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Mobile Devices Making waves post Drag Race win Business Directory Community Map Events Calendar Tourist Information STARTING ON PAGE 55 Calgary • Alberta • Canada www.gaycalgary.com 4 GayCalgary Magazine #150, June 2016 www.gaycalgary.com Table of Contents JUNE 2016 ® 7 Words from the Publisher PublisherPublisher: & Editor: Steve Steve Polyak Polyak CopyEditor: Editor: Rob Janine Diaz-Marino Eva-Trotta 150th Edition, Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo, and Pride Sales: Steve Polyak Design & Layout: 11 Stage West’s Young Frankenstein is Rob Diaz-Marino,Steve Polyak Ara Shimoon Electrifying Writers and Contributors MercedesBrandon Allen, Schultz, Chris Chris Azzopardi, Azzopardi, Dallas Constable Barnes, AndyDave Buck, Brousseau, Dave Brousseau,Sam Casselman, Jason JasonClevett, Clevett, Krista Sylvester,Andrew Collins, Mikey EmilyRox, Myles Collins, Helfand, Rob Diaz-Marino, Romeo San 12 Lethbridge Pride Vicente,Janine Eva Steve Trotta, Polyak, Jack V.N. Fertig, Winnick, Glen Hanson,and the LGBTJoan Hilty,Community Evan Kayne, of Calgary, Stephen Edmonton, Lock, Neil and McMullen, Alberta. Colouring the streets in rainbow Allan Neuwirth, Steve Polyak, Carey Rutherford, 12 PAGE Romeo San Vicente,Photography Ed Sikov, Nick Vivian and the GLBT CommunitySteve Polyak, of Calgary, Jeff & Brian Edmonton, and Alberta. Videography 13 Garrett Wang PhotographySteve Polyak Live from the Lethbridge EXPO Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino, SalesB&J Steve Polyak [email protected] Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino 15 Monsoon Season Legal Council Iconic queen on making waves post Drag Race win Courtney Aarbo,Printers Barristers and Solicitors North Hill News/Central Web General Inquiries 19 Discussing Community Safety GayCalgaryDistribution® Magazine Calgary2136: 17thGallant Avenue Distribution SW Domestic Violence Calgary,GayCalgary AB, Canada Staff T2T 0G3 [email protected]: Clark’s Distribution Other: Canada Post 13 PAGE Office Hours: By appointment ONLY Phone:Legal 403-543-6960 Council 20 Manila Luzon, Unabashed CourtneyToll Aarbo,Free: Barristers1-888-543-6960 and Solicitors Fax: 403-703-0685 Creator E-Mail:Sales [email protected] & General Inquiries GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine How food, fan art, and free drinks inspire drag’s most famous concept 2136This Month's17th Avenue Cover SW Main: MariahCalgary, Carey, photo AB, Canada by Denise Truscello. queen Top Right: Manila Luzon,T2T 0G3photo courtesy Producer Entertainment. 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BottomHours: Right: By Jinkx appointment Monsoon, photo ONLY by 24 Deep Inside Hollywood Phone:Magnus 403-543-6960 Hastings Alan Cumming in ‘After Louie,’ Ellen DeGeneres, Teyonah Parris, Jessica Toll Free: 1-888-543-6960 Lange Fax: 403-703-0685 gazine E-Mail: [email protected] 26 HIV in America This Month's Cover ma Cher and Christina Aguilera courtesy of Sony Hatred and Acceptance Pictures; Annie Lennox courtesy of Mike Owen; ProudRex Members Goudie. of: Proud Members of: 27 The Unruly World of Rufus 15 PAGE Wainwright Singer-songwriter on being ‘the gay Elizabeth Taylor,’ giving up on Björk and not jibing with the LGBT community International Gay & Lesbian 33 Lena Dunham Mans Up Travel Association Girls creator on recognizing ‘seemingly mundane’ LGBT issues, channeling masculinity and the influence of her sister’s queerness National Lesbian & Gay Gay European Tourism Journalists Association Association PAGE 20 PAGE Continued on Next Page www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #150, June 2016 5 Table of Contents Continued From Previous Page ® 37 7 Ways Social Media Has Made You a Sex Magazine Figures Monthly Online Magazine Addict Readership: Combined total of PDF and ISSUU 38 5 Reasons You Need to Stop Treating Your Downloads/Reads –100,000 copies Gym Like a Bathhouse Total Readership of PDF/ISSUU/WEB Readers Per Copy: 4.9 (PMB) Avg. Online Circulation: 310,000 readers 40 The Butch Beneath Our Estimated Total Readership: PAGE 27 PAGE >319,800 readers Wings Frequency: Monthly Lea DeLaria reflects on her landmark TV moment, talks ‘hero’ Bette Proof of monthly figures are Midler and making tough lesbians cry with Orange Is the New Black available on request. History Originally established in January 1992 as 44 The Heroism of Mariah Men for Men BBS by MFM Communications. Name changed to GayCalgary in 1998. Independent company as of January 2004. Carey First edition of GayCalgary.com Magazine Visions of love, bravery and bad hair through the lens of a longtime published November 2003. Name adjusted in November 2006 to GayCalgary ‘lamb’ and Edmonton Magazine. February 2012 returned to GayCalgary Magazine. February 2013, GayCalgary® becomes a 48 Queer Eye registered trademark. December 2014/ January 2015 is the last print edition. PAGE 33 PAGE 51 A Couple of Guys February 2015 is the first digital only edition. 