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  • Pride political party
    Jun 30 2012 | Dear Mayor Rob Ford, Forget the cottage and surround yourself with some of nature’s majestic creatures: cubs, otters and bears. Oh haaay — fab formally invites you to Steve Buczek’s annual Pride Beef Ball. Sounds delicious! This aged beef won’t be covered with BBQ sauce
  • Kitschy, sexy, Israeli
    Jun 30 2012 | Ahhh, the giddy lyrics of Israeli folk singer Nivin’s love song. So in love with her man, the protagonist is blind to the world around her. Entitled “Ma asita li,” this is the song that made Arisa what it is today. Arisa is a monstrous monthly gay party at Tel Aviv’s Comfo
  • Gotta get down on Friday
    Jun 29 2012 | Up first is the annual Pride edition of Bitch Salad at Buddies. Toronto’s sassiest show of trash-talking lady comics rings in its fifth year with an all-star bill. Hosted by Andrew Johnston (full disclosure: that’s totally me), past editions have included appearances by Drew “Chloe
  • The divas of Prism
    Jun 29 2012 | This year at Pride, Toronto boys will be treated to hair-flipping performances coupled with sexy male backup dancers, courtesy of two of the world’s top dance divas. With her candy-coloured style and club sensibilities, Erika Jayne ranks with Rihanna and the Pussycat Dolls for the most number-
  • fab's Pride DJ guide
    Jun 29 2012 | As the gays gather for Toronto Pride, die-hard circuit followers and club-kids-at-heart are looking to hit the dancefloors, and it’s easy to get lost in the choices. Resident dance music aficionado Eduardo Sabate highlights some of the DJs spinning throughout the city to help you navigate this
  • 10x10 goes for 10
    Jun 28 2012 | “Often when you deal with things that are about marginalized groups, they can be very insular and . . . masturbatory,” says visual artist and curator James Fowler. “Sort of like, We’re here, we’re queer and we’re taking some pictures of ourselves.” The 10
  • Christeene is the new Santa Claus, haaayyy!
    Jun 27 2012 | This Pride, Hotnuts Christmas is expecting someone very different from the iconic fatty in red. Buckle your seatbelts and ready yourselves for Christeene, a self-described “drag terrorist” from sunny Texas. She agreed to chat via email about how this union came to be and what Christee
  • Booty battle
    Jun 27 2012 | On this day, we give thanks to the sissy gods above. It’s because of them that this year’s Pride is going to get a little taste of Southern goodness, courtesy of the reigning queen of New Orleans bounce music, Big Freedia. Ms Freedia has been known to tear the roof off venues with her hi
  • Country & western realness
    Jun 27 2012 | Steers & Queers celebrates country music’s greatest drag queen — Dolly Parton — with the second annual Night of 1,000 Dollys. The organizers of Toronto’s only country and western party know how to throw a real hoedown: there will be special guest appearances by the Tennes
  • Come fly away
    Jun 21 2012 | Flying can be irrationally terrifying, but airline mogul/flight-attendant-from-hell Pam Ann is intentionally provocative. Three years ago, when the perfectly coiffed comedian first touched down in Toronto, audiences roared as she gleefully satirized all aspects of air travel. What does she hav
  • Turning boys into men since 2010
    Jun 18 2012 | There’s a distinct feeling of satisfaction I get every time I visit the Crows Nest Barbershop. It’s more than a place to get a smart-looking classic man’s haircut or a close shave with the blade: it’s a uniquely masculine experience more akin to going to a gentlemen’s c
  • Work it out, sweat it out
    Jun 15 2012 | "I was a really big party mess,” says Jock Yoga founder Michael DeCorte, who has no problem calling himself a reformed gay club kid from the old days of Unity parties. “I went in and out of being into drugs and alcohol, and I was really out of shape. When I finally got sober just ov
  • Robert Weir gives good face
    Jun 13 2012 | He’s the artist that professional photographers and fabulous fashionistas call when they arrive in Toronto and need to amp up their look. Maybe it’s because Robert Weir is so ferocious in his own right, or maybe it’s because he has no fear when trying to please a client. “
  • Pre-Pride love revival
    Jun 10 2012 | What’s love got to do with it? Just about everything when it comes to red-hot DJs Dave & Gerardo. “We were dating for two years before we started DJing,” Gerardo explains. “It happened organically once we started dating,” says Dave, who has a tendency to finis
  • TUFF
    Jun 09 2012 | TUFF - trashy/unlawful/fearless/faggots TUFF go-go dancers Live rock-star drum-off performance Mullet/rocker dress encouraged Best rocker outfits win a copy of The Gossip's new album, A Joyful Noise, at this official release party event $3 PBR all night No cover 11pm Smith, 553 Chu
  • Hallelujah for hotdogs
    May 31 2012 | We’ve all done it at some point in our lives — picked up some cheap piece of meat on a street corner after a drunken bar night and secretly shoved it in our mouths in some dark alley, juices dribbling down our chins. Stop feeling guilty about it: hotdogs have changed! With better, health
  • The return of Garbage
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  • Romeos & Juliets
    May 30 2012 | A documentary about a ballet company preparing for the opening of a new, high-stakes show? Let me guess; Well-behaved, flexible beauties bandaging blisters, rolling ankles, purging meals, and eventually killing themselves in pursuit of perfection. Oh it’s about the Canadian Ballet Company? NEX
  • Perennial planting
    May 29 2012 | When I was 11, my dad offered to buy me a rosebush for my Grade 8 graduation. I was elated. I turned the pages of the garden centre catalogue for weeks until it fell apart in my eager, pre-pubescent hands. I settled on a raspberry-scented floribunda named Blue Jay (the only sport reference I could u
  • Cheap, easy, fast & tasty
    May 24 2012 | Hot time, summer in the city! Toronto really is a sexy place to be in the late spring. All the boys start showing off their hairy legs, beer bellies, six-packs, big guns and butts. The overwhelmingly potent scent of the “cum” tree ushers in Pride Week, outdoor patios, lazy afternoons wit