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Letting go of our anger FEEDBACK The weekend past was not Pride; WorldPride 2014 the name Pride seemingly has been We, the co-chairs of the WorldPride sold as an LGBT marketing channel Police Service (including trans and Human Rights Conference 2014, are EDITORIAL writing to clarify the missions and goals to marketers, politicians and the like. DANNY queer offi cers) expressed interest GLENWRIGHT in marching to show solidarity. of the conference [“WorldPride Orga- RE: TORONTO PRIDE Instead of welcoming these people, nizers Concerned About ‘Pinkwashing,’” xtra.ca, June 27]. The conference, to be At fi rst I thought I’d trans activists excluded them and duced on the black market will contain misheard. Three irate middle-aged asked them not to march. hosted at the Bonham Centre for Sexual GOING GLOBAL AN XTRA Diversity Studies, at the University of SPECIAL REPORT ON and what damage they will do. A lot of gay men stood at Xtra’s front desk, This type of activism keeps gay TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS GAY RIGHTS AROUND gay guys use them, and they certainly furious that Pride-goers were being and trans people on a hamster Toronto, in June 2014, is intended to PRIDE 2013 THE WORLD POPPERS CHASE HOSTLER DYKES ON WHEELS help one enjoy sex and ejaculate. I know shut out of their Village apartment wheel of our own creation. I recog- provide a unique, global and democratic JUNE 27–JULY 10, 2013 10, JUNE 27–JULY AT TREEHOUSE FRINGE THEATRE they’re not very good for my asthma, complex. That’s right, these men nize that police have been horrible dialogue on LGBT human rights. To date, #748 CARMEN ELECTRA FESTIVAL SUMMER the WorldPride Human Rights Confer- PATSY GALLANT SWIMWEAR and my respirologist tells me not to use actually wanted Pride revellers to to trans people, and I know all too BLOCKORAMA FLY NEWS them. I guess we are going to be a lot make use of the leafy gardens and well how awful straight people ence has received over 240 presenter COLBY KELLER applications from over 40 countries HARD TON healthier. Is there going to be an outcry park space surrounding the City have been to gays. But if we cling to BITCH SALAD against this edict? Park Co-operative, which stretches this narrative and insist on main- in Africa, Asia, South America, Europe EN VOGUE and North America. The conference is PARTY PETER IVESON along Church Street from Alexan- taining the status quo, what’s the @xtra_canada LISTINGS TORONTO, ON der to Wood streets. point of all this marching and pro- being organized with the assistance of an 10X10

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City Park staff had attempted to se- are not going anywhere; we might at More a broad range of LGBT community I want to thank Xtra for tackling this cure the perimeter of the complex, as well let the nice ones come and story [“Canadian Armed Forces Say absurdly posting as many as 100 play with us. It just might make the organizations. We are confident that the Conference will provide an open, 27]. What separates the artist from the Gay Man Can’t Train Cadets,” Xtra signs warning any would-be “tres- game more fun. #739, July 11]. It’s hard to say I don’t feel passers” to stay away. “If people Next year I dare cranky queer democratic dialogue between activists, entertainer is the willingness to “pay policymakers, artists, educators, law- the penalty.” Drag queens, the very proud to be Canadian after this. I try to want to sit on our lawn, let them sit Torontonians to pause during be a citizen who makes a diff erence in on our lawn. What’s the big prob- Pride Week. Resist sniping about yers, academics and journalists on issues best ones, have always carried things facing the global LGBT community. We to the extreme. They were and are the the gay community and for more than lem?” asked Dennis Darnley, a City long beer queues, excessive corpo- 10 years have done events in the gay Park resident. rate sponsorship and straight peo- welcome multiple perspectives from avant garde, the front line. Too many all countries on the full range of global think that being in the avant garde community. Then, when I want, in my And he’s right — City Park ad- ple, and take a moment to savour opinion, to service my country I am told, ministrators were not being very how very special it is that we live in LGBT human rights issues. We regret means no one attacks us. So when they any confusion resulting from the article. do get attacked, they cry foul. It goes “No thank you.” It’s sad that we live in a neighbourly. But they weren’t the a city where hundreds of thousands society like this. My heart is just broken. only ones. For some reason, Pride of people from every walk of life DOUG KERR AND BRENDA COSSMAN with the territory. As one who has dis- (CO-CHAIRS, WORLDPRIDE 2014 turbed audiences and provoked near RICK RENAUD (VIA FACEBOOK) season brings out a lot of anger and come out for one weekend to cel- HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE) CHATHAM, ON exclusion. ebrate all things queer. TORONTO, ON riots (and sometimes riots), I know a real artist when I meet one. Daytona Take several comments on our Pride is something to be shared, Toronto Pride new Daily Xtra website bemoan- which I imagine is one of the rea- I was horrifi ed that an organizer of Pride Bitch and Donnarama are artists, not Out of all the Toronto Prides I’ve experi- ing the hordes of straight people sons Toronto was chosen to host has pre-decided what can and can’t be entertainers. Pride Toronto is suff ering enced, perhaps the most bizarre was the “ruining” Pride. “From the security WorldPride. Mayor Rob Ford, his said at a WorldPride forum next year. from a surfeit of good taste. Kudos to weekend just passed [“Toronto Pride guard, to the police offi cer onsite, city council cronies, Stephen Harp- There are LGBT community members Daytona Bitch. Highlights, with Trevor Boris,” xtra. the servers to event staff drivers, er and Tim Hudak’s Conservatives, being ostracized, terrorized and killed. REG HARTT TORONTO, ON ca, June 30]. My out-of-town guests donation drive volunteers to pa- homophobic and transphobic Simply using gay tourism as an angle to wanted to visit Toronto Pride to expe- rade entrants, it felt more straight police offi cers — we’ve got enough be anti-Israeli perverts our cause and If she cared about her job, she should rience what I described to them in the than anything LGBTQ,” wrote one enemies who don’t want anything their struggle. have considered backlash. I’m far from past as a weekend when your world commenter. “What a waste of our to do with us. CHAD ROGERS feeling like she should be publicly tried, turns almost 100-percent gay. Their tax dollars!” Next year, when we host the TORONTO, ON but if you take risks like that and they experience turned out to be something But wait: straight people are world, let’s remember our real fail because people are off ended, you completely diff erent. Upon arrival to taxpayers, too. And they’re also adversaries and stop excluding our Maybe it was not part of his agenda, can’t complain. You put your job on the the so-called Village, we were greeted by our brothers, sisters, friends, col- allies. Let’s let go of our anger and but it surprises me that the number table and lost. several straight men dressed up as Zorro leagues and parents. Who decided practise activism that gets results. of corporations who pinkwash during MATTHEW LANDEEN (VIA FACEBOOK) promoting the upcoming Disney movie. Pride is only for gay people? Part of Let’s be neighbourly and open our Pride season were not critiqued. We TORONTO, ON We met more straight women waving the point of all this gay-rights ac- spaces to anyone who wants to need to have a conversation about just rainbow fl ags kissing their boyfriends. tivism stuff is to fi nd and welcome come celebrate with us. And let’s how deeply committed these alleged Poppers ban Straight men arm-in-arm making out straight allies, no? remember just how far we’ve come. corporate allies are to the community. I read this article with remorse and with their girlfriends, wearing stickers Trans March organizers came DONALD CYR (VIA FACEBOOK) TORONTO, ON caution because I’ve been called “Peter that say “Fag” from Pride Toronto. The up against similar obstinacy when Danny Glenwright is Xtra’s manag- Poppers” [“Health Canada Cracks Down weekend past was not Pride; the name several allies from the Toronto ing editor. Daytona Bitch on Poppers,” Xtra #748, June 27]. I’m Pride seemingly has been sold as an Entertainers are there to entertain. surprised I’m not brain dead yet from LGBT marketing channel to marketers, The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian Artists are not entertainers [“Daytona using them ever since I came out. Now politicians and the like. people daring together to set love free. 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10 JULY 11–24, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS The whole organization, the whole machinery of Pride Upfront Toronto, turns to producing WorldPride. Kevin Beaulieu E 13 Slack’s owner alleges she was illegally evicted

