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clout speaks loudly, so hopefully the Toronto gay community will fab #421, March 30.
use theirs to show a condescending, rightwing Conservative Party How gross. How could
we recognize them when we see them. anyone find the complete
The Conservatives were joined by the anti-gay Reform Party, which shaving of the chest attrac-
tried to repeal equal rights, including gay marriage. Do you really
believe this stance doesn’t still exist among Harper’s cronies? Julian
tive? Their big nipples and
the showing of their trendy Palm
Fantino, no surprise, is one of those responsible for London’s infamous
gay witch hunt, Project Guardian, in the ’90s. This hunt was purport-
underwear — Marky Mark
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Springs
edly to expose a child-porn ring, but it uncovered only hustlers and he had a body to look at. the gay oasis
their adult clients. Dozens of men were unjustly charged, leading to — Daniel Daring
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This party has long been accused of hidden agendas. This is a Don’t hold it against her
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a prop for his ego, uses the Mounties to oust you from his rallies If you are not a fan of Britney, you are on no solid ground to be
if you are not Conservative and repeatedly hides his business judging her music. Britney is not who she used to be, but she is
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Toronto is a major political riding in this race, so let’s make the you don’t, you don’t. No need to be sour toward her work. Nobody
gay vote more than count. We don’t want a Conservative majority can please everybody.
in power in what is supposed to be a liberal and free-thinking — Thien
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Britney released another mediocre album in a desperate bid for a
comeback. And didn’t we just have a federal election?
Watching Charlie Sheen’s world implode is tragic but riveting.
As captivating as watching traditional gay sporting events like figure
skating or Dieux du Stade? Possibly: after all, one of the activities
that we gay men excel at is celebrity blood sports, where gossip and A Summer that will last a Lifetime Alberta
July 28–31
innuendo is wielded with the dexterity of a Roman gladiator.
Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, finds Join us this summer for fun, friendship, and amazing Saskatchewan
workshops at Camp fYrefly, Canada’s only national August 18-21
Britney Spears’ influence on preteen sexuality troubling.
Orenstein’s thesis is that Spears’ original schoolgirl persona leadership retreat for sexual minority and gender variant
sexualized innocence while fetishizing it, a dichotomy that youth. Please visit our website to apply or to learn how to
earned her many gay fans. Now that Spears has become a woman make a charitable donation to help send a kid to camp!
(externally, at least), while clinging to her childlike (or is she just www.fyrefly.ualberta.ca
stoned?) mannerisms, she portrays “sexiness as something to do
for the pleasure and entertainment of others rather than as
something empowering.” That is indeed a disheartening message
for preteen girls — and for Spears’ twink fans.
A lip-synching Auto-Tuned automaton is a tragic role model for
gay men, but what great sport can be found in building someone up
and then knocking them down when they fail us. In contrast,
General and
remember how empowering it was when Madonna urged us to
“Express Yourself” (instead of expressing the fantasies of whoever is
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pulling Spears’ puppet strings). Gaga’s been slagged for her rewrite of
“Express Yourself,” but at least there’s an injection of real human
personality and the empowerment message seems genuine.
I-want-a-majority Harper, who can also come across as Dr.Martin Sterling
something of an automaton, was treated to a rendition of “Born Dr.Stephen Forgacs
This Way” by internet prodigy Maria Aragon. What was surely
intended as a puff piece photo op becomes a curiosity piece as and Associates
Harper struggles to nod his head in a semblance of rhythm, trying
not to flinch at “Don’t be a drag, be a queen.” (By this point
Laureen Harper has been moved carefully out of camera range —
no doubt because she understands the lyrics and is happily
daydreaming of dancing to a Gaga remix while out faghagging
with JB and the boys.)
Harper’s continued attempts to cast himself as a blandly
benevolent figure is as futile a strategy as Spears’ desexualized
sexuality. But elections are sporting events where no quarter is given
until the opponents are bloodied and beaten, and Harper is playing
to win. Can we not slide our rapier gay wit between the chinks in his
armoured persona and expose the emptiness within? Seeing Spears
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Boys of a feather
Stop asking international DJ Hector Fonseca to show you his Peacock, people.
He’s given it up for Lent. But when he spins at fly on Easter weekend, all gloves
and T-shirts will be off. He just finished showing it in Miami for Carnival and the
resident DJ of Matinée NYC at Pacha club has put lots of mileage on his passport
recently, hitting Brazil, Mexico, Italy and Vancouver. Known for starting the electribal
trend, Fonseca gives the crowd circuit-thumping sounds with bitch-loads of vocal
attitude. His sultry Puerto Rican good looks are yet another reason to see Fonseca
do his thing. With current remixes like Haldamaxx & Danny Verde’s “Pushin’ to
the Top” and Katy Perry’s hornithological song asking for cock, cock, cock, the 202
boys will be flocking each other on the dancefloor. – Eduardo Sabate Archie comic book issue in which gay
Hector Fonseca spins on Sat, April 23 at fly nightclub, 8 Gloucester St. flynightclub.com character Kevin Keller first appeared
— it became only the second issue
ever to need reprinting and has earned
The birds and the spelling bees Keller a spinoff comic.

US$3.99
Everyone wins at Strip Spelling Bee. When a contestant cocks up, there’s no booing, hissing Suggested list price for upcoming
or “better luck next time” because lexical difficulty results in aggrandized entertainment. biographical comic books Female
“I try to pick words that are hard for even me. Hard as my cock, which is pretty hard,” says Force: Rosie O’Donnell and Female
organizer Sherwin Tjia. “The beauty of this event is that it’s pretty sexy when someone gets Force: Kathy Griffin.
it right but sexier when they get it wrong. In both cases, people cheer like crazy.” Tjia has a
GIRLIE
reputation for fun and out-of-the-ordinary parties. His Queer Slowdance Night attracts plenty
The supervillains (Gangsters,
of followers and Strip Spelling Bee has lots of fans wanting to partake in the cheering or get Imposters, Racketeers, Liars and
onstage and impress (with either their orthographical talents or their personal assets). “Some Irredeemable Ex-cons) who will battle
of our contestants are definitely exhibitionists,” says Tjia. “I think what happens, though, is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new comic
that if they get the word wrong, they realize they’re probably not going to win best speller of book character, The Governator.
the night, so they shift gears and try to win best stripper.” – Eduardo Sabate
“I feel like I need to go home and
Strip Spelling Bee takes place Fri, April 22 at Buddies, 12 Alexander St. buy a Barbie’s magical dream
stripspellingbee.blogspot.com house and play with myself.”
Actress Blake Lively is inspired by the
prototype Barbie based on her Green
Lascivious lit Lantern character.

