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April 2013

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Articles in the April 2013 Edition

Nokia Lumia 920 – A Love Story

Publisher’s Column

Steve and I had stayed on with our cell phone service provider long beyond the three year contract we originally signed to get our old HTC Touch Pro phones...

INTERVIEW - “Hitman” Comes Home

Calgary’s Bret Hart sets sights on expo

He is considered by many to be the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. From humble beginnings in Stampede Wrestling to...

I Am My Own Wife

Third Street Theatre tackles a 36 character, one-man power script

‘Intriguing and powerful’ are the words actor Paul Welch uses to describe the script and 36 roles he will take on in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning...

Camp Out at Camp fYrefly

Sexual minority leadership retreat comes to Calgary this summer

The life changing experience has been offered to youth for ten years in the Edmonton area has finally made its way south to Calgary. This July 40...

Crosses in the Closet

Christian poses as gay man to gather insight

Generally gay people pose as straight people to hide their true identity, but what happens when a Christian poses as a gay man? Well, he sheds his bible...

Discussing Community Safety

Same-Sex Domestic Violence

Hello everybody, it’s a pleasure to be with you again this month. I hope a great time was had by all at Western Cup. If you were a winner...

VIDEO INTERVIEW - Join the Mobile Infantry and Save The World

Casper Van Dien brings the troops to the Calgary Expo

When Starship Troopers was released in 1997, it featured a loaded and attractive cast including Neil Patrick Harris, Dina Myer, and Denise Richards. It...

Lock It and Leave It

Villa Style Living with Urban Flare At Rocky Ridge

The opportunity to live in a villa-style bungalow or bi-level at the Landing at Rocky Ridge is swiftly becoming scarce. At the time of writing only two...

Calgary says Goodbye to current reining Emperor and Empress of the ISCCA

On April 20, 2013 the ballroom doors will open at the Westin Hotel to one of Calgary’s most glamorous spring events – the Imperial Sovereign Court of the...

Will-full Endangerment - Part 2

Last month in discussion with lawyer Gary Courtney of Courtney Aarbo, we mentioned in most jurisdictions in Canada, there usually is legislation in place...

Queer History Project Returns

It’s not clear if Kevin Allen realizes it, but his statements are full of meaning when he talks to GayCalgary Magazine: "I’m [1] doing another [2]...

Discovering Dad’s Other Life

Almost a Love Story Explores a Son’s Encounter with his Deceased Dad’s Lover

Is it possible to truly love two people at the same time? What does it mean to a son to find out his father had a male lover? Almost a Love Story...

The American Supreme Court

Equal Marriage, and the Evolution of Rights

You would think, especially after the several year stint we went through here in Canada, that the whole concept of equality would naturally extend to the...

Sissies and Psychopaths

“What was Gay like when I was 5?”

The Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists is proud to present Sissies and Psychopaths, a joint exhibition by Canadian artists Peter Kingstone and Daryl...

Rodeo and Music Festival

Preview of What’s Incoming for CRIR 2013

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Rockies International Rodeo and Music Festival. As ever, the folks at ARGRA will amaze us with this...

INTERVIEW - Eve Myles

Talking with Torchwood action girl Gwen Cooper

"Ianto dies? Shit! I didn’t see that coming..." she cried, causing a few moments of laughter. Eve played Gwen Cooper on the series – starting...

Artists for Life Edmonton

The 2013 edition of Artists for Life will take place this spring in Edmonton, Saturday May 4th in The Club at the Citadel Theatre. This gorgeous establishment...

Get Ready To (Nerd) Rock!

Kirby Krackle returns to Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo

Kirby Krackle is a Seattle based "nerd rock" band. With songs like Up, Up, Down, Down, Tony Stark and Comic Shop the group is headed by Kyle Stevens who...

The Politics of Music

Billy Bragg returns with Tooth and Nail and tour

For more than 30 years UK activist and singer Billy Bragg has spread his messages and ideology around the world through music. Currently touring in support...

A Kiss From Ianto Jones

Gareth David-Lloyd talks Torchwood

Gareth David-Lloyd has a special place in the hearts of many Torchwood fans. In the role of Ianto Jones, we saw the character evolve – first from a lowly...

