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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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Cocktail hour with LGBTQ2 artists
Your Communities in Action

Cocktail hour with LGBTQ2 artists

The world’s largest queer theatre launches digital performance series

March 27, 2020
COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: The 519 community centre in Toronto and North Carolina’s Campus Pride

March 25, 2020
Surviving conversion therapy
Conversion therapy

Surviving conversion therapy

Matt Ashcroft’s story illustrates why a federal ban on conversion therapy is vitally important

March 23, 2020
COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 18
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 18

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk caring and coping for each other. Today: queer Berliners mobilize to help the most vulnerable, the oldest LGBTQ2 bookstore in the world reinvents itself again, and Charli XCX spreads positivity

March 18, 2020
Cassils transforms the way we see
Arts

Cassils transforms the way we see

Performance artist uses their trans body to fascinate and challenge

March 16, 2020
The mind-blowing power of the LGBTQ literary canon
Literature

The mind-blowing power of the LGBTQ literary canon

A conversation with Muswell Press editor Matthew Bates about overlooked queer and trans classics and important new works

February 19, 2020
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Why drag is quintessentially Canadian
Culture

Why drag is quintessentially Canadian

A fantastically diverse collection of performers run rampant through the country’s fertile fields of gender

February 7, 2020
Pride Toronto’s executive director is out. Now what?
Power

Pride Toronto’s executive director is out. Now what?

Xtra editors weigh in on the organization, the celebrations and the future of the festival

January 29, 2020
Writing hate and LGBTQ2 resistance into the national story
Human Rights

Writing hate and LGBTQ2 resistance into the national story

Site for ambitious LGBTQ2 monument announced in Ottawa

January 24, 2020
Pedro Almodóvar gets personal with ‘Pain and Glory’
TV & Film

Pedro Almodóvar gets personal with ‘Pain and Glory’

The Spanish director’s latest explores how to age with grace as a gay man and an artist

October 3, 2019
‘Judy’ biopic speaks to the #MeToo era
TV & Film

‘Judy’ biopic speaks to the #MeToo era

Starring Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland, the movie examines Hollywood abuse and exploitation

September 27, 2019
A round up of LGBTQ2 offerings from TIFF
TV & Film

A round up of LGBTQ2 offerings from TIFF

This year’s film festival showcased aging gay artists, lesbians on fire and Canada’s queerest politician

September 17, 2019
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‘Tales of the City’ gets a millennial makeover
TV & Film

‘Tales of the City’ gets a millennial makeover

The beloved 1970s San Francisco saga has been reinvented for a new generation of queer and trans folks

June 3, 2019
Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer
Power

Bruce McArthur wasn’t the Village’s first killer

Journalist Justin Ling on his CBC podcast about cold cases of murdered gay men and finding new purpose after McArthur’s sentencing

April 1, 2019
Excitement from the National Ballet of Canada: Review
Dance

Excitement from the National Ballet of Canada: Review

Unwieldy passions at the limits of perception

December 2, 2009
The downlow on Tom Ford’s A Single Man
TV & Film

The downlow on Tom Ford’s A Single Man

One of the best gay movies ever; plus: watch our interviews with Ford, Colin Firth & Julianne Moore

December 2, 2009
Dances in a Small Room: Review
Dance

Dances in a Small Room: Review

Two mature, hard-edged looks at relationships

November 30, 2009
Kudelka dances: Review
Dance

Kudelka dances: Review

Bitter palette cleanser for a sumptuous feast

November 5, 2009
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