Summer beach-reading season is almost upon us, and two works of literature 12
that are also delicious reads are heading our way. Greg Kearney’s Percentage of Vanity Fair poll
Pretty is a collection of darkly hilarious short stories; Michael V respondents that believes Justin
Smith’s Progress is an epic Canadian novel with several gay twists. Bieber will be “fat and bald” by the
age of 30.
Their launch parties are back to back, but which is fiercer?
“One part of my heart soared. The
other part broke for the thou-
LAUNCH PRETTY PROGRESS FIERCENESS sands of hungry souls being fed
PARTIES FOR: QUOTIENT something that didn’t nourish
Who will cater at their spirit, but fed their flesh.”
The Black Eagle: The Gladstone: Queer West A Katy Perry concert is reviewed by
CROWD REACTION the Eagle? Wet or
leather bar turns literary meets Canadian gothic
Elbow Grease? the singer’s mother.
DJ Robotic Kid plus literary DJs Miss Brown and Maggie Alas, Smith’s alter ego, “Ron de Jeremy tastes perfect
PERFORMERS heavyweights Zoe Whittall MacDonald plus Zoe Whittall Miss Cookie, is not naked with nothing added and
and Lisa Foad (again), Marcus McCann and expected, but Smith will
— women at the Eagle? GentleLady Regina wear his infamous red suit works equally great as a mixer.”
Actor/author/porn legend extols his
Kearney says, “It’s my Smith is notorious for crazy new “adult” rum.
POST-SHOW Neither reading has
local. Things will stunts during readings,
the faintest chance of
PLEASURES doubtlessly devolve into and the Gladstone loves
being dull 5,000
a backroom group scene.” crazy Age in years of a male skeleton found
buried in a traditionally female manner,
Both books are can’t-put-it-down reads and both authors are compelling presences exercising their imaginations in the
leaving scientists to posit that he was a
service of promotion. Let’s count ourselves lucky to have two fierce nights of belles-lettres in a row. – Drew Rowsome gay or transgendered caveman.
Greg Kearney’s Pretty launches Tues, April 26, 8pm, at the Black Eagle, 457 Church St. blackeagletoronto.com. Michael
V Smith’s Progress launches as part of Granny Boots, Wed, April 27, 7:30pm, at The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W.
gladstonehotel.com
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CONVERSATION
Matt Thomas talks to director Gregg Araki about his latest gonzo pansexual thriller, Kaboom
I
n the early ’90s, Gregg Araki became
queer cinema’s resident bad boy director
with the release of The Living End, a film
about two gay men with HIV on the run
from the law after killing a homophobic
cop. He followed that up with his teenage
apocalypse trilogy (Totally Fucked Up, The
Doom Generation and Nowhere), which
defined an angst-ridden sexually charged
generation with the help of soon-to-be-stars
like Margaret Cho, Traci Lords, Parker Posey,
Scott Caan and Ryan Philippe. With the
release of his newest film, Kaboom, (which
won the first ever Queer Palm Award at the
Cannes Film Festival), Araki is again out to
create the ultimate queer mind-fuck flick,
but this time for a new generation.
Araki directs Thomas Dekker and Juno Temple.
10 April 13, 2011 fab
Matt Thomas: What was the inspiration for
Kaboom?
Gregg Araki: I really just wanted to make a
movie that came from a completely creatively
free space that had a naive creative sensibility
to it. I knew I wanted to make a movie about
these characters that were at that phase in life
where everything is a question mark. You
don’t know who you’re going to be or what
your sexuality is; you’re just sort of being
formed. I’ve also always wanted to make a
sprawling, apocalyptic Twin Peaks-y mystery.
I didn’t in any way censor myself in terms of
things getting too weird or using too many dif-
ferent genres, or thinking things like, ‘Wait,
this sex scene is getting too intense.’ They
don’t really make movies like that anymore.
MT: Is it easier now to find young actors
willing to take on explicitly gay roles?
GA: It’s interesting seeing it from the stand-
point of the beginning of my career,
especially with, say, The Living End in the
early ’90s. There’s definitely a lot more
openness and willingness now than there
was back then. Even doing The Doom
Generation, those parts were provocative
and challenging to cast. I find in general
there’s this generation of actors, particularly
in Kaboom and Mysterious Skin, that are
very smart, very savvy and they’ve seen a
million movies and they are artists. They
get much more excited by something like
Kaboom than they do about Gossip Girl or
whatever is being made available to them
as a 20-year-old actor in Hollywood. There’s
a limited amount of stuff for them, and a
lot of it is the same old shit, so they are
excited to take on the challenge.
Sexy surfer Chris Zylka.
Not-so-gay but still-hot sex scene.
MT: Do you have any directorial tricks
when it comes to helping actors (like hunky
Chris Zylka and Thomas Dekker in Kaboom)
get through sex scenes?
GA: Sex scenes are never fun to shoot, but the
key for me is to make the actors as comfortable
as you can. The set is always closed, and it’s
really about them and their needs. I always
tell actors when we are doing scenes like that
that they can always take me aside if any red
flags come out. And they know I’m looking
after them, not just throwing them to the
wolves. My films are very structured and
planned, so the actors always know exactly
what’s coming at them.
MT: Smith, the lead character in Kaboom,
doesn’t really identify as strictly gay and
leans toward a label-free view of his sexuality.
Do you think that is a reflection of how
a newer generation of gay guys see sex?
GA: My answer to that question has gotten
a little more sophisticated over the years.
I’ve learned how to talk about this stuff. I
feel that sexuality is a grey area. There are
people who are 100 percent gay or 100
percent straight and that’s great, but I feel
like a lot of people aren’t. There’s room for
people who do not necessarily fit in any
specific kind of category. My feeling about
it is, though, it depends on who you are
talking to. If you are dealing with some kind
of Sarah Palin Republican-type, I understand
the huge importance of coming out and
being confrontational about it by saying,
“I’m gay,” and making people aware of that.
I think that identity politics are super impor-
tant in that context, but if you’re talking to
people who are more educated and more
sophisticated, you can bring up those grey
areas and those questions about what is gay
and what is straight and why we need to
have these labels. Younger people who are
kind of the age of the cast of Kaboom feel
very much that way about sexuality, that it’s
not really about declaring yourself one thing
or another, but it’s about relationships,
desire and experiences. I think that’s great;
it’s an important part of growing up and
figuring out who you are without having to
fit yourself into any specific category.
MT: In terms of being a filmmaker, what to
you is sexy and erotic?
GA: There’s a lot in Kaboom for all audiences,
but there’s definitely a lot of eye candy and a
lot of provocative stuff going on that would
appeal to a gay audience. As a filmmaker I’m
very interested in sex and sexuality. Almost GA: I think it’s really exciting. It’s a double-
all of my films have that theme and explore edged sword, though. Like Smith in Kaboom,
that idea. My interest in sex is not really so I’m a student of pure cinema and I lament
much about eroticism and titillation. What the fact that a lot of the people who see
I’m interested in is that moment between Kaboom will end up seeing it on DVD or
characters where, through that magic of streaming (hopefully not on an iPhone) and
cinema, you’re allowed into these people’s not in a theatre. The flip side is that some
most private, intimate moments. It’s not like kid in freaking Alaska can read about
I’m trying to be sexy with the venetian Kaboom on the internet and watch it on
blinds, lighting and the fake sweat. It’s really VOD. I think it’s great in terms of accessibil-
those human moments that are fascinating ity, but I miss the idea of everybody watching
and sexy to me. it in a theatre.
MT: In the early days of queer cinema,
the films only really existed on the festival Kaboom is in theatres now. eonefilms.com
circuit, but now you can get The Living
End on Netflix. What’s it been like for you Matt Thomas is a fab associate editor who loves
to see the evolution of distribution for the many raw men in Araki’s films, regardless
queer cinema? of where they fit on the Kinsey scale.
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PLAYING

FOR THE
OTHER TEAMS

Scott Dagostino proves that no matter who

you are, there’s a local gay sports team for you
Spring! We thought you'd never get here. We've had some winter sports
to keep us busy, but now there are more opportunities to get outside, get active and
do it in groups of gays. But how to choose? Whether it's bone-crunching
rugby or genteel badminton, representatives from every gay and lesbian sporting group
in Toronto stress that everybody is welcome — regardless of age, gender,
orientation, ability, etc. With a bit of prodding, some part-time athletes share a few
war stories to help you determine which sport is the right fit for you.

