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PublisherPublisher: & Editor: Steve Steve Polyak Polyak 5 12th Anniversary, the busy CopyEditor: Editor: Rob Janine Diaz-Marino Eva-Trotta Sales: Steve Polyak summer of 2015, and LGBT Design & Layout: Rob Diaz-Marino,Steve Polyak Ara Shimoon community changes Writers and Contributors Publisher’s Column MercedesChris Azzopardi, Allen, Chris Dave Azzopardi, Brousseau, Dallas David-lee Barnes, Gauthier,Dave Brousseau, MarsTonic, Sam Oriol Casselman, R. Gutierrez Jason Jr., Clevett, Romeo SanAndrew Vicente, Collins, staff Emily of Loft Collins, 112, SteveRob Diaz-Marino, Polyak, V.N. 10 Homos on the Range JanineWinnick, Eva and Trotta, the JackLGBT Fertig, Community Glen Hanson, of Calgary, Joan Hilty, Evan Kayne,Edmonton, Stephen and Lock,Alberta. Neil McMullen, A prairie AIDS play re-emerges after two decades

Allan Neuwirth, Steve Polyak, Carey Rutherford, 11 PAGE Romeo San Vicente,Photography Ed Sikov, Nick Vivian and the GLBTSteve CommunityPolyak, Jeff of & Calgary, Brian, Kurtis Edmonton, Allan and Alberta. 11 Video Interview - James Videography PhotographySteve Polyak Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino, Marsters SalesB&J Music, mayhem and John Barrowman Steve Polyak [email protected] Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino Legal Council 13 Peaches Lets It All Hang Out Courtney Aarbo,Printers Barristers and Solicitors North Hill News/Central Web ‘F*ck the Pain Away’ performer talks childhood trans friend, penis General Inquiries onesies and vagina love GayCalgaryDistribution® Magazine Calgary2136: 17thGallant Avenue Distribution SW Calgary,GayCalgary AB, Canada Staff T2T 0G3 [email protected]: Clark’s Distribution 16 Positive Thoughts Other: Canada Post Q&A with Mondo Guerra Office Hours: By appointment ONLY Phone:Legal 403-543-6960 Council 13 PAGE CourtneyToll Aarbo,Free: Barristers1-888-543-6960 and Solicitors Fax: 403-703-0685 18 Bravely Bareilles E-Mail:Sales [email protected] & General Inquiries GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine Sara Bareilles on growing up with gay ‘brothers and sisters,’ feminism 2136This Month's17th Avenue Cover SW and fan hugs Main: Selena Calgary,Gomez, photo AB, Canadaby Interscope Records. Top Right: James Marsters,T2T 0G3 photo by The WB/CW. Mid Right: DJ Pornstar, photo by Steve Polyak/GayCalgary OfficeMagazine. Hours: Bottom Right:By appointment BJ Britt, photo by ABC/ONLY 22 Deep Inside Hollywood Phone:Marvel.com 403-543-6960 Joseph Gordon-Levitt, That Funny Gay Guy, Bette Midler, ‘Dance From Toll Free: 1-888-543-6960 the Dance’ Fax: 403-703-0685 gazine E-Mail: [email protected] This Month's Cover 23 Video Interviewma - We’re Cher and Christina Aguilera courtesy of Sony Pictures; Annie Lennox courtesy of Mike Owen; Rex Goudie. Trippin’: Exactly (But Not Proud Members of: Proud Members of: Really) 18 PAGE 36 Seconds with BJ Britt 24 DevaDave Edmonton Rainbow The positive message within the salon, boutique and new eatery Business Association 26 Video Interview International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association DJ Pornstar

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 ISCWR Coronation 40, taken on Nokia 920 12th Anniversary, the busy summer of 2015, and LGBTQ community changes Publisher’s Column By Steve Polyak items in the column every edition, and to follow up post event If you have been reading us since 2003, you would know with summation and pics. that I wrote the publisher’s column for the first nine months of the magazine’s life. After that Rob took over. 12th Anniversary He knew I had a lot of work on my hands starting the Last year, on the 11th anniversary of the magazine, my partner magazine, but he also hated having to proof my articles. in the magazine and editor, Rob Diaz-Marino, announced that He pretty much rewrote chunks of them before taking he would be leaving the magazine at the end of 2014. I knew I over writing the publisher’s column. So hopefully our would have a lot more work on my shoulders but wow: that was current editor, Janine, will be able to handle what I send an understatement. Rob has helped on some things throughout her each month. the year, which I have been grateful for, like the voiceover on the ads we have running on OutTV, some graphic design work, I am reintroducing the publisher’s column because, I car rides (remember I don’t fully drive yet), and a number of feel, that so many things change within the community that other things, but it has been pretty much non-stop work for the sometimes we either can’t do a whole article about it – due to whole year. Having Janine Eva Trotta doing the copy-editing time constraints – or don’t have enough writers for the articles has helped. She is a godsend to what I do around here. Jason that need to be written. As I am out talking to people in the Clevett and Stephen Lock being around for just about all the 12 community, I often hear things like I didn’t know that [insert years the magazine has operated is great to see in this industry. name of town] is doing Pride or I didn’t know that straight bars did gay events. So my attempt will be to to talk about these Continued on Next Page 

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Online Last Month Creep of the Week Mike Huckabee Bust out the rainbow M16 assault rifles because things are about to get FABULOUS! The United States Army is about to become the world’s biggest pride parade thanks to President... http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4870 Deep Inside Hollywood Mary Poppins 2, ‘Oscillate Wildly,’ Cameron Esposito, ‘Hart to Hart’ Mary Poppins 2: The Possibly Very Bad Idea We’ve reached a point in film history – and more specifically, in the history of the business of Hollywood – where remakes and reboots... http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4871  GayCalgary November 2003 Edition The Frivolist - Scream Queens I would also like to thank all the other writers who have written 13 Hot Scary-Movie Villains Who for the magazine over the last year. Give Us Beautiful Nightmares Running a magazine is not easy. One thing that helped was Hot horror movie villains are hard to come that GayCalgary.com, as a website, was running seven years by – what with all the blood and guts that prior to the start of the printed version of the magazine. So usually characterize those that terrorize – we had a brand, subscriber base and a site that the magazine but there are a few smokin’ standouts in could expand on. When Rob announced last year that we the genre.... were going to stop printing hard copies, it shocked lots of http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4873 our readers. Over the next months, many other publications would announce major changes: FFWD Weekly, which had AC/DC been printing alternative news in Calgary for 18 years, stopped printing at the start of this year; Xtra announced that they A Wet & Wild Show at were going digital-only as dailyxtra.ca; and OutWord Magazine Commonwealth in Winnipeg announced they would be reducing to quarterly Rock or Bust; indeed. Cold winds, a publications. non-stop downpour – nothing stopped Judging by the sparse racks I see in the free magazine shelves, rock legends AC/DC from blowing the it looks like several other magazines have also disappeared. non-existent roof off of Edmonton’s Making the move to digital-only was the right direction for Commonwealth Stadium September... us to take, especially considering Alberta’s current economic http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4822 climate. Being based out of Calgary, with the name GayCalgary Magazine, it’s proven difficult to get large advertisers on board The Tenors monthly from ad agencies. Although we can demonstrate Bring Heart and Warmth that we receive traffic from across Canada – and are the most to Under One Sky Tour popular online LGBT magazines in the country according to Since forming in 2008, the vocal quartet the third party site Alexa.com – it is hard to make agencies of Clifton Murray, Remigio Pereira, change their mind on advertising with us. One thing I was told Victor Micallef and Fraser Walters, The in a conversation I had a couple years back is that they are Tenors, have become global stars. Their only looking to advertise to the LGBT communities of Toronto, combination of pop... Vancouver and Montreal – the LGBT market in Calgary, or even http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4824 Alberta, is too small for them. When you hear something like that, and then realize that The Tea Party a publication like Xtra had also gone solely digital because Make Rock Magic On the advertising income was not enough to support printing Edges of Twilight Tour anymore in Vancouver or Toronto, you start to realize how hard In our interview, prior to the September it must be across the country for LGBT media to survive. Some 24th Tea Party concert at the Jack Singer LGBT magazines rely on income from dating sites/companies. Concert Hall, singer Jeff Martin stated Even though GayCalgary started as Men For Men BBS in 1992, that this tour – playing the album The which was a pre-Internet dating service, once the early Internet Edges of Twilight... sites started becoming popular, I decided to concentrate more http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4823 on the magazine and covering community news than competing with those sites. Surprisingly enough, those sites still exist, Creep of the Week but are rarely used or updated. With current Apps like Scruff, Growlr and Grindr, or mobile friendly websites, it’s proving Star Parker wise that I did not try to continue upgrading Men For Men over The 2015 Values Voter Summit — an the years – plus Rob might have killed me trying to run both annual event where conservatives gather projects simultaneously. round to bitch about abortion, big government and gays — has come and Just think of how many gay dating apps are out there with no gone. Many delusional and hateful... one on them. How much money was spent to do those apps or http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4876 websites without getting the traffic needed to even break even

6 GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 www.gaycalgary.com financially? So for GayCalgary to operate, without a partner dating site to help cover the costs, we need advertisers and we Hear Me Out need to run tight. That is why most of the work was done by 11 Classic Madonna Moments Rob and I with our freelance writers doing the articles. Without From Her ‘Rebel Heart Tour’ Rob, it is just me doing most of the work, so having more people Be still my gay heart. Though Madonna’s on board would be ideal. latest spectacle, Rebel Heart Tour, People always want to try to help us with the magazine, so I spotlights her 13th studio album of am putting it out here: help us get advertisers. A poor economy the same name, the concert queen still means they are harder to find, but we are hoping that our reached into her back pocket... loyal readers will help bring new advertisers to us. Don’t forget http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4877 to support our advertisers and supporters too! Shop in their stores, attend their events, visit their website or call the ones Creep of the Week that have a phone number only. We are also looking for more Franklin Graham writers, and hopefully a sales person to take care of finding In a recent interview evangelist Franklin more advertisers. I don’t like getting behind on things but, over Graham used the “s” word. And he used it the year, I did fall behind on things like getting through the a lot. That word is, of course, “sin,” as in, 300 to 500 emails I receive per day, tagging photos in the photo “(T)he Obama administration... gallery, minor website updates, and so forth. Not having hard http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4855 copies to distribute did take close to a week’s work off my plate. Our online readership is still the same as it was last year. We The Frivolist are still in the top 3,500 most popular websites that Canadians Scare Tactics - 10 Halloween visit, in the top 25 sites in Alberta based that Albertans visit, and the top 10 Calgary based websites that Calgarians visit, Marathons For You and Your Boo according to Alexa.com. That was a big worry for us – that Before the ghoulish parties kick off and maybe the readership would drop – but it did not. Visitors trick-or-treaters roam the night, curl up to the website are still spending an average of half an hour with your own special cuddle monster perusing, whereas on most media sites, they usually only last a for these scary TV-and-movie marathons couple of minutes. Our digital subscribers are over 20,000 and sure to give a fright. FearFest,... it keeps growing. http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4882 So achieving 12 years of readership, especially now, is Slash Concert More something to celebrate! Than A Nostalgia Trip Summer Recap, Edmonton Coronation, Calgary Pride and It would be easy for Slash to rest on his Camera Failures laurels and cash in. As one of the greatest guitarists of all time, the ex Gun’s n Roses August to the first weekend of October is the craziest time of and Velvet Revolver player could simply year for Alberta’s LGBT Community, and thus the magazine. play... Amid those weekends Rob was really happy that he was not http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4838 part of the magazine anymore, so he could enjoy himself and take in the events, oppose to working hard covering them. Madonna Makes Spectacular August 8th began the Great Canadian Bear Weekend III in Alberta Debut Edmonton. The weekend included an afternoon at the West When Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour was Edmonton Mall Water Park, Bear Bingo, Mr. Alberta Bear announced in the spring, you could Competition and more. It was great to see guys from across almost hear the collective scream of joy Alberta attend this event. Hot weather meant wet fur. The from Alberta fans as for the first time ever guys did a great job keeping all the bears entertained and, the Material Girl would... of course, there was lots of food. Daren Dare Behr Kavich http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4837 was cooking all three days portions so ample they still had leftovers. Check out the photos at http://www.gaycalgary. Creep of the Week com/pa1021 . Eric Metaxas Red Deer Pride was the weekend of August 15th. Rain meant I may be a grown up, but I read a lot of the cancellation of some outdoor events. The Friday night show young adult fiction aimed at LGBT teens. was a Night of Comedy at the Scott Black Theatre, performed Wait. I shouldn’t use the term “aimed at” by the Bull Skit Comedy troop, and it was all improv. It was less I fuel the fire behind Eric Metaxas’s... really funny: the actors were drinking on stage so, as the night http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4885 went on, you could see it was starting to affect them. The Saturday night dance was held at the Legion, a larger venue Daisy Theatre Returns than prior years. Drag queens from around Alberta performed Ronnie Burkett’s Puppet alongside drag kings from Calgary’s Fake Moustache Troup. Photos can be seen at http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1026. Variety Show A Riot In entertainment there are those rare The ISCWR Coronation XL in Edmonton was on the weekend things that you instantly connect with. of August 22nd. Coronations can be really boring when you Whether it’s a song you’ve listened to are standing behind a video camera; you can’t talk to people, a thousand times, a movie you saw or even get up to stretch. So, with Rob off, this was the first repeatedly in the theatre,... year we took only photos. Sadly, there were some amazing http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4866 numbers performed, and I wish I could enjoy them again. During the number of the third set, my Canon PowerShot SX50HS camera decided to fail. All it wanted to do is take solid black photos. The most critical photos of the night are the step down numbers of the out-going emperor and empress and the crowning of the new monarchs. Without the main camera working, I had to improvise and use my Nokia 920 Windows Phone with the portable video light to take the remaining

