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February 2015

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Gay Palestinian ordered deported for familial ties to Hamas

When John Calvin moved to Canada five years ago, he never thought he would be fighting for his life to survive. He chose Canada because of its reputation...

All Hail The King of Fairy Tales

Calgary welcomes back Ludwig&Lohengrin to the stage

He was an enigmatic king, whose obsession with mythical story and Wagner’s operas inspired some of the greatest castles erected, Neuschwanstein being the...

Romcom demonstrates sex is simply inescapable in gay New York

Last week Edmonton’s Walterdale Theatre opened its doors to its latest production, Jeffrey, which looks at a gay man’s struggle to do away with sex. Sarah...

Uproarious Play Opens at Lunchbox

Speed Dating for Sperm Donors explores challenges in lesbian childbearing

It’s hard to sum up what playwright Natalie Meisner has packed into less than an hour of onstage running time. It’s a fierce show: funny, emotive, raw...

VIDEO - Getting Lost with Rick Howland and Rachel Skarsten

The Stars of Lost Girl Dish on Season 5

There is a show out there, grown out of the depths of Canadian brilliance and open-mindedness, featuring supernatural creatures, hot sex, and political...

Killing You Softly

Perfume Genius on the perfect manicure, his Tupac sponge-bath fantasy and being ‘weirdly liberated’

Mike Hadreas is tapping his "really long" nails on a table. "Can you hear that?" he asks. The act seems insignificant, but for the...

Canadian Blood Services

Monitoring American Policy on Gay Blood Donations

While much of the hysteria that surrounded HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and ’90s has dissipated over the years, there still remains pockets of paranoia and fear...

The Mormons and Homosexuality

Stagnating views on same-sex relations

I have written several pieces on the response of various churches and other faith groups’ response, and in some instances reaction, to LGBTQ issues. One...

Community Safety

Considering the occupation of police officer

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that you all enjoyed a fabulous, festive break with loved ones, and that 2015 has been kind to you so far. Have any of...

Community Safety

Anti-bullying event at police HQ

Hello again everyone. I want to start this article by addressing something that has come to my attention. I am aware of a community member who has...

Nothing Butt Russell Tovey

Looking star talks sex scenes, his ‘well-received’ tush and taking his mom to Folsom Street Fair

Despite roles in the BBC supernatural drama Being Human and The History Boys, both on stage and screen, it's the HBO dramedy Looking that has presented...

Deep Inside Hollywood

'Wet Hot American Summer,' Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson, 'Downsizing'

Thanks for the Wet Hot American sitcom, Netflix In 2001’s absurdist, summer-camp-themed cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer, the counselors – a huge...

Parenting Proud

Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes

Well here it is: 2015, finally and, without a doubt, the craziest holiday season of my life. It was spent amongst family and friends in Canada and...

After Many Years Together, Starting a Family

Decades-spanning couples reflect on how building a family made their own relationship stronger

It takes hard work to maintain any loving long-term relationship. Every couple has ups and downs, but few will establish that rare rapport that can survive...

Transforming Minds, Interview with actor Jeffrey Tambor and associate producer Zackary Drucker

How Transparent is changing lives with ‘light, love and warmth’

When a show makes its mark on society, it’s more than just TV – it’s history. In 2014, we met Maura, the protagonist of the brazen, boundary-breaking...

On Cowboys, Crimson Peak, and Kissing Other Men

Standing in line at the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo this September, I noticed a mother and her five-year-old daughter sitting patiently in line...

Out soccer star Robbie Rogers on sports homophobia, closeted players and ESPN’s ‘ridiculous’ locker room coverage

Ever since Robbie Rogers came out in early 2013, the soccer player has been intent on changing sports culture the best way he knows how – by being himself...

Jasper Pride 2015

Unique, Innovative and Local

With all of the massive Pride events around the world it is pretty fantastic that our own Jasper is host to Canada’s only Pride event in any Canadian National...

Fort Lauderdale

Since its rapid transformation in the early 1990s into one of the world’s leading gay vacation destinations, Fort Lauderdale has continued on a steady...

Weekend in San Antonio

One of the largest cities in one of America’s fastest-growing states, San Antonio (http://www.visitsanantonio.com) is also a land of exciting changes...

Brazilian DJ twins O'Halley Brothers

Heating up the Edmonton club scene

The only thing better than one sexy DJ is two – and light-eyed twins, even more so. The ridiculously good looking and incredibly talented bronze-skinned...

Pride & Prejudice

‘Sherlock’ actor Andrew Scott gets candid about coming out, (almost) kissing Benedict Cumberbatch

It’s hard to ignore the fact that Andrew Scott came out publicly just last year while watching him in Pride. A British dramedy based on the alliance between...

A conversation with Melissa Etheridge

It’s been more than 20 years since Melissa Etheridge, after declaring herself a lesbian at an inaugural ball for President Clinton, came out on record...

Pink Underwear Not Just for Ladies Anymore

Pink briefs, for decades the butt of jokes and the joke of butts, has, in the last year, turned into a serious business. Jockey was the first to report...

