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  • A grrrl abstracted
    Jan 17 2013 | My dream for 2013 is for the Toronto International Film Festival to present a Brittany Murphy retrospective. At 32, the starlet died far too young, but she made quite an impact, in films such as Clueless, Spun, Riding in Cars with Boys and Girl, Interrupted. Murphy was a moment — a shiny, l
  • Beautiful boys
    Jan 03 2013 | Here at Fab, we really like men.  You might have noticed this. So for our annual photography issue we thought, why not take this admiration to another level by featuring pictures of men taken by men?  We put out a call via our photography contest and received some brilliant entries
  • 2012 queer in review
    Jan 01 2013 | We won everything! So screamed the headline of the Seattle Stranger on Nov 7, adding, “Holy pot-smokin’ shit!” Not only was gay marriage now legal in 10 out of 50 states, but Washington and Colorado legalized marijuana. It was as if Obama suddenly turned America in
  • New Year's Mayan style
    Dec 29 2012 | FLY The worship of Kukulkan (also known as Quetzalcoatl), the feathered-serpent wind god, included human sacrifices. Fly, Toronto’s all- night party temple, may not see any sacrifices, but a few boyfriends will surely be dumped. Expect German DJ/ producer Micky Friedmann and Toronto fave DJ
  • Fresh trade
    Dec 27 2012 | As we close off the year, let’s get acquainted with some of the newcomers that are threatening to make waves next year. KATE BOY This new Swedish/Aussie four-piece has arrived just in time to give the dancefloor a much-needed synth-pop power boost. In just one month, their current single
  • Say it like you moan it
    Dec 19 2012 | DJ/producer Dwayne Minard really gets around. He spins all across Hogtown, Vancouver, Miami and London and has several tracks on international disco compilations and on the radio. You’ve probably heard of him or of his musical partnerships with Gavin Bradley under the pseudonyms Righteous or W
  • Fab's Holigay Wishbook, pages 18 & 19
    Dec 03 2012 | Our annual guide for giving and getting was so overstuffed with fabulous items this year that we ran out of space in the printed edition. Rather than cut a gift that we knew someone would love to lavish upon a loved one, we saved the descriptions and factoids for the web. To make it easier to cross-
  • Fab's Holigay Wishbook, pages 20 & 21
    Dec 03 2012 | Our annual guide for giving and getting was so overstuffed with fabulous items this year that we ran out of space in the printed edition. Rather than cut a gift that we knew someone would love to lavish upon a loved one, we saved the descriptions and factoids for the web. To make it easier to cross-
  • Fab's Holigay Wishbook, pages 22 & 23
    Dec 03 2012 | Our annual guide for giving and getting was so overstuffed with fabulous items this year that we ran out of space in the printed edition. Rather than cut a gift that we knew someone would love to lavish upon a loved one, we saved the descriptions and factoids for the web. To make it easier to cross-
  • Fab's Holigay Wishbook, page 24
    Dec 03 2012 | Our annual guide for giving and getting was so overstuffed with fabulous items this year that we ran out of space in the printed edition. Rather than cut a gift that we knew someone would love to lavish upon a loved one, we saved the descriptions and factoids for the web. To make it easier to cross-
  • Take a booze break
    Nov 30 2012 | So here’s a disturbing fact. Are you ready for this? Summer. Is. Over. Umm, when the hell did that happen? It makes sense to not remember it ending. If your summer was anything like mine it was chock-a-block with friends, fun and general mirth. It was also very drunk. Take a moment to think ab
  • Celebrity cookery
    Nov 29 2012 | Cooks and chefs have really become major celebrities, haven’t they? Everywhere you look on TV someone is yelling at you — in some ridiculously fake kitchen — about how much he or she loves red velvet cake or how acai syrup is a healthy substitute for sweetener in your homemade lemo
  • Wet and wild
    Nov 28 2012 | Daniel Smith and Christophe Doloire are a powerhouse musical coupling born out of the dirty alleyways and dark clubs of New York City. Over the last decade these dead-sexy song makers have released three full-length albums and earned well-deserved praise as one of the most titillating gay acts aroun
  • From Russia, with butt
    Nov 23 2012 | It’s like two perfectly round apples sitting side by side. No, that doesn’t do it justice. It is the rolling hills of Northumberland: sun-kissed, scenic, beautiful. Of course, this is a description of Pavel Petel, Tumblr superstar and founder of the Naked DJs. More to the point, it&rs
  • When art attacks!
    Nov 20 2012 | There are few places in the city where talent, art and delightful perversity come together the way they do at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Just like every other alternative playhouse, they’re always short on funds, but they have a very Buddies way of combating the deficit: the annual ArtAt
  • Homo home run
    Nov 19 2012 | This past September, Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar was suspended for three games for no reason. At least according to him. After all, all he did was write “Tu ere maricon” in the eye black on his face during a game against the Boston Red Sox. In Escobar’s native Cuba, m
  • Big, thick shuttlecocks
    Nov 14 2012 | It’s a Wednesday night in the gym at Danforth Tech Collegiate and dozens of men in T-shirts and shorts are running, sweating and swinging racquets furiously in a demanding game of . . . badminton? That can’t be right. Shouldn’t they be daintily flicking the racquet with one hand, b
  • Get me to Church
    Nov 13 2012 | Full disclosure — and this may or may not come as a shock — I’m not that religious. The only god I ever pray to is of the porcelain variety, and the older (and arguably wiser) I get, the less I find myself visiting that place of worship. That said, I love all those fun hats the pop
  • Puckin' awesome
    Nov 12 2012 | The hockey jock is an enduring fantasy figure in gay culture, a collective daydream that undoubtedly includes some locker time with Jarome Iginla, highsticking and a hat trick. Luckily, right here in Toronto, we have the largest gay hockey league in the world, the Toronto Gay Hockey Association (
  • Retreat at the End of the World
    Nov 01 2012 | Obeying the official invitation sent to me by ByoLogyc, I rendezvous with Denis Kirkham in the lobby of a posh Yorkville hotel. I know him by his ByoLogyc name badge, and he takes me into the dining room to meet the CEO of ByoLogyc, Chet Getram. Getram wears an authoritative dark suit, a reassuring