www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 7 from BestBuy! She decided to sit down on the edge of the stage right beside me and totally ignored me as I was wiping down the camera whilst glaring at her. I was so dripping wet that I had to go off to the side of the stage just to dry off, but the camera was fine http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1047. The rain held out for the Pride Parade and Street Festival on Sunday, though it was cold and overcast. Pride Calgary received so many parade entries this year they actually needed to turn groups away. The Street Festival was a mud pit with wood boards covering the worst spots. Though people were getting stuck, they were still enjoying themselves http://www. gaycalgary.com/pa1050. Right after the street festival, I ran over to Broken City for the SHARP Foundation fundraiser http://www.gaycalgary. com/pa1057, then over to the sold out event, Hot Mess Pride Patio Party at the National on 8th which, for having an outdoor heated patio able to hold 550 people, was packed http://www. gaycalgary.com/pa1060, as was the Summer Send-off with DJ Ruby Rose that night at Cowboys, with a sold out crowd of 1,200 http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1061. Last event of Pride was on Monday afternoon: the Donnie Peters Memorial Cut-a-thon at Tomkins Park http://www. gaycalgary.com/pa1048. By the weekend’s end I had taken photos. My 4-year-old smart phone has always done amazing close to 15,000 photos and I know there were events I just was photos, so we were able to pull it off. Once I got back home, the not able to attend! Canon camera was sent for repair (I always buy an extended Weekend of September 12th was the Evolution warranty on cameras). With the amount of photos Rob and Wonderlounge’s 2nd Anniversary. Saturday night I did a video I take at events, just about every camera has ended up in interview with Ricky Roman and Levi Karter inside the bar. the shop. Photos can be seen at http://www.gaycalgary.com/ During the interview I asked if the guys had any new tattoos pa1009. since it had been a year or so since I had last seen them. Levi The first event of Calgary Pride Weekend was Derrick Barry had nothing new, but pulled down Ricky’s shorts to reveal – Britney Spears impersonator – at Cowboys Nightclub. The something not PG. So there is a censored and uncensored event was very well attended for a Wednesday night show. version of the interview; you will need to sign up for a free I had with me an older Canon that Rob used to use and a digital subscription to watch the uncensored version http:// replacement. As the show started I realized the reason why the www.gaycalgary.com/pa1062 . last camera was replaced. It would actually fail after about 3 Medicine Hat Pride was on September 19th. During Calgary or 4 photos are taken and you would have to pop the battery Pride I was told that the event was cancelled but, with one out to get it working again. So I switched over to Rob’s Canon week’s notice, I received the news it was back on http://www. but, for the standard of photos we take now, it could not gaycalgary.com/pa1068 . keep up. We still got some great shots, but I know we could Edmonton Expo was held on the weekend of September have done better. You can check them out at http://www. 26th. This year we decided not to have a booth, leaving gaycalgary.com/pa1042. MarsTonic and I able to wander the floor and take photos of I knew that I would not be able to handle the rest of the Pride the great cosplay outfits. It was a nice change. MarsTonic was events without a better camera so checked in with BestBuy. the only writer again with me covering the Edmonton Expo, They were nice enough to offer me a temp Canon PowerShot and she did six great video interviews. She never ceases to SX60HS until mine came back from repair. impress me with what she does with 10 to 15 minutes notice Thursday night was the Pro Pride event, where LGBT before an interview http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1035. professionals and allies from corporate Calgary get together The last event from this busy stretch was Banff Pride on and celebrate Pride at Hotel Arts http://www.gaycalgary.com/ October 3rd, the last Pride in Alberta for 2015. The drag show pa1040 and then Factory 112 – Head Shots at a new venue and dance at Wild Bills is always sold out with over 500 people called Loft 112 http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1041. attending http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1073. Friday night was also jam packed. Starting at Wild Pride at By this time my camera was finally ready for pick up. Its the Standard http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1037 . I popped repair tag read: #998ACUNT8. After such a busy season, it out to cover the annual Homo Hop, held at Loft 112 http:// was great to end it on a good laugh. www.gaycalgary.com/pa1038 and then over to True Colors – Pride Edition at the Night Owl, which was in the old Boyztown Things happening in November Space http://www.gaycalgary.com/pa1039. Congratulations to Goliaths and the Texas Lounge on their Calgary Pride weekend was mostly a rainy mess. Other 28th Anniversary, the party for which takes place on November big outdoor events were getting cancelled but, on Saturday 26th. Sadly though, we loose Buddies nightclub in Edmonton afternoon, the Dyke and Trans* March still went on. The on November 21st. Woody’s will remain open and will have attendees walked very fast and close together to cover each some of the staff brought over to it. Buddies had been running other with umbrellas. The street festival was moved to the in that location for six years, but 21 years in total. Something Old Y Centre where the drenched had a chance to dry out new in Calgary’s gay nightclub scene, Backwards Nightclub, and watch some great live music and drag kings http://www. will be opening by year’s end. I have walked through the space gaycalgary.com/pa1043. and it is going to be amazing. The club will be located at 628 PurePride at Flames Central was Saturday night the only 8th Ave SW; you can check out their website at http://www. event that evening for me to cover. At close to 1,500 in backwards.club. attendance, the place was sold out and packed. Everything was going on without a hitch until the headliner, International Superstar Dev, started to do her live numbers. Part way in she http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4888 grabs a bottle of water and throws its contents at the audience. 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 1994 production still from Brave Hearts, Steve Gin (l) and Barry  2015 photo of Steve Gin (l) and Barry Thorson (r) – photo by Thorson (r) – photo by David Scollard Declan O’Reilly

“AIDS claimed a lot of the people we got to know through that show,” remembers Gin. “But others we came to know, especially the ones who Homos on the Range were just recently diagnosed, are still here. They’re fine. And that’s so encouraging.” A prairie AIDS play re-emerges after two decades So why revisit the show two decades later? First and foremost, it’s a great script, garnering a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination in its Toronto production. For both actors in the By staff, Loft 112 Calgary production, there is a feeling that people need to be reminded of the impact of AIDS in the community, especially the younger generation Supposedly, lightning never strikes twice in the same of gay youth who never witnessed its devastation first-hand. spot. But after 21 years apart, Calgary actors Barry Gin went on to helm Calgary’s first queer theatre company, Teatro Thorson and Steve Gin are challenging that notion. Berdache, which ran professional productions in Calgary, Vancouver, In 1994, Thorson and Gin self-produced Harry Rintoul’s searing Toronto and Montreal from 2000 to 2008. This year, it re-emerged as AIDS drama Brave Hearts, set atypically in the backyard of a party in an interdisciplinary arts facilitator, running the successful Warhol- Saskatoon. Equally uncharacteristic for the time were the play’s blue- inspired Factory 112 series at Loft 112. A new queer theatre company, collar characters: a bitter, closeted seismologist and an openly gay ranch Third Street Theatre, has since emerged to assume the role of mounting hand. mainstream productions. “At the time, AIDS was still a white-collar crime,” reflects Gin, who “We’re definitely older and greyer than we were in 1994,” laughs Gin, played the wisecracking, Glen Campbell-loving ranch hand, GW. “Most “and there’s no damn way we could ever pull this off onstage, ’cause the of the AIDS dramas at that time were about well-to-do white gay men characters are 26 and 31. “ who lived in New York, San Francisco or Fire Island. AIDS – let along gay “But so much of this play is about loneliness, and the need to men – were still an invisible presence on the prairies.” reconnect. And I think that’s gonna resonate even more now, especially “These (characters) are people that an Alberta or a prairie audience when the audience has a chance to talk about it with us afterward in the identify with readily and understand,” adds Thorson. “They’re so down- intimate space of the reading.” to-earth, which I think is very appealing.” Admission by donation, proceeds to HIV Community Link On the evening of December 4th, as part of events honouring World http://www.loft112.org. AIDS Day, Brave Hearts receives a staged reading at Calgary’s Loft 112 https://www.facebook.com/events/514455328731817 . in Calgary’s East Village, with Thorson and Gin back in the saddle as GW and Rafe. A panel discussion follows, with representatives from the Calgary Gay History Project, HIV Community Link and Chromatic Lonesome Cowboys & Brave Hearts Theatre participating. Brave Hearts first opened at Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Presented by Factory 112 in 1991, at a time when a diagnosis of AIDS was still considered a death December 4th Doors @ 7 pm sentence for many. Three years later the prognosis wasn’t much better when the play premiered in Calgary at The Pumphouse Theatres. The #112, 535 – 8th Avenue SE actors rehearsed at the AIDS Calgary offices, and resource personnel from the organization facilitated talkbacks after each performance. Critical response to the production was positive, with the Calgary Herald http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4889 proclaiming it ‘an act of courage’. View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments

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Not surprisingly, he also had quite a lot to say about one of his costars from his stint on Torchwood, John Barrowman. “He is crazy – in a good Video Interview - way!” James said. “He will not allow you to be tired. I remember, it was 4 o’clock in the morning, we were starting the day, and they were painting my eyeballs onto my eyelids. I was so tired. And I was just laying James Marsters in the chair, and he comes into the makeup trailer like HEYYYYYYY MUTHERF*CKAAASSSS AHHHH! – like that. And just woke everybody up.” Music, mayhem and John Barrowman Like many iconic actors, James comes from a strong theatre background. So does John, and that created a special sort of cooperation By MarsTonic and work ethic on set for the both of them. “[John] and I, I think we both understand that you have to have fun. There is a saying in theatre – and James Marsters hooked us when he took on the role of we both come from theatre – It’s called a play for a reason. No one pays to Spike in Joss Whedon’s hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer, watch you work. So, a lot of times in television and film, you are freezing but he is one of those people that gets better with age. to death, or you’re really hot, or people are throwing small rocks at your Over a decade later, he’s still an easy man to love. face, and it’s hard to have fun.” Getting a chance to speak to him was difficult – he was very in demand An example of this… fun? “On this particular morning we were out on a by his fans when he stopped at the Edmonton Expo this year – but he cow patch, and it was cold and it was raining, and there was cow stuff all was able to spare a few minutes for us to talk about what was currently over the place. The crew was miserable and everyone was tired, and John happening, specifically in regards to his music. James fronts the band and I were like, okay, we are gonna have to have fun. So we’re running Ghost of the Robot, and has been releasing music with them since 2003. around, just like lunatics, because we’re trying to pump ourselves up to Their newest album Bourgeois Faux Pas is debuting this year. have fun in the scene. And the guy playing John’s younger brother was fresh out of drama school and was very serious. And I go up to him and “This album is a return to our hard-driving pop sound of our first I say, you know, I bet when this is over you’re gonna go back to theatre album,” he said. “Our first album was just really ferocious pop rock music, and you are never coming back to television. And he was like How did you but it was also very raw, because we were new. And we have learned a lot know? And so John and I had to explain to him about the whole theory about music production, so we’ve applied that to that sound. So there’s on how to have fun.” a glimmer and a gloss to that now.” The album is currently available on iTunes, Amazon, and the band’s website, http://www.GhostoftheRobot. One of the notable scenes in Torchwood was the on-screen kiss com. If you want to hear the music, that is your best bet because, at the shared between the two of them, which is, well, quite popular – and moment, touring is somewhat crippled. understandably so. When we asked whether John was a good kisser, James had a surprisingly touching response. “Stage kissing is not “One of our band members is in college, and our bassist is touring with romantic kissing. It is really about trust, and I would probably rather do Lana Del Rey, and she’s paying him so much money that it’s hard to get a stage kiss with John than anyone else that I have kissed. I trust him him back for a tour right now.” with my life and, you know, what really built that trust was a fight scene The band member currently in college is Sullivan, James’ son. They afterwards. The kiss was awesome. But John and I, we had a fight scene try to work touring around so that it doesn’t interfere with his schooling. after that, and we’re both from stage where you don’t get a stunt man. And “We try to do a big tour in the summer when he’s off, and we try to hit a I think the stunt people got in for one shot? And that builds trust. So I’ll couple places close to his college for Christmas. He is up near Seattle, so, kiss John anytime.” we could hit Vancouver.” Fingers crossed. 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By Chris Azzopardi In conversation, Peaches is just as freewheeling. During our interview, “Look. I don’t have breasts anymore.” the performance artist talked penis onesies, menstruation and learning to love your vagina. Peaches is reminiscing on a dear friend she grew up with, when he showed up at her door, and came out to her as transgender. Memories GC: You studied theater but then ended up going into music. How of their summers spent together spill out of her as if they happened surrounded were you by queer culture during that period in your life? yesterday. And how did what you experience shape you and your desire to explore queerness in your art? They didn’t, of course. Those summers are long past. But the influence of Sean (then Susan) on young Peaches endures because it was “quite P: It was an arts culture, but it wasn’t necessarily queer at that time. big,” the music-making provocateur reveals as she traces her own path But I did have a serious rela-tionship at the time with a woman – or a to self-discovery. girl, or a girl becoming a woman – so I was growing up spending my summers, from when I was 7 to 14, with one person. Her childhood The Toronto-born, Berlin-based Peaches is 46 now, and as a revered name was Su-san, and she told me when she was 7, “I’m a guy. I don’t wielder of raunch, she has devoted her 20-year career to cutting down know why I’m in this woman’s body.” gender norms with her electroclash throwdowns. And sex – she sings a lot about that too. She used to punch me in the stomach and be like, “See how strong I am!” She was just a very strong character. Also humorous but scathing After dropping her 1995 debut Fancypants Hoodlum, released under too – quite tortured. And then slowly, she became a man. At 18 she came her birth name, Merrill Beth Nisker, she ignited a sexual frenzy with over and said, “Look. I don’t have breasts anymore,” and became who he “Fuck the Pain Away,” a song that’s about as sub-tle as its title. With a wanted to be: Sean. So early on I was already questioning these things colorful tracklist that includes “Vaginoplasty” and “Dick in the Air,” Rub, through the experience of the one person I spent all my summers with. her latest queer contribution, doesn’t beat around the bush either. GC: When did you feel you had a handle on who you were?

