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October 2011

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Articles in the October 2011 Edition

GayCalgary™’s Pride and Joy

Publisher’s Column

September was a reasonably quiet month, aside from the spikes of community activity that were Calgary Pride and the AIDS Walks across Alberta. Calgary...

Small Film, Big Heart

Why Weekend isn’t just another gay movie

Gay films once overlooked how much we’re actually like everybody else. We live, we hurt, we love. And we don’t all know people who look ready-made for...

25th Year Marked with Apocalyptic Puppet Show

"Who’d think? It is kind of stunning honestly. When I started on that ATP stage 25 years ago I don’t think they or I thought that this would hit. There...

Chris McBain runs Bear Yoga, but it’s not like he’s the CEO or anything like that. After all, his subtitle and tag line for the company is "The Travellin’...

Resumé Padding with a Gay Reality Show

The reality show Don’t Quit Your Gay Job (DQYGJ) is in the middle of its second season on OUTtv. At first glance you might assume the set-up is gay guys...

LGBT Community Directory

GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine is the go-to source for information about Alberta LGBT businesses and community groups—the most extensive and accurate...

Holding Bullies to Account

A year ago I wrote a column entitled "Bullying is Deadly" in which I wrote about the effect of anti-gay harassment and bullying resulting in the death...

With their unique blend of punk and Irish influence, not to mention their thought provoking lyrics and high energy live shows, over 14 years Flogging Molly...

This Year’s Exposure Festival

‘Raucous’ and Affordable Fun

Teeming with accessibility-focused events, this year’s Exposure Queer Arts and Culture Festival promises to "question, inspire, celebrate and expand the...

‘Footloose’: So Much Gayer Than You Thought

Director and star on updating a classic, its subliminal gayness and the making of a new heartthrob

Footloose is known just as much for its dancing as it is for the guy who did most of it – Kevin Bacon, who played Ren McCormack in the cult classic. But...

Deep Inside Hollywood

Ready for The Young Carrie Bradshaw Chronicles?

From this summer’s X-Men: First Class to the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man, youthful reboots are all the rage – but prequels aren’t just for superheroes...

Cocktail Chatter

Irene – a Category 5 Cocktail

"Jack Fogg started it," I whined. "You sound like a 6-year-old," Dan replied. "But he did! It wasn’t my fault." "Oh yes it was,"...

The Gospel According to Kristin Chenoweth

Singer talks country music, queers and Christians

One of the most happy-go-lucky ladies in showbiz, Kristin Chenoweth doesn’t get miffed very easily. But when she does, she does. And last year she...

The Return of Movember

Prostate Cancer Canada is running off with the month following October. They are swapping it for Movember, and focussing our awareness on men’s health...

Cazwell Comes to Calgary

NYC Bad Boy DJ Plays Saturday at Club Sapien

If I was a gay boy my new love would be Cazwell, AKA the best thing to happen to the NYC party scene in the last five years. Luckily for all you guys...

Michigan Vacation: Saugatuck, Ann Arbor & Detroit

As the cooler weather of early autumn settles in, southern Michigan becomes a particularly enchanting spot for a vacation. Here’s a look at three...

Fundraising Photos

Aids Calgary Aids Walk http://gaycalgary.com/pa69 HIV Edmonton Aids Walk http://gaycalgary.com/pa70 ISCWR Investitures at the Junction - Edmonton...

A Couple of Guys

Gloria Reaches Out to the Gays

The Queen of Latin Pop talks conservative upbringing, gay marriage and controversial Target deal

Gloria Estefan isn’t called the Queen of Latin Pop for nothing. Over three decades – and counting – she’s earned it. Since needing a "Dr. Beat" to...

Suicide, Grief, and Unicorns

By the time you’re reading this article, chances are we will have heard of yet another LGBTQ youth who has taken his/her life because of homophobic bullying. The...

Frankmusik Mixes It Up

Pop music-maker on ‘restricted’ straight guys, teaming with Erasure and getting naked for the gays

Frankmusik goes where no straight man’s gone before. Just look at what he did in 2008, when he disrobed – and bared his bum – for a spread in one of the...

PURE Pride at Flames Central - Calgary http://gaycalgary.com/pa75 Calgary Pride Dance, Parade, and Street Festival http://gaycalgary.com/pa76 Pride Afterparties...