a way to keep her bar open over Pride weekend, she Popular women’s says she now believes that Mackenzie had made a deal with Feeley to force her out of the space joint shut down just illegally so she could use it during Pride. Halliday says Feeley “alluded” to such a deal. before Pride Mackenzie referred Xtra’s questions to her publicist, Rich Bruggeman, who declined to com- COMMUNITY NEWS ment. “These items are between the landlord and ROB SALERNO the tenant,” Bruggeman wrote in an email. Halliday says she believes that Mackenzie had The popular women’s bar Slack’s was forced to been plotting against her with Feeley since at least close after the owner of the space’s previous 2011, when Mackenzie struck a deal to run a beer incarnation teamed up with the bar’s landlord garden during Pride in the alley next to Slack’s — a to financially cripple Karen Halliday, its current profitable privilege Slack’s had previously enjoyed. owner, Halliday alleges. “I was paying him $2,500 to have the garden The bar had been struggling for months when Hal- for two days. She must have offered him more,” liday was presented with a steep rent increase and a Halliday says. “People used to assume that it was sudden demand for back taxes from her landlord on still Slack’s garden, but it wasn’t.” June 5. After a week of trying to negotiate a solution The deal cut off a major source of revenue for with the landlord, Halliday says, she vacated the bar the bar during its busiest season, she says. on June 12 with the understanding that she would be Halliday also believes that Mackenzie worked able to continue negotiations. But Halliday was noti- with Feeley to try to get her liquor licence revoked. fied by her alarm company that someone had broken Halliday was incensed that Mackenzie was us- into the bar on June 14 — it was the landlord, who had ing the “Slack’s” name during Pride and had her gone inside to have the locks changed, Halliday says. lawyer send a cease-and-desist request. The bar “He locked me out illegally, didn’t use a bailiff, eventually covered up the Slack’s sign outside didn’t go through any of the proper procedures,” with a vinyl Palm Bay ad. “That was the major she says. issue, using my name and work I’d done over the Halliday says she had agreed with the landlord, last eight years,” Halliday says. John Feeley, to find someone to take over her lease, Mackenzie’s representative would not respond which would settle any outstanding debts while to Halliday’s allegations. allowing her to keep the bar open during the lucra- The bar is currently unoccupied, but Halliday tive Pride Week. But once she found a new tenant, hopes that a new tenant can make the space work the landlord refused to deal with her, she says. for the community, even if it is Mackenzie. “I can “[Feeley] told me that he was going to leave that just hope that if it is Heather going in there that space vacant, the same way he had left the space she does right by it. There’s a lot of good custom- beside me vacant for the last four years. I can only ers... and maybe she can reemploy some of the staff guess that he has a developer interested in going members that are now out on the street.” in,” Halliday says. Slack’s had employed four people. A lawyer for Feeley told Xtra he has no comment. Halliday says she is filing a lawsuit against After further negotiations with the landlord, both Feeley and Mackenzie, alleging that she was Halliday says, it was agreed that she would be al- evicted illegally and that Mackenzie illegally used lowed to enter the bar to remove her property on her business name and property. “I worked really June 26, but when she arrived with a technician, hard on that street for the last eight years to forge she says, the landlord barred her from removing really positive relationships and work with the any of her heavy equipment. other business owners and with 51 and 52 Division She says former Slack Alice’s owner Heather [of the police] to make sure we had really successful Mackenzie, who currently co-owns The Flying businesses and Pride. A Palm Bay tarp hangs Beaver Pubaret on Parliament Street, then re- over the Slack’s sign. “I’m not on a bitter rampage,” she says. “I’ll do opened the bar during Pride weekend. ADAM COISH what I need to do legally, but I want to see Church Although Halliday was working to come up with Street flourish.”

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12 JULY 11–24, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS The dress rehearsal is over Toronto’s Pride hangover has barely subsided, but planning for WorldPride 2014 is already in full swing. Pride Toronto executive director Kevin Beaulieu says he is basking in the afterglow of a successful 33rd Pride parade. This was the first time in 10 years it stretched all the way to Yonge and Dundas, a taste of what the city can expect next year. But that wasn’t the only first for the 2013 parade. “This was the first time we had women firefighters join us in the parade,” Beaulieu says. “That was fantastic. I loved hearing that.” Beaulieu says his favourite moment was seeing international grand marshal Marcela Romero, from Argentina, speak to the massive crowd at Yonge-Dundas Square about trans rights. “Seeing that packed crowd whipped into a frenzy for trans rights around the world was an amazing moment,” he says. “That was something I’ll never forget.” Now that the 2013 festival has been put to bed, he says, it is full steam ahead toward WorldPride next year. “Up to now we have been planning on parallel tracks,” he says. “Now we bring them together. The whole organization, the whole machinery of Pride Toronto, turns to producing WorldPride... A year will go by in the blink of an eye.” Along with the marquee parade, the Dyke March and the Trans March, the event will also feature an opening and closing ceremony, a human rights con- ference and Pride-focused events in Pride parade. neighbourhoods all across the city. ADAM COISH —Andrea Houston

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Dyke March. TANJA-TIZIANA New Dyke March Trans March. N MAXWELL LANDER formula proves a hit The Toronto Dyke March is a storied tested the San Francisco model, with institution, but this year, organizers a rally before the march, rather than altered the formula. The march was re- after — the same format used by the routed to direct participants into Allan Toronto Trans March. “Each event has Gardens for a post-march rally. It’s a its own flavour, and the Dyke March model used in cities like Chicago and Ot- has a grassroots, community flavour, tawa and appeared to be an instant hit. which is representative of the history At least 1,000 people arrived at of this event,” says Pride Toronto board the park for chants — including “Our member Susan Gapka. And that means Pride is political, let’s get critical” — a rally makes a lot of sense for the Dyke and music. Many sprawled under the March. “We showed that we can do trees as the Raging Asian Women Taiko amazing things.” Drummers kicked off the festivities. The Dyke March rally was not with- Davina Hader, a volunteer wearing out its hitches. An anti-gay evangelist a Pride Toronto T-shirt, was all smiles. threatened to disrupt the proceedings “It’s a way to keep the momentum going. shortly after 3pm, but he was quickly The march generates a lot of positive removed. “We glitter-bombed him energy, so it’s great to have a place for and forgave him. And then the ole that to continue,” Hader says. boys in blue took him away,” says Dyke March. For years, Toronto’s Dyke March participant Dianne Moore, laughing. TANJA-TIZIANA had no rally at all. Last year, organizers —Marcus McCann