www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 13 P: I was pretty spaced out for a long time and then, I don’t know. I become the person they are and feel comfortable in their own bodies. guess, like, 30. (Laughs) We do all these things to get away from our own bodies, but we live in GC: How would you describe Rub to a 12-year-old kid? them. I wrote a song called “Vaginoplasty” be-cause people are like, “Oh, my vagina looks horrible; I need plastic surgery on my vagina” – not P: “This is an album you listen to to make your parents angry.” It’s because of gender reassignment, not because of accidents, but purely exactly what a 12-year-old wants to listen to. You wanna giggle along for cosmetic reasons. And it’s like, “You came out of that thing – why are to “Dick in the Air.” Kids are way more advanced now. They can handle you so afraid of it?” It’s ridiculous to me. this. It’s ridiculous how we deny our bodies and have all these stipulations GC: You think so? and family values, which are just patriarchal family values, it seems. P: Yeah. And if they can’t, then they have very good mechanisms of Like Ashley Madison websites – come on. That is not a normal way to denial. I know I did in my head, and then years later, I’d be like, “Oh live, where you have all these secrets because you can’t keep that front. wait, I like that song” or, “That thing I didn’t understand – I get it now!” There are urges and things we really need. Why are we denying ourselves I remember hearing that song by Berlin called “Sex (I’m A)” on the radio that? and being like, “What was that?!” GC: There’s always been subtext to your hypersexual songs. And GC: How did you first learn about sex? there are layers and layers there, and listeners can choose to dig and dig P: Wow. I don’t really remember, which is funny. I do remember being or purely see them as bedroom bump songs. in the shower with my mother and asking her what a period was. P: Then goal achieved. Thank you. It should be a bedroom bump song GC: How did she explain a period? or a party song, or you go like, “Oh, what am I singing about? What am I P: Just very matter of factly. I remember kids three years older than singing along to?” And then you’re like, “Oh. Cool. Wow.” me being like, “Do you put a period at the end of a sentence?” In that way, regarding multiple purposes, I relate more to female GC: Pun intended. comedians like Tina Fey, Nata-sha Leggero, Amy Schumer, Tig Notaro P: Yeah – see. It’s probably why I’m so punny. and Margaret Cho because they do the same thing – they make you laugh, and then you’re like, “Oh my god, she’s right. Holy shit. What are GC: Why has sex – and not just sex, but visceral, in-your-face sex – we real-ly doing?” So I realize that I relate more to, actually, a lot of older been such a muse in your career? female comedians and per-formance artists than I do musicians. P: It’s not just sex. My concern is, why aren’t people comfortable in GC: When it comes to Rub, what do you want the primary takeaway their own bodies? Why are we denying ourselves talking directly about to be? what it is that makes us tick, and why do we have to cover it up? And then also, just in pop music – back then, why was it always skirting P: It’s just a celebration. Seriously. I want it to be like a post-gender around the issue? Literally skirting around the issue. Pun intended. and post-age celebration of becoming who you are. It just amazed me, the imbalance of how men would express themselves GC: Is it a reflection of who you are at this point in your life? in classic rock songs. Rod Stewart stuff. “Spread your wings and let me P: Definitely. Do you want to get into the breakup songs yet? come inside.” Why am I singing that? Why is half the population singing GC: Yes! Let’s talk about those. that? I wanna sing my way. So I did it my way, wondering why there was P: Yeah, because that helped in the middle of (working on) the album. this imbalance and why I like these songs. I’m singing along with old Especially a song like “Free Drink Ticket,” which is a very angry song, blues songs too. But, actually, old blues songs were more balanced, like but it’s a real emotion that everybody can relate to. When hurt happens Bessie Smith: “I need a little sugar in my bowl; I need a little hot dog on to someone you love the most and then it becomes complete hate. It’s my roll.” You know, there’s nothing subtle about that. amazing that someone you love becomes someone you totally wanna GC: There was a time when it was taboo for females to be frank about murder, at least for a few months. their sexuality. You really blazed that trail. GC: And this is how you felt after the breakup you experienced while P: And I’m really happy about that. (People) would be like, “Why do recording this album? you write these songs?” And I’d be like, “I feel like this is a missing link P: Yeah, definitely. I think a lot of people do. “I wanna kill that person!” in what we actually need to evolve into,” and also, yeah, questioning But then you get over it. It was an interesting twist of events, not unlike what was mainstream and saying, “I don’t want to bow to the main- Kim Gordon or Björk – very similar situation. It was just bizarre that I stream; I want the mainstream to come up to me.” Now, 15 years later, was in sort of the same position; they’re both in my age range, so it was the mainstream actually is coming to me. So I’m like, “Woooohoooo.” kind of like, “Wow, how am I gonna deal with this?” GC: What is your opinion of sex in mainstream culture these days? GC: Have you ever had sex to your own music? P: The same. What do you think? P: No! Are you crazy? That’s disgusting. Someone tried and I was like, GC: Not because I like it, but what comes to mind is that J. Lo and “Forget it, buddy – get out!” Actually... it was a woman. Iggy Azalea video for “Booty.” GC: Where can I get a knitted dick onesie like the one you and P: Ack! It just doesn’t work as a song. If it worked as a song, maybe Margaret Cho wear in the video for “Dick in the Air”? it would be interesting. I would think more of Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé’s P: A friend of mine found those, so I think you’ll have to knit one “Feeling Myself,” and (Nicki) says “I’m feelin’ myself, jack rabbit” – that’s yourself. Also, I found a doc-umentary online where they used these such a good line. I think that Nicki Minaj broke it. And people say, outfits to talk about family units, and it’s funny because they blur out “Peaches, how can you like Nicki Minaj?” I’m like, no, she broke through the knitted penises and the knitted breasts. It’s amazing. hip-hop. She slays all these guys and they know it. It’s undeniable. But what she found were five Caucasian outfits – an old man, an old GC: Beyond sex, you’ve famously subverted gender norms. woman, a young boy, a young woman and a person with both breasts P: Yeah, make it all fluid. and dick – and then there was a brown person’s costume, and a yellow GC: What kind of influence do you think Miley Cyrus and Caitlyn one for Asian people and also a redhead with a very little weenie. Actual- Jenner are having on the gen-der dialogue? ly, the Asian one had the largest penis. P: They’re just opening up the dialogue. Let’s see if it’s a trend GC: What’s it like wearing it? or if we’re really gonna change things, because things are moving P: Um, very hot and sweaty. We were in L.A. I chose the old man’s exponentially in every direction. I mean, we still have Kim Da-vis. I love outfit. I wanted to know what it’s like when your balls hang low. that whoever wrote “Eye of a Tiger” (Survivor frontman Frankie Sullivan) sued her for using the song. I’m so happy. 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By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. Mondo Guerra is a fashion designer who first came to fame in 2010 as a contestant on the eighth season of the reality television show Project Runway. Although he didn’t win, Guerra was a fan favorite, even before he disclosed his HIV-positive status on the show. At that moment he also took on the role of HIV/AIDS activist. Guerra went through a whirlwind of media attention. Since then, his celebrity profile has certainly increased. He won the debut season of Project Runway All Stars and became a mentor on Under the Gunn (a spinoff series named after Project Runway host Tim Gunn). His designs include apparel, accessories and jewelry. Guerra has also found a way to connect his design career with his advocacy. In addition to being a spokesperson for “I Design,” an HIV/AIDS media campaign sponsored by Merck, Guerra is a spokesperson for “Dining Out for Life,” an annual fundraiser sponsored by Subaru, in which restaurants donate proceeds to local HIV/AIDS groups. Five years after publicly disclosing he has HIV, Guerra explains how his life has changed and shares his goals for the future. GC: What prompted you to get tested for the virus in 2001 at the age of 22? MG: When I was younger, I believed, like every young person, that I was invincible. I was not making the best decisions. I could feel there was something different about me. So I got tested, and my test came back positive. After the diagnosis, I was devastated. I grew up in a Latino household and community, and there was never any discussion about HIV/AIDS, so it was definitely scary to me. I did not know how to deal with it. When I was newly diagnosed, I was very ashamed and afraid. I didn’t really seek any support. I hate to say this, but in a lot of ways, looking back now, being raised Roman Catholic, I felt like it was some kind of punishment. I stayed silent about my positive status even up to when I was in the hospital with pneumonia over Christmas in 2009. With my family and friends visiting me, I asked my doctors not to disclose any information. They were walking into a room with a bed where I was hooked up to this and that, and in my heart and mind I was dying of AIDS. I still didn’t talk about it. I hit rock bottom, and I knew I had to start taking better care of myself.  Mondo Guerra I started taking medical advice and the proper treatments that I needed, and I got better very quickly. I had goals. in the home that I grew up in. At the dinner table, we have For such a long time before I was in the hospital, HIV was assigned seating that has never changed. defining who I was as a person and also as a creative. We had dinner. I knew in my heart – which was beating a The creative part of me was dying, so I had no reason to million miles an hour – that I just had to come out with it, live. This creativity, the outlets where I was able to express so I told my parents. “I know” was the first thing my mom myself, I used them to escape, a way to get through the day. told me, that motherly instinct I have always heard about. This emotional and spiritual support is an important part of We talked some more, then my mom said, “I am proud of keeping me going. you.” GC: Tell us about your decision to disclose on Project That helped me to talk about HIV/AIDS more. I get very Runway in 2010. emotional about it still because I felt the love that came MG: My revelation on Project Runway was life-changing. It from the table that night, and it hurts me still because I came from fear and turned into a huge sense of responsibility. didn’t trust them and that made me feel bad. I walked out on that runway in such a mood, but two hours GC: Speaking of your family, your mom and aunts inspired later I was like, “What are people going to say?” some of your eyewear. I was completely scared, so it wasn’t until four days before MG: My eyewear collection is inspired by family and the episode aired that I told my parents. My parents still live friends. There is a whole set of eyewear that is named after

16 GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 www.gaycalgary.com my mom and her sisters. It is my way to give back to them, because they have been so supportive and inspirational. It is the least I can do. I’ve had the great opportunity to have a reality show competition pivot me into some visibility for my designs. It has been such a blessing to have a crossover between my creative work and my advocacy. Any collaboration that I do at this point must have some kind of way to give back. So I’m glad that part of the See eyewear proceeds goes to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. It just makes sense to me to be able to do that for others. GC: What’s next for you? MG: Right now, I am focusing on restructuring my business. I would love to focus more on my fashion. Advocacy remains dear to me, so I would like more ways to do this crossover of my interests. I am working on a new show where I am allowed to communicate about HIV and my creative work. I’m not very sure on the direction of it, but it’s important for me to give inspiration and information to young people. This interview originally appeared on POZ.com. Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. is the editor-in-chief of POZ magazine. Find him on Twitter @oriolgutierrez. This column is a project of Plus, Positively Aware, POZ, TheBody.com and Q Syndicate, the LGBT wire service. Visit their websites — http://hivplusmag.com, http://positivelyaware.com, http://poz. com and http://thebody.com — for the latest updates on HIV/AIDS.

