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FEEDBACK Everyone deserves a safe place Fighting Trinity Western to sleep, and everyone deserves to LGBT youth shelter be respected as they identify. GUEST EDITORIAL gay and trans communities to oppose Well done, sir. After so many years of MARCUS MCCANN the decision and to rally. working with homelessness, and as a [RE:LGBT YOUTH SHELTER] That’s why a group of people — myself formerly homeless youth myself, one of It was not that long ago — just 20 years included — are crowd-funding a legal the most heartbreaking issues is when child can service up to 2,000 men a — that Janine Fuller and her friends challenge to the accreditation of Trinity a trans person fl eeing violence is made FREE 36,000 AUDITED CIRCULATION piled into an old van and drove out of Western Law. Prominent lawyers like to feel unsafe in the shelters [“Toronto year, wife-burning “accidents” that TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Vancouver, embarking on a multi-city Clayton Ruby and Angela Chaisson have Moves Closer to Creating a Homeless allow for a new wife and dowry, et ce- tera. Everyone has to look at the caste road trip. They were raising money for expressed interest in the case. I suspect Shelter for LGBT Youth,” Xtra #760, 2013 12–25, DEC a court challenge to oppose the seizure lawyers who care about this issue will Dec 12]. We need anti-homophobia and #760 system, which, while outlawed, still ex- 519 ists and permeates all of Indian society. at the Canadian border of books and put in a lot of free or deeply discounted anti-transphobia training, and we need SPORTS CENTRE E PAULA KEY magazines destined for Little Sister’s time. But there are fi xed costs that can- to keep that as a top priority and value 10 HOLIDAY TORONTO, ON Book and Art Emporium. not be waived, including disbursements for all of our public services. Everyone GIF T GUIDE E 22 Little Sister’s held benefi t readings and fi ling fees. deserves a safe place to sleep, and ev- DAILY XTRA

@dailyxtra TRAVEL E 36 It’s great to see South Asian LGBT and screenings from Toronto to San Taking legal action is not my first eryone deserves to be respected as they Newsmaker of the year people try to do something about this Francisco. In one delightfully irrever- preference. My fi rst choice is for the identify. Kudos to you, Mr Abramovich. facebook.com/dailyxtra Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws have ensured the horrifi c ruling. Let’s see Canadian gay Sochi Olympics will be about ent fundraiser, Cleis Press released an BC government and the law societies LIA GRIMANIS dailyxtra.com much more than sports E16 Olympic medal holders follow their anthology excerpting material that had to refuse accreditation, as they ought TORONTO, ON at More lead against Russia — and don’t stop been seized at the border. They called to. For more than a year, people who there: the African-Caribbean LGBT it Forbidden Passages. care about this issue — law students 519 rec centre I hope the student in the story goes to community of Canada has lots of op- A decade before that, Torontonians especially — have been protesting and a supportive adult to look into a com- I am baffl ed about where the demand portunity to do the same in regards to struck the Right to Privacy Committee, writing letters to push decision-makers plaint to the Ontario Human Rights for this is coming from [“The 519 Pro- their dangerous situation from their which helped defray the legal costs of into doing the right thing. Tribunal. This is blatant discrimina- poses LGBT Sports and Recreation Fa- home countries. gay men charged in the 1981 bathhouse Court challenges are not the best cility,” Xtra #760, Dec 12]. My friends tion on the basis of “sexual orienta- tion” and “age.” The Catholic board lost COLIN SITO raids. It also sent volunteer observers to way to challenge bigotry. They’re pro- and I go to the gym all the time. We TORONTO, ON court proceedings and lobbied govern- tracted, expensive, messy things. Even have less than zero interest in this the case and alliances were required; ments to make sure that such police if justice prevails, courts can’t undo place. We certainly aren’t going to head now they don’t want to accept the real- Dean Blundell Show abuse never happened again. past harms. Even victories can result in out to the middle of nowhere to use rec ity of their decisions. If you don’t have What I like about open debate is that It’s worth remembering that most of bad precedents, which haunt the law for facilities. If there are particular com- the money, any community legal-aid it quickly allows us to fi gure out who our victories haven’t been won because years to come. They can sap the energy munities that need to be included or clinic will advise you for free. You really the idiots are [“Toronto Talk-Radio our political leaders have been gracious out of an otherwise vibrant movement. accommodated, then existing facilities don’t have to accept this limitation on Host in Hot Water over Gay Jokes,” or taken our best interests to heart. No: And they can’t get at many of the should be upgraded and the money put your freedoms. Wish you well. dailyxtra.com, Dec 9]. Phrases such as by and large, they’ve been cowardly and wrongs faced by gay and trans people. towards the good of everyone where BARRY DENNISON TORONTO, ON “so gay,” unless within the confi nes of risk adverse. Our victories have come No court case can cure the Catholic most of them live: downtown. a traditional Christmas song, will seal through protest and sit-ins and letter- Church of its history of homophobia. This is going to benefi t only those This is one more screaming example the deal for me. writing campaigns. And, sometimes, by No court case will make parents accept people with cars who live in the sub- why public education in Canada (espe- I actually like good talk radio. Maybe suing the bastards. their transgender child. urbs. It is nice that the donor is giving cially in Ontario and Alberta) needs to somebody can use this as another ex- The latest controversy was sparked by Indeed, formal legal equality is a money, but this is not a project that be 100-percent secular. No more public ample of why men don’t report sexual Trinity Western, an evangelical Chris- narrow thing. It can address only the has any widespread community sup- money for religious indoctrination assault and assault in general. As dif- tian university in Langley, BC (see story most basic of wrongs. But Trinity West- port. It’s a building with a name on it centres masquerading as schools. fi cult as it is for women to report being on page 10). The school makes students ern Law’s sexuality-based admissions in search of reason to be built. sign an anti-gay pledge, and students policy is just such a case. It is a basic LESLEA SMITH victimized, it is much harder for men, FERN (FACEBOOK) can face discipline or expulsion for and obvious wrong. TORONTO, ON whether the perpetrator is a male or a “same sex intimacy.” Trinity Western Crowd-funding this legal challenge is female. It may not be taken seriously, wants to launch a law school, and in a slight twist on an old theme. Gays have Mississauga GSA posters Indian court but once reported, there are few sup- port services. December, it won important approvals been taking the government to court for If the Catholic school board is so ruling protest from the BC government and from the years. But thanks to technology, Ruby, I began to realize that the wafting back CAELAN concerned about inclusiveness, will TORONTO, ON Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Chaisson and I — and our allies — won’t they then begin teaching the doctrines and forth by the Supreme Court of In- Some have said that the decision need to embark on a road trip to get the dia did serve a purpose [“LGBT South of all religions [“Mississauga Catho- The Vic of the BC government will inevitably job done, as fun as that would be. lic School Says No to Harvey Milk Asian Vancouverites to Protest Indian be challenged in court. I think that’s To donate to the legal challenge, visit Quote on GSA Posters,” dailyxtra.com, Court Ruling,” dailyxtra.com, Dec 12]. After four truly terrible meals with probably true, but it depends on what gofundme.com/twulegalchallenge Dec 16]? The Parliament will now have to make apathetic service, I stopped going here you mean by “inevitably.” In this case, Will they include Jewish, Hindu, the ruling on whether all Indians have [“The Vic on Church Street Closes Its “inevitably” doesn’t mean “with no Marcus McCann is a law student Muslim and Buddhist teachings? If the same equal rights or not. I’m bet- Doors,” dailyxtra.com, Dec 20]. The work” or “without people pitching in.” at the University of Toronto and the their concern is truly to be so very ting that it rules in our favour. only advantage it had was the location It means, rather, that we can count on former managing editor of Xtra. inclusive, will they teach the views of India wants to be recognized on the and patio (with droppings from poorly atheism? Didn’t think so. Good luck, world stage as a leading democratic placed flower baskets raining down into my food), but it wasn’t worth it. The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian Christopher, with your case to the country. Heterosexual men in India Human Rights Commission. have to look at their own track record: KEVIN JOHN MCDONALD people daring together to set love free. (FACEBOOK) Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. ELLIOTT ROYLE rape in public places, rape in families, TORONTO, ON availability of child brothels where a

