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Gordon Bowness

Gordon Bowness (he/him) is the former executive editor of Xtra. With a 30-year career covering the LGBTQ2S+ community, Gordon is also the founding editor of Go Big magazine and In Toronto (now In Magazine). He is an English speaker and lives in Toronto.

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Don’t ask, don’t tell two-step
Toronto

Don’t ask, don’t tell two-step

Michigan still obsessed with women ‘born’ womyn

August 11, 1999
Hogtown girls
Toronto

Hogtown girls

August 11, 1999
Eye spy
Toronto

Eye spy

Shameful deceit

July 28, 1999
FRAYED BUT STILL STRONG
Toronto

FRAYED BUT STILL STRONG

June 30, 1999
Rogues’ Gallery
Toronto

Rogues’ Gallery

Looking for inspiration in all the rightfully wrong places

June 18, 1999
Iconography
Toronto

Iconography

June 16, 1999
Advertisement

Steelworkers, miners & faggots. Oh my
Toronto

Steelworkers, miners & faggots. Oh my

Out in the bush, local filmmakers have the common touch

May 19, 1999
Parties are such sweet sorrow
Toronto

Parties are such sweet sorrow

May 19, 1999
Dangerous Love
Toronto

Dangerous Love

New ballet hits close to home

May 5, 1999
The Gay Cygnet-ture
Toronto

The Gay Cygnet-ture

May 5, 1999
Squirt!?
Toronto

Squirt!?

You get the General Idea

March 10, 1999
Heavenly prints
Toronto

Heavenly prints

Pat Robertson’s fashion tips

February 24, 1999
Advertisement

Verdant or pedant?
Toronto

Verdant or pedant?

New Sky Gilbert play hits Theatre Centre

February 24, 1999
Fuck, fuck, fuck
Toronto

Fuck, fuck, fuck

Shopping & Fucking reviewed

February 10, 1999
‘Sh*pping and Fucking’
Theatre

‘Sh*pping and Fucking’

January 27, 1999
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