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www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 17 Bravely Bareilles Sara Bareilles on growing up with gay ‘brothers and sisters,’ feminism and fan hugs

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By Chris Azzopardi with coming out as an adult, and it was such an intimate story. Sara Bareilles was enjoying a bite at a Boston restaurant It was also so impacted by (fun. guitarist) Jack Antonoff and recently, and on her way out, the manager stopped her. all the incredible advocacy work he does in the gay community. He wanted a hug. So, I’m so grateful that the song has taken on a life of its own Inspired by her empowering anthem “Brave,” this particular and is speaking to a message that I deeply, deeply believe in. young fella, she says, felt compelled to express his gratitude. “As I’m so proud that it brings either comfort or anything helpful to a teen growing up in Oklahoma,” Bareilles recalls him telling her anybody out there. while they hugged, “thank you for your music.” GC: As an ally, how and when did you become so passionate The urge to give the “Gravity” singer a big squeeze is, of course, about LGBT rights? unavoidable – she’s like a friend, and her voice has literally saved SB: Growing up, my mom had a lot of gay friends, and so lives (in her newly-released memoir, Sounds Like Me: My Life people in the gay community were, essentially, big brothers and (So Far) in Song, Bareilles tells the story of a fan whose suicide sisters to me all my life. I never even thought twice about it until attempt was thwarted when her song “Hold My Heart” came on I got older and realized that that wasn’t the norm – it wasn’t the radio). everyone’s experience to have an open-hearted and accepting The hug-friendly fan, then, would certainly be happy to know family unit toward a community they weren’t necessarily a part that Bareilles has new music; her latest, What’s Inside: Songs of. To me, it’s about being accepting of an idea that we’re all From Waitress, is a mix of previously unheard tracks and songs the same community; it’s almost like, I can’t believe we’re still Bareilles wrote for the film-turned-Broadway musicalWaitress . having the conversation. It’s how I feel about it sometimes. I’m like, “Everybody fuckin’ get on board already! Relax!” In a recent interview with Bareilles, the lovable singer- songwriter opened up about another longtime passion of hers: But it’s such an exciting time. It really, really is. And so I LGBT advocacy. During the chat, she recalled growing up feel really grateful that I was raised with the mentality of being around her gay “big brothers and sisters,” and also shared her an open-hearted and accepting individual. I feel sad for those thoughts on whether celebrities should come out, why she can’t who weren’t given that opportunity as a child, but I think those be anything other than herself and her hope for females in pop patterns of thinking can be unlearned, and I think that’s what’s music. happening. GC: It might surprise some people that you grew up in an GC: How do you react to stories like the one from the Boston restaurant manager? open-minded environment. You grew up Catholic, right? SB: Yeah, I did. SB: It’s still hard for me to understand the impact the song is having. I wrote it as a love letter to a friend who was struggling

18 GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 www.gaycalgary.com GC: How did you and situations; I just think I your family reconcile default to awkwardness, religion with the gay because when I feel “brothers and sisters” you awkward I have to just be grew up with? awkward. So I give them SB: The way my a lot of credit. But also, parents always dealt those are the kinds of with that was… (Laughs) people I relate to. When I I suppose we weren’t the see someone being honest most devout Catholics in the media, I’m so in that way. Certainly, it grateful for it. was distilled into this idea I think everyone has that you treat everyone vulnerabilities and the way you want to be everyone feels messy or treated. Period. And there shameful or not good are no exceptions to that enough, and I would rule, and that’s the kind rather share that and of religion that I want to hope to create connection be a part of. than pretend my life is GC: Regarding “Brave,” a highlight reel. It’s just you once said in a not. It’s human. Celebrity webisode, “It’s important or otherwise, there’s no to be brave because by human out there that has doing that you also give some sort of plateau of others permission to do happiness – it just doesn’t the same.” How do you exist. So, I would rather react, then, to people speak to the highs and in the limelight who are lows of what it means to hesitant to come out but have a dynamic lifestyle could potentially inspire and a dynamic life than so many people if they did? pretend I’m fucking happy all the time. I’m a mess. (Laughs) SB: (Sigh) That’s a really hard thing to speak to. Honestly, GC: You featured a lesbian couple, Aly and Andrea, and their I understand both sides of it. Everyone is on their path, and I surprise proposal in your video for “I Choose You.” How often are really believe that, at the end of the day, people are doing the you asked to do gay weddings now that’s it’s legal? best they can with what they’ve got. Not everyone is comfortable SB: (Laughs) Well, I am asked to do a lot of weddings, and I enough to step into a leadership position and you can’t really love weddings, don’t get me wrong. But yeah… it’s really fun. It’s judge them for that. so beautiful to have made a statement with a song that’s really I would love to see everyone step into this holy space of carrying just about love at the end of the day. the torch of bravery – it’s just not everyone’s role. If you make The song was inspired by a guy who came up to me after a someone feel bad because they’re not (out), isn’t that similar to show and said, “My wife and I wanted to use your music in our punishing them because they’re quote-end quote “different” in wedding, but everything you write is so depressing.” (Laughs) I the first place? All of that is a form of judgment. I would rather thought about my catalog of songs, and went, “Wow, I haven’t hope that everyone’s doing the best they can and that eventually really said anything positive about love yet.” (Laughs) So that people feel safe to be exactly who they are. It’s just so hard. You song was sort of inspired by this backhanded compliment. But can’t know what’s going on behind the scenes – why someone is as complicated as they are – and I just wouldn’t want to judge someone’s experience. GC: In an industry where authenticity isn’t easy to come by, you have always remained true to yourself. Why has it always been important to give the public your most authentic self? SB: I have to give my family a lot of credit. I don’t really know how to be any other way. My whole family – we’re all very bad liars. (Laughs) We don’t know how to do it! There are people out there who are much more graceful and adept at navigating social

www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 19 to be with Aly and Andrea – kind of instinctual impulse I they were so courageous; they was following with writing for didn’t have the full support of the show and that was very their families, and Colorado similar to the way I write for was a hotbed at that moment. myself, except I was telling Not for our video shoot, but someone else’s story for the there was a lot of conversation first time. happening around this issue GC: When “Brave” came at that time. out in 2013, Katy Perry was It was just really beautiful. criticized for releasing “Roar,” Those girls stepped out into a song some said resembled this very public space with “Brave,” shortly thereafter. their love, and it was really How much of the “Brave” vs. a beautiful thing to witness. “Roar” debacle was the result I felt so privileged to be there of women being pitted against with them. women? And in general, what GC: What songs on the are your feelings on the way Waitress album do you think women are treated in this your LGBT fans might relate industry in comparison to to most? their male counterparts? SB: The lead single, “She SB: We’re in the middle Used to Be Mine,” speaks to of a really exciting time for the idea of anyone’s character feminism. I think it’s going and the parts of ourselves that to take on a lot of different are multi-faceted, the fact shapes and faces within kind that we all can be messy, we of any industry. My issue with all can be forgotten and lonely that particular experience and strong. That message was the idea that music is is not even a female-centric a competition, that there message; it’s more about isn’t enough for everybody. taking a look at who you’ve That’s part of the philosophy become and who you thought behind the creation of music you were going to become and – that there’s always more to juxtaposing those two images. draw from, with the intent of I don’t know if it’s a gay or creating a bigger and broader straight thing – it’s more just music community. And so it about a human condition was a strange experience to experience, which I think that watch people get so angry song really speaks to. on my behalf and to pit us against each other. GC: For Waitress, how much pie did you eat to get Women, as much as we in character to write those can, should continue to songs? build up a sisterhood. That doesn’t mean you have to like SB: (Laughs) There was a lot of pie! But I love pie. I mean, I didn’t use the pie to get into everybody out there either. It’s a little kumbaya to think that these characters, but once the rehearsal process started, there we’re all just gonna hold hands and wonder off into the sunset. was a lot of pie: pie-making seminars, and gifts from fans and But I do think that being treated with respect and fairness and friends of the community bringing pies to the rehearsals and equality is really important to me, and being a woman who performances – oh yeah, a lot of pie. wants to feel that my opinion and my creative ideas are accepted as equally as any man or any other human in the room – it’s GC: Are you a cream pie or a fruit pie gal? something that I will continue to walk toward expecting that it SB: I’m a fruit pie gal. will be there. I don’t walk into a room and expect not to be heard. GC: What kind of fruit? I am surprised when I am not heard. SB: My favorite is blackberry. 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latter, the answer is YAAAAASS. And now you know how this weird world works.

That funny gay guy whose name you don’t know is getting a TV show Happy Endings cultists remember him. He was the frantic, perpetual motion gay guy who drove shlubby homosexual Max crazy. The devoted throngs of bearded film-festival-goers who’ve made the Bear City movies into an unlikely franchise (a third one is in the works – yes, really) also know the man in question. He’s a comic actor named Stephen Guarino, he used to be on The Big Gay Sketch Show with SNL supernova Kate McKinnon, and now he’s about to star in the Showtime series I’m Dying Up Here, from producer Jim Carrey. Guarino will play a struggling stand-up comic who is described as “over the top, to the point of being tiresome,” in a pilot to be directed by 50/50 and Warm Bodies helmer Jonathan Levine. We’re excited about this one, mostly because we already know Guarino’s name and just how very talented he is. You’re about to, too.

Trudie Styler and Bette Midler go back to high school Freak Show is the best-selling YA novel from James St. James. The author’s earlier book, Disco Bloodbath, about his experience as a New York club kid involved with murderer Michael Alig, was made into the filmParty Monster. This means St. James knows a lot about dressing up and making an impression, just like Freak Show’s hero, teenage force-of-nature Billy Bloom, whose bold, gender-disregarding queerness in a conservative Florida high school has turned him into something of an outcast. Now Freak Show is getting the movie treatment from producer/director Trudie Styler, starring Bette Midler and AnnaSophia Robb. Yes, those are female names, which means Billy has yet to be cast. More on this as it develops, but we’re hoping for an openly queer teen actor. Maybe there aren’t that many yet, but a project like this seems to deserve one.

Dancer From the Dance: The Movie It’s not just James Franco, you guys. The queer past is very hot right now. (Exception: the brain-damaged Stonewall).  Joseph Gordon-Levitt, photo by Debby Wong If you’re young and paying attention, it’s everywhere. So the time is right for Andrew Holleran’s gay cult novel, Dancer From the Dance, to find its way to screens. The 1978 novel explored chic gay life in New York City’s club culture and the unlikely Deep Inside Hollywood relationships it fostered. Alan Poul (Six Feet Under) will direct from a script by Joshua Harmon, John Krokidas and Austin Joseph Gordon-Levitt, That Funny Gay Guy, Bette Bunn, and the shoot is planned for 2016. No casting news just yet, but this one ought to be memorable. You have plenty of Midler, ‘Dance From the Dance’ time to get a vintage-appearing, yet still brand new, Paradise By Romeo San Vicente Garage T-shirt for the inevitable viewing party. Romeo San Vicente is always ready to make you feel mighty real. Who’s gayer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt or Nicki Minaj? This week in tangentially-queer news, Joseph Gordon-Levitt will star in the new psychological thriller In Sight. Is it an LGBT- based project? No. Written or directed by someone gay? Not that we’re aware of just yet. But super-producers and power-gays http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4880 Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are the ones getting it done, and View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments that means a lot to them and to the ability of gay creatives to get their projects sent down the pipeline to viewing audiences. Therefore, it counts in a you-really-have-no-idea-what-goes-on- behind-the-scenes way, got it? And speaking of scenes, Nicki Minaj is getting a sitcom with ABC Family based on her life growing up in Queens, New York. Technically, this one is even less gay than In Sight, but if you were to poll your local group of favorite youthful gays and ask which one means the most to them, guess which one they’d probably pick? If you said the

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(But Not Really) seriously, BJ continued, “It was so freaking awesome just to be able to play that character, and each episode learn more and more about him. 36 Seconds with BJ Britt The writers and producers do all of the hard work; we just relay the message onscreen. It was a lot of fun.” By MarsTonic His character on the show, like many of the others, goes through tests of loyalty to determine whether or not anyone is from the enemy Everyone wants a sexy special agent who is also a doctor; I organization, HYDRA. In a very tense scene, Trip and fellow agent believe it’s a requirement for any television, movie or story Simmons are both tested for their loyalty, and the possibility that Trip worth knowing, let alone a requirement for our real lives. Fans might be a HYDRA agent made many viewers nervous. of the Marvel universe are lucky because that position gets to According to BJ, he got more than his fair share of notes about be filled by BJ Britt. He plays Antoine ‘Trip’ Triplett, a very well- that. “I got so many text messages when that episode was going, like rounded (and gorgeous) agent of SHIELD. If you are HYDRA, I swear-! I was like just watch, just watch the show – no spoiler alerts! And then when I switched the knife and gave it to “I only do 36-second interviews!” he exclaimed before we had even [Simmons] everyone was like…” and he mimicked a big, relieved sigh. begun rolling. He tried hard, but it is impossible for a man so sunny “Even when I was reading the script it was like, oh my God, if I am and positive to ever be mistaken for a diva – he is possibly one of the HYDRA... I see it both ways: I see it from the fan’s point; I see it from most entertaining, tongue-in-cheek, delicious men we have ever had the actor’s point.” the pleasure of meeting. And, for the record, the interview went well over the 36-second mark. He was kind enough to allow this. When we interviewed another SHIELD actor, Brett Dalton, he told us that when he first joined the show he had no idea that his character We spoke to him on a Sunday morning during the Edmonton Expo, was a traitor. Apparently that’s not unusual; the actors only find out where he was practically bouncing off the walls with energy, while after they are given the script. “They just spring it on you,” BJ said being able to meet his fans and have a great time. He is clearly a man before adding, “just like I didn’t know that Tripp was going to... trip, who loves his job. Since he seemed so excited, we had to ask how he and fall, and die.” was enjoying Edmonton, and the opportunity of being able to meet his enthusiasts. Trip’s death upset a lot of people – including BJ himself – but is happy his character died a hero. “If he had to he would do it all over “It’s so awesome to meet everybody, because when we’re working we again.” But, hopefully, survive the next time. If he had the chance, never get a chance to meet the fans,” he said. The convention offers the would he go to HYDRA to save himself? Absolutely not. “You know opportunity to get out of that zone and see the people who appreciate what, he would have figured out a way to keep that cave door open. He his work. “We can have fun and trip out with them,” he ribbed. “Get it?” would have figured it out.” Give him the opportunity, and he will make a play on words. Give Now that his stint on Agents of SHIELD is done, at least for the him a little tease, and he will pretend to blow up, stalking off and foreseeable future, BJ is free to pursue other projects. He can currently shouting end of interview! and security! before returning half a second be seen on Being Mary Jane as Paul Patterson Jr. But we will still have later, grinning. a special place in our heart for Agent Triplett: lover; medic; pilot; man. As an actor, he has had several walk-on roles in various shows – Bones, Nikita, Grimm, and The Vampire Diaries. But it was his role on Agents of SHIELD that really got him noticed. So what was it like embodying a character who is both a medic and a skilled fighter? “Well, I mean... he’s a fighter. He’s a lover. He’s a medic. He’s a pilot. http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4892 He’s a man. He’s a man’s man.” (If you watch the interview, this is the part where the video starts shaking from our editor’s laughter). More View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments

www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 23 DevaDave The positive message within the salon, boutique and new eatery

