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Wayne Bristow: I have a list of things that I need to do and no determination to attempt any of them." I’ve realized, I’m not burning out, I’m having days when I wake up and say, “I just don’t want to...
View ArticleDefending uncritical art has consequences.
Guest author Rahim Thawer: "... some people indiscriminately defend artistic expression without any room for considering how power and privilege operate in our world." Club 120, Toronto, 2012. Photo...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’ is Trans Film Noir
Mark S. King reviews the new documentary by David France. Marsha P. Johnson, in a photo from the new documentary. Victoria Cruz, a dogged crime-victim advocate in New York City, has taken on one last...
View ArticleReview: Bat out of Hell, the Musical in Toronto
Bob Leahy reviews the Meat Loaf classic turned rock opera, now playing in Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre and declares it plot-flawed but otherwise a vocal and visual blast. From time to time,...
View ArticleReview: Five Guys Chillin’ is a brave exploration of sex and drugs
Bob Leahy on the extraordinary play now running in Toronto at Toronto’s Kensington Hall that provides a very explicit, close-up look at the Party n Play (PnP) scene First the explicit: Yes there is a...
View ArticleWrestling with stigma – literally
Bob Leahy goes to a wrestling match and meets Steve Blair, an engaging poz guy from Lindsay Ontario who just organized Smash! Stigma – a successful wrestling/HIV advocacy mashup that also promotes...
View ArticleU=U: a stigma-smashing new song from Love to Love Organization!
The only things infectious here are the grooves and the grins as Danny and Wiiliam of Love to Love Organization pump up the volume and drive home the message that undetectable really does equal...
View ArticlePorn actor had condomless sex with HIV positive co-star to prove he wouldn’t...
"I chose to do this to reinforce confidence that PrEP works even in “high risk” events.," says Jason Domino. From OutNews Global, Andy West reports. To read the complete story by Andy West and look at...
View ArticleCelebrating International Women's Day with inspiring dolls
Barbie released dolls celebrating diverse leaders for International Women’s Day and New York guy Félix Garmendía says the idea is "absolutely brilliant." I heard yesterday about the new Barbie...
View ArticleEasy breezy
Philip Minaker: "Designers have drawn considerable inspiration from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s to create new looks for Spring 2018." There is a new paradigm to dressing this season. It’s not just a fresh...
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