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ON STAGE
Bump & grind
story by Julia Garro /
Don’t look now, baby, but burlesque is booming. What just a few years ago was a rare treat is quickly becoming a staple of Toronto nightlife, with new acts and events popping up all over town.
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Editorial
Feuding Siamese twins
story by Paul Gallant, Managing Editor /
Most gay and lesbian people have some sort of built-in gaydar, which makes me wonder if there is such a thing as transdar. Can transsexuals spot each other even in the absence of overt evidence like sex reassignment surgery (SRS), hormone-taking or crossdressing?
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ANALYSIS
Simply yes, yes, yes & no?
story by Tom Warner /
The Supreme Court Of Canada ruled this week on whether Parliament has the legislative authority to extend the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples, whether it would be constitutional for them to do it, whether clergy will be able to refuse to marry gay and lesbian couples and whether existing opposite-sex requirements of marriage are constitutional.
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HEALTH NEWS
Promoters, club owners need to push safe sex
story by Ian Mackenzie /
“When I’m high, I am not even coherent enough probably to mention a condom. I mean, when you’re high on certain drugs, you don’t think.
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NEWS
Gay widowers beat Ottawa, again
story by Tyrone Newhook /
Ever since his partner died nearly two decades ago, gay activist George Hislop says he has lived in “genteel poverty.”
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BUSINESS
Business & pleasure
story by Gillian Rodgerson /
First Toronto’s Siren succumbed, and then veteran publication Girlfriends announced a “hiatus” to redesign and rethink. What is going on?
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FITNESS
Showing it off in the showers
story by J Wallace /
Working out helps you feel better, sleep better and get picked-up better. Many trans guys work out to build a more masculine body. Also, if you are going to have chest surgery, it’s recommended that you build up your pecs before going under the knife.
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SPORTS
I’ll tumble for ya
story by Ted Flett /
On their knees, the two naked men face one another. Swaying and pushing each other, they glare intently into one another’s eyes and eventually tumble to the tarp-covered mat.
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CULTURE
The allure of younger lovers
story by Brent Ledger /
A fortysomething friend wrote recently from Paris to say that he’d met a wonderful new man, and things were going swimmingly. In fact they were about to move in together. Just one problem.
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FILM REVIEW
Brotherly love
story by Jon Davies /
The 2001 film Intimacy by French director Patrice Chéreau (La Reine Margot) was lumped in with the work of Catherine Breillat and Bruno Dumont; all their recent films were noted for rigorous, stripped-bare and unromantic presentations of explicit sexuality.
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DANCE REVIEW
Child’s play
story by Graham McKelvie /
Youthful exuberance defines Matjash Mrozewski’s Break Open Play. The new piece is intended for young audiences and is the first youth commission for dance from the National Arts Centre.
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CABARET REVIEW
Zaftig zanies
story by Seraphim /
Rubenesque cancan dancers, a barebreasted opera diva and an argute drag queen stormed the stage in October in a vaudevillian free-for-all reminiscent of The Kids In The Hall and Codco comedy troupes.
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THEATRE REVIEW
Everything old
story by Martin Roebuck /
Mounting a concert to showcase the songs of Stephen Sondheim, the most important composer/lyricist still working in the American musical theatre, should be a regular occurrence in Toronto. Music lovers in this city adore him and his music.
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THEATRE REVIEW
Up your people
story by Seraphim /
Somewhere between the inoffensive emoti-pop of Céline Dion and the infomercials of motivational guru Tony Robbins, lies a well meaning but banal musical named Decide (playing every Saturday in a Queen West loft).
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THEATRE REVIEW
Agitprops
story by Martin Roebuck /
“I’m sooo liking your hair,” said one beautiful blonde to another in the lobby of Buddies In Bad Times Theatre on opening night. This was the first hint that the audience for Yapping Out Loud was not your typical Toronto theatre crowd.
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