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NOVEMBER 2015 ® ISSUE 144 • FREE The Voice of Alberta’s LGBTQ Community James Marsters Music, mayhem & John Barrowman Interview with SELENA DJ Pornstar GOMEZ toys to touring PLUS: Peaches • Sara Bareilles Levi Karter • Ricky Roman GayCalgary 12th Anniversary ...and more! BJ Britt Scan to Read on Mobile Devices We’re Trippin’: Exactly Business Directory Community Map Events Calendar Tourist Information STARTING ON PAGE 43 Calgary • Alberta • Canada www.gaycalgary.com Table of Contents NOVEMBER 2015 ® 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. 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Online Circulation: 310,000 readers Selena Gomez talks lesbian rumors, (maybe) dating gay men and how Estimated Total Readership: PAGE 26 PAGE she’s proud of Nick Jonas’s ‘love for everyone’ >319,800 readers Frequency: Monthly 34 Queer Eye Proof of monthly figures are available on request. 39 A Couple of Guys History Originally established in January 1992 as 40 News Releases Men for Men BBS by MFM Communications. Name changed to GayCalgary in 1998. 42 Mz. GayCalgary November 2015 - Vanity Independent company as of January 2004. First edition of GayCalgary.com Magazine Fair published November 2003. Name adjusted in November 2006 to GayCalgary 43 Directory and Events and Edmonton Magazine. February 2012 returned to GayCalgary Magazine. February 2013, GayCalgary® becomes a 48 Classified Ads registered trademark. December 2014/ January 2015 is the last print edition. PAGE 27 PAGE February 2015 is the first digital only edition. 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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 www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #144, November 2015 5 From Previous Page Online Last Month Creep of the Week Mike Huckabee Bust out the rainbow M16 assault rifles because things are about to get FABULOUS! 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