ironic didn’t catch on. 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The reality of his so-called VIDEO: Shirtless Davey existence, sodomy referred to non- compartmentalized categorizations normally sexed self was a little more procreative heterosexual sex as much for Kertbeny. Heterosexuals were just complicated than his emphatic claims Wavey shares fitness tips as the homosexual variety. Karl Hein- as likely to engage in non-procreative to heterosexuality. This and other rich Ulrichs, a German legal expert or homosexual activity as the queers. lingual developments, I fear, will have often seen as the great-grandfather “Additionally,” he wrote, “normally to wait for my next installment on of the gay rights movement, proffered sexed individuals are no less likely to the not-so-straightforward history of dailyxtra.com the term “urning” for homosexual engage in self-defilement [masturba- heterosexuality.

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DINK cast members David Keeley, Jasmine Chen, Lise Cormier and Andrea Brown. GUNTAR KRAVIS DADDY’S NEW DISCO DJ/producer Barry Harris, who gave us the best-known of Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” in 1999, now DJs every Friday at a new dance party in the Village. Disco Daddy, which debuted Dec 19, is billed as an “homage to the decadence of Studio 54.” Harris is a bit of a daddy, but he has no intention of playing only disco. “I wouldn’t want to be trapped from 1976 to 1981 week after week,” he says. “I’m expecting to play a little bit of everything from the past four decades.” Harris began DJing in 1983, after disco fell out of fashion. In 1988, he won a Juno Award for the hit “I Beg Your Pardon.” He’s also responsible for the Queer as Folk track “Dive in the Pool.” In 1997, he co-created the remix/production team Thunderpuss, which, in addition to the Houston hit, remixed tracks by such art- ists as Madonna and . Harris has a tremendous amount of RUDE AWAKENING material to draw upon for his Disco Daddy Canadians like to think of themselves as being hatred, misogyny, homophobia and classism in through the world of the play. sets and plans to play it all: mini-sets of the politest people on Earth. But according to between Brechtian musical interludes. Filthy, risky and romantic in equal parts, DINK popular and obscure hits from various eras and genres, his own singles, and his Caroline Azar, it’s all a delicate delusion. A veteran theatre artist and the co-founder of refl ects a side of our national identity we prefer “We’re appropriate, for sure, but with an under- the seminal punk band Fifth Column, Azar had to pretend isn’t there. Though the description Barry Harris current of covert hostility,” she says. “I wanted to her fi rst jolt of inspiration while renovating her sounds potentially preachy, her motivations in INKED KENNY show us in a more truthful way. Not good or bad, mother’s home. writing it weren’t about changing the world as specifi cally. Just as we really are.” “It took a lot of organizing, and I noticed these much as simply refl ecting it. Azar’s play DINK takes aim at the notion of obsessive behaviours surfacing,” she says. “I was “I’m just describing what I see,” Azar says. “This Canuck civility. The show centres on Deb and like a yuppie capitalist, disgusting myself as much show is a composite of present-day Canadian issues. Bill, an archetypal double income/no kids pair. as I found the bland sensation of it shallow and For sure, it’s fun, but it’s a scary kind of fun. Welcome Happily married and living in upper-middle-class surprisingly easy.” to our national consciousness.” — Chris Dupuis bliss, their blindness to the experiences of people Clocking these tendencies, along with a murder around them eventually gives way to a harsh case that was making headlines at the time, she DINK runs Thurs, Jan 8–Sun, Jan 18, at awakening. Moving between Gatineau, Quebec, set out to make sense of drama through drama, Factory Theatre Mainspace, 125 Bathurst St. and Kandahar, Afghanistan, the show explores exploring the themes weighing on her mind fringetoronto.com/next-stage-festival