Chip Coffey on the Paranormal and growing up Psychic

Internationally recognized psychic, star of A&E’s hit show Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal and Paranormal State, and author of Growing Up...

Belinda Carlisle. Still Go-Going

Singer talks ‘sexually adventurous’ days, gay son and feelings on doing a pop album

In the ’80s, Belinda’s Carlisle’s career demonstrated that, for some, heaven really is a place on earth. As the lead singer of the supremely successful...

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A Couple of Guys

Mr. GayCalgary - April 2013 TJ Fedyk

TJ is probably best known in the community for his work with Apollo Friends in Sports. While he is an Executive Board Member for Apollo, this is...

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

Drake Jensen, Plumb

Drake Jensen, OUTlaw Is the world ready for its first openly gay male country-music star? We might not know for sure with Drake Jensen’s OUTlaw...

Getting to Know the Candidates for this Spring’s Coronation

As 2012’s Emperor and Empress of the ISCCA prepare to step down, a new year of royalty prepare to make the step up onto the throne. We caught up with...

Cocktail Chatter

Above and Beyond

My brother-in-law introduced me to a new liqueur last week – well, new to me, anyway. It’s an Italian aperitif called Aperol, and it’s quite delicious...

Creep of the Week

If any of my readers have daddy issues and get off on being told "you’re a bad bad boy," you’ll love Matt Barber’s new slash fiction open letter to the...

Deep Inside Hollywood

The sun’ll come out tomorrow for Jane Lynch

And that sun will stay out for exactly eight weeks. That’s how long Glee’s mercurial Sue Sylvester, aka Jane Lynch, will star as fearsome orphanage meanie...

Once one of the country’s preeminent industrial powerhouses, with a population of nearly 700,000, Pittsburgh (visitpittsburgh.com) has - like many similar...

Holy Motors, Top Gun, The Sessions, Roger Rabbit, Hitchcock, Flight, Rise of the Guardians

Holy Motors A hypnotic fever dream of wildly intoxicating weirdness, the twisted premise of director Leos Carax’s cinematically self-aware...

Jarod Bormann goes to the mat for equality

Like most Iowa boys, Jarod Bormann grew up on a wrestling mat. That’s the unofficial state sport – the University of Iowa has won 23 national championships...

Creep of the Week

I’ve been critical of anti-gay folks for a long time. I’ve even been known to call them names ("creep," for example), but for as long as I’ve been following...

THE NAKED TRUTH

New Memoir Reveals Secrets of A Working Boy

"I went through my teenage years believing I was this broken person who didn’t deserve to be treated well," says Justin Hernandez, the writer of NakedinNewYorkCity.com...

Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves

Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience Sexy’s back, but not like you remember it: After seven long, hard, long years without Justin Timberlake...

Other People’s Politics

And We Just Have To Deal With It

Having friends who don’t share your political views is very inconvenient. It requires you to think in terms of individuals, rather than lump everyone you...

Out Destination

In the past year, I’ve traveled around the country, everywhere from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle, Chicago to St. Louis, but the one thing I’ve never...

Cocktail Chatter

The Bitter Orange

"What about ‘The Burnt Orange?’" Dan was trying to be helpful, but I bit his head off. "That’s the ugliest Crayola color ever!" I shouted. "Readers will...

Creep of the Week

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II has no direct impact on my life. I’m not one of her "subjects," nor do I follow the obsessive tabloid coverage of what the Royal Family...

Deep Inside Hollywood

Geography Club meets soon

Brent Hartinger’s highly successful young adult novel Geography Club is the little gay engine that could. The sweetly unassuming story of closeted...

The Art of Finding the Perfect Home

Looking for a new home is a complicated process. There are so many factors to consider, including the type of property you would feel comfortable in, the...

Creep of the Week

Andrea Lafferty

As you may have heard, Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has come out of the closet. Not as gay, but as the father of a gay son. And not only as the father...

Out Destination

Seattle, Washington

Microsoft, Nordstrom, Amazon.com and Starbucks are just a few of the companies headquartered in Seattle, Washington, The Emerald City. The city boasts...

Editorial Cartoon

Bears Illinois Marriage Proposal

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Senator Portman

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Queen Elizabeth II

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