14 JULY 11–24, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS The 519 Green Space. The 519 rakes in big money at ADAM COISH Green Space, Ryerson quad parties A big gamble paid off for the 519 Church back to the Church-Wellesley neigh- Street Community Centre, which netted bourhood. By mid-afternoon, lineups $300,000 at its outdoor Pride parties snaked around the corner and down in 2013. several blocks. As in previous years, The 519 ran a But Chantelois says TreeHouse has beer garden in Cawthra Square Park many devotees who make the party a beside the community centre, from destination. By 10am, some revellers had Thursday to Sunday. But this year, or- camped out with folding chairs at the ganizers moved their marquee dance entrance, waiting for the 1pm start time. party — known as TreeHouse — from In total, about 35,000 people visited Cawthra Park to Ryerson’s Kerr Hall The 519’s beer gardens in 2013. After quad and ran beer gardens at both ven- factoring in the additional expenses, ues during and after the Pride parade. the $300,000 take-home beats the “We were extremely nervous. We $240,000 netted last year. And that’s didn’t know what to expect,” says Ma- despite gloomy skies on three of the thieu Chantelois, chair of the Pride four party days — and cumbersome planning committee at The 519. “But lineups at the beer tents during part of honestly, when we booked the space, Pride Sunday. we just thought it was such a gorgeous “That is something that we’re going place to host TreeHouse. The Ryerson to have to address next year. We don’t quad is almost designed for it. People on think it’s acceptable that people had to the dancefloor were like, ‘Why haven’t wait that long in lineups to get in and we done this here before?’” for beer,” Chantelois says. On the whole, TreeHouse may have also inadver- he describes 2013 as “a learning and a tently benefited from its location. The growing year” and says that the lessons Pride parade ended at Yonge-Dundas learned this year will go into planning Square this year, meaning that par- The 519’s parties for 2014, when Toronto Pride parade. ticipants had to pass the party to get hosts WorldPride. —Marcus McCann ADAM COISH Pride parade. ADAM COISH

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A custom, automatic ing a poetry group in Montreal, where In the years after 1920, Gidlow moved of natural causes at Druid Heights at awning provides shade on hot summer days, and outdoor living space during she met a beautiful, effeminate young to New York, San Francisco and Fair- the age of 87. the rain. High ceilings, maple floors, open floor plan, perfect city garden, heaps man named Roswell Mills, a 19-year- fax, California, working as an editor, Gidlow bridged the dying sentiments of closets and storage make this Yorkville home the right move for people who old editorial assistant at The Montreal journalist and poet. She had a number of a stuffy Victorian era and the political want to move in and enjoy life. Quiet, lovely, lush, green, Pears Street will charm Star. Mills was more involved in the gay of lovers and girlfriends, including a hodgepodge of the modern age. Though your hearts and calm your senses. 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Through the organization women’s passionate, romantic involve- she became a rival of the influential ment with one another.” One evening I break wild roses, scatter them over her. horror writer, amateur journalist and Henry-Anderson slipped a ring on Gid- The thorns between us sting like notable racist HP Lovecraft. Gidlow low’s finger inscribed, “Vincit qui patitur love’s pain. and Mills started what could be con- — They conquer, who endure,” and the Her flesh, bitter and salt to my tongue, sidered Canada’s first gay and lesbian two were married every way but legally. I taste with endless kisses and Direct: 416.669.8166 publication, Les Mouches Fantastiques. They were inseparable for 13 years until taste again. [email protected] “Besides our poetry, [Mills] contribut- Henry-Anderson died of lung cancer in At dawn I leave her Office: 416.651.1777 ed translations from Verlaine, articles 1935, devastating Gidlow. Asleep in my wakening garden. Sales Representative Keller Williams Referred Urban Realty, Brokerage on ‘the intermediate sex,’ and one-act Gidlow travelled widely, meeting (For what was done there plays sympathetically presenting love such notable gay people as Magnus I ask no man pardon.)

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I was constantly like, Try and be different. Queens who BELLE OF THE BALL on the show? “Are you serious? You guys are fi ghting are all the same are not special. about a pageant that happened years Drag/DJ sensation Kitty Glitter, the fun- From the moment I knew I was on the Learn to play the violin or juggle. ago?” Part of me feels sorry for those loving pussycat from Down Under, will show, it was completely life-changing. — Mike Yerxa girls. I’m not above arguing, but there spin at this year’s Glitterball. Drag went from a hobby involving is a time and place. I felt like I couldn’t Who is your biggest drag inspiration? making costumes to a full-time job. #Hashtag: Welcome to get a word in edgewise, and often, Before I was doing minimal drag, I the Circus is Fri, July 12, RuPaul has always been my greatest I didn’t care to listen. had two wigs to my name, and my 10:30pm, at Buddies, inspiration. No other drag queen in the costumes were so dated. The experi- How has your life changed? 12 Alexander St. $15. world has reached out and entertained ence was the most stressful thing ever buddiesinbadtimes.com the masses like she has. How do you choose your outfi ts? Do you make them yourself? I have never used a sewing machine in my life! I tell my dressmakers to go for gold and to keep it sexy and shiny. Hedonistic Headmaster What is it with queers and felines? It was a lucky coincidence that Drasko paniment to Bogdanovic’s nighttime Bogdanovic’s series We’re all pussyboys at heart, I guess. Bogdanovic was headed to Serbia right adventures during his 10-day stay. of 20 images captures Nice and cute to play with, but rub us the wrong way and we’ll scratch your freakin’ as he received his first Headmaster “Lots of the guys I photographed that Belgrade mix of eyes out! assignment. While making plans to re- were guys I had sex with,” he says. dark-edged, intense turn to his homeland for the fi rst time “It ended up being a document of sexuality. The pho- Any fashion advice for summer 2013? since 1996, the Toronto artist got an my intoxicated, hedonistic sexual tos are available Wear what makes you look and feel the email from the editors of the biannual adventures. The cruising scene in Bel- exclusively in the sexiest! Superstyle yourself and your art-smut tome proposing an exclusive grade is very active. In comparison to magazine’s fifth attitude will follow. original photo series. The project (a Toronto, it has a lot more signifi cance, edition; gearing What’s the most fabulous thing about series of diptychs featuring bodies because it’s much more dangerous and the work to a being queer? in space and space without bodies) there’s a stronger charge because it’s limited audience As gay rights and equality become the turned out to be the perfect accom- so repressed.” rather than toss- norm around the world, we queer folk are ing them up on being embraced for the loving and cre- the web is part ative beings we are. We have come a long of what makes way since hiding in the closet for fear them special. of homophobic assaults. Our work is not over, though. It’s up to each and every one of us to shine our light. I’m pretty popular in my hometown of Sydney, but it’s an amazing feeling when I DJ on international dancefl oors where “Headmaster isn’t made people have not experienced what I do . . . to be disposable. 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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JULY 11–24, 2013 21 Deconstructing the entertainment of Mr Sloane Psycho KILLER