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8 DEC 26, 2013–JAN 8, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS The more I have reached out into the community, the more I have come up against people who are in less privileged positions Upfront than myself. David Gallant E 14 ‘I’m sorry,’ says U of T prof who provided false information on HIV HIV-positive student wants The guy will sleep discussion about social stigma with his boyfriend . . . concerning gay men and HIV and then give his boyfriend the best HIV/AIDS EDUCATION unfairly stigmatizing men who have sex gift . . . HIV has ANDREA HOUSTON with men as “HIV gift-givers.” Rousseau says AbouHaidar is framing millions of people, A University of Toronto professor of the virus as a “gift” between “boyfriends,” 90 percent from virology plans to apologize to his class and by using male pronouns and gay men homosexual. after he gave inaccurate and stigmatiz- as examples, he seems to be telling his ing information about gay men and HIV. class that HIV is a gay issue. “He told me UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PROFESSOR MOUNIR ABOUHAIDAR Mounir AbouHaidar made the com- that he didn’t need correcting, that he ments during a Dec 3 lecture in front of wasn’t giving misinformation,” Rousseau approximately 300 students. says, noting he’s also noticed that Abou- dents]... these are education methods. Rodney Rousseau, a gay biochemistry Haidar only ever talks about a person “It’s obviously not a good gift,” he says. and sexual diversity studies student with HIV as a gay man. “Throughout the “I can see how it’s [derogatory]. But we who is HIV-positive, objected to the whole class he uses the term ‘boyfriend’ are all adults.” remarks, which he called “really trig- to define the partner of another man. AbouHaidar says that if students gering for a positive person.” That’s done specifically to say HIV is a gay have concerns or wish to challenge his “So that’s why it’s extra offensive to issue... he never uses ‘partner,’ ‘they’ and information, they could raise the issue me,” says Rousseau, noting that a small he definitely never uses ‘she.’” during the tutorial sessions or schedule group of students are planning an edu- Rousseau wants to see AbouHaidar a meeting after class. It’s also possible, cational protest for the beginning of apologize, correct the misinformation he says, that part of the problem is a January when classes resume. in class and perhaps undertake some language barrier. He says he has a thick Rousseau provided Xtra with an au- education on the social impacts of HIV. Lebanese accent. dio recording of the lecture, in which For his part, AbouHaidar, who has AbouHaidar maintains he is apologetic AbouHaidar states, “The guy will have been teaching HIV virology for about and doesn’t want to stigmatize anyone. a resistant strain, or resistant strains, 30 years, tells Xtra that he plans to “I feel really bad. We want to clear this vi- of the virus to most of the drugs which correct his statements and provide his rus from the world. We work in vaccines are available; then he will sleep with class with accurate information. “Well, so hopefully in the long run we might his boyfriend, which is, as we call it, if I said 90 percent, I’m wrong,” he says. end HIV. When you see the millions of men sleeping with men, MSM, and then Regarding the use of male pronouns, people dying, you are scared... I am not give his boyfriend the best gift, give him AbouHaidar says students shouldn’t afraid to say I am wrong, and I am sorry. a strain of the virus, which is resistant read so much into it. “I’m not anti-gay or If I said 90 percent, that’s wrong. I will to all the drugs. That’s what he has, pro-gay. It’s not my business who sleeps correct [the information] for the class.” that’s what it is, that’s probably 90 per- with who. It’s my job to tell students While Rousseau is pleased that Abou- cent, 90 percent... HIV has millions of how the virus is transmitted.” Haidar will correct the record in class, people, 90 percent from homosexual.” AbouHaidar says he wasn’t aware he still plans to hold a demonstration Rousseau says that when he heard this that referring to HIV as a “gift” — which after the holidays. misinformation he raised his hand and implies that the person being infected “I definitely think there needs to be objected. HIV infections among men who with HIV is asking for it — could be some discussion because it’s still a prob- have sex with men in fact account for 50 seen as problematic. “It wasn’t meant lematic situation that it occurred at all,” percent of all HIV infections in Canada, to be against any group,” he says. “Now, he says. “Do I want to point my finger at according to CATIE (formerly the Ca- because there are many viral drugs that [AbouHaidar]? No. He seems to be ac- nadian AIDS Treatment Exchange). are used, there are resistant strains cir- cepting fault in this rather quickly, and “Nowhere near the 90 percent Professor culating around. Sometimes in lectures that’s really good. So I have to consider AbouHaidar has claimed,” Rousseau says, I am known to be funny, and make jokes, Rodney Rousseau, a gay and HIV-positive U of T student, raised concerns the best way to create a more broad noting he also told AbouHaidar he is in order to make stuff stick [with stu- about misinformation given in class by Professor Mounir AbouHaidar. discussion around this issue.”