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By David-lee Gauthier Having a sense of self-worth, and reaching out to the community In this day and age we live in a world defined by the at large, gives us all the ability to improve community support and spotlight. North American superstars are taking over our to acknowledge that all our voices are being heard. DevaDave: we televisions, news media and charitable organizations. hear you loud and clear and take Pride in helping make your goals When are we, as individuals, inside our recognized a reality. communities, taking a step forward to have our ideas In 1995, Richards began his transformation into who we heard, and improving our sense of self-worth? all know and love as DevaDave, drag diva extraordinaire, and performing artist. He takes his craft seriously and continues to One local gay advocate, Dave Richards, owner and operator of promote self-worth and education inside the gay, straight and DevaDave’s boutique and salon, is stepping up his responsibilities transgender community. and turning the tables right here in Calgary.

24 GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 www.gaycalgary.com Calgary’s Next Drag Superstar, hosted by RuPaul winner Sharon wig you have wanted to buy and, hey, spoil yourself with a new Needles and Cowboys Nightclub, was an honour and unexpected pair of shoes. Plus you can look forward to the grand opening in win for Richards. “It was overwhelming,” he said in our interview. three weeks of Le Ber restaurant and bar. Keep your eyes, mouth The experience gave him a sense of community and appreciation and heart open to great people, delicious food, and welcoming for all the incredible support he received. His intention was never conversations. to win; it was to have the opportunity to step out of his comfort zone and be “a gay man in drag performing in front of other gay men, lesbians, transgender, straight men and woman.” http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4893 Now, retired since September 2014, his focus is on being a View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments father to his two-and half-year-old son, which brings him the most joy out of life. “It’s hard – very hard – but it’s fun. I have to stay very organized. I have great daycare and a nanny, which helps.” He goes on to say quality time with his son is extremely important, and he looks forward to bedtime, which includes daily hygiene, reading and watching television. In 2004, we celebrated the opening of DevaDave Boutique and Salon on 4th Street. The boutique specializes in wigs, make-up and accessories, alongside women’s and men’s underwear and shoes. His smart business sense and appealing selection makes the boutique a definite go-to for people from all walks of life. Moving locations was ambitious and needed drive. The help of fresh staff, with their new input and social media skills, made it possible. Located at 810 Edmonton Trail NE, Calgary, for the last seven years, DevaDave’s isn’t moving anytime soon, and continues to grow through word of mouth within the community, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It’s now 2015 and Richards is taking on even more with his new restaurant and bar, Le Ber, location to be announced. Stemming from his experience in Paris, France, he wants this establishment to feel welcoming and enjoyable for all patrons. It includes a patio with ample seating, an exciting menu, and drink specials. His ability to please and entertain will make this venue a serious attraction and will encourage people – night after night – to sit, chat, eat, drink, laugh, love and put down their cell phones, look each other in the eye, and enjoy the moment. Everything is moving forward as planned. Richards wants everyone, including the young LGBT community, to realize how important it is to sit down, sit close, and set realistic intentions on communication, relationships, a home, a job – and to know that it’s not impossible to achieve. “It’s so important to plan for the future surround yourself with people who are smarter than you, and find friends who will elevate you – people who have self-worth. Don’t let anyone bring you down.” His words expressed integrity, and a healthy outlook for us all. I personally am grateful to have had the opportunity to interview him. I encourage you to take the time to visit DevaDave’s boutique. Learn some new tricks of the trade while educating yourself inside the store. Get a new haircut, or some new underwear; get that

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launches. The special DJ touch? The toys are able to vibrate in sync with the bass line of any music playing nearby. The toys will also be activated by remote. “The company I’m working with is just really excited to be able to keep the cross-branding and the cross-promotion of me as a DJ and as a porn star. That was a perfect fit for a product line, to extend my brand.” When asked about the moulding process, Pacifico said, “You have got to stay well endowed through the entire time, but ... they have moulding artists that kind of fix and correct things. So, it is real – it’s not enhanced in any way whatsoever.” As to whether the silicone versions of his anatomy would end up ‘guest-starring’ in future Dominic Pacifico productions... “I assume that I’m gonna be asked to use it, and film it, and I don’t mind. I think it would be really interesting to see what it would be like to be inside of yourself.” As the conversation turned to music, Pacifico spoke about his influences, rooted in his beginnings with the club scene in the 1990s. Pacifco’s love of house music is universal, p Watch the video interview online particularly that produced by DJ Keoki. Though he began DJing at 18, Pacifico is just now grinding out his first album, and he promises it will be stellar. He will be writing, producing and singing on the album’s tracks, Video Interview and producing videos as well – a talent for which he credits his experience as a porn producer. “It seems to be a natural evolution for me – all around – to be producing and directing DJ Pornstar different types of stuff. I love both. I love the music, and I love the porn, but I love ... the creative aspect of all of it; by V.N. Winnick entertaining people.” Pacifico also mentioned that he is still missing a few Our publisher, Steve Polyak, had a chance to chat with states on his goal of playing every state in the U.S. Perhaps musician and model DJ Pornstar (aka Dominic Pacifico) once that is accomplished, we can convince him to hit every recently, and covered a lot of ground – from sex toys to province in Canada too. touring – in their quick conversation. Pacifico opened up with the reason that music has been such a large focus for him of late. Having recently suffered http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4894 an injury, he took some time off from modeling and, instead, focused on writing songs and playing gigs. Along with View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments exciting news on the musical front – more on that later – Pacifico’s time off filming has also given him time to work on the launch of his forthcoming website, http://www. dominicpacifico.com. The porn polymath promises the new site will be absolutely bursting with specialty fetish content. Pacifico also confided that he will be releasing his first sex toy line to accompany website launch. “There has been a lot of requests to have a mould,” he said, stating that both a butt and cock mould would be available once the line

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 Ricky Roman  Levi Karter Video Interview

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Wonderlounge NSFW - Video Interview by V.N. Winnick Ricky Roman and Levi Karter UNCENSORED Visiting Edmonton for Pride season, Ricky Roman and To watch the special X-Rated part of the Levi Karter made a stop at Evolution Wonderlounge for interview you will need a FREE account the venue’s second anniversary. The pair were elated on the GayCalgary Magazine website and to be in Edmonton, and had a lovely conversation with be over the age of 18 to view the additional our own Steve Polyak, in which they were open with content!... him, and affectionate with each other. http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4896 The pair had a lot fun things to talk about, leading off with Ricky’s experiences using the (in)famous ‘Clone-a-Willy’ kit. As a guest on Davey Wavey’s YouTube channel (https://www. accurate to say, that Karter shows it off for him by hauling youtube.com/watch?v=8RY_HZvQstg), Roman was convinced down Roman’s pants. “That’s my latest and greatest. Got that to try out the home-dildo-making product, and seemed a couple of months ago,” Roman said of a piece on his left impressed with the results. “It actually turned out really well – thigh, while waggling his hips. it’s a good product. They’re not even paying me to say this right Eventually Karter and Roman moved on to talk about now.” Naturally, this led to the question of whether Roman what’s up next for them, and Karter immediately hit on his had an official line of toys moulded from his own physique, excitement to be travelling back to Fire Island. “It’s seriously but the unfortunate answer is “no”, though he did hint that just gay heaven,” he said. “It has got the best energy; the best eager fans should keep their eyes (among other things) open vibes.” for developments on that front in the not-too-distant future. To which Roman responded, “Gay heaven or gay hell, but The adorable Levi Karter, talking about his own downtime that’s what you make of it – like any place.” activities, told us that, of all things, he’s into knitting! Learning the craft at the hands of Cockyboys exec Benny Morecock, To run the risk of editorializing, Karter and Roman clearly Karter said, “I keep messing up, so I don’t have a finished enjoy one another’s presence. Throughout the interview product yet... I want to make a scarf for Bailey… Benny’s dog. both boys were very close, affectionate and at ease. At the It seems easy because you don’t have to knit as much.” time the interview was filmed, they had been separated by their respective commitments for some time. “We were super Roman interjected, “I can’t wait for you to get really good at excited for the trip, because it has been the longest we have it and make me a scarf.” gone without seeing each other for a while,” Roman said. “So “I’ll make you a cock sock. Or a ball sack.” to be able to come to a place like this, and work with one of my Later on, Roman discussed life as a new arrival in Los best friends, is a blessing.” Angeles, having moved to the city recently, and both boys got Be sure to check out the tail end of the video for Ricky excited talking about the new reality-style program coming to Roman’s special message to his fans. Cockyboys called, naturally, ‘Meet the Morecocks’, promised to “I can’t top that,” said Karter, “but I’m not a top, so it doesn’t delve into the lives and personalities of of everyone’s favourite matter.” adult models. “I just saw the draft for the first episode,” Karter confided. “I’m super excited for it.” Being as confident in their bodies as these two are, it wasn’t http://www.gaycalgary.com/a4895 long before a little skin was showing. At Karter’s insistence, Roman shows off a new tattoo. Or, perhaps it would be more View Bonus Pics/Videos • Share with a Friend • Post Comments

www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 27 The Gay World of Selena Gomez Selena Gomez talks lesbian rumors, (maybe) dating gay men and how she’s proud of Nick Jonas’s ‘love for everyone’

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By Chris Azzopardi And so it is, as Gomez speaks candidly about other aspects Selena Gomez is alive, revived and relieved. of her life: “absolutely” questioning her sexuality, growing up After photos turned up in 2014 of Gomez scrub-a-dub- around her mom’s gaggle of mimosa-sippin’ gays and – cue dubbing with gal pal Cara Delevingne, who’s openly bisexual, the awws – her admiration for ex-flame Nick Jonas’ “love and what transpired? Gay gossip, of course. compassion for everyone.” Gomez doesn’t care, she says, “because they weren’t talking GC: Growing up in Grand Prairie, Texas, what was your about other people in my life for once, which was wonderful.” introduction to the gay community? In fact, regarding the blogosphere buzz, Gomez, 23, tells SG: You have to understand: My mother is absolutely me she “loved it,” a testament to the entertainer’s true-to- fantastic and she worked at a modeling agency when I was a herself, not-really-caring-what-you-think-anymore persona. very young girl, so every Sunday I would have brunch with That same perspective is reflected in all the dizzying late- her and all of her gays, and I just remember a lot of mimosas. night pillow talk throbbing throughout her sexually liberated It was the best. So, I’ve been around it my whole life and, you and self-reflective second studio album,Revival . know, I love it. I have to tell you: On my 16th birthday my For a small-screen darling who grew up under the watchful mom had a bunch of drag queens come out and they sang eye of Disney, Gomez’s openness both on the album and in “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” and it was sooo funny. conversation is refreshing. After recently revealing that she GC: As someone raised Catholic, accepting the LGBT was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease lupus in 2013, community was never an issue for you then? she concurs that, yes, this is her coming out party of sorts. SG: Not at all. Look: There’s a huge difference in how I was (Actually, the way she puts it is, “werk!”) brought up; the word “religion” is a very complex thing. It’s something you have to follow, and that’s not what faith is. Anybody who has a higher power, anybody who has anything they believe in: If you don’t know how to love other people, I don’t believe in it. It doesn’t work that way. GC: Have you ever met a Selena Gomez drag queen? SG: Yes! I had one who did one of the viral videos of “Love You Like a Love Song” (Willam Belli’s “Love You Like a Big Schlong”). (She) did a nasty version of it, which was hysterical, and I went to the Logo NewNowNext Awards and I got to meet her, which was amazing. Honestly, I feel