ON STAGE by his sexuality, Ed nonetheless begins figuring out my own sexuality. The SERAFIN LARIVIERE to unlace the suffocating bonds around image of gay masculinity that Orton his libido as he becomes infatuated projected was one that scared me and The decision to take in a lodger is with Sloane’s mysterious appeal. The yet attracted me as well.” always a risky one, what with fluctuat- unlikely foursome continue in this For the uninitiated, Orton’s own ing hydro rates, cleaning deposits and vein for several months, until jealousy story is every bit as chilling and com- collecting the rent in a timely manner. and an unexpected pregnancy lead to plicated as the stories he crafted. And, of course, there’s always the risk suspicion, confrontation and murder. Born to a gardener and a shoe fac- that your tenant may end up impreg- “Sloane is fascinating in that he’s tory worker, the future playwright nating you, sleeping with your brother completely ambiguous and ambivalent, endured life on a council estate and and murdering your elderly father. whether it’s in his intentions or his bouts of severe childhood asthma Such was the case in Joe Orton’s sexuality,” says Brendan Healy, the before landing a scholarship with seminal play Entertaining Mr Sloane, director of Soulpepper’s upcoming London’s renowned Royal Academy a pitch-black comedy detailing the production of the Orton classic. “This of Dramatic Art (RADA). There he met lives of Kath, her brother Ed, their was written in 1964, so for me he rep- Kenneth Halliwell, aspiring novelist dad and the inscrutable lodger who resents the Baby Boom generation that and heir to a modest stipend. They set changes all of their lives. Kath (played was brought up on TV and pop culture. up house together as creative partners by the brilliant Fiona Reid) is a lonely He’s anachronistic; he’s rock and roll. and lovers, until their arrest in 1962 spinster living adjacent to a dump with He’s every parent’s nightmare.” for defacing library book covers with her sickly father, Kemp (Michael Simp- Healy has long been an Orton fan naughty pictures (now on exhibit in a son). Frustrated and bored, she thrills and wasn’t about to pass up the chance British museum). at Sloane’s arrival one afternoon, espe- to direct the play despite an already- Almost impossibly, the two received cially because he is looking for a room heavy workload as artistic director of jail sentences of six months for their to rent. Kemp is less enthusiastic and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. heinous crime, but it was this en- certain that he recognizes the young “It’s just an amazing play, and of forced separation that allowed Orton man (played by Xtra cover guy David course Orton is a hero of mine,” he to come into his own as a writer with Beazely) as the murderer of his former says. “I love the outlaws of the art a razor-sharp wit and a loathing of employer, but Kath brushes aside his world, the people who stand outside social corruption and hypocrisy. His concerns and opens her home (and her of society and make commentary and ensuing plays became counter-culture legs) to the new lodger. challenge what they see as hypocriti- hits, even as the relationship with Things become even more compli- cal. Orton, like Oscar Wilde, was able Halliwell began to unravel. In August cated when Kath’s brother Ed (Stuart to be both inside and outside of the of 1967, Halliwell murdered Orton in Hughes) arrives for his weekly visit. It’s society of the day. a fit of jealous rage, upon discovering a perfunctory gesture, given Kemp’s “My first experience of Orton was the playwright’s plan to leave him for refusal to speak with his son, citing Ed’s Prick Up Your Ears, the film of his a new lover. A grisly end fit for any of David Beazely is a very entertaining Mr Sloane. DRASKO BOGDANOVIC purported “felony in the bedroom” as biography. It’s a scary story, and I was Orton’s fictional works. cause for the snub. Clearly conflicted quite young, at an age where I was “It’s weird to think about this show,

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A Scholarship for LGBTQ2S Students in Ontario how he wrote it, and the grotesque the fl avour of a city, while still feeling nature with which he died,” Beazely a little small. But I feel like I grew up says. “In a way, it’s reflected in the on the Prairies with a nice idea of space Applications are now being accepted. play, really.” outside of myself, which helped me The actor is fascinated by his char- fi gure out how to have space inside Application deadline is acter’s amorphous nature and the as well.” process of unravelling Sloane’s moti- Beazely still feels a connection to August 2, 2013 at 5pm. vations and intentions with his hap- Canada’s grain belt but admits life less hosts. there can be a little challenging for “I think it would be really easy to someone of the LGBT persuasion. • We will be awarding a minimum play this character as a psycho who “Growing up as a gay guy there, well, of five $2000 scholarships! uses his body and his mind to win you have to learn to roll with the in any way possible, but I love his punches,” he says. “It was right be- • The scholarship is open to LGBTQ2S instinctual nature, his primal ability fore things started to turn, with gay- to survive at all costs. straight alliances and such. students attaining their first post- “We talk quite a lot about whether “My parents were supportive, but it he’s a sociopath or not. You can fi gure was very much a ‘Well, okay, but don’t secondary degree in Ontario and out the behaviour that makes someone talk about it too much’ sort of thing. who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, like that, but Mr Sloane is hard to pin So I became sort of like a confi rmed down. He’s like the taste bachelor. A 17-year-old transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, of water; you don’t know ENTERTAINING confi rmed bachelor.” and/or queer. what it is, but it’s defi - MR SLOANE That same calm en- nitely something, and Wed, July 17–Sat, Aug 17 durance has served Young Centre for the it can be different for Performing Arts Beazely well in the everybody who experi- 50 Tank House Lane rough-and-tumble ences him.” soulpepper.ca world of professional Born in Saskatoon, acting, but Entertain- APPLY Beazely began his career at Calgary’s ing Mr Sloane has given him a new NOW! Mount Royal theatre school, before re- perspective on being gay in a world locating to Vancouver to study drama that has begun tacitly to accept homo- bill7award.ca/ at Studio 58. His move to Toronto sexuality — as long as it’s kept muted apply three years ago was less about work and subdued. than a need for challenge and change. “Orton poked at that ‘Keep calm and “I love Vancouver,” he says. “It’s so carry on’ attitude so well,” Beazely beautiful, but I like the dirty grind of says. “I think he was saying, ‘No, don’t Toronto so much. It’s so diff erent from keep calm! Get out there, go wild and where I’m from. Saskatoon gives you give blowjobs!’”

