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Jeremy Willard

Jeremy Willard is a Toronto-based freelance writer and editor. He's written for Fab Magazine, Daily Xtra and the Torontoist. He generally writes about the arts, local news and queer history (in History Boys, the Daily Xtra column that he shares with Michael Lyons).

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September 28, 2015
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One World Film Festival thinks about love

Ottawa film fest screens documentary that follows a young, queer theatre group

September 24, 2015
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Out in Toronto: Sept 24–30, 2015

Choice events in the city this week

September 24, 2015
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Choice events in the city

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Ottawa Burlesque Festival gets randy

Now in its second year, performers push the envelope on gender and performance

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The Pope’s Ganymede

One of the most notorious homosexual scandals in the history of the papacy

September 15, 2015
Out in Toronto: Sept 10–16, 2015
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Out in Toronto: Sept 10–16, 2015

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Ottawa Wolves Rugby Club cruises onward

Inclusive rugby team hosts a fundraising event on the water

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Choice events in the city

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Canadian non-profit lets you add life to famous queer icons

August 31, 2015
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Not your grandmother’s china

Pansy Ass Ceramics put a homoerotic spin on your favourite tea sets and plates

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Out in Toronto: Aug 27–Sept 2, 2015

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Reviewing Full House: The Musical

Perez Hilton stars in ’90s sitcom stage remount . . . and it’s not that bad

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Ultra-nationalist Russian homophobes gone wild

A new horror film from Blake Mawson has a dangerous secret, and needs your help

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Out in Toronto: Aug 20–26, 2015

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