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Koreatown’s notorious Metro Theatre mas break, it’s unlikely that the federal porn palace has closed its doors and will The Metro Theatre Explanation Conservatives will face flak over the ADAM COISH soon be turned into a big-box retail out- funding cut any time soon, but NDP let. But for now, the only outward sign of demanded for federal MP Peggy Nash did ask Glover for an the demise of a cinema best known for explanation during question period its burned-out marquis, faded posters on Dec 10, the last day that the House and overall dilapidated charm is a small, cut to Buddies’ of Commons sat. handwritten sign inside its window that “Canadian Heritage is responsible reads “Sorry theatre is closed for good.” Rhubarb Festival for actually providing funding to over The Metro came under new ownership 11,000 festivals across this country in 2012, when it was bought by Jonathan Two weeks after the team at Buddies from coast to coast to coast. In fact, Hlibka and Nadia Sandhu, partners in in Bad Times Theatre announced it all of them go through a rigorous pro- the Studio Film Group, which also oper- had lost a $20,000 festival grant from cedure to meet the criteria that are ated the Projection Booth Cinemas on Canadian Heritage, more than 1,200 set, and as always I will continue to Gerrard Street East. The pair has since supporters have signed a petition calling work with the very capable public had a falling out, with Hlibka claiming on the government to explain why the servants in the Canadian Heritage ownership of the company and Sandhu funding was cut. department to ensure that those fes- pursuing a legal case against him. At the Specifically, the change.org petition tivals that qualify get the funding that time of the purchase, the cinema was demands that Minister of Canadian they require,” Glover said in response listed for $3.8 million. Neither party re- Heritage Shelley Glover “publicly to Nash’s question. sponded to Xtra’s requests for comment. state the specific reasons why the That response doesn’t satisfy Healy. The theatre’s closure does not appear Krafts, which is next door to the Metro. place in the company of other men. Rhubarb Festival no longer meets the “It wasn’t really a response. I found it to be related to the legal dispute. Neigh- “I don’t have a new location yet.” “I’ve been going to the Metro since funding criteria for the Building Com- very insulting,” he says. bouring business owners say that the While the Metro had begun to attract the mid-’80s, when they were showing munities through Arts and Heritage As for the Rhubarb Festival, which landlord is forcing out tenants and has a mainstream audience under the new censored soft-core celluloid porn films. program.” runs Feb 12 to 23 at Buddies and other plans to turn the entire building into a management by screening independent I got my first blowjob there,” says Xtra “It’s amazing to see this amount queer spaces in the Church-Wellesley large-format retail outlet, like the Fac- and foreign films in the evenings, it con- reader “Tully Sorensen” in a comment of support from all different levels,” Village, Healy says it will go ahead as tory Direct store across the street. “I’ve tinued to screen porn in the afternoons, on dailyxtra.com. “It was a great place says Brendan Healy, Buddies’ artistic planned, although the funding cut has been told I have to be out in one month,” serving a devoted clientele of men look- to suck a limp 70 year old cock. I’ll director. forced the theatre to scale back some says Shumon Ghale, owner of Kantipur ing to get their rocks off in a semi-public miss it.” —Rob Salerno With Parliament risen for the Christ- of its plans. —Rob Salerno

NATIONAL NEWS he will be writing a letter to both Virk and Premier Christy Clark to protest the TWU approval. “The covenant is clearly discrimina- tory, and in this day and age to approve a Ruby will sue BC for Trinity law school at an institution that doesn’t treat gays and lesbian students the same as everyone else that goes to the school is bizarre,” Eby says. Eby, former executive director of the Western law school approval BC Civil Liberties Association, says the decision indicates that discrimination Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby says he’ll for private and out-of-province public making any announcements about a against queer people is still acceptable be seeing the BC government in court institutions. lawsuit. Now, he says, he will seek a in some quarters. after it approved, on Dec 18, a law school “Trinity Western University is a faith- court order striking down the provincial “I’m trying to circle the square of a for Trinity Western University (TWU). based, private university that does not approval. government that says it’s against bully- “It’s immoral and unconscionable receive operating or capital funding He says that crafting the suit could ing but approves a school that discrimi- and we think unconstitutional,” Ruby from government,” he points out. take weeks or months. “It takes time nates,” he says. “It’s completely bizarre says of the law school that, like the rest The law school received preliminary to do it right,” he says. and indefensible.” of TWU, will force students to sign a approval from the Federation of Law He believes TWU’s law school will Eby was also dismayed by the federa- covenant promising to uphold Christian Societies of Canada, an umbrella group make gay students second-class citi- tion’s preliminary approval. “I think it’s values — and refrain from gay sex — for territorial and provincial regulators zens. “The door has moved a little more something we’re all going to look back upon enrolment. of the legal profession, on Dec 16. In tightly closed against gays and lesbians Lawyer Clayton Ruby says he believes on . . . as an embarrassment for every- “We will be taking them to court,” he granting approval, the federation said becoming lawyers and judges,” he said. Trinity Western University’s law school one,” he says. will make gay people second-class says. Ruby wants the approval struck it examined only whether the proposed “A crucial part of democratic life is the citizens. “The government should be saying down. law school’s graduates would meet pro- openness of this profession.” to Trinity Western, ‘Please fix the cov- In approving TWU’s law school, fessional requirements for knowledge Ruby says TWU’s law school would enant to treat everyone the same,’” he Advanced Education Minister Amrik and competencies needed for entry impose a “queer quota” on incoming da and that the 60 new places proposed says. —Jeremy Hainsworth Virk said BC’s Degree Quality Assess- to the bar admission programs in the law students by limiting the number of by TWU would be off-limits to openly ment Board reviewed the proposed Canadian common-law jurisdictions. law-school seats they can apply for. He gay students. For more on these stories, law degree and found it met the degree Ruby said earlier he was waiting to estimates that there are approximately David Eby, provincial NDP opposition go to dailyxtra.com. program quality assessment criteria see what the BC government did before 1,600 places in law schools across Cana- critic for advanced education, tells Xtra

