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TIME TO DANCE
Spinning free
story by Chaos McKenzie /
Called the hardest working DJ in Canada, Michael Babb, aka Deko-ze, had 33 gigs in May and is looking to surpass that number in June.
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EDITORIAL
‘Unnatural’ progress
story by Julia Garro, Associate Editor /
I don’t generally consider myself to be a drama queen, but I have to admit that I’m freaking out a little over the possibility that the no-longer-progressive Conservatives will be forming the government after Monday’s federal election.
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YOUR MONEY
A hotdog here, a hotdog there
story by Darren Cooney /
Pride Week has rolled into town, drawing swarms of partygoing queers, a miniature economic boom and complaints about who should be benefitting.
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COPING
Have Pride, will travel — far away
story by Jeremy Parkes /
If you’re feeling a little more anxious than usual lately, don’t pop the meds just yet.
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PARADE MARSHAL
Gorgeous George
story by Brent Ledger /
Ah, the reach and influence of George Hislop.
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BALL GAME
Homo field advantage
story by John Mitchell /
There is a marketing strategy that I remember from my distant career in advertising, the concept of “perceived change.”
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ELECTION 2004
Harper & the end of gay rights
story by Brenda Cossman /
Stephen Harper is on the verge of winning the election, which should send chills up and down the spines of all gay folks across the country.
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ELECTION 2004
Call your folks back home
story by Paul Gallant /
Facing a possible Conservative government — obsessed as it will be with putting queers, women and other minorities in their tightly fitted places — homo voters know that every riding and every vote is crucial in the Mon, Jun 28 election.
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SEXUAL FREEDOM
Pussy Palace complaint goes public
story by Julia Garro /
Last week the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) called for a public hearing to determine what really happened on Sep 14, 2000, the night that five male police officers raided a Toronto women’s bathhouse event.
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EDUCATION
Home life, school life
story by Anand Mahadevan /
The gayby-boom is underway. Queer families of every configuration and colour are blossoming, producing a generation of children who take it for granted that they have two moms, two dads or sometimes both.
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BAD MEMORY
Reagan’s hateful legacy
story by Tim McCaskell /
Ronald Reagan finally kicked the bucket at 93, putting the US into a mourning frenzy.
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FILM REVIEW
Hustler right
story by Jon Davies /
John Palmer’s new feature Sugar ended up being something quite unexpected — it’s not a rehashing of well-worn themes of sex and drugs.
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FILM REVIEW
Let’s do it
story by Lisa Lambert /
Don’t let the first half-hour of De-Lovely scare you away. Kevin Kline, in what looks like an Albert Finney mask, is a dying Cole Porter.
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THEATRE REVIEW
Mal Joey
story by Martin Roebuck /
When it first opened on Broadway in 1940, Rodgers and Hart’s Pal Joey was criticized mainly for the morals of its title character.
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THEATRE REVIEW
Transatlantic sophistication
story by Martin Roebuck /
From the moment that the curtain goes up on a stylish re-creation of an art deco bar in New York circa 1933, Stratford Festival theatregoers can relax in comfort.
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