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FOOTBALL Toronto Gay Football League
For those who are rugged yet surprisingly sensitive.
“It’s not really any rougher then playing
soccer,” says TGFL commissioner Ken Scott.
“I’d say about 80 percent of the people we
had last year had never played football at
all before, so it’s definitely a great sport for
beginners to come out and try.”
But if you do have a football build, no
one will complain. When his team won the
championship last year, Scott says, “it didn't
hurt that one of the straight guys on our team
had a great body. He did a victory lap around
the field in his Superman underwear. It was
funny seeing all the guys standing on the
sidelines watching him.”
torontogayfootball.com,
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Toronto Rainbow Reef Rangers
For rubber lovers and those who like to go down... about 130 feet.
To scuba dive, says TRRR founding
member David Bress, “you don’t have to be
a great swimmer — and you won’t be eaten
by a shark.” No, the most dangerous thing
he's seen is “a few idiots who don’t know
what they are doing or forgetting a piece
of gear or forget-
ting to turn on
one’s air.”
SCUBA DIVING
“But I did see photos of underwater bond-
age once,” he says. “It was very intense.”
Encasing one’s body in neoprene would seem
irresistible to anyone into rubber wear, and yes,
Bress says, “there are divers out there with a
variety of fetishes.”
trrr.org, rainbowreefrangers@yahoo.ca

Cabbagetown Group Softball League

SOFTBALL

For those out to prove Karen Walker was wrong when

she said, “Oh, honey, the gays don't catch.”
“Our league is over 350 strong, with the
friendliest people I’ve ever met,” raves
commissioner John Hunking. He’s seen
lifelong friendships bloom on the diamond,
and, in his case, he met his partner of 15
years on the field.
It might be fair to say that softball players
can't keep their pants on. “We’ve had a few
instances where a player was running from
home plate to first, and when they arrived at
the base, they felt a chill. Why? When they
were running, they had tear-away pants on
and the buttons had unfastened as they ran
down the baseline, so there they were —
standing at first in their underwear.”
cgslsoftball.com,
membership@cgslsoftball.com
BADMINTON

BADinTO
For those who can say “shuttlecock” without snickering.
“All of our members are welcoming
and socially minded individuals who
have a real zeal for life at any age,”
enthuses president Vincent Chan. “We
have become more than just indi-
vidual members in our club; we are
a family.”
But that said, Chan warns, “this
isn’t the backyard game you played
at family picnics — competitive
badminton is a high-speed, seriously
fast game. With the shuttlecock leav-
ing a racquet at over 200 miles per
hour, reflexes must be sharp to return
it before it hits the ground — or your
face.” Every family has its competi-
tive drama.
badinto.com, info@badinto.com

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 Toronto Gay Golf Group
For silver foxes and those who don't want
to stray too far from a martini.
“Drinking a beer or a cocktail while playing is
perfectly acceptable,” says TGGG secretary
Jim Freihofer. “It’s not intensely athletic,
like tennis or racquetball or most of
the team sports. You’re outside
working on your tan, playing on
a beautifully landscaped and
maintained property.”

GOLF
But that’s not to say
that golf is an elitist sport:
Freihofer says the handicapping system makes it
uniquely welcoming to new players. And golf
isn’t without its butch dangers: “My friend was
hitting a tee shot,” recalls Freihofer, “and it rico-
cheted off a tree trunk and came right back at him
and hit him squarely in his junk. He had bruised
gonads for a month, and the rest of us laughed our
collective asses off!”

gaygolf.ca, torgolf69@hotmail.com

Downtown Swim Club

SWIMMING
For a porpoise or an otter or any creature
at home in the water.
“We look for people who are open to trying new things, who
are fitness-minded and comfortable in a Speedo,” laughs co-chair
Phillip Coupal. “And, of course, we love watersports!”
No locker room fantasies here either: “Showering with over
50 gay men each week sort of takes away any mystery,” Coupal
says. “If you date a swimmer, you know what you’re getting in
advance.” He does note, however, fashions in body hair. “Some
weeks everyone is covered in body hair, then a month later,
everyone is waxed.” But there are no “body fascists,” Coupal
insists. “We have men and women of every body type, ages 20
to 79-plus.”

dsctoronto.ca, info@dsctoronto.ca

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SYNCHRONIZED
SWIMMING
Breathless Synchro Toronto
For fabulous girlymen who can endure and triumph.
It sounds like team member Nathan
Doidge is writing a personal ad:
“Open-minded, willing to go against
the flow, not afraid of commitment,”
until he finishes with, “interest in
underwater fun.”
“When synchronized swimming is
done well, it looks effortless,” Doidge
explains, “but the reality is it’s an
extremely intense and exhausting
sport.” Synchro is like ballet: exhaust-
ing and demanding, hard on the body
and best performed by strong, tiny
girls. “We frequently perform at local
meets and water shows and we always
stand out,” he laughs. “A typical show
might have a team of 10-year-old girls,
12-year-old girls, etc. Then there's our
team of fabulous men. We've always
had a warm welcome from the fans
wherever we've gone.”
breathlesssynchro.com,
info@breathlesssynchro.com

Toronto Triggerfish Water Polo Club
For party boys with just enough body fat to float.
“The Triggerfish have a pretty crazy party
reputation in Toronto,” says team member
Daniel Bushe, “and, especially, among the
other gay water polo teams around the
world. We’ve shocked and entertained with
our dancefloor antics.”
The Triggerfish boys are relentlessly
social, Bushe says, probably because the game
WATER POLO
itself has a way of breaking down inhibitions.
“It’s water polo,” he shrugs. “There’s a lot of
reaching, grabbing and pulling going on
under the water. I’ve seen many a Speedo get
ripped in the heat of battle.”
triggerfishwaterpolo.ca,
info@triggerfishwaterpolo.ca

Muddy York
RUGBY

BILL PUSZTAI

For Gods of the Stadium and those who love them.

“Rugby is a daunting game,” says Lino
DiNallo, Muddy York’s marketing direc-
tor, “but many of our players weren't athletic
in high school, and many of our first-time
players are over 30.” DiNallo says that even
the burliest straight opponents are welcom-
ing: “If we're ever short players at a
game, somebody from the opposition is
always ready to (no pun intended) switch
teams for the day.”
DiNallo calls last year’s Bingham Cup
(named for gay rugger and 9/11 hero Mark
Bingham) in Minnesota, “one of the most
gruelling physical, mental and emotional
challenges of my life. Oh, and while there,
several Muddy Yorkers almost got arrested
for public indecency. We were trying to help
a girl win her stagette scavenger hunt. She
needed a photo of somebody mooning the
camera, so several guys dropped their trou-
sers right on a major intersection... just as a
cop came around the corner!”
muddyyork.ca, info@muddyyork.ca
SOCCER

Downtown Soccer League

For those with chicken legs who are craving the ultimate workout.
Watching soccer on TV might make it look
boring, says DSL communications
chair Avery Miller, “but once you step onto
the field and the whistle blows, your heart
races and your mind spins trying to figure
out where you should be, who you should
cover or where you need to pass the ball.”
And that's before all the sprinting.
But the results make up for it. “We took
over one of the ‘Best Legs’ contests at
Woody’s,” Avery says, “and turned it into
‘Best Soccer Legs.’ A dozen or so of us
dropped our pants in front of the crowd.”
This year, he teases, “Stay tuned: we might
try it again.”
downtownsoccertoronto.org,
info@downtownsoccertoronto.org

