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      <title>Classified Ads: </title>
      <author>GayCalgary Staff &amp; Contributors</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FIND OUT!: LGBT Community Directory</title>
      <author>GayCalgary Staff</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;GayCalgary Magazine is the go-to source for information about Alberta LGBT businesses and community groups—&lt;i&gt;the most extensive and accurate resource...</description>
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      <title>Mz. GayCalgary - May 2013 Deva Dave: </title>
      <author>GayCalgary Staff</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3498_Q4EAVGAZ_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Mz. GayCalgary - May 2013 Deva Dave" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dave Richards has done drag as Deva Dave on and off since 1995, ironically as the result of losing a bet. &amp;nbsp;Today she is well known for her classy performances, and recently won first place...</description>
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      <title>A Couple of Guys: </title>
      <author>Dave Brousseau</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Queer Eye: </title>
      <author>GayCalgary Staff &amp; Contributors</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why We Love John Barrowman: </title>
      <author>Jason Clevett</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3495_MZJBGSHF_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="John Barrowman" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"You’re really tall...are things proportionate?" John Barrowman asks me as we pose for a photo, leaving me speechless for the second time in less than 10 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;That simple fun and flirty statement pretty much sums up John Barrowman at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. Whether making out with InnerSPACE host Ajay Fry during his panel or "The Hub" evening host Shane Turgeon, teaming with Casper Van Dien to surprise Nathan Filion with a boa constrictor, or responding to a fan asking to grab his ass during a photo op with "at least stick a finger in", Barrowman is instantly likeable and full of surprises.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;"You don’t know what kind of underwear I have on, or if I am actually wearing underwear. You are desperate to look down but you aren’t going to," he teased. The answer as fans found out over the weekend was Iron Man underwear on Saturday and Spiderman on Sunday. One of the most popular guests at this year’s event which featured a reunion with his &lt;i&gt;Torchwood&lt;/i&gt; co-stars Eve Myles and Gareth David Lloyd (interviewed in the last edition).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;"The thing is we are all crazy. Casper I haven’t seen in 12 years, we were brothers on a show called &lt;i&gt;Titans&lt;/i&gt;...</description>
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      <title>Woo’d by Torchwood: </title>
      <author>Evan Kayne</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3494_N6T3AYFS_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If last year was the year of the Trek at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (what with the reunion of the cast from &lt;i&gt;Star Trek: The Next Generation&lt;/i&gt;), this year we all got a passionate &lt;i&gt;Torchwood&lt;/i&gt; kiss as John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper) and Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones) came to town.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>Edmonton Fruit Loop Summer Series: </title>
      <author>Lisa Lunney</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3493_E63RZN47_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Edmonton community is now home to a great summer series of events targeted towards the LGBT community. Fruit Loop is a lineup of activities for "fellow Fruits—the diverse community of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transfolk, queers, two spirited, straight, allies, cherries and berries—to mix, mingle and have fun," says their Facebook page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>Kiss &amp; Del: Scissor Sisters guitarist Del Marquis talks ‘ego baby,’ band’s hiatus and being Beyoncé</title>
      <author>Chris Azzopardi</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3492_3ZYWF2MO_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Del Marquis of Scissor Sisters" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Derek Gruen, aka Del Marquis, is happy to let his fellow Scissor Sisters eclipse his nerd-cool presence on stage. Now, though, as the band takes some time off, all swoony eyes – and ears – are on Marquis and his latest solo project, &lt;i&gt;Cosmos&lt;/i&gt;, released under the moniker Slow Knights (take that, Jake Shears).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;DM:&lt;/b&gt; I’m not really one of the main songwriters in Sisters. I come in and put down guitar parts over structures and ideas that are existing, so this really gives me more validation – considering I went from a world working as a designer into music, where I wasn’t sure I was creating enough. I had to kind of do these projects to feel like I had my own little ego baby; basically, in a really trite way, I wanted to build something from the ground up, so on this second project I definitely felt more confident and got to the point where the record I finished was what I had in my head the whole time. I didn’t really feel like I did that the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;DM:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah, I had never written lyrics and I’d never sang to my own music, so it was really part experimentation and blind fury. I look back and think, "God...</description>
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      <title>Matinée Launches Revolution in Sin City: …With Four-Day Weekend Spectacular</title>
      <author>Mark Dawson</author>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3491_EI6HDLJ8_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matinée is asking fans to "feel the revolution" this Memorial Day – the party revolution, that is. &amp;nbsp;The festival that has become world famous for re-imagining the elaborate party experience with blazing pyrotechnics and production by Cirque du Soleil and Matinée Ibiza, returns to Las Vegas with the biggest dance festival of the summer. Taking place Friday, May 24th thru Monday, May 27th, MATINÉE LAS VEGAS FESTIVAL will play host to over 8,000 clubbers dancing to twenty of the world’s leading DJs at eight high-energy party events.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;"In todays over technologized world, people want a real interactive experience," explains Paul Nicholls, part of the production team behind Matinée North America. &amp;nbsp; "We combine fantasy elements...</description>
