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Articles in the May 2008 Edition

Music Lives Here

Letter from the Publisher

It’s mind-boggling to think that a structured set of sounds that change over time can have such a deep impact on us. Even without the obvious meaning...

FairyTales

X Marks the Spot for Ten Year Anniversary

It is amazing to have seen Fairytales grow from a small 2-day festival to this year’s 10-day event, featuring over 60 films, documentaries, and a ton of...

GayCalgary at the Junos

A Look at Canadian Music’s Biggest Week

GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine was thrilled to be welcomed as the only gay media outlet at the Juno Awards, April 3rd – 6th, 2008. Here’s a small look...

RENT

Experience a Season of Love

On September 7th, one of the gay community’s most beloved Broadway shows ends its run in New York City. RENT is wrapping up after 12 years and 5000 performances...

Theory of a Deadman

Bearing their Scars and Souvenirs

After much anticipation, Vancouver band Theory of a Deadman’s new CD Scars and Souvenirs hit stores April 1st. The trio’s third release continues where...

When the Past Returns

...to Bite Us in the Butt

A recent Statistics Canada study, released on February 28th, states that based on 2004 figures (the last year for which figures are available) lesbians...

Q Scopes

“Articulate conflicts, Cancer!”

The Sun in Taurus offers the comforts and pleasantries of spring. Now, however, Sol is aspecting asteroid Chiron in Aquarius and new planet Eris, stirring...

Adult Film Review

Berlin, Itch, Dudes and Holes

“East Berlin” by Raging Stallion Studios, Courtesy of Priape Cast: Marcos Melo*, Mack Magnus, Matteo, Patrick, Bijan*, Robert Brankov, Markus Müller...

Deep Inside Hollywood

New Projects For Madonna and Cynthia Nixon

Madonna Adopts All of Malawi ...As a cause, that is. She didn’t simply swoop in take all the children back to her English estate (although there’s probably...

Whole Lesbian Sex

Jerking Off Like a Guy

“Sometimes, while masturbating, I pretend that I am a man jerking off - for some reason, the power behind that really gets me off,” one woman wrote to...

Running for Royalty 2

Edmonton Candidates for Emperor and Empress

Coronation 33 is happening on May 31st, where community members are encouraged to come out to the Hellenic Hall (even if not attending the Coronation)...

Sporty No More

Melanie C Goes Solo with This Time and Tour

Hot off the end of the wildly successful Spice Girls reunion, Melanie Chisholm is leaving “Sporty Spice” behind and hitting the road for a full cross-Canada...

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On behalf of Artists for Quality of Life we would like to thank Empress 31 Lonnie, Emperor Conrad and the entire ISCCA for their kind donation...

Sexual Orientation in Women

Sexual orientation is an interesting concept in that even researchers disagree on its exact nature. Some of you are familiar with the pioneering work of...

“Is There A Doctor In The House?”

One of the significant differences between the transsexual experience and that of people in the gay community is that there is a definite medical process...

Half Life

ATP Wraps Up Another Successful Season

Alberta Theatre Projects’ 07/08 season is coming to an end. What has truly been a fantastic season wraps up with the winner of the 2005 Governor General’s...

Newslets

Misc Youth – It’s Official! April 3rd, 2008 - Calgary officially has a new GLBT non-profit group. At April’s first-Thursday monthly Fake Mustache show...

ISCWR Coronation XXXIII

Edmonton Court Enters Coronation Month

The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose has officially entered election season with the announcement of the Empress and Emperor candidates at the...

In Loving Memory

James (Jim) Livingston Hall, aka Flora Tron

James Livingston Hall, known better to many as Flora Tron, passed away on February 12, 2008, due to HIV related complications, leaving many friends and...

The Options for Options

Paul Vickers Discusses Reactions to Plans for Calgary Gay Bar

Recent news reports in the mainstream media sensationalized Paul Vickers’ plan to open a gay bar with the working title “Options”. This announcement came...

Out of Town

Prague, Czech Republic

Among cities in Eastern Europe, few have developed a more spirited gay and lesbian following than the sophisticated, photogenic Czech Republic capital...

Mulligans The Movie

One of the highlights of this year’s Fairytales film festival will be the Western Canadian debut of Mulligans. The film, written by our January 2006 cover...

Music Review

Discipline and X

“Discipline” by Janet Jackson Right off the bat, perhaps the most annoying thing about this CD are the intermediate tracks that portray a somewhat lame...

Movie Review

Leather Jacket Love Story, Knocked Up, Spin the Bottle

Leather Jacket Love Story (1998) Kyle (Sean Tataryn) is an 18 year old aspiring poet who decides to leave his home in the Valley for more inspiring surroundings...

The Stars Love Calgary!

Canadian Musicians on the Heart of the New West

“Music Lives Here” was a theme and initiative that focused on Calgary and Canadian music leading up to and including Juno week. However, music has always...

61 Circus Acts in 60 Seconds

“Difficult to Describe, Impossible to Forget”

Circa is Australia’s most unique and unforgettable circus company and is coming to Calgary for its North American tour of 61 Circus Acts in 60 Seconds...

Book Review

The Skin Beneath – a Lesbian Mystery

“The Skin Beneath” By Nairne Holtz Insomniac Press, Toronto, 2007 In The Skin Beneath, the first novel from Nairne Holtz, a mysterious postcard arrives...

Afternoon of a Faun, The Rite of Spring

Chouinard Brings Company to Calgary

What do you get when you combine a choreographer with “a raw, honest, and gritty expression of our human form”, where music that is meant to “depict a...

VIDEO INTERVIEW - George Takei

“Sulu” Discusses Life, and Being Gay in Hollywood

George Takei will forever be known as the man who scarred people with the mental image of Betty White shaving her crotch. Ok, maybe not. However for...

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