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Part 1 begins launch, with Ivy Winters and A women-only workshop where Fri, July 19, 7:30pm, and Part 2 begins Scarlett Bobo. DJ AVS on decks. attendees learn to make their Sat, July 20, 7:30; runs until Sat, Aug The second Friday of every month. orgasms longer, stronger, full-body, 17. Young Centre for the Performing 10:30pm. Buddies, 12 Alexander multiple, et cetera. Pre-registration Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. Prices St. $10 advance, $15 door. recommended. Thurs, July 18, and times vary. soulpepper.ca buddiesinbadtimes.com 7–10pm. Good for Her, 175 Harbord St. $33. goodforher.com Cub Camp with Sparber DJ Cats Scooter warms up for NYC’s G-Spots and Female Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical DJ Sparber, with Abeardedboy Ejaculation for All returns with an all-Canadian cast. measuring for full-length fur. 11pm. Runs until Sun, Sept 1, various The Beaver, 1192 Queen St W. $7. The G-spot does exist and showtimes. Panasonic Theatre, 651 beavertoronto.ca everyone has the potential to Yonge St. $59.95–109.95. mirvish.com ejaculate. This workshop teaches Sat, July 13 the anatomy and techniques Avenue Q for better orgasms. All genders Board Games Night: It’s a The musical coming-of-age story welcome. Pre-registration Mystery The Toronto Gay features such memorable hits recommended. Wed, July 24, Gamers’ night features as “If You Were Gay” and “The 7–9:30pm. Good for Her, 175 Sleuth. 7pm. Glad Day Internet Is for Porn.” Runs until Sun, Harbord St. $33. goodforher.com Bookshop, 598A Oct 6, various showtimes. Lower Yonge St. $6. Feint of Heart — Videofag, until Sun, July 14 Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington torontogaymers.ca Ave. $49–60. avenueq.ca

26 JULY 11–24, 2013 XTRA! TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS CENE Belle’s Boudoir Live Burlesque Boudoir sauciness Volume 5 and Belle’s Bootie Bounce afterparty, with DJ Johnny B. 9pm. The Flying Beaver, 488 Parliament St. $15 advance, $20 door. pubaret.com B.East Ball DJ Cory Activate spins top 40, house and tribal for the beach-themed party. 10pm. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. $5. waylabar.com Wepa Batista Charo hosts this Latin party, with DJ daVinci spinning top 40, retro pop, salsa, meringue and bachata. 10pm. The Loft, 487 Church St, 2nd fl oor. No cover. Bad Tuck — The Beaver, Sat, July 13 ERIC WILLIAMS statlers.ca Mischief DJ Deko-ze spins house Best Ass Contest Show off the proceeds go to local queer charities. Zipperz/Cellblock, 72 Carlton St. and tribal; hosted by Charles bubble butt for $300 in cash prizes, henhousetoronto.com No cover. facebook.com/zipperz Pavia. 10pm. Fly, 8 Gloucester St. with drag performances and the DJ on Woody’s Got Talent Miss DFMO DJs The Robotic Kid and fl ynightclub.com decks. Midnight. Woody’s, 465 Church Conception hosts a talent show, Scooter spin for the dancefl oor Trade Hosted by the Hairy Pig, St. No cover. woodystoronto.com where the audience favourite wins make-out session. 10:30pm. Her — La Perla, Sterling and Abeardedboy in the $100. Every Wednesday until Sept Buddies, 12 Alexander St. $5. Fri, July 12 ADAM MOCO dark room. DJs Scooter, The Robotic Sun, July 14 18. 10pm. Woody’s, 467 Church St. buddiesinbadtimes.com & MARK PARISELLI Kid and Dave Picard spin, with go- TICOT Patio Show Mr and Miss woodystoronto.com go sluts Simon and Gabriel. 10pm. Trillium 2013/14 play hosts in the Sat, July 20 spinning in the Loft at 11pm. Statlers, The Black Eagle, 457 Church St. No Wed, July 24 heart of the Village. 5–7pm. Garage, Thurs, July 18 Muskoka Pride Kickoff party, with 487 Church St. No cover. statlers.ca cover. blackeagletoronto.com potluck, bonfi re and fi reworks at Knaves Kitchen A biweekly pop- 477 Church St. No cover. ticot.org Ladyplus Party DJ Todd Klinck Amateur Strip Contest DJ Chris Bad Tuck DJ Regina the dusk. Join for the evening or camp up restaurant featuring tapas-style Barnyard Brawl: Hens vs Hogs spins dance tracks for T-girls and Steinbach spins every Sunday while Gentlelady on the decks for the weekend. 6pm. HQ Muskoka, cuisine, courtesy of Naco Gallery’s Pop-up restaurant featuring locally friends, with spontaneous T-girl the boys strip for a chance to win for queer drag and Iroquois Cranberry Growers Julian. 6–11pm. Henhouse, 532 Dundas sourced farm cooking from the boys go-go shows and private VIP $100. 11pm. Flash, 463 Church St. dance music. Hosted Dr, Bala. No cover for evening, St W. RSVP for dinner reservations to at The Hogtown Cure. 6–10pm. The dances. 8pm. Club120, 120 Church No cover. fl ashonchurch.com by Judy Virago $20 for weekend camp stays. [email protected]. Henhouse, 1532 Dundas St W. RSVP St. $5 before 11pm, $10 after. and Igby Lizzard, muskokapride.com to [email protected]. club120.ca Mon, July 22 Bowie Bar Wednesday Featuring with a late-night Go Deep Mighty Real DJs John Bowie and Bowie-fl avoured tunes from Best Ass Contest Carlotta Carlisle The Dirty Hustle DJ Blackcat spins Dirty Monday Devine Darlin and show featuring Caff ery and The Robotic Kid spin DJs Avery, Doc Benway and guests. gets to the bottom of things, with old- and new-school hip hop and Nikki Chin take to the drag stage for Matthew deep house. 10pm. WAYLA, 996 10pm. Andy Poolhall, 489 College St. $200 in cash and prizes. 10pm. R&B at the west end’s newest a fi lthy performance. 11pm. Crews Lindholm. Queen St E. $5. waylabar.com No cover. andypoolhall.com 10:30pm. The Flash, 463 Church St. No cover. gay hangout. 10pm. The Steady & Tangos, 508 Church St. No cover. Salvation Saturday DJ daVinci Toronto Drag Kings Drag kings Beaver, 1192 fl ashonchurch.com Café, 1051 Bloor St W. No cover. crewsandtangos.com spins for the sexy sinners. 10pm. Tyler Uptight, Cameron, Kenny and Queen St W. thesteadycafe.com Church, 504 Church St. No cover. Chase Manning perform. Every $5, no cover in Mon, July 15 The Smirnoff Best Men’s Chest Tues, July 23 churchonchurch.com Wednesday. 11pm –2am. Zipperz/ grandmother-clock Singular Sensation Musical- Contest Boys go shirtless for T-Girl Strippers DJ Todd Klinck Go Hard: Ultimate Beyoncé Cellblock, 72 Carlton St. No cover. drag. beavertoronto.ca theatre open-mic, hosted by $300 in cash prizes, with drag spins for the spontaneous T-girl Video Party DJs Blackcat and facebook.com/zipperz Absolut Sultry Jennifer Walls, every Monday. 10pm. performances and the DJ on decks. pole shows and private VIP dances. Pleasure spin Beyoncé tracks, Saturday Statlers, 487 Church St. No cover. Midnight. Woody’s, 467 Church St. 8pm. Club120, 120 Church St. No videos and remixes in preparation DJ Cajjmere statlers.ca No cover. woodystoronto.com cover, $10 for all-night VIP booth for the Mrs Carter concert, with spins house Brooke Lynn Hytes EOY fundraiser access. club120.ca performance by Tyra-Shadae music Help send one of our city’s fi ercest Fri, July 19 Submit your event listing Monroe. 10pm. Club120, 120 Church Sinema Movie night, featuring the all night queens to Louisville, Kentucky, for Toronto’s Ultimate Mixed St. $10. club120.ca best in queer cinema every Tuesday, [email protected]. long. 11pm. the Entertainer of the Year pageant. Sex Party Mandy Goodhandy and with performances and popcorn Deadline for the Glitterball DJs Kitty Glitter Byzantium, 10pm. Woody’s, 467 Church St. No Todd Klinck host the socializing from Judy Virago and Igby Lizzard. (Sydney), Amalia Leandro (Miami) July 25–Aug 7 issue 499 Church cover. woodystoronto.com and dancing on the main fl oor, with 9:30-ish. Henhouse, 1532 Dundas St and Baby Joel (TO) make the night is Wed, July 17. St. No cover. spontaneous orgies and private sex W. No cover. henhousetoronto.com byz.ca Tues, July 16 booths on the second. DJs Jay&J sparkle. 10pm. Fly, 8 Gloucester St. on decks. No-touch-unless-invited $10 advance. fl ynightclub.com Varsity Tuesday Sofonda Cox has rule strictly enforced. 8pm. Club120, Fit: Customer Appreciation $100 to give away at So You 120 Church St. No cover with pass Edition Last month’s Fit Primpin’ Think You Can Strip? phrase “I read Xtra magazine.” party was a may-jah success. Fit DJs 11pm. Remington’s, club120.ca Kris Steeves and Phil V throw a free 379 Yonge St. $5, no night of happy house to say thanks cover with student ID AX-A-Gogo Summer 2013 DJ for supporting the party and to kick before 11pm, $2 after. Alex spins top 40, club anthems, summer into high gear. 10:30pm. remingtons.com K- and J-pop for gaysian boys and friends, with Sofonda Cox and the The Beaver, 1192 Queen St W. No Wed, July 17 Ax Maximus dancers. 10pm. Fly, 8 cover. beavertoronto.ca Gloucester St. $10, $5 before 11pm Tallulah’s Cabaret DJ K-Tel spins Meat and Greet Evening social with fl yer. meetmeatax.com top 40, dance, house and retro, for trans men and allies. The fi rst with a midnight performance and third Wednesday of every Le Kiff Kiff The Toastr girls’ new party, with DJ Sticky Cuts on decks. by Donnarama. 10:30pm. month. 6:30–8:30pm. Fabarnak, Buddies, 12 Alexander St. $7. 519 Church St. No cover. the519.org 10pm. WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. $5. waylabar.com buddiesinbadtimes.com NEVER Unrock Bingo: Courtney Love Edition A monthly gathering of Bearcode DJs Cory Activate and Sun, July 21 beer drinking, bingo playing and Alain Plamondon spin for muscle A COVER Brooke Lynn Hytes EOY Sh!t Show Sunday Industry night, punkrocking. Hosted by Jenna Syde bears, otters, jocks, daddies and Fundraiser — Woody's, with a diff erent live band every week and Daddy-o. 8pm–midnight. boys every Friday. 10pm–3am. Mon, July 15 TONY FONG on the main stage at 9pm, and DJs CHARGE! Henhouse, 1532 Dundas St W. All