28 GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 www.gaycalgary.com like that’s when I made it – these guys who were wearing genuinely! I emailed it to my neon T-shirts and just losing mom and she emailed it and their minds – it’s incredible. CC’d everybody. And then you see the jocks GC: You say Selena in the other corner throwing drag queens were the true their boxers on stage. It’s measure of success for you. like, “Oh gosh.” It’s amazing. But isn’t it true that you’re GC: You say “oh gosh” like not truly famous until you’ve it’s a problem. been the subject of a gay SG: (Laughs) Well, it is a rumor? And last year, the little bit; come on. tabloids had a field day GC: Do you keep your with photos of you and Cara gay fans in mind when you Delevingne. create music, particularly SG: I’ve made it! with Revival? GC: How did you react to SG: Absolutely. One- those rumors? hundred percent. Even with SG: Honestly, I loved it. my earlier stuff, I’ve always I didn’t mind it. Especially tapped into it, and at the end because they weren’t of the day I’m a full-on pop talking about other people artist, so I wanted the tracks in my life for once, which to be incredible because I was wonderful. Honestly, know how important that is. though, she’s incredible But on top of that, having the and very open and she just lyrics be equally as important makes me open. She’s so was something I needed to do fun and she’s just extremely for this album. I think it just adventurous, and sometimes kind of came together really I just want that in my life, so well. I spent a year on it and I didn’t mind it. I loved it. I poured everything I had GC: Have you ever into this album, and I was questioned your sexuality? thinking of everyone. I was thinking of my diehard fans SG: Oh, I think everybody does, no matter who they from everywhere. are. I do, yeah, of course. GC: Have you ever dated or Absolutely. I think it’s fallen for a gay man? healthy to gain a perspective SG: Honestly, I don’t have on who you are deep down, that story, but two of my best question yourself and friends do and it’s very Will challenge yourself; it’s and Grace-like, which I love. important to do that. But no, I haven’t actually GC: Your friend Demi experienced it – wait, maybe Lovato played a lesbian that’s not fair to say. Maybe on Glee, starring as Naya I won’t know? Maybe I Rivera’s love interest. don’t know? (Laughs) I just Who would you choose as thought about that. Oh my an onscreen lesbian love gosh. I’m thinking about my interest? whole life now. SG: That’s a long list! Suki GC: Nick Jonas, Justin Waterhouse – she’s a model; Bieber, Taylor Lautner: she was Bradley Cooper’s Aesthetically speaking, you girlfriend. have good taste in men. How jealous do your gay GC: As a performer, when were you first aware you had guy friends get of the people an LGBT following? you’ve dated? SG: Oh gosh, they’re more SG: My first single was when I was 16 and that into it than I am. Honestly! went to No. 1 on the Dance Part of the reason I probably Club charts so that was went out on a few dates is my introduction. I don’t because of them. They’re just think people really knew like, “Go! Go!” I’m like, “No!” me, so I don’t know if it They’re all about it, for sure. was a following necessarily, GC: So your gay friends but once I hit “Love You are your matchmakers? Like a Love Song” status, SG: All the time. Whoever that’s really when I started I’m with or like or don’t like, realizing it. And it was the they’re all about dissecting best! it and putting me with other My concerts used to be people. little kids, and then seeing GC: It must be fascinating the entire front row being all for you to see Nick Jonas www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 29 become such a gay icon. His SG: Yes, one of my dearest outreach… his underwear – his name is Gweny. He’s pics… been on my Instagram SG: And his (gay) many times – featured on characters that he’s been my Insta! (Laughs) But he’s playing! Scream Queens and very sweet and unbelievably the other show, Kingdom, confident. He’s a dancer, so which I thought was super he knows how to move his rad. We actually talked body. Even when I dance, about it at dinner one time. sometimes I’ll ask him to He’s incredible, and I think dance with me in the mirror it’s amazing. I’ve known so I can be comfortable in him for years – we were 14 my movements. Sometimes when we met – so it’s crazy, I get a little self-conscious because I actually knew him and don’t think I’m a great at a different time in his life. dancer and he’s able to Now, to see him have this pull me out of my head amazing perspective on life instantly. Also, I’ll wake up is awesome. I’m really proud one morning and he’ll be of him. cooking breakfast, and all of a sudden The Sound of Music GC: Are you surprised by the way he’s connected with is on and it just makes my the gay community? life happy. He’ll just run into my room and cheer me up SG: Yeah, for sure! Not in and yeah, he’s been a huge a bad way, but I was like, part of the last four years of “Thank you.” It was kind of my life. He’s changed my life. incredible for somebody to step out of their zone for a GC: You have had to minute. It’s really incredible become an adult in front of to see what he’s done. the whole world. For you, how hard is it to grow up in It’s incredible to not really the limelight? be in a judgmental place and to really let down all of SG: The worst part about your guards. I just think you it is the lack of forgiveness. have to really let go, and you When you’re a quote-end do have to find this in your quote “child star,” it’s just heart. He clearly has had unfair to be able to throw a love and compassion for things at people when they everyone, and I think that’s don’t even know who they great. are yet. So that’s the only frustrating part, because, GC: The cover of your ultimately, that’s life. album, where you’re Everybody goes through basically naked, is pure things, and more than empowerment. You seem anything, I think it’s just very comfortable in your own the judgmental part. But I skin. enjoy it. I love my life, and SG: Every other day it I’m so thankful for it. I have changes, but this year is been able to experience life a very important year for in a different way, and even me. A lot of discovering and though there are some low exploring who I am. It was moments, it’s incredible to exciting for me while also do what I do. being a little complicated; I GC: You’ve credited Taylor had dealt with certain body Swift as not just a friend but issues and things like that. someone you admire. How Once the album was put often do you and her shake together and I went through it off at the gay clubs? so many different emotions, I knew that this was my SG: Oh my gosh – how moment to really share my chic! And all the time. Taylor heart, because there are and I literally will have mini so many people who follow dance parties with all of her or look up to me who are dancers who are 100 percent dealing with so much in their gay (laughs) – and it’s the own life. I just want to give best feeling ever! It is so fun, my all to it – give all of myself and we just lose our minds. literally. GC: So wherever you and Taylor are, it’s always a gay GC: Are there any gay people in your life currently club? Even in her apartment? who helped you on your SG: Yeah, in New York! On journey to self-actualization? tour! Backstage! The whole thing.

30 GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 www.gaycalgary.com GC: What is the most common misconception people have of you? SG: Lack of credibility. I understand that I come from Disney or whatever, but I feel like I’ve just scratched the surface of what I wanna do in film and music, to be honest. Even though I’ve been doing it for a while, I don’t feel like I have really gone there yet, and that’s fine. I think I gotta grow into it and make mistakes and learn and whatnot, but I do feel like that (credibility) is the one thing that people don’t give me enough of. GC: Do you ever Google yourself? SG: I have, yes. It’s very dangerous. I can’t do it often. I didn’t do it after the album came out because I didn’t know what the reviews were gonna be, and I mean, I can’t do anything about it now – the album is out – so I have to be confident in what I released. But yes, I have, of course. If people text me things or if I hear people talking about stuff, yeah, I’ll do it. GC: What is the craziest thing you’ve read about yourself? SG: What have I not read about myself at this point?! My gosh. I think I’ve been pregnant 15 times. That’s always been the craziest thing for me, which is my favorite. I’ll be at the beach and have the flattest stomach or not, and regardless, I’ll be pregnant. It’s the most hysterical thing to me. GC: To debunk any rumors of a 16th baby – are you pregnant right now? SG: No, nope – definitely not! (Laughs)

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www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 41 If you have seen a drag show in Edmonton over the last 20 years, you have With the work she does with the ISCWR, she has helped fundraise money for likely seen Vanity Fair perform. David Chimko, aka Vanity Fair, was born in several organizations including HIV Edmonton, Camp Fyrefly, the Pride Centre Whitecourt, Alberta and, as a child, lived in Lloydminster, then Vegreville and of Edmonton, plus provided volunteer time with the Pride Centre doing drag finally Edmonton in 1998, where he is still proud to call home. workshops, and has volunteered for Edmonton Pride, ALT View and INqueeries Vanity Fair has made a number of accomplishments within Edmonton’s at Grant MacEwan. Her involvement with the ISCWR started pretty much right LGBTQ community, including being crowned Ms. Gay Edmonton 12 and 22, after she started living in Edmonton in 1998. Miss Mary Christmas 2002 and 2006, Imperial Crown Princess 36 of the ISCWR, Outside of the charity and volunteer work, David is a hairstylist by trade, for Empress 37 of Edmonton, and so much more. She has also hosted the Pride about the last 10 years. “I love my work; I love making people feel great about Parade coverage of Edmonton Pride on Shaw TV for the past two years. “It is themselves and it really never seems like work to me. I feel lucky that work, to such an amazing experience and I think, to date, the most enjoyable of all my me, is going to the salon and socializing with clients all day. ” pride duties over the years,” she says. “There is nothing like the energy during “Edmonton has done so much for me over the years, so I try to give back to the parade, it has always been my weak spot with pride – the emotions always the community as much as I can. The littlest gestures, over time, can make a get the better of me – so being in the heart of that energy, at street level, is an huge difference in someone’s life or the world, so I just keep chipping away one amazing high.” good deed at a time – that’s all any of us can do. “

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8 Cowboys Nightclub------A volunteer operated, non-profit organization serving  421 12th Avenue SE  403-265-0699 primarily members of the LGBT communities but open to all FIND OUT!  http://www.cowboysnightclub.com members of all communities. Primary focus is to provide members with well-organized and fun sporting events and 9 Dickens Pub other activities. LGBT Community Directory  1000 9th Ave SW  403-233-7550  [email protected] • Western Cup 31  http://www.dickenspub.ca  http://www.westerncup.com GayCalgary Magazine is the go-to source for information about • Badminton (Absolutely Smashing) Alberta LGBT businesses and community groups—the most 10 Flames Central------ 219 8th Ave SW  403-935-2637  6020 - 4 Avenue NE extensive and accurate resource of its kind! This print supplement  http://www.flamescentral.com  [email protected] contains a subset of active community groups and venues, with premium business listings of paid advertisers. 11 Local 522------• Boot Camp  522 6 Ave SW  403-244-6773  Platoon FX, 1351 Aviation Park NE  [email protected] ...... Wheelchair Accessible  http://www.localtavern.ca 12 Ten Nightclub • Bowling (Rainbow Riders League) Spot something inaccurate or outdated? Want your business or  1140 10th Ave SW  403-457-4464  Let’s Bowl (2916 5th Avenue NE) organization listed? We welcome you to contact us!  [email protected] 15 The Blind Monk------ 918 12th Ave SW  403-265-6200 • Curling  403-543-6960  1-888-543-6960  [email protected]  North Hill Curling Club (1201 - 2 Street NW)  http://www.blindmonk.ca  [email protected]  [email protected]  Mon-Sun: 11am-2am • Golf 13 The Pint  [email protected]  1428 17th Ave SW  403-384-9777 • Lawn Bowling http://www.gaycalgary.com/CalgaryTravelRSS  [email protected]  [email protected] http://www.gaycalgary.com/EdmontonTravelRSS  http://www.thepint.ca/calgary • Outdoor Pursuits 14 Local Bars, Restaurants, and Accommodations info on the go! Vinyl & Hyde (CLOSED)  [email protected]  213 10 Ave SW  587-224-5200 If it’s done outdoors, we do it. Volunteer led events all  http://www.vinylandhyde.com http://www.gaycalgary.com/Directory summer and winter. Hiking, camping, biking, skiing, snow shoeing, etc. Sign up at myapollo.org to get updates on Browse our complete directory of over 750 gay-frieindly listings! Bathhouses/Saunas the sport you like. We’re always looking for people to lead events. 5 Goliaths  308 - 17 Ave SW  403-229-0911 • Running (Calgary Frontrunners) 6 Twisted Element  www.goliaths.ca  YMCA Eau Claire (4th St, 1st Ave SW)  1006 - 11th Ave SW  403-802-0230  Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day  [email protected] CALGARY  http:.//www.twistedelement.ca East Doors (directly off the Bow river pathway). Distances Community Groups vary from 8 km - 15 km. Runners from 6 minutes/mile to Bars & Clubs (Gay) 9+ minute miles. Bars & Clubs (Mixed) Alberta Society for Kink 3 Backlot------These venues regularly host LGBT events.  403-398-9968 • Slow Pitch  209 - 10th Ave SW  403-265-5211  [email protected]  [email protected]  Open 7 days a week, 2pm-close 7 Broken City  http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/ • Squash  613 11th Ave SW  403-262-9976 group.albertasocietyforkink 4 Texas Lounge  [email protected]  Mount Royal University Recreation  308 - 17 Ave SW  403-229-0911  http://www.brokencity.ca Apollo Calgary - Friends in Sports  [email protected]  Open 7 days a week, 11am-close  http://www.apollocalgary.com All skill levels welcome.  http://www.myapollo.com www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 43 Directory & Events