No Hiding from Kiesza

Pop’s newest queen talks gay roots, how Babs taught her to sing and her hit song ‘Hideaway’

Even before making the streets of New York City her own private dance floor for "Hideaway," Kiesza was courting the queers. The lead single off...

Attack of the Frozen Queens

Alaska & Co. ready for winter Battle of the Seasons’ Tour

With a name like Alaska, one would expect the Season 5 top three performer to be prepared for a Canadian winter. When the Battle of the Seasons comes to...

Battle of the Seasons a Dream Night for Fans

Top queens put on a spectacular show at Flames Central

How far we have come. A decade ago the thought of a drag show at a large venue like Flames Central would have been scoffed at. Yet there we were, on a...

Kathy Griffin: In All Seriousness…

Comedian opens up on Joan’s death, hosting Fashion Police and emojis from Cher

Kathy Griffin isn’t kidding when she says, "If I can get serious for one second..." Putting aside her usual biting assault against all things...

A Couple of Guys

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Claus But No Cigar

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Coming to a Resolution

Does Your HIV Knowledge Need Updating? http://www.gaycalgary.com/n1689 TV REVIEW: Transparent http://www.gaycalgary.com/n1690 NSFW - Jake Gyllenhaal...

Mz. GayCalgary February 2015

Farrah Moan (Stephen Welch) has been performing drag for the past ten years and, for this 27-year-old born and raised Calgarian, it was easy becoming the...

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...

Online Articles this Month

Editorial Cartoon

Creep of the Week

I don’t like public restrooms. There’s just something really, well, icky about sharing a space with strangers where everybody does their grossest business...

Meghan Trainor, Belle and Sebastian, D’Angelo and the Vanguard, Ella Henderson

Meghan Trainor, Title It’s true: We weren’t ready for this jelly. But Meghan Trainor plopped her booty down anyway and made a seat for herself with "All...

Coming out & kicking butt

Anthony Nicodemo figured out he was gay in his early 20s. But it was not until he’d been coaching basketball for 18 years – and had just finished his fourth...

Creep of the Week

Mental illness is a serious, unfairly stigmatized issue in this country. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 4 Americans deal with...

Deep Inside Hollywood

Emma Watson, Lea Michele and Ariana Grande, X-Men, Jack Black

Emma Watson will be Beast’s belle Disney’s live-action Cinderella hits theaters very soon. The Jungle Book, from Jon Favreau, is also in the pipeline...

The Frivolist - Get-in-the-Mood Food

Soul-Soothing Dishes You Two Can Make Together

Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day at home or hunkering down during a blizzard, these aphrodisiac-inspired recipes will help you turn up the heat...

Editorial Cartoon

They Can't Stop Us

YOUthRiot deadline extended

Call all queer teens with a hankering to playwright

It’s a brand new pilot program that aims to give LGBTQ teens age 13 to 20 a free, safe and creative space to learn, write and grow. The deadline for applications...

Microsoft Creates a Great Commercial

One with Undertones of Coming Out as a Lesbian to her Parents

Microsoft is going after Apple’s Siri digital assistant in commercials for Valentine’s Day. Two commercial were created. One with a guy falling in love...

Creep of the Week

Good news, Jews. Former Arkansas Governor and Fox TeeVee host Mike Huckabee isn’t going to force you to sell "bacon-wrapped shrimp" in your delis...

Boyhood, Pride, Gone Girl, Looking, Love Is Strange, Skeleton Twins, Tootsie

Pride Pride, you ain’t foolin’ nobody. So fine, strip all traces of gayness from your box art, but no closet can hide the fact that you, by title alone...

Editorial Cartoon

Classic Songs, Charisma Carry Tragically Hip Show

For thirty years the Tragically Hip has amassed a long list of staples in popular music like New Orleans is Sinking and In View. Having repeatedly toured...

Beauty & The Beast

Timeless Tale returns

Disney’s Beauty & The Beast has come back to the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary and runs until February 22nd. The opening night, February 17th, saw...

Fifth Harmony, Michelle Chamuel, Kate Pierson, Night Terrors of 1927

Fifth Harmony, Reflection Raise your glass to girl-group power. It’s returning thanks to music-maven Simon Cowell, who understands the need to resurrect...

Gender Queer Daughter, Small Town Texan Mom

The Pink Unicorn offers laughter, tears and inspiration

It is actress Louise Lambert’s first time tackling a one-woman show in her career and, despite the nerves, she couldn’t feel more rewarded by the role(s)...

Creep of the Week

After years of arguing that being gay is not a choice and that gay people can’t magically become straight via a wish and a prayer, I now have to admit...

The Daisy Theatre Returns Home

Ronnie Burkett’s Incredible Puppet Variety Show Comes to Calgary

Twenty-two years ago in the Big Secret Theatre a young Ronnie Burkett first created The Daisy Theatre. After successful runs across Canada, and on stages...

Tom Cochrane in Concert

“Big League” Show Delivers Loved Hits

Early in his February 20th concert, Tom Cochrane touched on how very Canadian it is to tour in the winter, but noted that he is always greeted by a chinook...

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