10 DEC 26, 2013–JAN 8, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS SEX WORK Giving you the prompt Supreme Court strikes down personal service & attention you deserve laws regulating sex work Scott Lively COLIN LYLE LAW Over-broad and grossly disproportion- while a suspected serial killer prowls reacts to Real Estate, Family Law, Wills & Estates ate. That’s what the Supreme Court the streets, is a law that has lost sight of calls Canada’s laws related to sex work, its purpose,” McLachlin writes. passage of Colin Lyle off ers legal advice & services to in a landmark ruling that has started The laws were vigorously defended families & individuals who need help with the clock on fully decriminalizing by the Government of Canada, with Ugandan sex work. its provincial counterparts at its side, real estate (purchase & sale of condos and In one year, the court’s ruling will which argued that prostitution is a anti-gay law homes), wills & estates, divorce & separation take effect, striking down all laws that “lifestyle choice” and therefore the and other legal services. currently criminalize everything but government has the right to regulate 15 years experience sex work itself — street soliciting, liv- the nuisance and ensuing social ill. ing off the profits of prostitution, own- The Supreme Court repudiated ing a brothel and pimping that idea, calling the laws — but, until then, prostitu- — which do not criminal- 416.757.4229 69 Elm St. Suite #301 tion in Canada will remain ize sex work itself — the Evening or weekend appointments available [email protected] ‡ www.lalaw.ca an indictable offence. equivalent of banning cy- While the clock ticks clists from wearing hel- down on the 365 days un- mets. “Realistically, while til Canada loses the power they may retain some to arrest and prosecute minimal power of choice sex workers, the justices — what the Attorney Gen- have left the door open for eral of Canada called ‘con- Ottawa or the provinces to strained choice’ — these step in and lay down new are not people who can be Terri-Jean Bedford, laws to combat prostitu- the applicant who said to be truly ‘choosing’ tion. But the court put a argued that Canada’s a risky line of business.” limit on the state’s power. sex-work laws are The court’s ruling is unconstitutional. “Parliament has the MARCUS MCCANN about as serious a loss as power to regulate against can be imaginable for the nuisances,” wrote Chief Justice Bev- government, which is now put in the erley McLachlin in the unanimous awkward position of either trying to decision. “But not at the cost of the tackle the thorny legal maze of regulat- health, safety and lives of prostitutes.” ing prostitution or simply leaving the The court repeatedly found that laws to fall on their own. Canada’s laws put sex workers in jeop- An Ontario superior court had ardy, violating Section 7 of the Charter previously passed down a similar of Rights and Freedoms, which pro- decision to the Dec 20 ruling, but tects Canadians from laws attack- that was overturned partially by the ing their life, liberty and security. “A Court of Appeal, which found the law law that prevents street prostitutes against communicating for the pur- from resorting to a safe haven such poses of prostitution to be reasonable. as Grandma’s House [in Vancouver] —Justin Ling

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Ugandan parliament passes anti-gay bill Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Dec first tabled the bill, told AFP news 20 that would further criminalize agency that the passage of the bill is a homosexuality, including life impris- victory for the central African country. onment in some cases, according to “I am glad the parliament has voted the BBC. against evil,” he said. The infamous “Kill the Gays” bill Bahati first proposed the bill in had originally proposed the death 2009, but it was shelved after pres- penalty for cases of so-called aggra- sure from world leaders, including vated homosexuality, but lawmakers Canadian Prime Minister Stephen removed this penalty after intense Harper, who conveyed his opposi- international pressure. tion to the bill to Ugandan President Cases of “aggravated homosexual- Yoweri Museveni during a Common- ity” will now be punishable by life wealth leaders’ meeting that year. imprisonment. Museveni has yet to sign the bill into The BBC reports that Ugandan law. —Xtra staff Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi had tried to prevent the vote, arguing that For more on these stories, parliament did not have quorum. go to dailyxtra.com. MP David Bahati, the politician who

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! DEC 26, 2013–JAN 8, 2014 11 CENSORSHIP Gay Sikh’s photo of kiss removed from Facebook Facebook removed then reinstated a and hung up. He comes from the same photo of a gay Sikh man kissing another backwards place a whole minority man during a Toronto protest against an were just recriminalized... Fuck my Indian Supreme Court ruling. Spokes- uncle. Fuck section 377. Im very proud people say the image was “mistakenly” to be illegal in any context. I owe that removed, BuzzFeed reports. to my sikhi heritage and my mom. Also, Kanwar Anit Singh Saini, who was for all the ranting about genocide i taking part in a Global Day of Rage hear... i rarely see solidarity. So... fuck against the court decision that upheld em all. #sikhknowledge #baagi #377 a law that criminalizes gay sex, posted #section377 xoxox” the photo of himself on his page, Sikh According to BuzzFeed, Facebook Knowledge, with an accompanying said the photo violated its terms and message. policies and suspended Saini’s account It read, “Last night my uncle told me for several hours. The photo was later if they knew i was gay before 20 they reposted, with Facebook apologizing for would have killed me. He also said im “any inconvenience,” the report adds. gay cause i was molested as a kid and Some criticized Saini for posting the im on ‘the wrong path’... and when photo, saying that it was “disrespectful” was i getting married?... i laughed to Sikhism and he should take off his turban and that he was protesting for Facebook took down, then put back up, a photo of Kanwar Anit Singh Saini his “own selfish lust.” Many others came (left) kissing another man at a Toronto to Saini’s defence, posting supportive protest. messages. —Natasha Barsotti