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SKIING &
SNOWBOARDING
Riverdale and Rotator Curling Leagues
For strong-armed Scots who've got serious stones.
The Rotator curling team plays on Wednesdays,
while curler Rodney MacDonald plays on
Sundays with Riverdale, which he describes
as “a really fun cult, with many bonspiels
[tournaments] at home and elsewhere where
you get to meet lots of people.”
As with any gay sport, he laughs, “some
HOCKEY
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Toronto Gay Ski and Snowboarding Club
For fashionistas as cool as the air on the ski lift.
“There are a lot of fashionable options to help
stay warm,” says Yanick Landry, TGSC trip
coordinator, but he insists that hitting the
slopes doesn’t have to mean breaking the
bank. “With rentals or a modest investment
in good basic or second-hand equipment, start-
ing out doesn’t have to be the equivalent of a
month’s rent,” he says. “Lots of our members
don’t have cars, and we help each other out
by arranging rides to events.” Most impor-
tantly, Landry notes, “we sponsor a yearly ski
low-grade sexual harassment is to be expected.”
But overall, curling is a gentlemanly sport of
tradition and ritual, but many of these tradi-
tions and rituals involve drinking.”
gaycurl.ca, riverdale@gaycurl.ca,
rotators@gaycurl.ca
Toronto Gay Hockey Association
For those who can handle a stick and a thick piece
of black rubber.
It seems almost unpatriotic for TGHA
PR coordinator Stephen Reid to
dash the fantasies of so many
Canadians. “People think we all have
orgies in the locker rooms after
games,” he jokes. “We may be totally
sweaty afterwards, but we are pretty
much exhausted.”
It's really about “the love of the
day for the youth from SOY, many of whom
have never skied or snowboarded before.”
Such generosity of spirit does not go
unrewarded, however. “Have you heard of
après-ski?” he asks. “It can get very wild
when you throw an outdoor hot tub into the
mix. Everyone has a Whistler WinterPride
story about some hot guy from Utah they
met there.”
tgsc.ca, info@tgsc.ca
CURLING
JOSH MELES
sport,” he says, and that love can be
a demanding one. “Every year, we
have a drag show to raise funds for the
league,” Reid explains, “by put-
ting hockey players in drag. It is pretty
hideous and always a great laugh.”
gayhockey.com,
info@gayhockey.com
TENNIS Toronto Lesbian & Gay Tennis Association
For young, gay, super-cute Asians... and everybody else.
Comedian and self-described young, gay, super- been slowed down.” At this point, we’re lost;
cute Asian Vong Sundara also happens to be Vong’s amazing, but can we get a Williams
the TLGTA social committee chair. “At the sister to translate?
TLGTA, the love of tennis means everything,” The TGLTA sponsors the Canadian Gay
he says, positively geeking out. “Fun social Open (CGO) in May, one of Canada’s largest
events are sprinkled through the calendar amateur tournaments. Now in its 18th year,
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players dress up in costumes and play tennis Series” event by the international Gay &
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 BBIG
A ALL
COMPETITION to th e competitive

T
Shaw n H it ch in s ta lk s
Wipeout
gays who aren’t afraid of a
he worldwide popularity of Most Buenos Aires to film on the set. The city course and realized it wasn’t going to help,”
Extreme Elimination Challenge, wasn’t as queer-friendly as Duchak expected, he admits. “However, my acro-dance train-
America’s Funniest Home Videos and but he was surprised by the openness of his ing did help when I was bouncing off the
competitive figure skating proves audi- straight counterparts. “It’s weird: the straight red balls.”
ences love to watch people fall, slip guys really loved getting hit on by the gays,” Thinet-Chow drew on his European
and trip to a running commentary. he says. “They were fishing for it.” heritage to inspire his on-set alter ego.
Thanks to TVTropolis and the new install- “I’ve made amazing friends,” says Greg Encouraged by the producers to develop his
ment of the Wipeout franchise, Canadian Thinet-Chow. A former professional dancer, “character” further, he coined himself a
audiences can bust a gut with the best in Thinet-Chow scored a spot on the all- “French Aryan Bitch” and assembled a Pride-
homegrown humiliation. athletes episode. With his slender frame and inspired costume. “I wore short shorts, knee
Ryan Duchak is one of many Toronto impressive aerials he squared off against socks, sequinned head band, a baton and gay
homosexuals who bounced off the big red Olympic rowers, gymnasts and medal- wristbands,” he says. Aware of the potential
balls and rolled with the sucker punches to winning female hockey players. “I did a mockery he faces in the editing and packaging
compete for a $50,000 grand prize. But little bit of cardio before, but then I hit the of the show, he is not concerned. He is even
Duchak’s passion for extreme sports, paired
with his gym-built body and exuberant con-
fidence, was no match for the adult-sized stunt Duchak gets ready to Wipeout.
course. “I had a personal trainer who set up
a mock course: that amounted to absolutely
nothing when I got there. There is absolutely
no way to prepare for the show,” he laughs.
Glimpses of Duchak’s audition are posted
on the show’s website. In the video Duchak
wears boxer briefs and a Lycra cape and
emphasizes his noticeable bulge for the
camera lens. “I’m the Blooper Hero,” he
pitches to the interviewer. “No matter how
many times I fall down I get right back up.”
His ballsy gimmick caught the eyes of the
producers, who sorted through 40,000 hope-
ful sumo wrestlers, cowboys and Spidermen
before inviting Duchak on the show.
If a cash prize wasn’t incentive enough
to audition, certainly a free trip to Argentina
is worth a few faceplants into the mud. Each
episode, 20 contestants were flown to

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 Greg Thinet-Chow, Miss Conception
and Ryan Duchak.
unfazed by what his mother in France will
think. “Sure, she’s going to be ashamed, but
she knows who I am,” he laughs. “She loves
me and loves that I did it.”
Andrew Blair brought his self-proclaimed
“mommy boy” tendencies to the table when
auditioning. “The producers wanted to focus
on my weight-loss story, but the commentators
needed something ridiculous to make fun of,”
says Blair. “They couldn’t really make fun of
my weight loss.” Upon being accepted, Blair
started a campaign to promote and document
his Wipeout experience; he created a fan page
and secured a clothing sponsorship. “I am an
ambassador for Lululemon,” he crows. “They
supplied me with clothes that were fast-drying
and athletic.”
Probably the most devout competitor, Blair
began training immediately with a rigorous
exercise program. His weekly regime included
spinning, yoga, running and swimming with
a life jacket on. “I just wanted to know that if
I went and lost, it was not because of the physi-
cal element.” Blair admits he is motivated to
leverage his reality fame into other projects,
like writing a book. “I know who I am, what I
have to offer and what I want to achieve.
I would love to go back for the fan-favourite
episode if there is a Season Three.”
“Nothing is funnier than a drag queen
falling in the mud,” says sure-to-be-a-fan-
favourite Miss Conception. Toronto’s premier
drag entertainer welcomes the exposure and
the attention created by a Wipeout appear-
ance. “I’m a total media whore,” she confesses.
At her early-morning audition, Miss C wowed
the producers with her Lady Gaga outfit and
trademark cheerleader flair. “The producers
asked, ‘If you were to win the money, what
would your victory dance be?’ And I did
cartwheels in heels around the room, shout-
ing and screaming, ‘Drag queens rule!’”
“All the people on my episode were
straight, and they were the most wonderful
people, who accepted me as me,” says Miss C.
When she appeared in costume for the first
time, her fellow competitors were extremely
supportive, many asking for photos. But while
running the course Miss C couldn’t help but
recognize the absurdity of her situation. “I kept
thinking, ‘This is so unreal that I’m here doing
this in drag. Please don’t lose an eyelash,’”
she remembers. “I lost both.”
“I walked away with new amazing
friends and the confidence that I can do
anything I want to do if I just put my mind
to it,” says Miss C. Along with her fellow
Canucks, she took in many of the tourist
attractions offered by the city, from Evita’s Miss C, the media whore.
grave to unlicenced and unregulated go-
carting. “I miss them all so much. You have
no idea — one week with these people
changed my life,” she reminisces.
The zealous retelling makes the Wipeout
experience sound like yearbook or band
camp. Cherished memories aside, audiences
will find non-stop schadenfreude-ian
moments to ridicule. Gay viewers will cer-
tainly love the show; as Duchak summarizes,
“Gays love big balls, and they love hot men.
Fortunately, Wipeout Canada has both.”
Wipeout Canada airs Sunday nights at 8pm
on TVtropolis. tvtropolis.com/wipeout
Shawn Hitchins is a writer and performer
— and he’s pretty ballsy himself. He can be
Thinet-Chow, a fishing
found at shawnhitchins.com and followed
straight and Duchak.
on Twitter @shawnhitchins.
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 Deep Dish Rolyn Chambers photos by Tony Fong

