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September 2012

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Articles in the September 2012 Edition
A Month of Many Firsts
Publisher’s Column
At the beginning of the month, Steve and I went to take photographs at the Hoedown, an ISCCA fundraising campout that took place at the Regency Ranch near...
“If we keep hiding, they will say we’re not here”
A Calgary International Film Festival for Everyone
There are three things, that every fall, greatly compensate for the dwindling of warm summer days: a foamy Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte, reinstitution...
Celebrating a Sweet 30 Years of Womonspace
With so many gay spaces disappearing in 2012, it is wonderful to have some good news to report, such as LGBT organizations celebrating huge milestones...
Andrew Rannells: Baby Daddy
Broadway star talks The New Normal, anti-gay controversy and comparisons to Modern Family
Another modern family is moving into prime time: Ryan Murphy’s The New Normal, premiering this fall on NBC, casts Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha as...
Nuns of Our Own
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
If you attended Calgary’s Pride Parade, you might have seen three fabulous creatures resembling nuns...on acid. Down from Edmonton on a spiritual...
Northern Alberta’s 2012 AIDS Walk
HIV North has a bold vision; all individuals and communities in Alberta’s Peace County will have the ability, capacity and power to eliminate the harm...
Queer Eye - Part 1
Pride Calgary Kickoff Party at Hotel Artshttp://gaycalgary.com/pa326 3rd Annual Calgary Dyke Marchhttp://gaycalgary.com/pa329 Pure Pride 2012 Dance...
Frenchie Speaks Out
Voice finalist gets serious about her sexuality and talks upcoming album
Everything happens for a reason in the life of Frenchie Davis. Ten years after getting disqualified from American Idol for her Internet porn past...
Calgary’s 2012 AIDS Walk
On Sunday September 23rd, the Aids Awareness Association invites Calgarians to join over 700 walkers for the ScotiaBank’s Aids Walk For Life. As always...
Smart Chicks Kick It Tour!
Summer is drawing to a close, so it’s time to stock up on books to keep you company through the frigid months ahead. What’s better than a book? Hmm...a...
On Trans Celebrities
"Cloud Atlas" will be winding its way to movie theaters shortly, being billed as an exploration of "how the actions and consequences of individual lives...
Central Alberta’s 2012 AIDS Walk
The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society (CAANS) is a local charity responsible for HIV prevention and support in the former David Thompson Health Region...
Does Being At Pride Carry Any Political Risk for Redford?
Despite the advances in GLBTQ rights over the last several years, after decades of minimal gains in employment protections and access to public services...
Crystal Shawanda
Canadian Country Belle Takes Music by the Reins
It’s not a stretch to say Canadian country vocalist Crystal Shawanda was born country. Raised on the Wikwemikong Native Reservation of Manitoulin Island...
Medicine Hat Shows its Colours
500 expected to participate
Every pride festival has to start somewhere and Medicine Hat is starting at its roots. Former Calgary event planner Jason Johnson recently moved back...
Edmonton’s 2012 AIDS Walk
The city of Edmonton will be hosting its annual Walk For Life on Sunday September 23rd, marking the 21st year of the ScotiaBank AIDS walk! This fundraising...
Out of Town
An Alaska Adventure: 8 Essentials
I spent 15 days touring Alaska (travelalaska.com) with a friend earlier this summer, my second extended trip to the country’s largest state in the past...
Adam, Exposed
Pop star talks passion for gay rights, acting debut nudity and biggest ‘Voice’ diva
Supermodel girlfriends, rumored spats with Christina Aguilera and the engine that has kept Maroon 5 running for 10 years – there’s still so much more to...
The Chinook Lesbian & Gay Fund
When speaking with a tax professional, one would think that clarity of detail and a respect for the sanctity of process would be held in high regard, and...
Walk a Mile in her Shoes
YWCA fundraiser aims to end violence against women
Once a year for the past eight years, hundreds of men step up and strap on – a pair of heels that is – to walk two laps in women’s shoes around Olympic...
The Indestructible Nelly Furtado
Pop singer on first drag experience, musical ADD and how she’s still like a bird
There’s a story Nelly Furtado likes to tell of her seeing two lesbian teens squeeze each other while crying as she sang " ... On the Radio (Remember the...
Queer Eye - Part 2
6th Annual Bowls For Beswick, Calgaryhttp://gaycalgary.com/pa317 ISCCA - Carnal Intentions at the Eagle, Calgaryhttp://gaycalgary.com/pa315 ISCCA...