WORLDPRIDE SOCHI GAMES the American delegation to London’s The Naz Foundation, an NGO dedicated Summer Games in 2012. The US is to the fight against HIV/AIDS and the World’s first openly Stephen Harper sending what has been described as a promotion of sexual health, brought “high-level delegation” that includes the challenge against Section 377. Its gay government head joins growing list of gay athletes. executive director, Anjali Gopalan, French President François Hollande, who expressed disbelief over the ruling, to attend WorldPride leaders who won’t German President Joachim Gauck, is quoted as saying that justices “let European Union commissioner Viviane down” the LGBT community and the Toronto will welcome prominent be at Olympics Reding, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di country’s constitution. and prolific activists, thinkers and Rupo and Minister-President of Flan- The long-awaited ruling has angered human rights leaders this summer Canadian Prime Minister Stephen ders Kris Peeters have also indicated India’s LGBT community, with many for the WorldPride Human Rights Harper has joined a growing number of they won’t attend. —Natasha Barsotti vowing to continue the fight to strike Conference. world leaders who won’t be heading to down the measure. According to an NPR The list of confirmed speakers in- the Sochi Winter Olympics in February. INTERNATIONAL NEWS report, a lawyer for the Naz Foundation cludes the world’s first openly gay head The announcement from the Prime has said the group intends to ask for a of government, former prime minister Minister’s Office (PMO) was made in Indian Supreme review of the Supreme Court’s decision, of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. an email released Dec 18. The Globe and labelled a major setback for human Sigurðardóttir will join presenters Mail says the PMO noted that Harper’s Court rules to rights in the country. from more than 60 countries who decision not to go is not related to Rus- Meanwhile, Section 377’s supporters, will gather at the University of To- sia’s anti-gay laws; he usually doesn’t uphold law that many with links to conservative and ronto June 25 to 27, says organizer Jóhanna Siguroardóttir attend, with Vancouver’s 2010 Games religious organizations, hailed the Dec Brenda Cossman, director of the Mark leaders, including Russian activist and being “an exception.” The Canadian criminalizes gay sex 11 decision, maintaining that homo- S Bonham Centre for Sexual Diver- journalist Masha Gessen, Ugandan delegation to Sochi will reportedly be sexuality is unnatural and that a family sity Studies. “The conference is such a activist Frank Mugisha, Kenyan human announced soon. The Indian Supreme Court has over- constituting a father and a mother is key wonderful opportunity to have impor- rights lawyer Justice Monica Mbaru, The announcement comes on the turned the Delhi high court’s 2009 to children’s “normal” development, tant discussions around global human Venezuelan trans activist Tamara heels of news that neither American ruling that decriminalized gay sex, NPR notes. rights,” she says. Adrián and Canada’s Stephen Lewis. President Barack Obama nor Vice- saying Dec 11 that only the country’s In the weeks leading up to the Su- Sigurðardóttir, who was elected in The full schedule for the WorldPride President Joe Biden will attend the parliament can change the 1861 law, preme Court’s ruling, a Times of India 2009, plans to attend the conference Human Rights Conference will be an- Games. The White House has said that widely known as Section 377, that pro- report noted that Section 377 is still with her wife, Jónína Leósdóttir, an nounced early in 2014. Speakers and Obama’s busy schedule prevents him hibits “carnal intercourse against the being used to arrest LGBT people. On author, playwright and journalist. Leós- panellists will address issues that in- from attending but that he’ll be “cheer- order of nature.” Nov 4, police in the city of Hassan, in dóttir is also scheduled to speak. clude HIV/AIDS, sex work, trans rights, ing” from Washington. The New York Times reports that it Karnataka, arrested 14 people believed Cossman says the conference will be employment, aging and intersectional While Biden was at Vancouver’s 2010 is unlikely that legislators will move to be homosexuals, a move that angered “a who’s who” of international LGBT human rights. —Andrea Houston Winter Games, Michelle Obama led to act on the Supreme Court’s ruling. activists. —Natasha Barsotti

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TECHNOLOGY DAVE YIN

Lim is a deceptively simple game. I was confused when I fi rst booted it up. Dull brownish squares make up the title in large capital letters — it all looked almost too minimalistic. I pride myself on the number of games I’ve played over the years, so I was a bit abashed that I couldn’t immediately clue in to what to do. There are no points. No timer. There is no heterosexual, dark-haired white male protago- nist in his 30s. In Lim, I controlled one of the squares, and the vague goal seemed to be to navigate through the winding pathway in which I was trapped. But the task isn’t easy. Other coloured squares of either brown or blue would perceive me as the situation. She equates playing Lim to “walking opposite colour — as the enemy — and before into a space and having no idea how people are long they were attacking from all directions. The going to treat you.” screen shook violently as each square slammed The same sense of dread returned when into me. I was weak and easily pushed around, I played Mainichi, created by game critic and unable to fi ght back. San Francisco State University student Mattie I didn’t immediately see the option of pressing Brice. While Mainichi’s gameplay is different “Z to blend in” — perhaps I chose to ignore it. — it uses human sprites to simulate the every- There is no timer, after all, and no “lives”; even if day barrage of putdowns Brice faces as a trans I was knocked around, my square was invincible. woman of colour — it clearly explores similar Except I wasn’t. themes. As with Lim, the message derived here It didn’t take long for the endless assaults to was largely up to me. become grating. Not blending in became increas- The only title in the same vein to off er its au- ingly difficult until finally, progress became dience an explanation is perhaps also the most impossible. I betrayed my instincts and hit Z. well-known among fl ash-game enthusiasts and one of the genre’s earliest entries. Dys4ia, by Q American game designer and author Anna An- thropy, fi rst appeared last year on Newgrounds, Few would guess just from playing Lim that the do-it-yourself game community website. key parts of the game draw on Merritt Kopas’s Shortly after, it was featured on the front page, experiences of choosing a public bathroom early and today the game has garnered nearly 450,000 presented at the second annual Feminists in in her transition. Since she created the game in views and 800 player reviews. Games workshop. August last year, the Toronto native, currently Anthropy’s disclaimer reads, “This is an “Traditionally, the format of the classroom based in Seattle, has come to be regarded as one autobiographical game about my experiences is that I’m up there lecturing,” Allen says. “I’m of several key people pushing the boundaries of with hormone replacement therapy.” responsible for guiding [students] through it the types of experiences video games can deliver, and off ering them possible interpretations of and the types of voices they can represent. Q the material.” Among them, some of the most visible — and During the past term, she had expressed con- vocal — are queer women like Kopas. It came as no surprise to the designers when cerns that her classroom presentations would “I wanted to inspire that feeling of self- the hyper-personal nature of their games and be reduced to “a display, a spectacle that my questioning and self-doubt in the player,” Kopas their unusual subject matter garnered attention. students could observe but not one that would tells me over Skype, recalling her fi rst summer Some notable reaction came from Samantha require their active engagement.” moving through the world as a trans woman. Allen and her students. The instructor and PhD Teaching with video games gave them a tool At the time, she was doing graduate studies student at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, to learn and explore for themselves rather than in sociology at the University of Washington. decided to incorporate Lim, Mainichi and Dys4ia being lectured to, she says. She tries to convey the split-second, random into her fi rst-year gender-studies course. Allen describes one particularly touching mo- and often unconscious decisions she has to When she speaks with me, she has just re- ment when a girl playing Mainichi encountered make to try to maximize her safety in any given turned from a trip to Vancouver, where she in-game street harassment. “It looked like she