Choryan and Josh are

dressed to the tits

I
f Bigfoot really exists he’d have his hairy
palms all over the latest draped shirts
coming down the runway at the Ezra and
Greta Constantine Fashion Show. Stephen
Wong and Kirk Pickersgill’s inspirational
Ezra menswear line, according to Holt
Renfrew’s Andrew Lepp, is doing well in
Toronto but even better in Vancouver. “Who
can afford to do one-off shows like this any-
more?” fashion blogger Anita Clarke asks
rhetorically. Taking place in the large show-
room of an Audi dealership, everyone is here,
including glamazon Zoomer editor Suzanne
Boyd, designer Marty Rotman, erection-
inducing artist Glen Hanson and Dragon’s Den
star Arlene Dickenson, looking stimulating in
knee-high boots. Ezra is big on combining
European structure with South Asian flamboy-
ance. I am literally tempted to jump out of my
seat and rip the clothing off the models
so I can have them… and maybe see
the guys naked.
@ Ezra Constantine • If the Jersey Devil really exists he’d
be loading up on Vodka–Red Bulls and
causing a major ruckus at Drama
Queen. Maison’s theatrically high
ceilings, glass chandeliers, shiny decor
(aside from the tacky silver Christmas
Glen and Marty DJ David Morales
icicles hanging on the walls) put
are draped to perfection is a meaty treaty
@ Ezra Constantine @ Drama Queen everyone in a gram-bam-glam kind of
mood. The night is, in a word, incred-
ible. With a mature mix of gorgeous gays
and stylish straights, sketch is kept to a
minimum. DJ Jamal, looking very GQ,
warms up the room before headliner
David Morales takes over. Morales (even-
Tibor, Luvan and Alex tually shirtless à la circuit party 1995) is
cause a ruckus slipping in some old-school classics that
@ Drama Queen
make me cry for my youth. Squish,
Matthew and Ty think squish, a tear. But the legendary Jennstar
Dean and Laurent sleeves are overrated is here to dry my tears, and TV’s Steven
are runway-ready Bret and Glen are @ Drama Queen Sabados and Chris Hyndman might just
@ LG Fashion Week saucy bitches @ pause while getting their groove on and
Drama Queen give me a stunning makeover.

• If the Loch Ness Monster really • If the Chupacabra really exists he’d love
exists she’d be front row centre Louie is to have his ugly mug in the 10th
at this year’s LG Fashion Week, Maha cozies up to annual edition of the photographic
out to
friendly dragon Arlene
trading skin-care tips with punish fundraiser SNAP! Instead, winner
@ Ezra Constantine
Robin Kay. No matter what, as any boys of the Best Portrait award goes to
head of the FDCC, Kay always guilty of our very own fab photographer
fashion crimes
manages to pull it together. Drasko Bogdanovic for his black-
@ Ezra Constantine
Sure, Fashion Week was kind and-white capture of artist Robert
of dry this year. Sure, her speech Ridgeway. The torso tattooed with
was slightly “animated.” Sure, the word “faggot” catches the atten-
her opening outfit was awful, Suzanne and Glenn tion of the judges. Another former
but she does step it up the next are broadcast-friendly fab photographer, Jonathan Hobin,
@ LG Fashion Week
day, wearing a pair of hooker- wins Best of Show with his depiction
ish pantyhose that makes me of two boys innocently playing with
want to hump her like a grey- Sergio is wrapped wooden blocks arranged like the Twin
Julio, Jay, Mikael and Nicolas and ready to go
hound. Livening up FW’s star in the all-male version @ Ezra Constantine Patrick and Shaun are Towers, complete with paper flames, toy
opening night are Hoax of Sex and the City a power couple @ SNAP! planes and fire truck. Entitled The Twins
Couture’s Jim Searle and Chris @ LG Fashion Week (and exhibited in more than 30 countries),
Tyrell, turned out in denim. it’s the focus of a fierce silent-bidding war.
Odd, considering Tyrell once “I’m not sure if I have room for anything
said (in print) that he hates Saira helps sexy too big,” MAC’s Philip Ing comments about
Jim and Chris are
guys who wear jeans. Jully Mark get his hair did the size of the pieces. The live and silent
fashionable animals
Black, in black Fendi pumps, @ LG Fashion Week There’s no auctions bring in almost $300,000 for
@ LG Fashion Week
doubt that
announces, “I haven’t told the AIDS Committee of Toronto. But
this will be
anyone yet, but my new song, well hung with hunky male models displaying
‘Can You Feel It,’ drops this @ SNAP! the framed photos — not just shirt-
summer.” And Glenn Dixon less as in past years, but also
chats with the always-fashion- pantless — I’m afraid the event
able Suzanne Rogers, wearing (and the bulges) might be scaring
head-to-toe Alexander off potential rich straight male
McQueen. I would prefer the photography lovers as SNAP!
money from my cable bill becomes, perhaps, “too gay.” If
to go to a Canadian designer, straight men really exist.
thank you.
The Ken dolls are picture-perfect Kirk and Stephen are Laura and Gary prove
deepdish@fabmagazine.com
plastic hunks @ LG Fashion Week local fashion royalty a picture is worth a
thousand words @ SNAP! Chris, Rob and Curtis are ready
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 Bellini At Large Paul Bellini

Porn pioneer a cinematic genius

W
akefield Poole is a pioneer.
“Everything but the covered
wagons,” he jokes. Back in 1971,
he made his first movie, Boys in the Sand,
which more or less changed the cultural
landscape. His second film, Bijou, is a
knockout, as good as anything by Kenneth
Anger or Mike Kuchar. So why isn’t Poole
more famous in art-house circles? Or even
in gay porn circles?
This will hopefully change with the
release of Dirty Poole, a documentary in
the works by Jim Tushinski, who
previously made That Man: Peter
Berlin. Walter Wakefield Poole
the Third was born in 1936 in
Jacksonville, Florida, where
he lives to this day. He became
Poole
a dancer at 21 with the Ballet today.
Russe de Monte Carlo, then hit Poole during his second
Broadway, where he worked on groundbreaking career.
shows like The Unsinkable Molly
Brown and Finian’s Rainbow. A still from
One day after work, Poole went to see Poole’s oeuvre. 1985’s One, Two, Three, was meant to raise
a porno called Highway Hustler. “It was so awareness and funds for AIDS, but audiences
awful,” he explains. “The guy picks someone scorned the lack of condom use. “I lost a lot
up on the highway and takes him to a motel of friends to AIDS. In fact I lost a whole fan
and holds a knife to his throat and fucks him. base. I think everyone who was in my movies
So I stood up and said, ‘Can anybody make a is gone. So I went to the French Culinary
gay movie that is not degrading?’” The next Institute and became a chef.” Poole supervised
thing he knew he was shooting the initial seg- three kitchens at Calvin Klein’s cosmetic
ments of Boys in the Sand at a friend’s place company at the Trump Tower until his retire-
on Fire Island. “I used to take my negatives in ment. These days, he lives in a modest
a brown paper bag to a coffee shop on Eighth townhouse with his nine cats, plays bridge
Ave, and a guy would take it to a lab that pro- and hangs out with his family.
cessed news footage and bring it back to me The time is right for a rediscovery of his
later that night.” Boys turned out so well that work. In addition to Tushinski’s documentary,
Poole and his producer, Marvin Shulman, Lethe Press is reissuing Poole’s biography, also
decided to buy ad space in New York papers called Dirty Poole. And people who donate
and invite all the critics. But most importantly, Poole’s next project was Bijou, quite pos- money to the documentary will receive gor-
he put his real name on the film at a time when sibly the strangest and most beautiful gay porn geous digital transfers of the movies that are
porn was illegal. “I could have been arrested, ever. It stars Bill Harrison, a guy with a dick not available anywhere else. (TLA previously
but I was proud of it.” so big it looks like a prosthetic. “People would released The Wakefield Poole Collection on
It wasn’t long before celebrities started gasp at it,” says Poole. Bijou, a masterpiece, DVD, but Poole disdains their inferior quality.)
going to screenings of this pornographic film, was not well received at the time of its release. Wakefield Poole excelled at three different
a full year before Deep Throat made it chic to His third movie was the unusual soft-core careers, whereas most of us can barely pull off
do so. “I think one reason it was so successful feature Wakefield Poole’s Bible. “People were one. I’m glad his covered wagon is finally
was because we opened at Christmastime, and expecting pornography, especially since I cast coming to town.
everyone was whispering, ‘Did you hear about Georgina Spelvin from The Devil in Miss Jones,
Wakefield Poole? He made a dirty movie!’ All who was an old friend, a dancer from Pajama For more info: dirtypoole.com
the Christmas parties were about what I had Game.” The film flopped, and eventually it
done. I never got another job in the theatre.” all became too much. Poole’s last movie, paul@fabmagazine.com

