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GayCalgary® Magazine

September 2013

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Articles in the September 2013 Edition
Surviving August
Publisher’s Column
I remember a time when August used to be a slow month for us.  That’s certainly not the case anymore. The weekend of the 10th we made our way up...
No Redress for Past Discrimination
My name is Paul-Emile Richard and my complaint is against the Federal Treasury Board. I was forced to leave the Federal Public Service(FPS) on August...
Inside Out
Celeb superfan Ross Mathews on his own talk show, road to success and being a ‘full tilt’ gay
Ross Mathews is talking to me from his own office in Hollywood and he can’t believe it. "It’s the dream," he says, bubbling over with joy. "I’m...
Boys Will Be Boys
Backstreet ‘fag hag’ AJ McLean talks screaming gays, his nude Marilyn Monroe pictorial and mistaking men for women
When the Backstreet Boys dropped their latest album’s title track, "In a World Like This," they did something special with the video: They ended...
War Horse
Calgarian Caden Douglas Comes Home
It seems like actors with ties to Alberta continue to make waves. Recently Aaron Walpole, who has spent much time in Calgary came to town with Les Miserables...
Discussing Community Safety
The Citizen’s Police Academy
Hello everyone.  I wanted to start this month by talking about the terrible incident a couple of weeks ago that was of huge media interest.  For...
Mother Russia Is Abusing Her Children
There was a time, during the first homosexual emancipation movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, that Germany, the post-Czarist and newly...
The Robots are Coming
Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre presents Beakerhead sci-fi attraction
The robots are coming.  Or, at least, facsimiles of them are. Swallow-A-Bicycle Theatre is soon to present a performance which promises to be a spectacle...
Queer Eye - Part 1
ProPride 2013 Calgary, at Hotel Arts, Calgary http://gaycalgary.com/pa570 YYC Bad Boys Louder Launch Party, at the Backlot, Calgary http://gaycalgary.com/pa572 YYC...
Out of Town
Autumn in Boston and Cambridge
Summer may signal the end of high season at New England’s beach resorts, but September and October are the perfect months for visiting the region’s largest...
Indigo Girls tour Canada
Iconic musical duo visiting Calgary later this month
The iconic lesbian musical duo Indigo Girls are bringing their solo act to Calgary on September 30th at Knox United Church. The duo is made up of Emily...
Hot Plots for a Balmy Fall
CIFF Lines the 2013 Roster with Steamy Must-See LGBT Films
Like eggnog to Christmas the worldly cinema grandeur of the Calgary International Film Festival defines the taste of fall. This year ‘Long Live the Director’...
Christopher Daniels
Actor, Escort, Firebrand
Christopher Daniels’ bright blond hair and chiseled body are attention-grabbers, without a doubt, but the escort and model has a lot more to offer the...
The Decade the City’s Art Scene Came into its Own
Made in Calgary: the 1980s opens at the Glenbow
From September 7th to January 5th, 2014, Calgary’s Glenbow Museum will host its third instalment in a five-part series displaying the best of what was...
Rae Spoon
Alberta-raised trans musician to perform for Calgary Folk Fest
Rae Spoon, a Calgary-born singer who has touched on a number of musical styles including country and indie rock, will be returning to his hometown for...
Matthew Rush
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Those of you who will be in Edmonton on September 14th will have the pleasure of seeing Matthew Rush live at Evolution Wonder Lounge. Recently I had some...
INTERVIEW - Man at Work
Tyler Saint talks leaving the work at work
Since 2006, hunky Tyler Saint has graced many of our screens, and enriched our lives (or at least our libidos) in the process. But for all that we’ve...
Oh Joe
Gordon-Levitt talks Don Jon sex, ‘proud’ gay kiss and the harm in thinking he’s the ‘perfect man’
Who doesn’t see Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the "perfect man"? The one man who knows him best: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. And neither should you, he...
Queer Eye - Part 2
Adam Killian at Priape, Calgary http://gaycalgary.com/pa575 Garage Sale Fundraiser at the Backlot, Calgary http://gaycalgary.com/pa562 Birthday Drag...
A Couple of Guys
News Releases
New Study: Transgender People Face Substantial Discrimination in Military Service http://www.gaycalgary.com/n818 Apartheid South Africa Banned by IOC...
Ms. GayCalgary September 2013 - Dee Patterson
Dee Patterson is a born and raised Calgarian who has lived in the South East most of her life.  Dee is a certified chef, and studied Hospitality Management...
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...
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Online Articles this Month
Banff Has Wild Pride
‘Who are they, and what are they doing?’ These are the hard-hitting questions we ask here at the "Gaily Planet". Ken Fierheller, Program Manager...
Editorial Cartoon
Cuccinelli's Virginia
Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder
I'm in a rather shitty Embassy Suites in San Diego using $12 wi-fi and typing this on my iPad. Why, you ask? Because I'm getting married tomorrow. To...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Now add Portia de Rossi
Casual fans of Portia de Rossi (aka everyone not a lesbian or otherwise addicted to Arrested Development) might not realize that the actress formerly...
Hear Me Out
The Civil Wars, Backstreet Boys, Gregory Alan Isakov, Vince Gill & Paul Franklin
The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars Nitty-gritty details are few concerning the highly publicized drama between The Civil Wars twosome Joy Williams and John...
Editorial Cartoon
They'll Keep the Light On For You
Creep of the Week: Christopher Doyle
"One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know..." I’m sorry to report, but Ex-Gay Pride Month has been retroactively cancelled. I mean...
Screen Queen
Spring Breakers, 42, Mud, The Ice Storm, The Place Beyond the Pines, Stoker, The Call
Spring Breakers The intention of Harmony Korine’s unsettling spring break dramatization – as discussed during the disc’s interview with the director...
Do We Have to Forgive the Ex-Gays?
For people who have endured the ex-gay message of Exodus, apologies might be much too little, too late.
When Alan Chambers, the president of Exodus "ex-gay" Ministries publically apologized for the hurt he has caused LGBT people, I forgave him...
Paint the Town Red
Get ready Edmonton, there’s a party coming!
"A big party is a lot of fun! We’re looking to create some strong presence, and I think that with me going out into the community, and doing a few...
Editorial Cartoon
Turning Over in his Grave
Creep of the Week
Ted Yoho
People who identify as gay or lesbian are often accused of being "confused," especially when we first come out. As if heterosexuality were the...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Amber Tamblyn is Two and a Half Men’s lesbian
Usually when a series is as long in the tooth as Two and a Half Men, the producers bring in a cute kid to boost the ratings. But with Angus T. Jones...
Hear Me Out
KT Tunstall, Over the Rhine, Julianna Barwick, Rudimental,
KT Tunstall, Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon The fuzzy feelings of KT Tunstall’s optimistic radio-baiter "Suddenly I See," a song hooked...
Creep of the Week: Russell D. Moore
How do you solve a problem like a tranny? How do you catch a gender and pin it down? Those are the questions keeping Russell D. Moore up at night. And...
Is One of You the Man…?
Inquiring minds still want to know, even if they know better
It happened again. Friends asked my partner, Traci, and me, "Is one of you, like, more the man in the relationship?" This doesn’t piss me off...
Titus Andronicus
Bringing Shakespeare's bloodiest work to life
After last season's successful collaboration between Ground Zero Theatre/Hit and Myth Productions and The Shakespeare Company that brought the highly entertaining...
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