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QUEER U
Campus queer factor
story by Darren Cooney /
It’s that time of year again when fresh-faced high school students have to commit to a university of their choice.
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IMMIGRATION
Same-sex marriage not accepted here
story by Shawna Gnutel /
It’s been almost a year since homos won the right to marry in Ontario and British Columbia, but for immigration purposes it’s as though it never happened.
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CHURCH ST SHAKEDOWN
Local bar owner claims he was hit up for protection money
story by Mark Brodsky /
With new information surfacing almost daily about the multiple police corruption scandals in Toronto, it didn’t take long for a possible Church St connection to arise.
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ACTIVISM
Free to screw around
story by Brent Ledger /
Pity the poor political activist toiling in the gulags of legal reform.
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SVEND’S MELTDOWN
Christie don’t know hairdressers
story by Brent Ledger /
Of all the weird shit to come out of the Svend Robinson “ring a ding ding” affair, the weirdest has to be Christie Blatchford’s column in the Apr 17 Globe And Mail.
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EDITORIAL
Peace, love & pilfering
story by Paul Gallant /
Somehow the concept of “understanding” has lost the shine its partners “peace” and “love” have managed to sustain.
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DVD REVIEWS
No wire hangers ever!
story by Lisa Lambert /
If your mum is nothing like mine, she loves movies about motherhood gone bad.
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FILM REVIEWS
Short & sweet
story by Nicholas Davies /
There are a few homo flicks worth checking out at the Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival running at various venues during the second week of May.
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INSIDE OUT
Love is in the air
story by Gordon Bowness /
Spring blossoms mean it’s time to get ready for the Inside Out queer film fest (running Thu, May 20 to 30); the catalogue is done and the advance box office opens Sat, May 8 (and for the first time, you can buy tickets on-line).
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BOOK REVIEW
Kids’ lit is not always child’s play
story by Maureen Phillips /
James Howe is a familiar name to anyone whose childhood reading included the Bunnicula books, about half a dozen titles featuring a vampire rabbit.
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LIVE MUSIC
Mayhem erupts
story by David Walberg /
While I’m chitchatting with Peaches backstage at Vazaleen last year, a would-be cub reporter — a sexy and mischievous platinum blonde — interrupts our interview.
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ON THE DECKS
Shameless
story by Lisa Foad /
Veteran spin doctor Amita Handa, whose DJ rap sheet charts a decade’s worth of diverse gigs including Honey Funk, Desh Pardesh, Harbourfront’s Masala Mehndi Masti and Funkasia (of which she’s a co-founder), is back on the circuit after a two-year hiatus, brandishing a new monthly gig, Besharam, a fusion of Bollywood, bhangra, chutney, reggae, Tamil, hip hop and then some.
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