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was about to cry,” she says. “For me, this was If video games such a powerful moment of empathy, where playing this game had really allowed the student are compared to identify with the character. As a transgender unfavourably to woman myself, it was encouraging to see her for a few moments really understanding what other art forms . . . my day is like.” it is likely a For Ivan Metzger, who was also in Allen’s class, these games bridge cultural gaps that result of how “interfere with people’s abilities to relate and limited a empathize.” He says Dys4ia, in particular, opened his eyes. perspective they As tempting as it would be to slap a “queer” have offered up label on these short interactive experiences, doing so would not do them justice, Kopas says. to this point. The label would also pose a barrier to those in- GAME DESIGNER & terested in trying their hand, Brice says. “People AUTHOR ANNA ANTHROPY have started to think because they aren’t queer, they can’t make these games,” she writes in an “The more I have reached out into the com- email. “Nothing’s further from the truth!” munity, the more I have come up against people who are in less privileged positions than myself,” Q Gallant says. He says he began to notice prejudice from Few have been more instrumental in pushing for friends and colleagues, some he had long ad- diversity in video games than Anthropy. mired. He cited one example in which a friend In her book Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: from the local indie scene harassed and eventu- How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dream- ally drove a female colleague out of town while ers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People the community stood by.

DAVE YIN Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form, she For the first time, Gallant says, “it shook my argues that it is people in marginalized groups faith.” who must help the medium mature. This culture is all too familiar to Anthropy, “If video games are compared unfavourably who says she, on the other hand, has no mis- to other art forms such as novels and songs givings about influencing mainstream gaming. and films... it is likely a result of how limited a Instead, she focuses her efforts entirely on get- perspective [they] have offered up to this point,” ting newly available game-making tools into the Anthropy writes. “If a form has attracted so hands of marginalized people. “Our discussions many authors, so many voices, that several of of politics seem to always be focused on... im- them come from experiences outside the social ages of marginalized people, rather than on the norm... can’t that form be said to have reached people themselves and on helping them gain cultural maturity?” power,” she says. “Building a culture where Anthropy, Kopas, Brice and Allen are only anyone can make a game and not be silenced... a few of a growing choir of voices calling for that’s a change that will transform our culture.” greater diversity in video games. Yet to the Within the last few years, a number of alter- Clockwise from top left: a graphic from Lim, a video game industry, they are decidedly outsiders. native game conferences and workshops have that reflects the frustrations This fight is also taking place in the world of sprung up, including the Queerness and Games, faced by trans people in mainstream gaming, but rebels like David Gal- Different Games and Feminists in Games confer- choosing a bathroom; David lant are few and far between. ences, all of which offer views on new directions Gallant, a Brampton-based The day I meet Gallant in Toronto, he has an in which the medium can head. game developer; a graphic from Dys4ia, a game about air of defeat about him. The Brampton-based Similarly, Toronto’s Dames Making Games hormone replacement therapy; game developer is known in some circles as the organization, of which Gallant is now a member, Merritt Kopas, a Toronto native creator of I Get This Call Every Day, a satirical provides programming workshops to minorities, who designed Lim; a graphic game about working at a customer service call including members of the queer community. from Dys4ia; game critic Mattie centre — a game that got him fired from the As recently as March, the Tropes vs Women in Brice; a screenshot from Mainichi, a game designed Canada Revenue Agency. A bearded man in his Video Games web series launched, having raised by Brice that simulates the early 30s, Gallant looks the part of someone 26 times its initial fundraising goal. As of writing, everyday putdowns Brice faces you’d imagine to be very active in Toronto’s it has already produced several videos analyzing as a trans woman of colour. indie game sphere. sexism in games. And he was until this past May, when he took Even if judging solely based on the number of to the gaming website Gamasutra to denounce people doing work similar to Kopas, Brice and the community for what he described as “exclu- Anthropy, change is coming. sionary behaviour.” “I’m heartened,” Kopas says.