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 TUNES Phil Villeneuve

Season of the witch

T
here’s a storm brewing in music lately, and it’s a big, dark,
evil thing with thick black clouds, ghastly undertones and
spellbinding effects on the brain. No, it’s not Rebecca Black
— it’s the rise of the witch. I’m not talking lame-ass Avril Lavigne
faux-punky-goth witch — I’m talking full-out bitches on brooms,
boys in cauldrons and loads of real stringy hair.
Spawning from a recent ’90s revival in music, this is grunge
gone goth-gloom glam or the soundtrack for a game of strip Dungeons
& Dragons.
The best thing about this trend is that it’s easy to sniff out the
darkness: just walk down Queen St W on a Saturday and you’ll
experience layers of black anti-fit everything. Toronto has a handful
of acts lurking in the darkness, and behind a lot of the creepiness
is some blissful magic.
Timber Timbre is one of my favourites. The band’s
new record — Creep On Creepin’ On — is spooky
and definitely not something you want to listen
to alone in the woods. Do not take this album
to your cottage this spring/summer. TT’s
music is swampy, bluesy and eerie; you
could cut your face on the sharp notes in
these songs. But it’s not all devil music:
there are some sweet doo-wop-style
numbers, including the title track in
which Taylor Kirk sings about “your
dickless cousin, brother, father, pet,
friend.”
If Timber Timbre is a wrinkled old
man living in a haunted cabin, then
Austra could be his wicked wife. Austra
is the newest incarnation of Toronto’s
Katie Stelmanis. Her monstrous
pipes (think Florence Welch stirred
with Nico), plastered on top of
industrial synths and simple wall-
pounding beats, make her sound
Egyptrixx bites.
sparse, dark and free. There’s a dramatic
Timber Timbre creeps on creepin’.
German SM vibe to it all, which makes you want to either dance
or snuff someone. Austra’s new one, Feel It Break, is out Monday,
May 16.
One look at the press shots for Toronto-based Egyptrixx and
you’ll understand why I included him in this column. His atmo-
spheric musical style swells with woozy, gloomy synths and
crystal-clear beats. Maybe something a witch doctor would play
as a warm-up to a human sacrifice? He’s usually billed as tech-
house, but I’d call it technodrone.
Toronto’s Nightbox is the good witch of the bunch. Their music
has a supernatural element, but they don’t delve into the dark.
They bounce, jump and dance in the light, igniting sparks wherever
they go. Like the love child of George Michael and Cut Copy, this
is the ’90s-throwback party music Glenda would have put on her
iPod for comfort after, sadly, that house fell on her sister.
The Weeknd brings the black
magic by conjuring R&B that war-
locks would make out to. Their
music is sleek and sexy and samples
familiar smooth jams you’ll recog-
nize instantly. Their moody mixtape
can be downloaded free at the-
weeknd.com. Think of it as the ideal
Queen West witchster soundtrack.

Miss Kelly C’s world

On a slightly less macabre note: T-dot’s
own R Kelly Clipperton has a spankin’ new
live DVD. MMX is a sparkling mess of live
show footage, a documentary about
Clipperton’s horn-filled career and some
remastered videos. Just be careful if you
suffer from photosensitive epilepsy — this
DVD flashes like lightning. A lot. The best
part of this career roundup is the videos,
a true document of Clipperton’s flashy
body of work. And his cover of Hole’s
“Miss World” at Dundas Square is some
kind of magic.
The official release party for MMX is
Saturday, April 14 at The Garrison, 1197
Dundas St W. kellyclipperton.com
tunes@fabmagazine.com
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 STYLE Max MacDonald

Where it was during LG Fashion Week Photos by David Pike

T
he fall/winter 2011 edition of LG Fashion Week saw
designers, bloggers and journalists battling it out — or just
bitching — on Twitter. Sadly, Joe Fresh did not show menswear
this season, so I tweeted, “@JoeFresh: Wondering um...menswear?”
They replied, “@Fabstyleguy, We are waiting for a bigger menswear
debut next season!” At New York Fashion Week (held two weeks
prior to ours), fashion personality and IZMA co-designer Adrian
Mainella tweeted, “Where did all these bloggers come from and
why are they sitting front row?” Evan Biddell, Canada’s fashion
bad boy, made a daring point on the subject of new media versus
old to Toronto Life, “Bloggers reach the cool kids and magazines
reach the people who are waiting in doctor’s offices to get their
herpes treated. It’s important to pay respect to both.”
On the runway it was a different kind of showdown.
When Attitude by Jay Manuel premiered, complete with a
monstrous, pseudo-Karl Lagerfeld promotional photo of Manuel in
the Heritage Court, it began late and held up David Dixon’s
presentation. Manuel’s show took so long to dismantle that
Dixon’s show was late by an hour and 25 minutes, forcing the FDCC
to issue an apology. On top of that, an hour before Dixon’s show, an
unsubstantiated tweet announced it had been cancelled, which led
to some empty seats. Regardless of the drama, rumours and social-
media tension, the shows went on and designers offered men a real
variety of looks, styles and interpretations of the hottest new trends.

Ezra Constantine
Each season designers Kirk Pickersgill and
Stephen Wong give men an avant-garde
Canadian spin on the hottest trends. As
usual, they unveiled a drool-inducing col-
lection. This fitted top clings perfectly to the
body, has a wrap side band and can be worn
with dress pants or jeans.

Available: Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor St W (in

July), gretaconstantine.com

Holt Renfrew
Days before their show, Holts sparked a
frenzy by firing long-time doorman Tom
Hargitai. Though spokespeople said his
dismissal was “not for performance rea-
sons,” it cast a dark cloud over their solid
show, which featured designers Ezra
Constantine, Canada Goose and this outfit
from Wings + Horns.

Available: Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor St W,

holtrenfrew.com

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 Bustle
Shawn Hewson and Ruth Promislow gave
their fans a collection that showcased their
take on plaid. Hewson and Promislow con-
sistently apply their Midas touch with
jackets: you might think they’d be all geek,
but when worn they’re completely chic.

