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Chilling with pills
Toronto

Chilling with pills

Info sheet aimed at poz people who party

April 30, 2003
Status conscious sex
Toronto

Status conscious sex

The rules of cruising make it hard to talk about condoms

October 30, 2002
Keeping the faith
Toronto

Keeping the faith

Unorthodox gay liberation by gay Orthodox

July 10, 2002
Even bastards fall in love
Toronto

Even bastards fall in love

For this type of grit you have to be willing to read subtitles.

May 29, 2002
Are beauty & self-loathing flip sides of this fashion coin?
Toronto

Are beauty & self-loathing flip sides of this fashion coin?

Criticism or Obsession?

May 15, 2002
Overdose conundrum
Toronto

Overdose conundrum

Cutting back on the ‘ooga booga’ routine

April 17, 2002
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Dysfunctional
Toronto

Dysfunctional

Family farce is confused

January 9, 2002
Geeky frustrated innocence
Toronto

Geeky frustrated innocence

Boy-loves-boy story true to its age

June 27, 2001
Samurai sham
Toronto

Samurai sham

All that beauty must end in death

June 27, 2001
Genie in a bottle
Toronto

Genie in a bottle

How far will gay men go for a perfect body?

May 2, 2001
Blood sports
Toronto

Blood sports

Ginger Snaps offers a sardonic spoof on high school rage

May 2, 2001
Beautiful dénoument
Toronto

Beautiful dénoument

January 24, 2001
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Tough love
Toronto

Tough love

Billy Elliot puts the dancer in the dance

October 18, 2000
Kicked out of the bars
Toronto

Kicked out of the bars

Underaged youth look to Homo Hops for last chance at fun

September 6, 2000
Beneath the pancake
Toronto

Beneath the pancake

Bring Tammy Faye Bakker your poor and your lonely

August 9, 2000
The great debate
Toronto

The great debate

August 9, 2000
Gotta dance
Toronto

Gotta dance

But where’s a bouncy homo to go?

July 26, 2000
Balancing fun & quiet
Toronto

Balancing fun & quiet

Pub’s opponents worry about children & the ‘hood

July 12, 2000
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