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16 DEC 26, 2013–JAN 8, 2014 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS I wish you good parties and short lineups a-plenty, and wallets Out in the City with condoms and shiny new 20s. Ryan G Hinds E22 In the pantheon of all-time greats “I find that dancing around in my underwear really loosens people up.” With this cheeky remark from John Caffery comes good news and bad news. The good news is that Toronto club-scene darlings Kids on TV have released their much- anticipated second full-length album, Pantheon. This digital download features 10 songs, with contributions from such artists as Diamond Rings, Katie Stelmanis, Julie Faught, Gentleman Reg and Snax. The final incarnation of KOTV, shape-shifters for a decade, comprises Caffery, Roxanne Luchak and Minus Smile. The energetic group has done shows in arcades, bathhouses, music festivals, Patrick Moote sizes up a statue. warehouses, farmhouses, art galleries and base- ments. Innovative performances with unique visuals have been their trademark since Caffery launched the group in 2003. With the release of Pantheon, which was mas- COCKUMENTARY tered by Bob Weston (best known for his work When comedian Patrick Moote’s girlfriend on Nirvana’s In Utero), several new videos have rejected his marriage proposal at a basketball popped up on the internet featuring KOTV and Kids on TV’s final lineup: Roxanne game, he was forced to confront a problem. dozens of Toronto’s glitterati interpreting the Luchak, John Caffery and Minus Smile. His girlfriend explained later that one of the KID WITH CAMERA stuff of Pantheon with wild abandon. reasons she wouldn’t marry him was, to make Caffery recalls the debut gig with then band a long story short, his small dick. In a new mate Mike Barry, back when KOTV was a duo. last performance was in February 2012 at The a long history of archiving and preservation, documentary that asks, “Does size matter?” “Paul Petro booked us for a C Magazine launch Great Hall. “That was a really great gig,” Caffery collaboration and homage. We celebrated The Moote walks the path of the Unhung Hero. party in the spring of 2003 at Bar Italia. Mike says, “but we have decided on creative closure. Cockettes, General Idea, Klaus Nomi, Dazzler, The “cockumentary” is a raunchy existential and I performed two songs on a mattress in the After a decade, Kids on TV officially disbanded Jasper Johns, Fifth Column, Holly Woodlawn, journey exploring penis size and the curious middle of the floor surrounded by people. The in the summer of 2013.” Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and many others who world of the penis enlargement industry. crowd was on fire.” A spark was lit. The rest is KOTV’s adoration of real or possibly-could-be- have influenced us.” —Keith Cole Along the way, Moote learns about things history. KOTV was on its way. real queer mythological characters is something some people (read: gays) take for granted. And now the bad news. Unknowingly, KOTV’s Caffery is particularly proud of: “KOTV has Pantheon is available now on iTunes. “The gay community is so much more open about everything sexual,” he says. “There’s a good amount of people who do explore these things, but I’d say the average boring, sexually frustrated straight person is not willing to dive too deep into the world of cockrings and A few of her favourite things fisting. That would force them to be honest with themselves, about who they are sexually, and we were all taught at a young age doing Ali Eisner, the creator and moving hand behind It seems that kid never really grew up. Eisner’s that is very, very bad.” Kensington Market’s favourite talking yam pup- work captures life from a childlike perspective. Unsurprisingly, gay guys have their members pet, Mamma Yamma, is closing up shop to create “The way they see the world and the way they on the mind, but Moote says it’s equally a magic through a new kind of lens. process things; what you see is what you get straight fixation. “Gay guys are definitely more After a successful six-year run on Kids’ CBC, with them,” she says. Appreciating the “fun, vocal about it, though, especially if they’re Eisner is busy with new creative projects, one of fearless and goofy” side of life, Eisner is the kind ‘size queens,’ so we did talk to a lot of them,” which will debut this January. The puppeteer, of gal who still sits at the kids’ table at family he says. In the film, he sits down for a sobering writer, musician, director and composer will gatherings. conversation with sexpert Dan Savage add “photographer” to her roster with a debut “I feel like I get something with kids that and even walks through The Castro in San exhibit entitled Favourite Things. I don’t get when I hang out with adults. [Kids] Francisco, getting the gay say on penis size. Images of nature, children, architecture, can- are so in the moment, not thinking about the “I loved how open they were. The honesty was did moments from her TV work and behind-the- past or the future,” she says. “Before a certain refreshing . . . and a little brutal at times. I really scenes photos with musicians Serena Ryder, Ron age, they are just naturally artists until they think the gay community has responded more Sexsmith and Feist all made the cut. “I didn’t love feel otherwise. To me, that’s a magic I want to to the journey of self-acceptance in the film.” taking photography at school because I wanted to keep alive in myself and tell their stories to the — Michael Lyons take pictures of things that hit me,” says Eisner, world.” —Lauryn Kronick who’s experimented with the art form since she Unhung Hero is available on DVD in Canada, was a kid. She used her father’s camera until he Favourite Things runs Thurs, Jan 9–Sun, Jan at bgpics.com, and will be released Feb 1 on gave her a Canon of her own and built a darkroom 19 at the Gladstone Art Bar, 1214 Queen St W. iTunes. Ali Eisner AL BOYE in her parents’ basement. alieisner.com

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PLAYLISP KEVIN RITCHIE PHOTOS BY BLAKE MAWSON Fashion tip: band shirts are good conversation starters. For a mere $15 to $40, you can bond spontaneously with strangers in coffee shops and on public transit over your shared love of a pop or rock star. The next time you want to turn heads on the TTC, forget that pricey Comme No T, no shade des Garçons leather bunny-ear hat. Pick up a sexy Beyoncé T-shirt instead.

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A favourite among baristas, confused baseball fans and This shirt, acquired from the British post-punk group’s West Coast punk rockers Hunx and His Punx’s double-sided, floppy-haired teens waiting at streetcar stops, this sporty online merch store, occasionally elicits a sneering look or spun polyester Girls All Over Me tee is covered in illustrated Fleetwood Mac tee looks and feels straight outta 1977. remark from passersby on the sidewalk. In light of the band’s faces of famous female singers — from Françoise Hardy to The Mac knows what their fans want: faux vintage all abrasive live shows and uncompromising interviews, it is Sade to Debbie Harry — and easily inspired more envious the way. highly possible I am being paid a compliment. I’ll take it. reactions than any other band shirt I bought this year.

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The all-lesbian cock-rock band’s shirt scores points for From bus drivers to bikers, random older men never fail The artiest band shirt I bought this year was designed by the badass symmetry of the Vag logo as well as comfort to say something borderline inappropriate when I’m fashion darling Jeremy Laing and artist Niall McClelland for (it’s American Apparel’s “track shirt”). I wore this tee to wearing this curvaceous Mrs Carter Show tour creation. local label Arts & Crafts’ 10th anniversary. As Canadian Art recent screenings of Dead Ringers and Blue Is the Warmest Confession: I wore this shirt for an entire week without put it, I’m “investigating the indeterminate zone between Colour — by sheer coincidence. If Basic Instinct gets noticing an unfortunately located chocolate ice-cream stain. natural and man-made detritus” each time I wear it. re-released, I’m on my way to a three-peat. From T-shirt to T-shart.

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There are a lot of things t, hair, to manage makeup, on New Year’s Eve: outfi song-of-the-year playlists, twerking rehearsals and, most importantly, Xtra can be of service by where to party? guiding you through the city’s gay New Year’s celebrations. We’ve highlighted the most promising parties and asked some of the DJs what made their 2013 special. Stay warm, be patient, have fun — and see you in 2014!