Available: Got Style, 60 Bathurst St,

gotstylemenswear.com
stePheN seveRN

Zoran Dobric
For the second season, Dobric didn’t show.
However, he did release his lookbook during
the week. For fall ’11 he matches strong
prints with dark solids in a way that comple-
ments his use of tribal prints and graffiti-type
colours.

Available: Model Citizen, 279 Augusta Ave

Rudsak
With Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” filling
the room, Rudsak presented one of its best
fall collections ever, featuring gems like a
deconstructed biker jacket — and fewer
bubble coats. Who wouldn’t want to ride on
a Harley in September wearing this?

Available: rudsak.com

Klaxon Howl
Superstar Samuel L Jackson surprised every-
one by making an appearance at this show,
which almost overshadowed the whole event.
The collection featured some classic pieces
that reminded me of Al Pacino in Cruising.
For the record, Jackson tried on this coat
backstage after practically ripping it off the
model.

Available: 694B Queen St W, klaxonhowl.com

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Biblical Burlesque @ The Gladstone on Sat, April 23
Kelly & the Kellygirls @
The Garrison on Thurs, April 14
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John Crouch, Ryan English, Michael Lyons,
Drew Rowsome, Eduardo Sabate & Jonathan Valelly
Measha Brueggergosman
@ The Elgin from
Fri, April 22–Sun, May 1
Blackcat @ The Barn on Thurs,
April 21 & Zipperz on Fridays
WED, APRIL 13
Wild Wednesdays. West-end men get
down and dirty at bargain prices. 11am.
Central Spa, 1610 Dundas St W. $9
lockers, $14 rooms. centralspa.ca
Sixth Annual Feminist Porn Awards
Launch Party takes over Granny Boots
with DJ Sasha Van Bon Bon and a
performance by pornstar Sophia St
James. 8pm. The Gladstone Hotel,
1214 Queen St W. No cover.
gladstonehotel.com
THURS, APRIL 14
Kelly and the Kellygirls celebrate the
release of their new album and DVD, MMX,
and plan to unveil a reggae version of
Britney’s “Toxic.” 8pm. The Garrison,
1197 Dundas St W. $8. kellyclipperton.com
South Asian Night gets everyone hot and
spicy. 8–11pm. Spa Excess, 105 Carlton
St. Regular rates apply. spaexcess.com
The eye-popping wiener-waggling
Flashers of the Week Contest, with host
Dan the Man. 9pm. Flash, 463 Church
St. Full or day membership required.
flashonchurch.com
Boys will be dogs at Pup Night, hosted by
Argo. 10pm. The Black Eagle, 457 Church
St. No cover. blackeagletoronto.com
FRI, APRIL 15
Learn some new moves at the Rainbow
Ballroom Toronto & Latin Dance Club.
Ten weeks of spring dance classes, which
will end in a pre-Pride social. 7–8pm,
salsa; 8–9pm, merengue; 9–10, Argentine
tango. 519 Community Centre, 519
Church St. rainbowballroomtoronto.com
The best in drag and studly men as El
Convento Rico celebrates its 19th
Anniversary with a spectacular show
featuring Lorena, Luna, Ivory, Kera
Keyes and many more. Hosted by Ms and
Mr El Convento Rico, Farra N Hyte and
Trent. 9pm. 750 College St. Cover TBA.
elconventorico.com
Don’t hold it against her, but at the rate
she’s going, she’ll be around till the world
ends. DJ Craig Dominic spins the very
best (or worst?) of everyone’s favourite
once-bald diva at Battle Pop: Britney.
10pm. The Barn, 418 Church St. $5.
thebarnnightclub.com
Vocals rule at Dance Camp, hosted by
Daniel McBride with DJ Mark Falco.
10pm. fly, 8 Gloucester St. $5 before
11pm, $10 after. flynightclub.com
Shake & Pop. Superstar DJs Blackcat
and Sumation team up to drive the
dancefloor crazy with top 40, dance,
house, electro and more. 10pm.
Zipperz-Cellblock, 72 Carlton St.
No cover. zipperzcellblock.com
Hazed, hosted by Joseph Patrick.
Who will get hazed at Delta Sigma Pi?
10:00pm. Goodhandy’s, 120 Church St.
$10. goodhandys.com
SAT, APRIL 16
Here’s Where We Stand: Memories and
Milestones, presented by Guys Like
Us, is a spring cabaret examining
queer culture and history through
music in a potent mix of activism and
song. 2 and 8pm. Church of the Holy
Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. $20–25.
guys.like.us@hotmail.com
Big 3 @ The Big Z, hosted by Clint
Lyckher, Daytona Bitch and Heroine
Marks, has cheap martinis, contests,
giveaways and a triumvirate of talent
hitting the stage. 9pm. Zelda’s,
692 Yonge St. No cover. zeldas.ca
Spandex, capes and faster than a
speeding bullet: it’s the Sodom
Superheroes & Villains. The battle of
good vs evil features Ivory Towers as
Wonder Woman and Nikki Chin as
Catwoman. Plus, dancing sensations
David Light and Adam Norrad bopping
to the heroic hits spun by superman DJ
Sumation. 10pm. Goodhandy’s, 120
Church St. $7 before 11pm, $10 after,
students $5. sodom.ca
Fit, with DJs Phil V and Kris Steeves.
“It’s just like going to the gym except here
you get drunk before someone gives you
an HJ in the bathroom,” explains Phil V.
11pm. The Beaver, 1192 Queen St W. $5.
beavertoronto.ca
SUN, APRIL 17
So You Want to Be Kinky, presented by
Ian “Black” Turner and Victoria
Windsor, is a workshop on flogging and
no-ropes bondage. 2–6pm. Goodhandy’s,
120 Church St. 2bkinky.com
Produzentin @ The Beaver
on Sat, April 23
Sounding 101. An interactive workshop
presented by Mr Black Eagle Toronto
2011. 4pm. Followed by Spin Cycle, with
DJ Neill MacLeod, so you can make sure
your sounded schlong still functions.
6pm–midnight. Steamworks, 540 Church
St, 2nd level. Regular rates apply.
steamworksonline.com
Even more leather for a Sunday as Crews
& Tangos, with the help of Northbound
Leather, transforms The Zone into The
Dark Dance Dungeon for a 519 fundraiser.
Raffles, a flogging demo by Mr Leatherman
Toronto, shooter specials and performances
by Nikki Chin and Clint Lyckher. Dress
code enforced. 8:30–11:30pm. 508 Church
St. No cover. crewsandtangos.com
Karaoke Night. Queers sing for beers.
10pm. O’Grady’s, 518 Church St.
ogradyschurch.ca.
MON, APRIL 18
Turn the beat around and hoof it up
at Moose Knuckle Disco, hosted by
Miss Margot and her crew of DJs. 10pm.
Sweaty Betty’s, 13 Ossington Ave.
No cover.
FML Mondays gives Mondays the finger
and the opportunity to finger industry
heavy-hitters out from behind the bar.
10pm. Fuzion Resto-Lounge, 580 Church
St. No cover. fuzionexperience.com
TUES, APRIL 19
Sexy space waitresses get served
themselves at Mile High Tuesdays, an airline
industry night with DJ daVinci. Boutique
Bar, 506 Church St. No cover. boutiquebar.ca
Todd Klinck @ Goodhandy’s
on Sat, April 23
So You Think You Can Strip? A weekly
amateur night with an abundance of
talent steaming up the stage. 9pm.
Remington’s, 379 Yonge St. $5,
students no cover. remingtons.com
WED, APRIL 20
If you go down to the west today… Local
Fuzz is a night for west-end bears and
chasers. 8pm. Naco Gallery, 1665
