| Book Marks
Remembrance of Things I Forgot
Book Review by Richard Labonte   Remembrance of Things I Forgot, by Bob Smith. Terrace
Books/University of Wisconsin Press, 272 pages, $26.95 hardcover.
Comic book dealer John Sherkson... |
| Creep of the Week: American Family Association
Political Humour by D’Anne Witkowski Well,
it’s June, which means it’s officially Gay Pride Month. And I do mean official.
President Obama declared it himself, which I think is a pretty... |
| Deep Inside Hollywood
Glee’s Naya Rivera goes solo
Celebrity Gossip by Romeo San Vicente Another fresh week, another wisely-timed, brand-sustaining
nugget of Glee-related news. The kids are spending the summer touring the
nation and their... |
| Hear Me Out
Lady Gaga, Matraca Berg
Music Review by Chris Azzopardi Lady Gaga, Born This Way
The third album from pop’s poker-faced ingénue isn’t quite
album-of-the-decade deserving, as the star herself claimed... |
| Queeries
Talking about HIV and other STDs with a new partner
Lifestyle Advice by Steven Petrow "Talking
about HIV and other STDs with a new partner"
Q: I’ve
gotten pretty confused about when to talk with new partners or boyfriends... |
| The OutField
The President comes out
Sports by Dan Woog The president has come out.
No, not the president of the United States. (Though Barack
Obama does have a better bod than, say, Newt Gingrich.)
It’s... |
| Creep of the Week: Tracy Morgan
Political Humour by D’Anne Witkowski Imagine
you paid money to see some stand up comedy and the comedian was totally
hilarious. He had this amazing bit about homosexuality where he said... |
| Book Marks
Love/Imperfect
Book Review by Richard Labonte Love/Imperfect, by Christopher T. Leland. Wayne State
University Press, 184 pages, $18.95 paper.
As in real life, gay mingles with straight... |
| Dallas: Shining Bright in the Lone Star State
Travel by Nick Vivion, gaytravel.com It’s impossible to visit Texas with a virgin mind,
uncorrupted by a steady diet of images in the media. So when I landed in
Dallas, I immediately started... |
| Sweet as Sugarland
Incredible Machine works its way to Stampede
Concert Review by Jason Clevett Last year Atlanta's Sugarland pretty
much stole the show at Lilith with their high energy set of infectious
pop-country tunes that undoubtedly garnered... |
| Katy Perry Sweet as Candy
Concert Review by Jason Clevett As the final Friday night of Stampede brought Sugarland to Calgary, the next
night, July 17th, brought Candyland. Katy Perry's candy-infused music
... |
| NKOTBSB a Blast
Concert Review by Jason Clevett Reviews
for the supertour of New Kids on the Block and The Backstreet Boys seem to fit
a formula. The reviewer talks about their history, maybe admits... |
| Deep Inside Hollywood
Cyndi Lauper doesn’t miss a Beat
Celebrity Gossip by Romeo San Vicente Cyndi Lauper’s gay diva
status in the 1980s was always somewhat overshadowed by the towering presence
of Madonna, but in recent years with her ongoing... |
| Hear Me Out
Best of 2011 (So Far)
Music Review by Chris Azzopardi Divas
dominated the first half of this year, but the Adele-Britney-Gaga train wasn’t the
only one rolling through. All three ladies, though, made our... |
| Editorial Cartoons
July Edition
Cartoon by Paul Berge |
| The OutField
The G(Force) is with lacrosse
Sports by Dan Woog For years, ice hockey and lacrosse have been stereotyped as
two of the sports least welcoming to gay men. They’re contact sports, played by
insular... |
| Creep of the Week: Kim Haynes
Political Humour by D’Anne Witkowski Remember
back in the day when black people couldn’t swim in public pools because white
people didn’t want to catch being black?
Luckily
that... |
| Book Marks
Shaken and Stirred
Book Review by Richard Labonte Shaken and Stirred, by Joan Opyr. Bywater Books, 398
pages, $14.95 paper.
Opyr is a master (mistress?) of mixing light and dark – of
telling... |
| Cultural Capitol: It’s DC, Baby
Travel by Nick Vivion, gaytravel.com I slipped out from the Renaissance Dupont Circle into a
frozen wall of sleety rain, and it was perfect: Today was a museum day.
Of course,
... |
| Deep Inside Hollywood
Mildred Pierce director Todd Haynes’s next conservative move
Celebrity Gossip by Romeo San Vicente If you haven’t yet seen Todd
Haynes’s five-and-a-half-hour, book-faithful miniseries masterpiece Mildred
Pierce, you still have your chance when the... |
| Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson
Political Humour by D’Anne Witkowski Nothing
brings the creeps out of the woodwork like pro marriage equality. The good news
out of New York has gotten some people fired up. And by "fire"... |
| Three Common Pitfalls for LGBT Home Buyers to Avoid
Real Estate by GayRealEstate.com Buying a home is huge step, and often represents the culmination
of a lifelong dream. But while under the thrilling spell of the home buying
experience... |
