Xtra - Issue 514, Jul 08, 2004

FILM
A charade to remember

story by Gordon Bowness / Former Torontonian Ian Iqbal Rashid’s debut feature Touch Of Pink is a very funny and charming homage to the dreams of Hollywood’s yesteryear.
EDITORIAL
Martin owes us

story by Brenda Cossman / Paul Martin has a new set of best friends: gay men and lesbians.
PRIDE 2004
Flash me, I’m a politician

story by Paul Gallant / Pride 2004: Year Of The Photo-op.
ELECTION 2004
Saved from Harper’s minions

story by Tanya Gulliver / Faced with a possible Conservative minority and a slew of rightwing Christian candidates, Canadians selected red instead of blue in last month’s election.
POLICING
Fantino’s quick exit

story by Tanya Gulliver / When Julian Fantino was appointed Toronto’s top cop back in 1999, it didn’t seem like he really wanted the job.
HOME & HEART
A dreamer not a dancer

story by Rhoma Spencer / Her statuesque figure straddles the couch on which she sits.
TO KINK
Come together

story by Margaret Robinson / TO Kink isn’t happening until September, but I’m already planning what I want to wear.
FILM REVIEWS
Queer nobility

story by Shane Smith / When you’re born into an Italian aristocratic family, life can be as lazy, decadent and, well, gay as you’d like it to be.
THEATRE REVIEW
Minimalist attire

story by Martin Roebuck / Want to see a porn star in the (somewhat gigantic) flesh?
CD REVIEWS
Is folk the new ambient?

story by John Webster / Is folk the newambient? Cocktail music for the Birkenstocked sensitive realist?