Fetish Slosh------ Evening Alcoholics Anonymous------ 8pm Saturdays Calgary Events At 3 Backlot  2nd  Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW Coffee------ 10am Mondays Alcoholics Anonymous------ 8pm By Prime Timers Calgary Buddy Night------ 6pm-6am  Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) Karaoke------ 7pm  Midtown Co-op (1130 - 11th Ave SW) 1227 Kensington Close NW At 3 Backlot At 5 Goliaths Alcoholics Anonymous------ 8pm ASK Meet and Greet------ 7-9:30pm Wednesdays Fridays  Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW  Bonasera (1204 Edmonton Tr. NE) Communion Service------ 12:10pm ISCCA BBQs------Dinner See Knox United Church By ISCCA at 3 Backlot  2nd Sundays Inside Out Youth Group------ 7-9pm See 1 Calgary Outlink Student Night------ 6pm-6am Illusions------ 7-10pm Worship Time------ 10am See Deer Park United Church Tuesdays At 5 Goliaths See 1 Calgary Outlink  1st Calgary Networking Club------ 5-7pm Mosaic Youth Group------ 7-9pm Womynspace------ 7-9pm Worship------ 10:30am See Scarboro United Church See 1 Calgary Outlink  1st  Old Y Centre (223 12th Ave SW) See 1 Calgary Outlink  2nd Beers for Queers------ 6pm Thursdays New Directions------ 7-9pm Sunday Services------ 10:45am See 1 Calgary Outlink  3rd See Hillhurst United Church By YYC Badboys at 13 The Pint Lesbian Seniors------ 2pm  Kerby Center, Sunshine Room  3rd Student Night------ 6pm-6am Heading Out------ 8pm-10pm Worship Services------ 11am 1133 7th Ave SW See Knox United Church At 5 Goliaths See 1 Calgary Outlink  4th Uniform Night------ 6pm-6am Between Men------ 7-9pm Alcoholics Anonymous------ 8pm Church Service------ 4pm At 5 Goliaths See Rainbow Community Church See 1 Calgary Outlink  2nd, 4th  Hillhurst United Church (Gym Entrance) 1227 Kensington Close NW Lesbian Meetup Group------ 7:30-9pm Karaoke------ 8pm-12:30am Flashlight Night------ 6pm-6am At 1 Calgary Outlink  1st At 5 Goliaths At 4 Texas Lounge

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Legend:  = Monthly Reoccurrance,  = Date (Range/Future),  = Sponsored Event • Tennis • Calgary Lesbian Ladies Meet up Group • Telephone Support support, education and resources to parents, families and  [email protected] • Between Men and Between Men Online  M-F, 8:30am - 12:30pm + 1:30pm - 4:30pm individuals who have questions or concerns about sexual orientation or gender identity. • Yoga • Heading Out Hillhurst United Church  Robin: 403-618-9642 • Illusions Calgary  1227 Kensington Close NW Positive Space Committee  [email protected] • Inside Out  (403) 283-1539  4825 Mount Royal Gate SW  [email protected]  403-440-6383 Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association (ARGRA) • New Directions  http://www.hillhurstunited.com  http://www.mtroyal.ca/positivespace  www.argra.org • Womynspace Works to raise awareness and challenge the patterns of HIV Peer Support Group silence that continue to marginalize LGBTTQ individuals. • Monthly Dances  403-230-5832  Arrata Opera Centre (1315 - 7 Street SW) Calgary Queer Book Club  [email protected] Pride Calgary Planning Committee  Weeds Cafe (1903 20 Ave NW)  403-797-6564  www.pridecalgary.ca Calgary Expo ISCCA Social Association  http://www.calgaryexpo.com Deer Park United Church/Wholeness Centre  http://www.iscca.ca Primetimers Calgary  77 Deerpoint Road SE  403-278-8263 Imperial Sovereign Court of the Chinook Arch. Charity  [email protected] Calgary Gay Fathers  http://www.dpuc.ca fundraising group..  http://www.primetimerscalgary.com  [email protected] Designed to foster social interaction for its members  http://www.calgarygayfathers.ca Different Strokes Knox United Church through a variety of social, educational and recreational Peer support group for gay, bisexual and questioning  http://www.differentstrokescalgary.org  506 - 4th Street SW  403-269-8382 activities. Open to all gay and bisexual men of any age, fathers. Meeting twice a month. FairyTales Presentation Society  http://www.knoxunited.ab.ca respects whatever degree of anonymity that each member Knox United Church is an all-inclusive church located in  403-244-1956 desires. Calgary Men’s Chorus downtown Calgary. A variety of facility rentals are also  http://www.calgarymenschorus.org  http://www.fairytalesfilmfest.com available for meetings, events and concerts. Queers on Campus------Alberta Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.  279R Student Union Club Spaces, U of C • Rehearsals Lesbian Meetup Group  Temple B’Nai Tikvah, 900 - 47 Avenue SW • DVD Resource Library  403-220-6394  http://www.meetup.com/CalgaryLesbian Over a hundred titles to choose from. Annual membership  http://www.ucalgary.ca/~glass Monthly events planned for Queer women over 18+ such Calgary Sexual Health Centre is $10. Formerly GLASS - Gay/Lesbian Association of Students  304, 301 14th Street NW as book clubs, games nights, movie nights, dinners out, and Staff.  403-283-5580 Gay Friends in Calgary and volunteering events. • Coffee Night  http://www.calgarysexualhealth.ca  http://www.gayfriendsincalgary.ca Miscellaneous Youth Network A pro-choice organization that believes all people have the Organizes and hosts social activities catered to the LGBT  2nd Cup, Kensington  http://www.miscyouth.com right and ability to make their own choices regarding their people and friends. Safety Under the Rainbow sexual and reproductive health. Girl Friends • Fake Mustache  www.sutr.ca 1 Calgary Outlink  [email protected] • Mosaic Youth Group A collaborative effort dedicated to building capacity  Old Y Centre (303 – 223, 12 Ave SW)  members.shaw.ca/girlfriends  The Old Y Centre (223 12th Ave SW) and acting as a voice for the LGBTQ community, service  403-234-8973 For queer and trans youth and their allies. providers, organizations and the community at large  [email protected] Girlsgroove to address violence. For same-sex domestic violence  http://www.calgaryoutlink.com  http://www.girlsgroove.ca Mystique information, resources and a link to our survey please see  [email protected] our website. • Peer Support and Crisis Line 2 HIV Community Link------Mystique is primarily a Lesbian group for women 30 and  1-877-OUT-IS-OK (1-877-688-4765)  110, 1603 10th Avenue SW up but all are welcome. Scarboro United Church Front-line help service for GLBT individuals and their family  403-508-2500  1-877-440-2437  134 Scarboro Avenue SW and friends, or anyone questioning their sexuality.  http://www.hivcl.org • Coffee Night  403-244-1161  www.scarborounited.ab.ca  Good Earth Cafe (1502 - 11th Street SW) An affirming congregation—the full inclusion of LGBT people is essential to our mission and purpose. NETWORKS  [email protected] Sharp Foundation A social, cultural, and service organization for the mature  403-272-2912 minded and “Plus 40” LGBT individuals seeking to meet  [email protected] others at age-appropriate activities within a positive, safe  http://www.thesharpfoundation.com environment. Spectrum Volleyball Calgary Parents for Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)  http://www.spectrumvolleyball.ca  Sean: 403-695-5791  [email protected]  http://www.pflagcanada.ca Join us for recreational, competitive or beach volleyball. 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Unity Bowling  http://www.cruiseline.ca Pumphouse Theatre------Buck Naked Boys Club  Let’s Bowl (2916 - 5th Ave NE) Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY.  2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW  780-471-6993  [email protected] DevaDave Salon & Boutique  403-263-0079  http://www.bucknakedboys.ca  http://www.pumphousetheatres.ca Naturism club for men—being social while everyone is  810 Edmonton Trail NE Wild Rose United Church naked, and it does not include sexual activity. Participants do  403-290-1973  1317-1st Street NW Stagewest------not need to be gay, only male. Cuts, Colour, Hilights.  727 - 42 Avenue SE  403-243-6642 Ellen Embury  http://www.stagewestcalgary.com Camp fYrefly Restaurants & Pubs  7-104 Dept. of Educational Policy Studies  403-750-1128  www.DBBlaw.com Theatre Junction------Faculty of Education, University of Alberta 10 Flames Central------Fellow, American Academy of Reproductive Technology  Theatre Junction GRAND, 608 1st St. SW Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5 See Calgary - Bars & Clubs (Mixed). Attorneys  403-205-2922  http://www.fyrefly.ualberta.ca 13 The Pint Hardline  [email protected]  http://www.theatrejunction.com See Calgary - Bars & Clubs (Mixed).  Calgary: 403-770-0776 Edmonton Expo  http://www.edmontonexpo.com  Edmonton: 780-665-6666 Third Street Theatre Retail Stores  Other Cities: 1-877-628-9696  #3 306 20th Ave SW  403-703-4750 Edmonton Pride Festival Society (EPFS)  http://www.hardlinechat.com  http://www.thirdstreet.ca  http://www.edmontonpride.ca Adult Depot (CLOSED) Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY.  140, 58th Ave SW  403-258-2777 Vertigo Mystery Theatre------Edmonton Prime Timers Gay, bi, straight video rentals and sex toys. Holiday Retirement  161, 115 - 9 Ave SE  403-221-3708  [email protected]  12 Deerview Terrace SE  403-879-1967  http://www.vertigomysterytheatre.com  www.primetimersww.org/edmonton Adult Source------ http://www.canyonmeadows.net Group of older gay men and their admirers who come from  10210 Macleod Tr S  403-271-7848 Webster Galleries Inc. Hot Water Pools & Spas diverse backgrounds but have common social interests.  #102 2323 32nd Ave NE  403-769-6177  812 11 Ave SW  403-263-6500 Affiliated with Prime Timers World Wide.  1536 16th Ave NW  403-289-4203  2145 Summerfield Blvd  403-912-2045  http://www.webstergalleries.com  4310 17th Ave SE  403-273-2710  http://www.hotwaterpoolsandspas.ca  T-S: 10am-6pm, N: 1-4pm Edmonton Rainbow Business Association  http://www.adultsourcecalgary.ca Interactive Male  3379, 11215 Jasper Ave  780-429-5014  http://www.edmontonrba.org  403-355-3335 Best Health Primary focus is the provision of networking opportunities  http://www.interactivemale.com  206A 2525 Woodview Dr SW  403-281-5582 EDMONTON for LGBT owned or operated and LGBT-friendly businesses  [email protected] in the Edmonton region.  http://www.besthealthcalgary.com Lorne Doucette (CIR Realtors)  403-461-9195  http://www.lornedoucette.com Bars & Clubs (Gay) Edmonton Illusions Social Club La Fleur  780-387-3343  403-266-1707 3 Buddy’s Nite Club  groups.yahoo.com/group/edmonton_illusions Florist and Flower Shop. MFM Communications  11725 Jasper Ave  780-488-6636  403-543-6970 2  1-877-543-6970 Edmonton STD The Naked Leaf------6 Evolution Wonder Lounge  11111 Jasper Ave  #4 - 1126 Kensington Rd NW  403-283-3555  http://www.mfmcommunications.com  10220 - 103 St  780-424-0077  http://www.thenakedleaf.ca Web site hosting and development. Computer hardware  http://www.yourgaybar.com Edmonton Vocal Minority Organic teas and tea ware. and software.  780-479-2038  [email protected] FLASH (CLOSED)  www.evmchoir.com Priape Calgary (CLOSED) NRG Support Services  10018 105 Street  780-938-2941  1322 - 17 Ave SW  403-215-1800  Suite 27, Building B1, 2451 Dieppe Ave SW  [email protected] Fellowship of Alberta Bears  http://www.priape.com  403-471-0204  780-922-3347  www.beefbearbash.com Clothing and accessories. Adult toys, leather wear, movies  [email protected] UpStares Ultralounge (CLOSED) and magazines. Gifts.  http://www.nrgsupportservices.com  4th Floor, Jasper Ave and 107th Street GLBTQ Sage Bowling Club  780-474-8240  [email protected] Pushing Petals SafeWorks 4 Woody’s  1209 5th Ave NW  403-263-3070 Free and confidential HIV/AIDS and STI testing.  11725 Jasper Ave  780-488-6557 HIV Network Of Edmonton Society------ http://www.pushingpetals.com  9702 111 Ave NW 780-488-5742 • Calgary Drop-in Centre Bars & Clubs (Mixed)  www.hivedmonton.com  Room 117, 423 - 4th Ave SE Provides healthy sexuality education for Edmonton’s LGBT Services & Products  403-699-8216 These venues regularly host LGBT events. community and support for those infected or affected  Mon-Fri: 9am-12pm, Sat: 12:15pm-3:15pm by HIV. 6th and Tenth - Sales Centre Hooliganz Pub (CLOSED)   633 10th Ave SW 403-239-5511 • Centre of Hope  10704 124 St NW InQueeries  http://www.6thandtenth.com  Room 201, 420 - 9th Ave SE  M-W: 12-6pm, R: 2-7pm, S-N: 12-5pm  [email protected]  403-410-1180  Mon-Fri: 1pm-5pm 7 The Starlite Room Student-run GLBTQ Alliance at MacEwan University.  10030 102 St [email protected] Barry Hollowell • Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre  http://www.starliteroom.ca  Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose 403-819-5219  1213 - 4th Str SW  403-955-6014  http://www.iscwr.ca  http://www.bcbhcounselling.com  Sat-Thu: 4:15pm-7:45pm, Fri: Closed 8 Yellowhead Brewing Co.  10229 105 St Calgary Civil Marriage Centre Living Positive Society of Alberta • Safeworks Van  [email protected]  #50, 9912 - 106 Street 780-424-2214  403-246-4134 (Rork Hilford)  403-850-3755  http://www.yellowheadbrewery.com   [email protected] [email protected]  Sat-Thu: 8pm-12am, Fri: 4pm-12am  http://www.facebook.com/LivingPoz Marriage Commissioner for Alberta (aka Justice of the Peace Living Positive through Positive Living. - JP), Marriage Officiant, Commissioner for Oaths. Wheel Pro’s Bathhouses/Saunas  4143- Edmonton Trail NE 5 • HIV Support Group Christopher T. Tahn (Thornborough Smeltz)  403-226-7278 Steamworks  11745 Jasper Ave  780-451-5554  [email protected], [email protected]  11650 Elbow Dr SW  403-808-7147  http://www.wheelpros.ca  http://www.steamworksedmonton.com Support and discussion group for gay men.  [email protected] “Experts in Everything for Wheels”  http://www.thornsmeltz.com Men’s Games Nights Community Groups  Unitarian Church (10804 119th Street) Courtney Aarbo (Barristers & Solicitors) Theatre & Fine Arts  3rd Floor, 1131 Kensington Road NW  780-474-8240  [email protected] ATP, Alberta Theatre Projects AltView Foundation  403-571-5120  #44, 48 Brentwood Blvd, Sherwood Park, AB  403-294-7402  http://www.ATPlive.com OUTreach  http://www.courtneyaarbo.ca  403-398-9968  University of Alberta, basement of SUB GLBT legal services. Fairytales  [email protected]  [email protected] See Calgary - Community Groups.  http://ww.altview.ca  http://www.ualberta.ca/~outreach Craig Connell (Maxwell Realtors) For gender variant and sexual minorities.  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender/transsexual, Queer, 403-253-5678 One Yellow Rabbit------Questioning and Straight-but-not-Narrow student group.  http://www.maxwellrealty.com/craigconnell  Big Secret Theatre - EPCOR CENTRE Book Worm’s Book Club  Cruiseline  403-299-8888  www.oyr.org Howard McBride Chapel of Chimes Pride Centre of Edmonton------10179 - 108 Street  10608 - 105 Ave  780-488-3234  Calgary: 403-777-9494  [email protected]  Edmonton: 780-413-7122  [email protected]  Other Cities: 1-877-882-2010  http://www.pridecentreofedmonton.org  Tue-Fri 12pm-9pm, Sat 2pm-6:30pm

