Arts

What a gay basketball player and a trans MMA fighter share

Courageous doc Game Face at the 2016 Toronto Black Film Festival

By Pat Johnson

Arts

Lesbians getting laid

Christina Zeidler on Portrait of a Serial Monogamist and how women are hooking up these days

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Love is being executed in Iran

Based on the 2005 deaths of two gay men, filmmaker Darwin Serink’s Aban + Khorshid is more relevant than ever

By Serafin LaRiviere

Arts

The origins and future of HIV disclosure laws

Alison Duke’s film, Consent, examines the activism and impacts of the 2012 Canadian Supreme Court decision

By Chris Dupuis

Rendezvous with Madness film fest challenges stigma

The 2015 lineup brings ‘boldest, most eclectic and provocative programming yet’

Created for Workman Arts

Arts

Inside Out Ottawa run down

The biggest films to watch this year

By Chris Dupuis

Culture

Vancouver film proceeds despite anti-trans petition in Europe

Opposition reinforces the film’s importance, say filmmakers

By Nathaniel Christopher

Thirty years of Reel Pride in Winnipeg

The film festival promises to be bigger than ever for its anniversary

Created for Real Pride Network

Arts

Adam Garnet Jones’ Fire Song

The Cree/Métis filmmaker’s latest deals with being queer in Aboriginal communities

By Jeremy Willard

Zombies, heartbreak and gay porn at Rainbow Visions

Edmonton’s brand new LGBT film festival has it all

Created for Rainbow Visions

Arts

Scott Ferguson steps down as executive director of Inside Out

Ferguson explains why he left and what’s next

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Closet Monster wins big at TIFF 2015

The coming-out story with horror film twists takes home best Canadian feature

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

One World Film Festival thinks about love

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

By Jeremy Willard

Arts

Stonewall is not worth boycotting

Roland Emmerich’s film is even worse than anticipated

By Christos Tsirbas

Arts

Five queer picks at Vancouver International Film Festival 2015

From Taiwan to the 1960s Hollywood gay scene to a Syrian hoax, and more

By Denise Sheppard

Unravelling the Amina profile

A remarkable documentary about false identity at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Created for Vancouver International Film Festival

Arts

Rediscovering a Longtime Companion

How this lesser-known gay film stands up 25 years later

By Ryan English

Opinion

Graeme Coleman on why he asked Tom Hardy about sexuality at TIFF

‘It’s time for a more open, comfortable discussion of sexuality,’ journalist says

By Graeme Coleman