Chelsea Boys
A Couple of Guys
Bitter Girl
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...
Classifieds
Q Scopes
Trust erotic instincts, Virgo!
Mercury is lord of the zodiac now, but he’s in bad aspect. Reign in ego and criticism. Venus in Leo aspecting the outer planets is challenging us all to...
Online Articles this Month
When Sex Calls
Out director and rising star talk comedy’s queerness, pseudo-lesbianism and gay best friends
"Does it feel gay to you?" Jamie Travis asks about his directorial debut, For a Good Time, Call, as if there was any question that a phone-sex...
Roxette
Joyride Worth Spending My Time
7,000 fans headed to the Saddledome for a blast from the past, as Swedish duo Roxette returned to Calgary for the first time in 20 years. Per Gessle and...
Stone Temple Pilots As Good As Ever
4 years ago, the reuniting of the Stone Temple Pilots was a major draw for the first of only 2 Virgin Festivals to play in Calgary. Thousands packed Fort...
Editorial Cartoon
Gore Vidal
Deep Inside Hollywood
Kimberly Peirce is wild about Harry
No, the Boys Don’t Cry director is not jumping on board a reboot of Harry and The Hendersons. (But wouldn’t it be weird and cool if she were?) She...
Hear Me Out
Frank Ocean, Sparkle
Frank Ocean, channel ORANGE Even if Frank Ocean hadn’t recently acknowledged that he's an equal-opportunity lover, becoming one of the first major...
Screen Queen
Weekend, The Hunger Games, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Weekend In an interview with Andrew Haigh on the Criterion Collection release of his second feature film, Weekend, the director insists he’s...
The OutField
Major league soccer kicks boy scouts
Last month, after a two-year, super-secret study by a group of unnamed people, the Boy Scouts of America announced that their next hike would take...
Thinking Out Loud
Freedom and Chicken Sandwiches: Is standing up for LGBT rights tantamount to censorship?
I am so happy I decided to stop eating chicken last month. It had nothing to do with the Chick-fil-A brouhaha, but rather, a chance encounter with...
Editorial Cartoon
Lesbian Cabal
Deep Inside Hollywood
Jodie Foster gets married to the mob
The next time you see Jodie Foster in front of the camera it’ll be in District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s 2013 sci-fi epic Elysium with Matt Damon...
Hear Me Out
Best of 2012 (So Far)
Lana Del Rey, Born to Die She was all anyone could talk about in the beginning of the year, but for all the wrong reasons: Lana Del Rey’s two...
Thinking Out Loud
Chick-Fil-A Fail: How we can do it better the next time around
There were so many things I could have written about today: openly lesbian Tammy Smith’s promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the fact that...
Editorial Cartoon
Patriot Eve
Hear Me Out
Melissa Etheridge, Elle Varner
Melissa Etheridge, 4th Street Feeling Fearless Love revisited Melissa’s song-kill mode when the feisty return-to-rock was released two years ago...
Thinking Out Loud
Feeling the Flames: How a frenzy of right wing comments got me thinking…
When I sat down to write my last column I didn’t think I had much to say about anything. So, stumped for fresh ideas, I revived the topic of my previous...
Editorial Cartoon
Paul Ryan
Health Talk
Pomegranates and Prostate Cancer
Q: Is it true that pomegranates help prevent prostate cancer? If so, what are some ways to eat them? A: The research showing strongest anti-cancer effects...
Health Talk
Exercise and Cancer Risk
Q: Does exercise still help reduce cancer risk even if you don't lose weight? A: Studies presented at the most recent research conference of the American...
Health Talk
Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, and Diet
Q: Once blood sugar or blood pressure goes up, can people really bring them back down with healthy habits, or is that something from research but not seen...
Health Talk
Red Grapefruit or White?
Q: Is it true that red grapefruit is higher in antioxidants than white grapefruit? A: Not necessarily. All grapefruit is an excellent source of vitamin...
Health Talk
Soup and Weight Loss
Q: Does soup really help you lose weight? A: Some research suggests that starting a meal with soup may help fill you up and reduce the calories you consume...
Health Talk
Coffee and Cancer Risk
Q: Does coffee affect cancer risk? A: Although previously there was concern that coffee might increase risk of some cancers, recent larger, better-controlled...
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