Arts

Gay high-school musical aims to bend Ottawa attitudes

Successful performance at Catholic school prompts teens to take play to larger stage

By Dave Yin

Arts

Janet Mock in her own words

Xtra asks the New York Times bestselling author five curious questions

By S. Bear Bergman

Arts

Sperm-donor dilemmas

Seed, now in its second season on City TV, features cutie Adam Korson and some lesbian moms

By Serafin LaRiviere

Arts

Just dance

dance Immersion celebrates 20 years with a world premiere by KasheDance

By Andrew Jacome

Arts

Downton Toronto

Costumes from popular British TV show come to Spadina Museum

By Jeremy Willard

Culture

The gay clowns

By Raziel Reid

Arts

Jennifer Lopez luhs ya, papi

Singer releases spicy video for her new single

By Andrew Jacome

Toronto Diary

Rob Ford enters battle of wits with Kevin Spacey – and loses

By Jeremy Feist

Arts

Local hero

Videofag’s Jordan Tannahill receives Urjo Kareda Residency Grant

By Chris Dupuis

Culture

Gearing up for Westfest

Ashley MacIsaac, A Tribe Called Red to play 11th annual free music festival in Westboro Village

By Julie Cruikshank

Arts

That’s Kenny!

Big Brother Canada suddenly becomes worth watching, with a gay model contestant

By Sissydude

We’re all failures

An art exhibit that finds humour in difficult moments

By Jeremy Willard

Arts

So You Think You Can Fuck, Episode 3

This week’s behind-the-scenes check-in with the sexy survival series is a team effort

By Xtra Editor

Arts

Playwright Minh Ly complicates stereotypes with compassion in Ga Ting

No such thing as ‘the gay Asian experience,’ says frank theatre producer

By David P Ball

Arts

WorldPride adds new (dance party) acts to roster

Performers include international house acts Hercules & Love Affair, Crystal Waters and Neon Hitch

By Andrew Jacome

Arts

Lambda Literary Award nominees announced

We get the scoop on the award’s importance and how to cruise at the main event

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Taylor Schilling gets out of jail with Stay

Orange Is the New Black star gets big-screen treatment

By Frank Prendergast

Video

Lowest Common Denominator crosses the gay age gap

Zee Zee Theatre’s new play wrestles with intergenerational romance

By Robin Perelle