niewski and called Body Becoming. “Marcin wants artists to look at ideas Gay down of what the body means politically, socially, ethnically, technologically, classic and newly created . and how our perspective of the body Thunderpuss worked nonstop until has changed,” Calleros says. 2003, when Harris gradually began step- Mexico way ping back from music. “I DJed constantly, As well as benefi ting from a change Readers may remember artist Julian of scenery, artists may fi nd inspira- and we remixed everyone two or three Calleros from his whimsical penis tion in their chosen session’s theme. times. I was exhausted,” he says. “And it’s piñatas. “Years ago, I was thinking Most sessions will be shaped to al- better to burn out than to fade away, so I decided to take a break.” about how I’m Mexican and how my low attendees to gain insight from He’s making a comeback with a fresh being gay means people will think learning about local customs and perspective and lots of new material, in- I like dick,” he says. “I combined the environment. cluding remixes of Ariana Grande’s “Break those things and came up with penis- The Anima Casa Rural farmhouse. “It’s also important to emphasize Free,” Sia’s “Chandelier” and Jennifer shaped piñatas.” that it’s a safe place for queer peo- Lopez and Iggy Azalea’s “Booty.” Although For the last year and a half, Cal- They will have an opportunity to For the winter program, people can ple,” Calleros says. “We’re not going he performed at WorldPride 2014, Disco leros, Marcin Wisniewski and Aidan work on their art in a beautiful val- choose to visit for a two-week session to sit around talking about Toronto’s Daddy is his fi rst recurring club gig since Cowling have been putting together ley surrounded by cherry, alfalfa and in either January, February or March gender politics, but if someone’s his return to music. — Jeremy Willard an artists’ residency in Mexico called sugar-cane farms. A nearby town’s (or they can come for the whole three work has some gender- or orienta- Anima Casa Rural. numerous festivals bring out scores months). Each session can accom- tion-related aspect, that’s great.” Disco Daddy is every Friday at Marquis of Artists from around the world will of cowboys and mariachis. modate approximately 13 people. — Jeremy Willard Granby, 418 Church St. marquisofgranby.ca travel an hour outside of Guadalajara For 2015, Anima Casa Rural will in- The January session runs from the and stay on Calleros’s family farm. clude winter and summer programs. fi fth to the 20th. It is curated by Wis- animacasarural.com

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Bow down: Bow ties during The jacket: the day can be a bit Solid but overdone, but a NYE bow textured jackets tie is always festive. If you’re in brocade, velvet wearing a crisp white shirt, or animal print say no tie is an option, too “less business, (just button all the all party.” way up, please).

GoiNg Out Unless you’re 17 or 70, it’s not okay to look like you rented a tux. It also doesn’t make sense to buy one that you would wear two or three times a year, so why not mix and match? Pick prints and textures that will complement each other, but most Shirt game: importantly, fi t is everything. A graphic Brad, aka DJ Aural, wears clothes by printed shirt can make wearing a jacket Topman. Cummerbund and bow tie are optional and throwing Brad’s own. He will be DJing Pop your hands in the air Machine vs Bang Bang while dancing to at WAYLA. Ariana Grande a breeze.

Cummerbund: This classic accoutrement ties your look together and holds in your post-Christmas tummy.

The printed Shoes pant: Have fun (not shown): with it but keep Precisely. If you’re out the colour much at a club or a bar on the same as your NYE, shoes will likely get jacket. scu ed, salty or scratched. So leave your pride and joys in the box for the night.

14 DEC 25, 2014–JAN 7, 2015 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Hello, countdown queens! It’s New Year’s Eve, and whether you’ve decided to ring in the new year with 2,000 of your nearest and dearest or to stick to the party next door, you should put your best style foot forward. After all, the new year often brings e a clean slate, and you want NYE to set the tone for what’s to come. So think good vibes A NEw Year’s brEEz (and good shoes), and 2015 will be a smash. DIEGO ARMAND PHOTOS BY MAY TRUONG

STAY ING IN If you’ve decided to stay in on NYE, nothing will be greater than to wear a slightly more formal version of what you would wear to bed. Lux lounge looks are still a strong trend and facilitate an effortless transition from the living-room dance party to resting your head The housecoat: An essential layering after too much champagne. item that you could Lauren, aka Sigourney Beaver, wears wear over lingerie-inspired eveningwear. If you’re the looks by Topshop. She will be DJing hostess, nothing will say at a wedding, so you are most “welcome to my home” likely not invited. better than a kimono- style jacket.

Luxe tux: Pieces that are tuxedo-inspired but made of soft and flowy fabrics. Tuxedo stripes on joggers are the best for Shoes: countdown comfort A great time and sprawling on to show them off. the floor. Flaunt your Boxing Day beauties and kick out whoever steps on them.

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