Get rocking, Scorpio!

The Sun conjoins Saturn in Libra, clarifying the limits of relationship. Such reality checks can be unpleasant, but romance can’t last without work and...

Online Articles this Month

Thinking Out Loud

The biggest threat for our youth. Forget politics – the real challenge is our families.

In my travels lately as a professional gay I’ve been speaking at a lot of PFLAG meetings. No matter where I go, the following people are always there:...

A Queer History of the United States

A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski. Beacon Press, 287 pages, $27.95 hardcover. From the Puritan imposition of intolerant...

Editorial Cartoons

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Cocktail Chatter

Oooo –La-La: A Proper Gimlet

The vision that greeted me as I walked into the beach house was Fellini-esque. Craig wasn’t expecting an audience for the indescribable show he was...

Creep of the Week: Rick Perry

So how about that Gov. Rick Perry, eh? Awesome alert! Am I right? "I wish Rick Perry was my daddy and/or boyfriend," say all gays everywhere...

Deep Inside Hollywood

Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall head for Broadway

From man-eating Samantha on Sex and the City to a revival of Private Lives, that’s what Kim Cattrall will be doing over Thanksgiving when she hits...

7 Tips: How to Stay Sane While Traveling

As I write this, I’m sitting in a crowded terminal in Boston’s Logan Airport waiting for my flight to France. Though there’s a lot of madness around...

Katy B, Pistol Annies

Katy B, On a Mission They’re everywhere – British songbirds trying to take over the world with their voices. But Katy B, who’s already made...

Stealing Angel, by Terry Wolverton. Spinsters Ink, 288 pages, $14.95 paper. Estranged lovers, custody fights, child abuse, kidnapping, ...

Creep of the Week: Sally Kern

With the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11 behind us it’s important to reflect on the state of national security. For weeks now, pundits have been waxing...

Deep Inside Hollywood

Justin Timberlake’s got the beat

If you’re old enough to remember disco’s heyday, then you know Casablanca Records. It was the dance music record label of the 1970s, home to Donna...

Grappling with Donna Rose

David’s father was an academic, so the family moved often. Whether in California or Nova Scotia, though, sports provided a great way to make friends...

Creep of the Week: Dave Agema

There’s one thing you can say about the state of Michigan: it’s too friendly to gays. I mean, yes, it’s still legal in Michigan to be fired...

Shady Business a fun-filled farce

Terms like "madcap comedy" can instantly set off warning alarms in the head of a theatre goer. Often the farce-style comedy can be anything but. In the...

Arriba! An Aruban Adventure

The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association welcomed their first hotel member from the Island of Aruba, the Aruba Marriott and Sellaris Casino...

Thinking Out Loud

Who you calling a hater? It might look good on bumper stickers, but hate is a lousy P.R. word.

I've always had a sort-of wincing reaction to the word "hate" in LGBT rights messaging. Like those bumper stickers that say, "Hate is not a family ...

Hard Days Knights Beatleriffic Medival Times

The concept of blending the music of the Beatles with a medival theme is not a new one to Jubilations. They have done it twice in the past nine years...

Penny Plain is pleasure

Alberta-born Ronnie Burkett's newest show, Penny Plain, marks the 25th anniversary of the Theatre of Marionettes. After a change of direction to a brighter...

Erasure, Tori Amos

Erasure, Tomorrow’s World Over 25 years ago, when Erasure came together, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell were on the cutting-edge of the synth-pop...

Foo Fighter's Give Fans Their Monies Worth

If you regularly read my reviews, you know my biggest concert pet peeves are paying $100 for a ticket to see a band play for 90 minutes. That and a...

Screamfest Brings Terror and Gross Out Gags

Screamfest – running until October 31st at Canada Olympic Park – has become a tradition in Calgary over the last 5 years. It has now expanded to also...

Taking My Life, by Jane Rule.

Taking My Life, by Jane Rule. Talonbooks, 284 pages, $19.95 paper. It’s good to go through all the boxes. That’s how scholar Linda M...

Creep of the Week: Rick Santorum

Say what you want about Republicans, but they sure do keep us in suspense about how high the homophobic ceiling is inside of their "big tent." I...

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