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Youth Sports/Recreation------ 4pm Women’s Social Circle------ 6-9pm QH Youth Drop-in------ 2-6:30pm Edmonton Events See 1 Youth Understanding Youth See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton  2nd, 4th See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton Mondays Counseling------ 5:30-8:30pm Book Club------ 7:30pm Monthly Meeting------ 2:30pm Boot Camp------ 7-8pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See BookWorm’s Book Club  3rd By Edmonton Primetimers  2nd See Team Edmonton  Unitarian Church, 10804 - 119th Street Knotty Knitters------ 6-8pm Martial Arts------ 7:30-8:30pm TTIQ------ 7-9pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See Team Edmonton Bowling------ 5pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton  3rd See Team Edmonton QH Craft Night------ 6-8pm Intermediate Volleyball------ 7:30-9:30pm HIV Support Group------ 7-9pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See Team Edmonton Sundays See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton  2nd Cycling------ 6:30-7:30pm Fridays Running------ 10-11am See Team Edmonton See Team Edmonton Tuesdays QH Youth Drop-in------ 3-8pm QH Youth Drop-in------ 3-8pm Yoga------ 7:30-8pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton Yoga------ 2-3:30pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See Team Edmonton See Team Edmonton QH Anime Night------ 6-8pm Martial Arts------ 7:30-8:30pm Thursdays See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton Men Talking with Pride------ 7-9pm See Team Edmonton See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton QH Youth Drop-in------ 3-8pm Movie Night------ 6-9pm Swim Practice------ 7:30-8:30pm See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton Ballroom Dancing------ 7:30-8:30pm See Team Edmonton See Team Edmonton Youth Sports/Recreation------ 4pm Men’s Games Nights------ 7-10:30pm Wednesdays See Youth Understanding Youth See Men’s Games Nights  2nd, Last Soul Outing------ 7pm  Robertson-Wesley United (10209 123 St)  2nd GLBTQ Bowling------ 1:30-3:30pm QH Game Night------ 6-8pm Youth Sports/Recreation------ 4pm See GLBTQ Sage Bowling Club See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See Youth Understanding Youth Monthly Meetings------ 2:30pm  Unitarian Church (10804 119th Street) QH Youth Drop-in------ 3-8pm Swim Practice------ 7-8pm Saturdays See Edmonton Primetimers  2nd See 1 Pride Centre of Edmonton See Team Edmonton Naturalist Gettogether See Buck Naked Boys Club  2nd

 Edmonton Contd. Legend:  = Monthly Reoccurrance,  = Date (Range),  = Sponsored Event We provide a safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental • TTIQ Women’s Drop-In Recreational Badminton. $40.00 season • Gymnastics, Drop-in drop-in space, and offer support programs and resources A support and information group for all those who fall or $5.00 per drop in.  Ortona Gymnastics Club, 8755 - 50 Avenue for members of the GLBTQ community and for their families under the transgender umbrella and their family or  [email protected] and friends. supporters. •Ballroom Dancing Have the whole gym to yourselves and an instructor to  Foot Notes Dance Studio, 9708-45 Avenue NW help you achieve your individual goals. Cost is $5.00 • Counselling • Women’s Social Circle  Cynthia: 780-469-3281 per session.  780.488.3234  [email protected] Free, short-term counselling provided by registered Women’s Social Circle: A social support group for all • Blazin’ Bootcamp • Hockey counsellors. female-identified persons over 18 years of age in the GLBT  Garneau Elementary School  [email protected] community - new members are always welcome. 10925 - 87 Ave • Knotty Knitters  [email protected] • Martial Arts Come knit and socialize in a safe and accepting Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton  15450 - 105 Ave (daycare entrance) environment - all skill levels are welcome.  780-474-8240 • Bowling (Northern Titans)  780-328-6414  [email protected]  Ed’s Rec Room (West Edmonton Mall)  [email protected] • Men Talking with Pride  [email protected]  [email protected]  [email protected] Team Edmonton $15.00 per person. Drop-ins welcome. Support & social group for gay & bisexual men to discuss  [email protected] current issues.  http://www.teamedmonton.ca • Cross Country Skiing • Outdoor Pursuits Members are invited to attend and help determine the  [email protected]  [email protected] • Movie Night board for the next term. If you are interested in running for Movie Night is open to everyone! Come over and sit back, • Curling with Pride • Running (Arctic Frontrunners) the board or getting involved in some of the committees,  Granite Curling Club, 8620 107 Street NW relax, and watch a movie with us. please contact us.  Kinsmen Sports Centre  [email protected]  [email protected] • Queer HangOUT: Game Night • Badminton (Mixed) • Cycling (Edmonton Prideriders) All genders and levels of runners and walkers are invited to Come OUT with your game face on and meet some  St. Thomas Moore School, 9610 165 Street join this free activity. awesome people through board game fun.  Dawson Park, picnic shelter  [email protected]  [email protected] New group seeking male & female players. • Slo Pitch • Queer HangOUT: Craft Night  Parkallen Field, 111 st and 68 ave Come OUT and embrace your creative side in a safe space. • Dragon Boat (Flaming Dragons) • Badminton (Women’s)  [email protected]  [email protected] • Queer HangOUT: Anime Night  Oliver School, 10227 - 118 Street Season fee is $30.00 per person. $10 discount for players Come and watch ALL the anime until your heart is content.  780-465-3620 • Golf from the 2008 season.  [email protected]  [email protected]

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• Snowballs V  January 27-29, 2012 Products & Services  [email protected] Cruiseline LETHBRIDGE MEDICINE HAT Skiing and Snowboarding Weekend.  780-413-7122 trial code 3500 • Soccer  http://www.cruiseline.ca Community Groups Community Groups Telephone classifieds and chat - 18+ ONLY.  [email protected] GALA/LA HIV Community Link  403-308-2893  356 - 2 Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB • Spin Robertson-Wesley United Church  10209 - 123 St. NW  780-482-1587  http://www.galalethbridge.ca  403-527-5882  1-877-440-2437  MacEwan Centre for Sport and Wellness  [email protected]  www.rwuc.org Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge and Area. 109 St. and 104 Ave  Worship: Sunday mornings at 10:30am • Telephone Support  Wednesdays, 5:45-6:45pm People of all sexual orientations welcome. Other LGBT • Monthly Dances  M-F, 8:30am - 12:30pm + 1:30pm - 4:30pm Season has ended. events include a monthly book club and a bi-monthly film  Henotic (402 - 2 Ave S)  [email protected] night. As a caring spiritual community, we’d love to have Bring your membership card and photo ID. 7 classes, $28.00 per registrant. you join us! • Monthly Potluck Dinners • Swimming (Making Waves)  McKillop United Church, 2329 - 15 Ave S ALBERTA  NAIT Pool (11762 - 106 Street) • Soul OUTing  Second Sunday every month, 7pm GALA/LA will provide the turkey...you bring the rest. Please  [email protected] An LGBT-focused alternative worship. bring a dish to share that will serve 4-6 people, and your Community Groups  http://www.makingwavesswimclub.ca own beverage. • Film Night Alberta Trans Support/Activities Group • Tennis  http://www.albertatrans.org  Bi-monthly, contact us for exact dates. • Support Line  Kinsmen Sports Centre  403-308-2893 A nexus for transgendered persons, regardless of where they  Sundays, 12pm-3pm • Book Club  Monday OR Wednesday, 7pm-11pm may be on the continuum.  [email protected]  Monthly, contact us for exact dates. Leave a message any other time. • Ultimate Frisbee • Friday Mixer Theatre & Fine Arts  Sundays Theatre & Fine Arts  The Mix (green water tower) Alberta Ballet Summer Season starts July 12th 103 Mayor Magrath Dr S Exposure Festival  http://www.albertaballet.com  [email protected]  Every Friday at 10pm Frequent productions in Calgary and Edmonton. E-mail if interested.  http://www.exposurefestival.ca Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival. Gay & Lesbian Integrity Assoc. (GALIA) • Volleyball, Intermediate  University of Lethbridge  [email protected]  Amiskiwacy Academy (101 Airport Road) The Roxy Theatre (closed) GBLTTQQ club on campus.  [email protected]  10708 124th Street, Edmonton AB CANADA  780-453-2440 • Movie Night • Volleyball, Recreational  http://www.theatrenetwork.ca  Room C610, University of Lethbridge  Mother Teresa School (9008 - 105 Ave) Community Groups  [email protected] Gay Youth Alliance Group Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition  Betty, 403-381-5260  [email protected]  P..O. Box 3043, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3S9 • Women’s Lacrosse  Every second Wednesday, 3:30pm-5pm  Sharon: 780-461-0017 BANFF  (306) 955-5135  Pam: 780-436-7374 Lethbridge Expo  1-800-955-5129 Open to women 21+, experienced or not, all are welcome. Community Groups  http://www.lethbridgeexpo.com  http://www.rainbowhealth.ca Call for info. HIV Community Link Lethbridge HIV Connection Egale Canada • Yoga  102 Spray Ave  1206 - 6 Ave S  8 Wellington St E, Third Floor  Lion's Breath Yoga Studio (10350-124 Street)  PO Box 3160, Banff, AB T1L 1C8 Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1C5  [email protected]  403-762-0690 PFLAG Canada  1-888-204-7777  www.egale.ca  1-888-530-6777 Egale Canada is the national advocacy and lobby Womonspace  [email protected] organization for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, trans-  780-482-1794  www.pflagcanada.ca identified people and our families.  [email protected] JASPER  http://www.womonspace.ca Pride Lethbridge Products & Services Women’s social group, but all welcome at events.  [email protected] Accommodations Squirt Youth Understanding Youth  http://www.squirt.org  780-248-1971  www.yuyedm.ca Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Website for dating and hook-ups. 18+ ONLY! A support and social group for queer youth 12-25.  Old Lodge Road  1-866-540-4454 RED DEER  http://www.fairmont.com/jasper • Sports and Recreation Theatre & Fine Arts  Brendan: 780-488-3234 Whistlers Inn Community Groups  [email protected]  105 Miette Ave  1-800-282-9919 Broadway Across Canada  [email protected] Central Alberta AIDS Network Society  http://www.broadwayacrosscanada.ca  http://www.whistlersinn.com  4611-50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB Restaurants & Pubs  http://www.caans.org OUTtv  http://www.outtv.ca 12 The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society is the local Woody’s Community Groups charity responsible for HIV prevention and support in GLBT Television Station. See Edmonton - Bars & Clubs (Gay). Jasper Pride Festival Central Alberta. 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