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ROLYN DEEP DISH CHAMBERS Matinee Starship Starry Night SAT, JUNE 29 @ KOOL HAUS THURS, JUNE 27 @ THE 519 “Fag! You’re it!” Outing homos? “Ready or not, here I come!” No, silly, we’re playing a game of Premature ejaculation? No, silly, tag at this year’s Prism Matinee we’re playing a game of hide-and- Starship main event. It’s the seek at this year’s Starry Night perfect spot. Lots of room to Pride kickoff party in Cawthra run around in The Guvernment, Park. It’s the perfect spot. Lots of decorated only with eye-popping trees, bushes, monuments and lighting eff ects, which shoot out people to hide behind. And when and illuminate the half-naked we thought we had found some- 2 crowd, turning them into Tron one, it turns out to be someone porn. Cutting through our play- else, as many who turn up to raise ground is a large round stage that money for the 519 Community seems designed solely for the van- Centre are sporting wigs for the ity of those who scramble up on Love Is in the Hair theme, in it, eager to show off their pretty, honour of guest DJ Lady Bunny, plump packages and hump guys who spins a lot of top 40 for a drag with brand-new gym bodies. But queen in her 50s. Also making ap- around 1am the platform emp- pearances on the stage are Tyno- ties and becomes centre stage for mi Banks, fully rocking a blonde singer Vanessa Klein, who wows Beyoncé/Mariah wig, and Sofon- us with her vocals. Who is that? da, whose wig is so big it’s actually Adele? No, it’s Vanessa, who chan- a stuff ed lion head. “I never miss nels her voice so well we take a this party,” says TV personality break from our game to marvel. Traci Melchor. “Warm weather, Her energy continues as the main hot guys, drinks. Perfect.” And 3 4 5 stage is overtaken by teams of even though things don’t start off dancers in hot red-and-black perfectly, what with her drag lug- 6 8 leather futuristic motorcycle gear, gage being lost in transit, RuPaul’s then huge white feathers, then Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon skimpy silver shorts and glow- makes the most of her much- in-the-dark armbands, who sur- anticipated appearance, singing round DJs Micky Friedmann, Phil two songs live. I’ve never actu- Romano and Ivan Gomez. And ally seen the show (yes, you can though I wasn’t feeling the Taylor confi scate my gay card), but her Swift remix, I was appreciative of singing voice impresses and her the Salt-n-Pepa throwback. As the animated speaking voice amuses. night continues, our little game Hide-and-seek turns into drink- of tag becomes a frenzied game of and-leak. Is that really the lineup gag. Is there really a lineup to get for the Porta-Potty? slutty on the stage? 4E Traci Melchor & some other 1E The men of a Matinee main people 5E Nick & Charles 6E Perky event 2E Chris, Walther & Emilie & Slanty 7E Stephan & David 3E Colton, Chase, Dez & Changu 8E James & Xica 7

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ANNA POURNIKOVA PHOTOS BY XPOSED BECCA LEMIRE 1E Miss Margot, the hot door queen at with Jen. It’s so lovely to see ladies Big Primpin’, was in full form at Fit loving ladies and celebrating that at Primpin’, on both fl oors of The Great Pride. And on a booty-bounce dance- Hall on the Friday of Pride. Seriously, fl oor, no less! have you ever seen anyone nail 4E Lailani and Sun Sun are so fucking blow-up doll so thoroughly? on-point hot it hurts my face to look 2E If you’ve ever heard the New Or- at them! “Black Weirdo” — OMG, she leans sound of Big Freedia, you know didn’t go and put that on a shirt? And it’s completely infectious. This event yet she wears it so well, so cool. Sun 2 at the Drake on the Thursday leading Sun, on the other hand, has this hot into Pride was hands-down the best Snoop Dogg-meets-Coolio thing going of Queer West that night. Big Freedia on with her hair, and the two of them herself is so accessible. She’s always together are total perfection. This is on the fl oor enjoying the DJs before the picture I want to represent our her set and deals with adoring fans community. This is how I want the and media photographers like an old world to see Queer West. pro. Plus, she can really make that 5E On the same night, Pinky’s Nails booty bounce! did an event at the Gladstone. If you 3E Jen and Kerry have been together don’t know about Pinky’s, you need to for ages. I’ve known Kerry for even recognize. Lizzie is the brains behind longer than that, and all I have to say the shop that will do everything from is that these two look so good on each studded grommets to Dawn of the other. Kerry has really blossomed into Dead to Star Wars tributes on your her true beautiful self since she’s been nails. In the middle is Justin (my per- sonal nail god), and if you look, he’s got his best set on for the evening. On 5 the end is Allison, a woman whose taste in nail art is out of this world.