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      <title>Out of Town: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware</title>
      <author>Andrew Collins</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3490_ATGCC38C_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="The dunes near Poodle Beach, a favorite spot of gay sunbathers" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The unofficial gay and lesbian summer beach resort of the Mid-Atlantic states, charming Rehoboth Beach is situated along a sweeping, sandy stretch of the Delaware shore that’s within a three-hour drive of Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Over the past decade, many of the town’s guest houses, shops, and restaurants have received stylish makeovers, and this once low-key, largely middle-class town has developed a see-and-be-seen cachet that extends well beyond nearby cities. Prices have risen, too, but Rehoboth largely retains a laid-back, welcoming vibe that makes it a perfect destination for summer fun, and a romantic weekend retreat during the quieter spring and fall shoulder seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The town began developing a subtle gay following in the ‘50s, probably owing to the fact that closeted Washington types, unable to risk braving the nightlife of D.C., found this relatively secluded beach region a relatively safe and anonymous place to be themselves, or at least test the waters. Lesbians and gays continued to settle here gradually, and then Glenn Thompson opened a full-scale gay resort, the Renegade, on the western outskirts of town in 1980. Soon after, the Blue Moon restaurant and bar opened downtown. Nowadays, Rehoboth (beach-fun.com for general tourism info; camprehoboth.com for details on the GLBT scene) teems with gay-owned or - oriented businesses, including cafes, restaurants, bars, and about a dozen guest houses. Although the Renegade was razed in 2002 to make way for condos, the Blue Moon is still a first-rate place to dine and socialize.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br...</description>
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      <title>A Master’s Ego Struck Down: Red gives inner look at expressionist painter’s melees</title>
      <author>Janine Eva Trotta</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3489_BJDPFH6J_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A tomato, a rabbit nose, an albino’s eyes, ruby slippers, the Russian flag, China’s flag, persimmon, red light district, lava, scorpions, flame, passion, sun rise, Satan; what does &lt;i&gt;Red&lt;/i&gt; mean to you?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Set in the studio of famed abstract painter Mark Rothko, aptly played by Allan Morgan, the play centres on the dialogue between a cranky, loudmouthed and arrogant master and his devoted pupil, an assistant called Ken, under-played...</description>
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      <title>Balletlujah!: Canadian icon k.d. lang inspires Alberta Ballet’s last dance of the season</title>
      <author>Janine Eva Trotta</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3488_U71TX19F_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;We all knew, evident in the sculpted muscles and porcelain frames of the dancers, that ballet is a strenuous art form. But who would have guessed that the usually mellow cooings of Canada’s well loved pop and country singer-songwriter k.d. lang would motivate the rancour and endurance demanded in Alberta Ballet’s final show of the 2012-2013 season?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In the theme of odes to musical genius, Alberta Ballet’s Artistic Director Jean Grand-Maître delivers another intimate, high-energy collaboration of unique choreography, design and music.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;"For this show, it’s more about portraying your character and yourself – it’s not about the perfection of every step... which as ballet dancers we’re always seeking," says ensemble dancer Mark Wax. "A lot of the choreography, especially the.... barn dance... it’s more about having fun and working on our...</description>
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      <title>Amaluna: Part Cirque part Broadway</title>
      <author>Jason Clevett</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3487_4PKL0XAE_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you’ve seen the giant circus tent at the Stampede Grounds but not yet been inside to see &lt;i&gt;Amaluna&lt;/i&gt;, the latest Cirque production to hit Calgary, you are running out of time. The show wraps up May 19th before heading to Edmonton May 29th to June 23rd.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>The 15th Annual Fairy Tales: </title>
      <author>Krista Sylvester</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;This year’s festival promises the premiere of 10 new short films celebrating Calgary’s queer history, films from around the world, the Youth Queer Media Program and a steamy night of pushing the boundaries of gay sexuality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;"For anyone who ever mixed up the name of the festival thinking it was fairy...</description>
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      <title>The Non-Operative Word is Not Sorry: </title>
      <author>Mercedes Allen</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pro-Sports’ First Openly Gay Player: </title>
      <author>Stephen Lock</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Jason Collins, the 34-year old free agent basketball centre who has played with the Boston Celtics and currently with the Washington Wizards, recently publicly came out in a cover story in &lt;i&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/i&gt;, the first American pro athlete to do so while still playing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Tim Hardaway, a former point guard with the NBA, notoriously commented after retired NBA player John Amaechi came out, that he would distance himself from any player known to be homosexual. When the interviewer asked him if he realized the comment was homophobic, Hardaway kept right on going and dug himself in deeper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>Cocktail Chatter: The Caiprinha and also Rimming</title>