Sodom:
Dundas St W. No cover. nacogallery.com
Superheroes &
Hump Day Dance Party hosted by Jade Villains @
Elektra with DJ Jon. 9pm. George’s Play, Goodhandy’s on
504 Church St. No cover. playonchurch.com Sat, April 16
THURS, APRIL 21
Spoiled Rotten, hosted by Nikki Chin
and Katherine Dior, at 9pm; Karaoke
with DJ Elyse at 10pm; H20, hosted by
Heroine Marks and Honey Brown, at
11:30pm. Crews & Tangos, 508 Church
St. No cover. crewsandtangos.com
TNTmen’s Naked Night, every third
Thursday, featuring DJ Robotic Kid.
Clothes check at the door; lots of
checking each other out at the bar.
Hector Fonseca @ fly
10pm. The Black Eagle, 457 Church St.
No cover. blackeagletoronto.com on Sat, April 23
Feeling Like a Daisy 4. This annual
mini-ball is hosted by Mother TKO Monroe
and Prince Twysted Pink Lady Monroe, Farrah N Hyte
with tunes from DJ Blackcat — and an & Trent @ El
award for Best-Dressed Spectator for those Convento Rico
too shy to vogue. 10pm. Zipperz-Cellblock,
on Fri, April 15
72 Carlton St. $10. zipperzcellblock.com
Thurst has rotating DJs and saucy drag
queens every week. 10pm. Alto Lounge,
582 Church St. No cover.
Rob Salerno’s play Fucking Stephen
Harper: How I Sexually Assaulted the
22nd Prime Minister of Canada and
Saved Democracy has a timely revival
for one night only. 8pm. Buddies,
12 Alexander St. $15. tenfootpole.ca
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Fit @ The
Beaver on
Sat, April 16
FRI, APRIL 22
6th Annual Bingo
Anniversary, hosted by
Madame, from 2–6pm; the
Early Show, hosted by
Michelle Ross, at 7pm; the
Chris Edwards Show at 9pm;
the Sasha Montenegro Show at
11pm; DJ Oscar spins till close.
George’s Play, 504 Church St.
playonchurch.com
Uber-diva Measha Brueggergosman and
fab’s favourite male soprano, Michael
Maniaci, star in Mozart’s riveting La
Clemenza di Tito for Opera Atelier. Runs till
Sun, May 1. 7:30pm. Elgin Theatre,
189 Yonge St. $72–151. operaatelier.com
OMG Divas II features the talents of
Cinnamon Hearts Burlesque, Ryan G
Hinds and special guests King Codi and
Bruin Pounder in a swimsuit competition
and walkoff. Partial proceeds go to Camp
Ten Oaks. 9pm. Goodhandy’s, 120
Church St. $10 advance, $20 door.
goodhandys.com
Strip Spelling Bee tests lexical knowledge
and gets contestants naked. Host
Sherwin Tjia gives out the words and
the disrobing directives. 10pm.
Buddies, 12 Alexander St. $10.
buddiesinbadtimes.com
fly College Night has
up-and-cumming DJs Cole
Stanley and Kevin Bailey
graduating to the main floor.
Amanda Roberts @ Woody’s on Sun, April 10pm. fly, 8 Gloucester St.
No cover before 11pm, $5
24 & Crews & Tangos on Tues, April 26
till midnight, $10 after.
flynightclub.com
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Neill MacLeod @ Steamworks
on Sun, April 17
The moon rises full on Cruiseline’s Best
Men’s Ass Contest, hosted by Miss
Conception and Georgie Girl with DJ
Mark Falco. Midnight. Woody’s, 465
Church St. No cover. woodystoronto.com
SAT, APRIL 23
Biblical Burlesque: Sexy and
sacrilegious performances for the
resurrection erection season. Hosted by
MC Terra Hazelton alongside DJ
Sigourney Beaver and featuring
Boylesque TO’s Dew Lily, Mahogany
Storm and Wrong Note Rusty. 9pm.
The Gladstone, 1214 Queen St W.
$20–30. skintightouttasight.com
Cherry Bomb. Toronto’s premier party for
fabulous queer women and their friends. DJs
Cozmic Cat and Denise Benson spin. 9pm.
Andy Poolhall, 489 College St. Free before
10pm, $7 after. cherrybombtoronto.com
fly. DJs Hector Fonseca, Shawn Riker
and Danny White. 10pm. 8 Gloucester St.
$10 till midnight, $15 till 1am, $20 after.
flynightclub.com
Pansexual Sexy Party, with DJ Todd
Klinck, has two floors of drinking,
dancing and cruising amidst a vast
spectrum of sexual possibilities. 10pm.
Goodhandy’s, 120 Church St. $10,
membership included. goodhandys.com
Come untucked at Hotnuts: Balls to the
Walls, hosted by Mary Messhausen.
DJ Produzentin spins. 11pm. The
Beaver, 1192 Queen St W. $5, no cover
if in drag. beavertoronto.ca
The first anniversary of Mr Big, hosted by
Charles Pavia with DJs Dwayne Minard
and BoyUK, will have you gagging with
joy. 11pm. The Grand Hive, 504 Jarvis St.
$10. dwayneminard.com
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SUN, APRIL 24
Restrained Loving Workshop, with
Morpheous, teaches inventive ways
to incorporate any piece of furniture
imaginable into bondage. 5:30–7:30pm.
Come As You Are, 701 Queen St W. $30,
sliding scale available. comeasyouare.com
Miss Conception’s Stage to Screen
One-Woman Show burns up the stage at
6pm; the Drag Legend Show, with Michelle
Ross and Amanda Roberts, at 9pm has the
two veterans conjuring up divas of all
divinities; then Georgie Girl and Donnarama
welcome the Ladies of Sass for a sassy
spectacular finale at 11pm. Woody’s, 465
Church St. No cover. woodystoronto.com
Crazy Sexy Cool Decadence. Time-warp
through the ’80s and ’90s with DJs
Sanfran and Nik Red. 10pm.
Goodhandy’s, 120 Church St. $5–8.
goodhandys.com
MON, APRIL 25
Rainbow Room Cabaret features
performances by AJ Stewart and
guitarist Matthew Marcoccia. 8:30pm.
Statlers, 487 Church St. No cover.
statlersonchurch.ca
Dirty Bingo, hosted by Gloria Hole and
Lena Over. Drink yourself dirty and win
outrageous prizes. 8:30pm. Zelda’s,
692 Yonge St. No cover. zeldas.ca
The crazily competitive Candice’s
Star Search shines a new light every
Monday. 11:30pm. Crews & Tangos,
508 Church St. No cover.
crewsandtangos.com
TUES, APRIL 26
The Gay Men’s Book Club discusses
Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall. 6pm.
519 Community Centre. No cover.
the519.org
Greg Kearney launches his nasty/funny
short-story collection Pretty, with DJ
Robotic Kid spinning. 8–11pm. The
Black Eagle, 457 Church St. No cover.
blackeagletoronto.com
Glamour, glitz and fake titz as the TICOT
Show kicks off at 9pm. Then it’s
Karaoke with DJ Elyse in The Zone at
10pm and Industry Night, hosted by
Amanda Roberts, at 11:30pm. Crews
& Tangos, 508 Church St. No cover.
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‘His eyes attracted
me right off the bat.’
A
dam, a 28-year-old Cancer, and Ben,
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what their first kiss was like, but “it must
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friends. It wasn’t until nine months ago
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Jérôm likes to keep it simple. “I’m looking for one thing especially:
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smart and funny and has beautiful eyes. I love blue eyes with dark
hair.” His hobbies include hanging out with his friends, shopping,
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