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THEATRE
Meat on the bones
story by Seraphim /
In its 14th year, Toronto’s SummerWorks Theatre Festival continues to provide many fruit-flavoured concoctions to refresh and quicken the queer-spirited.
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EDITORIAL
Gambling on a family
story by Julia Garro /
I can’t help but notice that a mini baby boom has recently exploded in my immediate queer circle of friends and acquaintances.
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LAW & LIFE
Divorce homo-style
story by Nikki Gershbain /
First comes love, then comes marriage (or so we are led to believe).
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EQUAL MARRIAGE
Canada takes one more step down the aisle
story by Tanya Gulliver /
Activists fighting for equal marriage are heralding the recent court win in the Yukon as a decisive victory.
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POLITICS & CONSENT
Beyond the sound bites
story by Maria-Belen Ordonez /
John Robin Sharpe —a notorious name in the imagination of Canadians and a name that has had a disturbing and constant presence in the minds of the morally righteous.
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OLYMPICS 2004
Golden opportunity
story by Rebecca Addelman /
After a rocky history of exclusion, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced that athletes who have undergone sex reassignment surgery (SRS) will be eligible to compete in the Olympic Games.
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LASCIVIOUS PASSIONS
Stalking us across the centuries
story by Zoë Bake-Paterson /
Syphilis may be enjoying a comeback in Toronto in recent years, but the disease itself has been tormenting the human race for centuries.
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FASHION
Endangered metrosexuals
story by Ian Mackenzie /
Back in 2002, when British writer Mark Simpson first popularized the term metrosexual, the potential seemed infinite.
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BEAUTY
On the ’Tox
story by Shaun Proulx /
That Mother Nature is a bitch.
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BOOK REVIEW
I am my own personal transformation
story by Jim Bartley /
Those who follow the trajectory of queer content on Broadway have likely noticed that this year’s hit shows include a crowd-pleasing homage to a plucky guy in a dress.
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FETISH FAIR
Control freak-out
story by Shane Percy /
DJ Control Top knows music. Spinning in Toronto since 1989, Control Top, aka Dwayne Menard, has been bringing joy to dancefloors with his unique style.
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DANCE
Body language
story by Jennifer O’Connor /
Martha Graham once said, “Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.”
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