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Articles in the February 2014 Edition
Mr. Gay Canada 2014
Christepher Wee
Mr. Gay Canada is not just a title – especially not to Christepher Wee, this year’s winner of the competition. To him, it’s what a person does with that...
This Month Fall in Love with Glenbow
Leather Jackets, Unusual Materials and Bryan Adams’s Harder Work
Rubber spiders, sheets of lino, a Herod’s shopping bag and rose petals are just some of the many interesting and re-used materials one will find in works...
Modest Matt Webb
Lead guitarist for Marianas Trench heads in “Right Direction” with second EP
Easy on the eyes and not bad on the ears, Matt Webb of the emo pop band Marianas Trench has released a second EP with four tracks he hopes fans might blast...
Del Stamp
Vancouver resident DJ spins at Whistler Pride
DJ Del Stamp is originally from St John’s, Newfoundland, but he’s become a prominent figure in the Vancouver nightclub scene. He has built up a solid following...
Nick Bertossi
Winter Pride’s “Furrocious” DJ
Nick Bertossi, a DJ hailing from Vancouver, has had an exciting ride over the past year – and it’s promising to continue into the next one. He’s had releases...
BUTCH
Some of these girls are not like the others – and that’s okay
Big, bold, powerful, handsome – and beautiful - masculine women. Those words can be strung together regardless of what society might believe. Vancouver-based...
Poz Men’s Group
People living with HIV and AIDS have been coming together to support one another since the early days of this global epidemic. In fact it is the strength...
Scott Fried’s Hard Lessons
Scott Fried has been referred to as the "best kept secret" in the United States’ battle for more comprehensive health education. After contracting...
Pit Stop
New independent gay film paints a portrait of gay male desire
Pit Stop, Yen Tan’s lyrical new low budget film, paints a haunting portrait of how many gay men live, particularly in small towns. The dialogue-heavy...
Nigeria Accused of Torturing Gay Men under New Law
Nigeria is perhaps one of the most corrupt countries in Africa with a long history of human rights violations by government and government forces, as well...
Discussing Community Safety
Crime Stoppers
Hello again everyone.  It is with regret that I start this monthly column with tragic news.  As you may well know, the homicide victim from the...
Aris Is Burning
Out rocker Aris (pronounced like Paris but without the P) grew up in Brooklyn, the product of a belly-dancing mother and a Greek immigrant father.  Music...
Let the Battle Begin!
RuPaul’s Drag Race returns to OUTtv for a sixth season
Get ready squirrel friends! RuPaul is back with a new crop of celebrity guest judges to help transform "herstory" in the highly anticipated sixth...
Deep Inside Hollywood
For the Bible tells me so
The Ten Commandments, who doesn’t love those tips for living? All that shalt not murdering and avoiding covetousness and quitting doing it with your neighbor’s...
Out of Town
Exploring San Francisco’s SoMa Neighborhood
Encompassing a vast, architecturally and demographically diverse tract of central San Francisco (sanfrancisco.travel/lgbt ) that extends from the Mission...
Out of Town
Weekend in Savannah
The dignified city that General James Oglethorpe put on the map in 1733 has weathered the vagaries of time in fine fashion. Savannah has survived devastating...
BeefDip 2014
More than the Bear necessities
The 2014 BeefDip was more than just the bear necessities in every sense. This Leather and Bear party in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (produced by Toronto’s...
The Kid Is More Than All Right
Jonathan Groff on all his gay projects, idolizing Mark Ruffalo and how ‘Looking’ freaked out his family
Jonathan Groff is remembering a scene he shot for the upcoming HBO adaptation of The Normal Heart. It’s his only part with Julia Roberts, and he doesn’t...
Cherie On Top
‘Body’ Head’s For #1
"I love nightlife and being a part of it," proclaims the dance floor’s newest diva, Cherie Lily.  Born and raised outside of Chicago, she...
Lost & Found
Patty Griffin reflects on feeling close to the gay community, being a ‘weirdo’ & helping a kid come out
There are singers, there are songwriters – and then there’s Patty Griffin. Not only has the celebrated songstress been praised for her versatility, Griffin’s...
Tearing It Up
Mary Lambert on ‘Same Love,’ Grammy night and what it’s like having Madonna dry your tears
"I’m not crying on Sundays," Mary Lambert assures herself on the song that got her to the Grammys. But this Sunday was different. This Sunday...
Queer Eye
ISCWR Womonspace Grease Photos courtesy B&J ISCWR Twiggy Headliner Show at Evolution, Edmonton Photos courtesy Cheryl Patricia Fruit Loop at Yellowhead...
A Couple of Guys
News Releases
NEWS: Gay Relationships Can Be More Stable Than Straight Ones http://www.gaycalgary.com/n1151 ADVICE: How To Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions http://www.gaycalgary.com/n1152...
Mr. GayCalgary January 2014
Mark Campbell
Mark Campbell has been an owner of the Backlot for 4 years (with his business partner Ward), after having worked for its previous owner Ken for 8 years...
Mr. GayCalgary February 2014
Ward
Ward has been an owner of the Backlot for the past 4 years with his business partner Mark, but estimates he has worked at the Backlot for 15 of its 18...
FIND OUT!
LGBT Community Directory
GayCalgary Magazine is the go-to source for information about Alberta LGBT businesses and community groups—the most extensive and accurate resource of...
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Online Articles this Month
Editorial Cartoon
Africa and Gays
Creep of the Week
Chris Christie
We can all sleep easier now knowing that it is still a huge pain in the ass for transgender people in New Jersey to amend their birth certificates. Hero...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Effie Gray with a bit of gay
Euphemia "Effie" Gray was the teenage bride of the Victorian art critic John Ruskin, yet she refused to consummate that unhappy union. Instead...
Hear Me Out
Beyoncé, Jennifer Nettles, Mary Chapin Carpenter, R. Kelly
Beyoncé, Beyoncé It’s a new year, but we’re not done gushing over Beyoncé and that juggernaut of an album she surprise-dropped to a web blitz of industry-shattering...
Creep of the Week
Council Nedd II
It is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as I write this, which means that people on the Interwebs are debating about whether or not King would’ve supported the...
Creep of the Week
Todd Starnes
I did not watch the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. For one thing, I don’t give a shit. For another thing, I’m too old to stay up that late. But I did watch...
Creep Of The Week
Peter LaBarbera
I do not watch The Disney Channel. Mind you, this is not any kind of elitist pronouncement. It’s just that I’m more than seven years old. The Disney...
Editorial Cartoon
TV Chat Show
Hear Me Out
Jennifer Holliday, A Great Big World, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Rosanne Cash
Jennifer Holliday, The Song Is You Jennifer Holliday is not going. And even though it’s been 23 years since the Grammy winner – the original Effie in...
Hear Me Out
Against Me!, Toni Braxton and Babyface, Broken Bells, Cibo Matto
Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues The remarkable thing about Transgender Dysphoria Blues – besides, of course, it being an emancipating declaration...
Editorial Cartoon
Olympic Dress Code
The OutField
Chris Kluwe does not punt on marriage equality
When Chris Kluwe began working for same-sex marriage in Minnesota – and then wrote a powerful letter in support of the same issue in Maryland – the reason...
Editorial Cartoon
Virginia Marriage Debate
Screen Queen
Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Prisoners, Don Jon, Fruitvale Station, Mary Poppins, One Direction, Sound of Music, We’re the Millers
Lee Daniels’ The Butler When The Butler – excuse me, Lee Daniels’ The Butler – was released last year, it seemed Oscar bound. It had social issues. It...