6 6E The crowd at the Pinky’s event was so diverse — it was like every diva in the city was there. Every stripe. In this picture, Jesse, Cassandra, Brendan and Anthony give great face. And Cassandra’s nails are off the chain, girl!

7E The Trans March is probably the most authentic, urban celebration during Pride Week. Not to take the thunder from any of the other events, but it’s the only one where a truly diverse crowd comes out: breeders, queers, lezzies, fags, trans folk and anyone in between. Donnarama does a great job of making those chains 4 7 work for the money, honey.

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LEANDRO_KIBISZ Beyond Buenos Aires Exploring the Tigre Delta and Mar del Plata

MICHAEL LUONGO The area has a long agricultural his- or lanchas, depart for the surrounding Homosexualidad en la Argentina. Many in the region, including Delta Eco Spa tory, reflected in its Puerto de Frutos, or islands — the more remote, the more older Argentines may also recall the and Rumbo 90. The exclusively gay fruit market, now largely a handicrafts peaceful. Many visitors come for the day 1950s movie that gay icon Tita Merello resort Favela is a small guesthouse with Watery refuge market. In the late 1800s, British mag- to the waterside restaurants or to relax, made here, called Los Isleros, about a a day rate for visitors who come for the Imagine the islands and waterways of nates who developed the railroads built swimming in the silty water or going struggling farm family. barbecue or to suntan waterside with a Venice before they became a developed summer mansions, many mock-Tudor for nature walks and horseback riding. Argentine native Carlos Melia, a mix of tourists and locals. city. That’s the feel of Argentina’s Tigre in style, with grounds full of weeping The remoteness of the Tigre Delta, luxury travel agent who manages the Daytrippers from Buenos Aires might Delta, a wild river and island system willows, giving a sense of London’s and yet its proximity to Buenos Aires, gay-travel-oriented Carlos Melia Blog, want to take the Sturla Viajes boat, less than an hour from Buenos Aires. Hampstead transplanted into the Pam- means it played an important role in the says, “El Tigre is a quick and relaxing which sails from Puerto Madero early One of the world’s largest inland deltas, pas. Modern vacation homes are often development of Argentina’s gay rights getaway from the city of Buenos Aires, in the morning and returns to the city in it is a place of remote tranquility. The built on stilts and each has a small dock. movement. Gay groups could meet in where you will be able to experience a the evening. It is a beautiful way to enjoy name Tigre comes from the Spanish There are no cars on the islands, and privacy on the islands, especially dur- completely different side of Argentina the watery side of this South American word for tiger, reflecting the jaguars even kids go to school by boat. ing dictatorships, without fear of gov- in direct contact with nature.” metropolis. that once roamed here. The delta is The town of Tigre itself is on the ernment attack. A small gay presence Melia’s favourite hotel stay in Tigre formed by the confluence of five rivers mainland, its main feature the belle developed, though never to the extent is “without a doubt La Becasina Delta that flow through the grassy, sediment- époque Museo de Arte Tigre, a former of American resort towns Fire Island Lodge,” a luxury complex with bun- Argentina’s beach resort rich Pampas, depositing their silt as casino, and is accessible by a 45-minute or Provincetown. Much of this history galows and a swimming pool in a wild, Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, they meet with the Rio de la Plata north train trip from Buenos Aires’s Retiro is detailed in gay journalist Osvaldo overgrown wooded setting. Luxury has long been a gay vacation spot. In of the Argentine capital. Station. From the town, various boats, Bazán’s important book Historia de la accommodations have begun to sprout 2003, it became especially popular

30 JULY 11–24, 2013 XTRA! DAILY XTRA TRAVEL SECTION TORONTO’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS LUIS ARGERICH MICHAEL LUONGO Clockwise from far left: Mar del Plata beaches; the Museo de Arte in Tigre; Tigre’s Puerto de Frutos ("fruit port") is now a craft market; Club de Regatas in Tigre’s La Marina district; the canals of Tigre.

theatre and other entertainment, along with DJs who travel the beach-scene cir- cuit. The city is not as chic as Uruguay’s Punta del Este, where Argentina’s jet set head. Instead, you’ll find largely middle- and working-class Argentines vacation- ing here, many spending every summer weekend in second homes that have been held by their families for generations. Don’t expect the Caribbean or even Rio de Janeiro — the Atlantic is, rela- tively speaking, on the cold side at this latitude, but the beach is definitely the city’s social focus. The long waterfront promenade is called La Rambla. Its heart CHRISTIAN HAUGEN is a plaza fronted by stone sea lions (real ones can sometimes be found on the when same-sex civil unions were legal- beach) and the city’s casino complex, ized and even more so with the 2010 which also houses an NH Hotel, an iconic passing of the country’s same-sex mar- structure designed by Argentine archi- riage act. But while you’re planning your tect José María Bustillo in the 1940s. L H DAVID Argentine getaway, have you ever won- You’ll often find street entertainers and one near downtown, called Playa Chica, in the city; Pin Up Club recently opened dered where Argentines plan theirs? buskers thrilling the crowds on La Ram- and the other one, Playa Escondida, in in a new location; and Clip Club is a great On the web The answer for many is Mar del Plata, bla. Further from the heart of the city, the the outside of the city”; the latter serves place with great DJs.” Argentina tourism a resort on the Atlantic coast that’s a beaches are lined by rocky bluffs. as the city’s nude beach. He adds that Duszczak adds that day and night, argentina.travel four- to five-hour trip southeast of the It should come as no surprise that for vacationers wanting to meet locals, Mar del Plata has something to offer. Tigre Delta tourism capital in Buenos Aires Province. this city by the beach has a thriving “during the day and night, one of the best A trip to the city will teach you how laisladelta.com.ar Mar del Plata is a large city on its own, year-round gay scene, one that really ways to meet people is to walk around the Argentines vacation, all in a gay- puntodelta.com.ar with nearly 750,000 year-round resi- heats up with the temperature. the shore. The city is really gay-friendly, friendly way. dents. This swells to millions in the South Marcos Duszczak lives with his part- and usually you see gay people in the Mar del Plata tourism American summertime, which is the ner, Rodolfo Moro, in Mar del Plata. To- diverse variety of pubs and bars, in Alem The province of Misiones, a mardelplata.gov.ar gaymardelplata.com.ar reverse of North America’s. You’ll find it’s gether, they produced the documentary Street, or in the clubs, like Sobremonte 90-minute flight from Buenos happening from November to March and Familias por Igual, or Families Alike, in Avenida Constitución. But for those Aires, is home to Iguazu Falls, busiest in December and January. Much about queer families in Argentina. who prefer a strictly gay place, you can 17th-century missions and Argentina’s of Buenos Aires’s cultural scene moves Duszczak says, “The gay life in Mar del choose between the three gay clubs of legendary gauchos. Learn more about here for the season, with summer stock Plata is very rich. It has two gay beaches, the city: Extasis Disco is the oldest club it at dailyxtratravel.com.