BLACK AND THE PITBULL: RED WHITE BALL BEAVER LIGHT DISTRICT DJs Deko-ze and Kevin Bailey Igby Lizzard, Judy Virago and DJs Brian Maier, Sumation, Fly Nightclub, 8 Gloucester St DJs Regina the Gentlelady Robotic Kid and John Caff ery fl ynightclub.com and Boy Pussy Phoenix Concert Theatre The Beaver, 1192 Queen St W 410 Sherbourne St 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: beavertoronto.com pitbullevents.com DJ Deko-ze What made 2013 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: special for me was starting 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: the Jungle Funk label with Boy Pussy I threw eight DJ Brian Maier I travelled more Jerome Robins, having my fi rst Pussy parties. Do you realize how this past year than I have ever appearances in the Beatport Top much time I spent downloading travelled before, visiting Seattle, 100, doing my fourth German and burning trans porn for the Portland, London, Paris and Los DJ tour, meeting my boyfriend, projections? I should just make Angeles to DJ events and see Barry, and witnessing American porn; it would take less time. Also, this amazing planet. I also fell in DJs Recklezz Horror Story — so good! I collaborated with Melleefresh love with Kyle Krebs. Mascular and Lady Supa on an EP, I photographed and was Magazine asked me to start KRIS STEEVES photographed by Nina Arsenault contributing, and I fi nally started GO HARD and Lexi Sanfi no, and I grew a pair a monthly residency in San of tits. Francisco called Stripped. DJs Blackcat and Pleasure Regina the Gentlelady My band DJ Sumation 2013 was special The Steady, 1051 Bloor St W Light Fires released our debut for me because of my fans’, thesteadycafe.com album, Face. I performed all friends’ and family’s support to 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: over Canada for it and in New help me be able to DJ full-time. DJ Blackcat Being asked to York City. And my one-woman I was featured on BlogTO and close Central Stage on Pride show has been accepted into in Fab and Xtra. Internationally, weekend Saturday night was a Rhubarb for 2014. Regina’s I played in Rio, Ho Chi Minh City special moment for me. I love theatrical debut! and at Splash in New York. Central Stage, and it’s where I fi rst got to DJ, in 1995.

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EL CONVENTO IVORY INVITATION RICO BEST OF Vitality Black, Mr Rico, DJs Recklezz and Lady Supa Fabulous Russella, Sofonda Eight Wine Bar at Cosmopolitan Hotel, 8 Colborne St THE REST Cox, Trent Ruban, Anahi cosmotoronto.com Batista and DJ Level 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: El Convento Rico, 750 College St NYC 90s elconventorico.com DJ Recklezz Playing for bigger crowds and amazing parties, Scarlett Bobo and such as Back to Church, Big Primpin’ and Yes Yes Y’all, 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: DJ Mark Falco is indescribable. Being able to feel all that energy Vitality Black I got what WAYLA, 996 Queen St E and control the atmosphere with every I wanted to achieve, which waylabar.com song I drop — it’s why I love what was not only winning the I do so much. crown for El Convento Rico, Crush Party DJ Lady Supa I love how but also winning Woody’s Caitlin, Jesse Rae the club scenes had many Miss Czarina. I’m truly and Khadeja new anthems and theme blessed, and what a great Club120, 120 Church St songs. Drake made this new year it will be. Reach for club120.ca year very interesting, the stars and live the dream. especially for the Rock Through ladies, with tracks like “The Motion,” STARLIGHT the Ages “Hold On, We’re Kiss of Life crew Going Home” Ivory Towers, Carlotta Henhouse and “Girls Carlisle, Tyler Uptight and 1532 Queen St W Love Beyoncé.” Jada Hudson, plus DJs henhousetoronto.com Quinces and Alex Crews & Tangos, 508 Church St Big Prickin’ crewsandtangos.com Big Ass 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: DJ Chris Steinbach and DJ Quinces The year 2013 eight hot bartenders was fi lled with great fun and Woody’s, 467 Church St spectacle. News of Toronto woodystoronto.com hosting WorldPride in 2014, the third year of my weekly residency Mega Bash at Crews & Tangos and partying DJs Amita, Jiten with truly amazing partygoers and K Square in the Church and Wellesley Courthouse neighbourhood. 57 Adelaide St E liveatcourthouse.com

CHURCH Zipperz/Cellblock DJs Ticky Ty and Chez Donavon LeNabat, Church, 504 Church St Natasha, Buckeridge, churchonchurch.com Kendall and 2013 HIGHLIGHTS: DJ Cory Activate DJ Chez For me, 2013 was a Zipperz/Cellblock year of growth and community. 72 Carlton St Getting to learn who I am and facebook.com/ getting close with the people zipperz.cellblock around me.

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‘Twas the week before New Year’s and all through the city, every gay man and lesbian stayed home, looking pretty. The bi-folk and trans- folk lay snug in their beds, and all of us dreamed of the good times ahead. With 2014 all shiny with promise, our New DENTAL Year’s Eve parties had better be fl aw- less. Visions of Church Street loomed CARE large in some heads, while west-ender parties fi lled others with dread. Dr. Elon Griffith The end of a year creates much cel- Cosmetic & General Dentistry ebration, but looking back gives us cause for elation. We live in a town ruled over 416-923-3386 by a lord, a buff oon of a mayor named [email protected] Robert Bruce Ford. He’s tried to cut funding, for AIDS and for Pride, but all 25 Charles St. W. us queers gave him a helluva ride. From Toronto ON M4Y 2R4 club life to theatre to athletics and all, we always come in like a wrecking ball.

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Urban suggested. pubaret.com from drag to juggling — at this Gallery, 400 Queen St E. Free. monthly open mic. Wed, Jan 8; princerama13.wix.com/poeticpixels Singular Sensation: A Musical-Theatre Open Mic 7:30pm sign-up, 8pm show. Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander St. Gay Men’s Art Project Jennifer Walls invites amateur PWYC. buddiesinbadtimes.com Artists of all skill levels drop crooners to perform their in to make art and schmooze favourite songs Kristen Becker’s Dykes in an informal environment. I Am Divine — Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, accompanied by a of Hazard Comedy Hour For more info, contact live band. Every Fri, Jan 10–Thurs, Jan 16 [email protected]. Mon, Jan The inaugural night of a new 4, 2–4pm. The 519 Community monthly showcase of up-and- seek the support of Supporting through his collaborations with Anything Goes: The Centre, 519 Church St. Free. coming queer comics. Sat, Jan Our Youth’s community fi lmmaker John Waters became gmaptoronto.org 11, 7pm. 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