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Articles in the July 2013 Edition
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Publisher’s Column
The forecast for the opening weekend of Edmonton Pride did not look promising at all: rain across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We drove up Friday...
Drake Jensen
The “Daddy” of Gay Country Music
Despite our collective cowboy fantasies, it’s easy to imagine country music as being one of the last bastions of heteronormativity. In fact, as Calgarians...
Come Hell, High Water or Incarceration
Kent Monkman further boosts Stampede pride at the Glenbow
Viewing the photos of a water-submerged Saddledome and Stampede grounds over the last weeks has had to strike a chord in every Calgarian, regardless of...
Central Alberta Pride
Red Deer launches its own in rainbow celebrations
The Red Deer and area LGBT community is breathing new life into its Pride Festivities planned this August 9th to 11th, featuring exciting new events and...
Discussing Community Safety
How to be a good witness
Hello again everyone.  I want to start this month by sending my heartfelt wishes to anyone who has been unduly affected by the flood that hit us recently...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Zach Braff wishes on star Jim Parsons
Wish I Was Here is the name of that movie Zach Braff turned to Kickstarter to fund, a move that turned the entire project into a referendum on what well-to-do...
Queer Eye - Part 1
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Rebel With a Country Cause
Kacey Musgraves on opening minds, smoking pot and all the gays in her life
When it comes to country music, tradition says you should be a narrow-minded churchgoer who condemns drugs, lesbian love and casual sex. And you should...
On the Heels of Fame
Newcomer Israel Broussard on gay role, wearing stilettos and the real-life ‘Bling Ring’
In The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola’s flashy zeitgeist neo-noir based on true events of teenaged Hollywood bandits, Israel Broussard takes lead-role reins...
A Grant Gesture
Musician John Grant’s tell-all interview on HIV, addiction and revealing new album
John Grant’s head is like a prison, and inside are words waiting to get out. These words flood the melodies of the songs on his second LP, the critically...
Out of Town
Grand Canyon and Flagstaff
The Grand Canyon has been showered with accolades as much as any of America’s many spectacular national parks, yet few who visit this 300-mile-long gorge...
Matthew Morrison Sings Out
Glee star on being an ally, equal marriage and his gay following vs. Adam Levine’s
Glee made Matthew Morrison (and his unruly curls) a star, but his success started long before his role as do-gooder teacher Will Schuester. Morrison originated...
Calgary Fringe 2013
Ten of this year’s must-see shows
It’s the most wonderful time of Inglewood’s year when the Fringe tents are pitched and colourfully clad show patrons dart from show venue to show venue...
The Calgary Flood of 2013
Damages, Uncertainty, and Response
For Calgarians, the flood of June 21st has receded and the process of clean-up and recovery are well underway. Yet, after a river floods, it alters the...
Stampede Spirit Lives On
Despite flood, Calgarians ready to have a good time
It’s everyone’s favourite time of year again - whether they know it or not. It’s not often you can wear jeans to work, take a Friday off for a  parade...
K-Days 2013
Former Capital Ex returns to its roots
The city of Edmonton’s 2013 edition of the annual summer fair is coming up this month.  After a dramatic name change to Capital Ex, the fair has now...
The Amazing Race Canada
Best Friend Cowboy Duo Take on the Challenge of a Lifetime
It was a dream come true when avid Amazing Race fans Jamie Cumberland and Pierre Cadieux heard the adventure was coming to Canada. Cumberland saw...
Exodus International’s Revelation Heralds a New Genesis
A major ‘ex-gay’ organization, which spent years claiming to ‘cure’ homosexuals through prayer and counseling, has announced it was in error, issued a...
Ford Focus
Colton Ford Reveals “The Way I Am”
In his new album, Colton Ford reveals his story of coming to terms with the many layers that make up the silver daddy muscle-god we all know and love. Of...
All’s Well that’s Cazwell
Before Thrift Shop by Macklemore ruled the airwaves, comedy hip hop, with its lighter and more humorous style, was carried by several significant acts...
She’s So Unbelievable
Cyndi Lauper on being ‘touched’ by Tony win and standing up for her gay fans
Even before this year’s Tonys, the legendary Cyndi Lauper was already considered a champion. A champion of the Grammys. A champion of the pop charts. A...
Queer Eye - Part 2
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A Couple of Guys
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Online Articles this Month
Was 'Censorship' debacle Daily Xtra’s own fault?
IT expert believes Tim Hortons may not be to blame
After receiving an apology themselves, Daily Xtra may owe Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons a much bigger apology in return after launching public accusations...
Editorial Cartoon
Lutherans Openly Gay Bishop
Cocktail Chatter
The Greyhound
"I can’t believe you’re serving us a drink named after a bus line." This was going to be a long night. Craig was in one of his moods, and it seemed...
Creep of the Week
Setting Captives Free
There’s an app for that. It doesn’t even matter what "that" is, because there’s an app for everything. You want the photos you take with your $300 phone...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Neil Patrick Harris will wig-out in Hedwig
Why didn't someone think of this earlier? No sooner will How I Met Your Mother wrap up its last season with all questions about mother-meeting finally...
Hear Me Out
Kinky Boots, The National
Kinky Boots (Original Broadway Cast Recording) "The world seemed brighter six inches off the ground." So goes the drag-inspired fabulousness...
Screen Queen
Oz The Great and Powerful, Struck by Lightning, Any Day Now, Cloud Atlas, Warm Bodies, Side Effects, Identity Thief, Mama
Oz The Great and Powerful We’re off to see the wizard (but not Dorothy) as filmmaker Sam Raimi gives top billing to the great man behind the smoke screen...
Thinking Out Loud: Pride, 80s Style
Celebrating our lives when no one cared that we were dying
The motto of my first Pride parade was "Unity and More in ’84." If you think this is ancient history, I can assure you it’s not. Pride in ’84 meant then...
Creep of the Week
Robert R. Reilly
It always comes back to the children. It doesn’t matter how or where the conversation starts, if homosexuality is involved someone who is opposed to equality...
Editorial Cartoon
First Lady
Hear Me Out
Best of 2013 (So Far)
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mosquito Karen O howls on "Sacrilege" as the sound revs with electric fury and the divine intervention of a gospel choir. "Buried...
Creep of the Week
Josh Thomson
When it comes to the cage match over LGBT civil rights in the United States, it seems like everyone has an opinion. President Obama, Lady Gaga the Pope...
Thinking Out Loud: Coming Out, Again
How an oddball disorder sent me back to the closet
Last week I discovered that there’s a name for a problem I’ve had since I was 11. I’ve learned that other people have same problem, and quite a few have...
Editorial Cartoon
Vatican's Gay Lobby
Ask Dr. Eva
Nasty Plastic
Dear Dr. Eva: Thanks for your informative publication on bottled water. Sometime ago, I read an email circulated by John Hopkins Hospital, discouraging...
Ask Dr. Eva
Part Two Of How Much You Know About LGBT Health
How much do you know about LGBT Health? Try this quiz – answers provided. 1) Which is the best advice on how to avoid sexually transmitted infections...