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LALOGGIA.CA Exquisite gardens, ALEXANDRELOGAN.COM clothing optional Montreal bed and breakfasts offer a wide variety for weekend getaways

MATTHEW HAYS is it a stunning building; it features all Maison des Jardins, owned and run by the amenities and sits in the heart of Luc and Robert. As the name implies, As people plan their trips to Montreal the Village. (1631 Alexandre de Sève St; these guys love their garden, and it is for a hot weekend of naughtiness, they alexandrelogan.com) spectacular. There’s also an outdoor should keep lodging alternatives in La Conciergerie also feels historic, jacuzzi (even in winter months) and a mind. Stereotypes do tend to be accurate and with 19 rooms it feels more like a trained and licensed on-site massage for gay tourists: we love fancy, high-end small European hotel than a B&B. In therapist, so you can book a treatment hotels. But there are some stunning, very the spring and summer the proprietors while booking your room. This estab- inviting bed and breakfasts in the city maintain a lush garden. The break- lishment is men-only and smoke-free. RUTABAGAGE.COM run by incredibly attentive hosts, of- fast room, encased in glass, provides (1365 Logan St; maison-desjardins.ca) Clockwise from top left: La Loggia's garden is an urban oasis; the quaint fering perfect — and oftentimes far less a lovely view. There’s also a private On a smaller scale is Ruta Bagage, but dining room at Alexandre Logan; one of Ruta Bagage's romantic guest rooms. expensive — home bases while visiting roof deck, whirlpool and a gym. “It’s this intimate B&B has intense charm the city. And unlike a large hotel chain, not mandatory to be gay to stay here,” going for it. The lovely rooftop patio is Beaudry Metro, the epicentre of the anyone visiting the city. This B&B is run these smaller establishments are often co-owner and manager Luc says, “but a perfect place to relax between big-city Village. (1279 Montcalm St; bbv.qc.ca) by art enthusiasts, so the entire house is gay-owned, so you’re putting money that is mainly who we serve.” (1019 St ventures. With plenty of attention to L’Escogriffe B&B features basic filled with fascinating works. They also back into the local queer community. Hubert St; laconciergerie.ca) detail in its decoration, Ruta Bagage is rooms, shared bathrooms and a delight- offer art workshops for those interested The Alexandre Logan was fully reno- Just up the street is NuZone, a bit dif- also adorned with fine works of art. The ful and accommodating host. There’s in honing their skills. (1637 Amherst St; vated in 2002 by its owner, Alain Pigeon. ferent in mandate, in that this is a B&B spacious rooms are bathed in natural also a balcony and a beautiful terrace for laloggia.ca) The refurbishing was so exquisite that that caters to men only. It’s also clothing light thanks to huge windows. (1345 lounging. Men only. And note: this B&B it earned the B&B a certificate of merit optional, so you can pack light — al- Ste-Rose St; rutabagage.com) has a charming dog and three cats, so it’s For more information on from the National Geographic Society. ways a bonus. There are only four guest BBV Bed and Breakfast du Village is probably not a place for those with al- gay tourism in Montreal, “I wanted to return the building to its rooms, but there’s a common room, an another highly recommended choice, lergies. (1264 Wolfe St; lescogriffe.com) visit tourisme-montreal.org. historic splendour,” Pigeon says. “I open kitchen, a sauna and an exercise with a great selection of rooms, all com- La Loggia is located on Amherst, a For information on more than wanted it to be pretty much as it was room. (1729 St Hubert St; nuzone.ca) pletely refurbished in 2011. Location is strip of antique and retro high-end junk 180 places of interest in Montreal, when it was first built in 1870.” Not only Also in the heart of the Village is also primo: it’s a two-minute walk from shops that is a mandatory stopover for visit dailyxtratravel.com.

32 JULY 11–24, 2013 XTRA! DAILY XTRA TRAVEL SECTION TORONTO'S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Facelift for Black & Blue Circuit party will be refocused toward gay jet setters Bad Boy Club Montréal (BBCM) is “Our new partnerships with Priape revamping Black & Blue by moving and The Saint will help us reach our the festival to the cutting-edge Arsenal goals,” Vezina says, noting that the space, in Montreal’s historic Griffi n- event will be re-geared toward gay jet town neighbourhood, for the circuit setters from all over the world, with a Black & Blue Festival. party’s 23rd edition this October. focus on the United States. LOUIS-MARTIN LEBLANC Some 5,000 people danced the night Vezina says the Arsenal venue was away on three dancefloors in Mon- chosen to bring “freshness” to the treal’s Palais des Congrès last year. At- main Black & Blue event. During the fi rst party in 1991 — raising $3,500 for tendance at the all-night party peaked mid-19th century, this industrial space AIDS Community Care Montreal — in 1999 when 17,000 people packed served as a shipyard, where commer- Black & Blue has become one of the GRAND LUXURY FREE ENTRANCE TO THE MINI B&B’s dancefloor in the outfield of cial seagoing vessels were constructed most successful all-night dance par- MINI CINEMAS! CINEMAS – MUST BRING AD Olympic Stadium. and serviced. ties on the planet. Over the past two “We are excited to begin a new era of While the building’s interior and decades, Vezina says, Black & Blue 500+ PROGRAMS! events with the selection of Arsenal as exterior architectural features have has generated more than $320 million a major innovative space,” says Rob- been preserved, the 41,000-square- in local economic spinoffs and has WITH QUADRO SYSTEM! ert Vezina, Black & Blue’s president foot venue is now home to art gal- donated $1.8 million to various AIDS and co-founder. “[It’s] a great way leries, an artist studio, a multimedia and queer organizations. for BBCM to increase the success of room and two enormous halls that This year’s edition will take place Oct the foundation and the generated can be subdivided and transformed to 9 to 15, during the Canadian Thanks- proceeds in order to help community fi t any type and size of event. Black & giving and American Columbus Day groups.” Blue organizers want to capture a cool weekends. —Richard Burnett BBCM has announced two major “warehouse” feel and plan to convert ALL-MALE GAY CAMPING partnerships: with the Priape group, the space into a big underground club For more information, 90 MINS FROM PEACE BRIDGE as a principal title sponsor, and New for thousands of people. visit bbcm.org. York’s Saint at Large. After drawing 800 revellers to their #

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