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HEALTH & RECREATION
Crystal palace
story by Shaun Proulx /
You can snort bumps of it as powder, or put little shards of it in a glass pipe, heat it and smoke the vapours.
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EDITORIAL
Teaching tolerance
story by Julia Garro /
Last month students at Toronto’s Market Lane Public School were treated to discussions on why it’s not okay to bully, taunt and otherwise make life difficult for their fellow students whose folks happened to be queer.
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NEWS
R u free 2 chat?
story by Julie Weisberg /
With on-line chatrooms and forums quickly becoming the rest stops of choice for gay men cruising for sex, health and wellness workers are looking for innovative ways to reach those logged on and at risk.
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NATIONAL NEWS
Parole officer’s murder did not have to happen
story by Matthew Hays /
“How are you?” It’s a simple question, but one Anne Lynagh has been getting a lot these days.
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NEWS
When sexual freedom equals sexual health
story by Tanya Gulliver /
What’s the connection between AIDS prevention and the laws about getting off at a bathhouse?
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FIRST PERSON
Like mother, like daughter
story by Nancy Irwin /
On Thanksgiving weekend I found myself in church. It was an unusual experience for me.
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HEALTH
Tit talk
story by Nancy Irwin /
Of the issues that lesbian and bisexual women struggle with when it comes to breast health, those around being queer and facing homophobia in healthcare are among the biggest.
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PROFILE
Phenomenal woman
story by Rhoma Spencer /
From soap star to sex worker to member of parliament, New Zealand’s Georgina Beyer has seen it all.
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PERSONAL POLITICS
Eat the red one lasts
story by Jane Ford /
I once heard that the average age for women coming out is 35.
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FILM REVIEWS
An honest tomboy
story by Jon Davies /
The Reel Asian International Film Festival has a handful of queer offerings this year; standouts include a moving film diary by a girl named Kai and the tongue-in-cheek chronicles of a trans secret agent named Iron Pussy.
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ART REVIEW
Big gay art show
story by Daryl Vocat /
In what is likely the gayest thing to appear at Hart House since higher-ups put an end to the bathroom sex, the Justina M Barnicke Gallery presents a big, gay art show called Le Corps Gay/The Gay Body.
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ART REVIEW
Just connect
story by Stephanie Rogerson /
Most of us exist with a certain amount of multiplicity or duality in our lives, whether that means we are profoundly shy in groups yet open and bubbly among friends, or a workhorse on the job but a sloth at home.
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ON STAGE
Anyone can whistle
story by Lisa Lambert /
John Lahr nailed it. In the recent PBS documentary, Broadway: The American Musical, he describes Stephen Sondheim as having an avant-garde sensibility in a popular art form.
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CD REVIEW
History’s first great gay album
story by John Webster /
Like its sister Want One, Rufus Wainwright’s new album Want Two is full of slow jams of the early 20th-century, unbelievably romantic, opera-queen variety.
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CLUB GROOVE
Luxurious Cajjmere
story by Shane Percy /
One of Five’s biggest musical assets, Cajjmere Wray, has been doing it his way since the age of 16.
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