      <author>Ed Sikov</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3483_JJEC4DBD_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="The Caiprinha" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Portuguese is easy," Chipper explained. "All you do is speak Spanish through your nose."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3482_7ZTT3A1U_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Vin Diesel" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;MGM is in talks with &lt;i&gt;Hairspray&lt;/i&gt;/&lt;i&gt;Rock of Ages&lt;/i&gt; director Adam Shankman to direct the action-comedy &lt;i&gt;The Machine&lt;/i&gt;, starring Vin Diesel as a humanoid weapon that befriends a young boy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <author>Chris Azzopardi</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3481_9R8OAQBU_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Sarah Brightman" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sarah Brightman knows what it means to "shoot for the stars." A one-of-a-kind soprano, the &lt;i&gt;Phantom of the Opera&lt;/i&gt; singer, who originated the iconic role of Christine 27 years ago, has a voice that can reach as high as the cosmos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <author>Jason Clevett</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3469_XQPEI5Q3_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Wil Wheaton" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the 2012 Calgary Comic &amp;amp; Entertainment Expo, Wil Wheaton was one of the highlights of the event, reuniting for the first time with the entire cast of &lt;i&gt;Star Trek: The Next Generation&lt;/i&gt;. In a display of grit and determination, an exhausted and sick Wheaton pushed himself to the limit and was gracious to the fans. He clearly made an impression as he and comic icon Stan Lee were the only two returning guests this year. &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;GayCalgary Magazine&lt;/i&gt; spoke to Wheaton prior to the Expo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <author>Jason Clevett</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3468_CVJQJK51_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Eliza Dushku" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be a stigma surrounding child actors who appear in huge films: many are seen once and never again. Some spiral into drugs while others just disappear. Eliza Dushku debuted in the 1994 James Cameron film &lt;i&gt;True Lies&lt;/i&gt;. Starting your career on a film directed by one of the biggest directors in the world and a cast that included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tia Carrere, Tom Arnold and Charlton Heston is a lot for any 12 year old. Fortunately for the world, Dushku has gone on to build up an amazing resume of TV and film in the last 20 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <author>Janine Eva Trotta</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3479_NGJBCS6H_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Sean Patrick Flanery" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The renowned alabaster face we can all recall from 1995 is came to Calgary’s 2013 Comic Expo. &amp;nbsp;Sean Patrick Flanery, the Texan actor who portrayed to us Jeremy "Powder" Reed, headed north for the chance to meet and entertain his western Canadian admirers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>Discussing Community Safety: Victim Assistance Support</title>
      <author>Constable Andy Buck</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Orphan Black: The new sci-fi show in town</title>
      <author>Evan Kayne</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3477_HPA4KTHL_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Dylan Bruce" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the nice things about going to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo is being exposed to exciting new sci-fi television shows. &lt;i&gt;Orphan Black&lt;/i&gt; is a new science fiction television series about a woman who witnesses the suicide of an exact duplicate of herself, and how she gets sucked into this duplicate’s life. She discovers there are more clones – and someone’s hunting them all down. It’s a Canadian production which will be distributed by BBC worldwide, and it’s already getting...</description>
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      <title>InnerSPACE at the Calgary Expo: </title>
      <author>Evan Kayne</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3476_FD9D7YTP_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="Teddy and Ajay" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson from Space TV’s Sci Fi genre news program &lt;i&gt;InnerSPACE&lt;/i&gt; were back in town for the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, and at their panel the boys got a chance to really sharpen their improvisational and hosting skills: the reel clip of upcoming shows refused to play, leaving them to re-enact the concepts. While it would have been nice to see the reel, it was a lot funnier to watch them perform on the spot. As well, a large portion of the panel was devoted to a new series – &lt;i&gt;Orphan Black&lt;/i&gt; (see the accompanying article in this issue).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <author>Chris Azzopardi</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;img src="http://www.gaycalgary.com/images/articles/3475_J1TK3HBQ_thumb.jpg" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steven Soderbergh knows who’s significantly responsible for the major success of his male-stripper romp &lt;i&gt;Magic Mike&lt;/i&gt;: gay men eager to ogle the barely-covered bits of Channing Tatum and his hunky posse. The Oscar-winning director’s upcoming feature will obviously court the same audience – and not just because Matt Damon lets it all hang out, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;After coming out of press with the April edition, we didn’t have a single quiet weekend for the rest of the month. &amp;nbsp;For better or for worse (but mostly for better), three major multi-day events would suck up practically every spare moment of our time:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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