52 News Releases Disclaimer and Copyright Opinions expressed in this magazine 55 Directory and Events are specific to the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of GayCalgary 60 Classified Ads staff and contributors. Those involved in the making of this publication, whether advertisers, Scan for this Issue: Scangazine for Latest Issue: contributors, or the subjects of articles or photographs, are not necessarily gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans. This magazine ma also includes straight allies and those who are gay friendly. No part of this publication may be reprinted PAGE 40 PAGE or modified without the expressed written permission of the editor or publisher. Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. 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This is a pretty big milestone when it comes to LGBT the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary needed to be pushed Publications in Canada. Running the magazine for this many from the 150th Edition to the July edition due to their editions is not easy, but it does help having some great constantly changing schedules. Interviews with talent for writers and amazing editor plus, when I am in a crunch, Rob RuPaul’s Battle of the Seasons were also not coming together does help with other tasks. Sadly, all the other tasks, too easily, since it was a little hard to do interviews while they many to be named, do need to be done by me. were on tour. It surprises me still how much content has come together The plan was to celebrate the 150th edition as part of the to produce 150 editions. There are about 5,500 articles that Canadian International Rodeo and Music Festival weekend, have been written, plus about 135,000 photos in the online but when Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association (ARGRA) GayCalgary photo gallery, with about 250,000 waiting still cancelled the event, things changed. We lost all those to go online. The magazine also has about 20,200 digital interviews of performers that were part of the music festival subscribers, which is pretty impressive. We still have over and the exposure of the anniversary edition. More about 300,000 readers per month spending on average 25 minutes ARGRA later on in this article. on the site. So our 150th edition is still something special – regardless After doing 150 editions of the magazine, one would assume if it came together the way I wanted it to – but that is the that eventually it would get easier, but this one, especially, joy of being media in our ever-changing gay community. As went sideways on me. I started planning the 150th edition at long as each edition makes it way out, that is something to the start of the year, but just about everything changed on celebrate. me in the middle of May. It felt like a cascade of things were Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association creating challenges barring things coming together. In May, even though none of my writers were directly In May, ARGRA announced that they were cancelling the impacted by the fires in Fort McMurray, there was a trickle Canadian Rockies International Rodeo and Music Festival down effect; everyone was watching the news to see what the 2016 event. The announcement shook the gay community. current status was, or going out to help friends and family Continued on Next Page www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary Magazine #150, June 2016 7 From Previous Page ARGRA is a unique group in Canada. With Calgary being in cowboy country, it only made sense that Calgary would Online Last Month be the home of the only gay rodeo in Canada. This year would have marked their 23rd run, so it was a shock that a regular summer event was no longer happening. The rodeo and music festival was seen as the small gay version of the Calgary Stampede. Creep of the Week When Pride happens, the festival, parade and dance Ryan Anderson usually occur on one day, at several different locations. The Hello gay and lesbian readers. I’d like rodeo usually started on a Thursday or Friday and ran until to talk to you about your pathetic lives Sunday night.