Culture

Horror at Vancouver’s Queer Film Festival

And other films on the program director’s personal favourites list

By Pat Johnson

Books

Cocaine nights in the City of Lights

Mike Miksche’s first novel is a rough guide to Paris

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

Out in Vancouver: Aug 7–11, 2015

Choice events in the city this week

By Tom Coleman

Arts

Out in Toronto: Aug 6–12, 2015

Choice events in the city this week

By Jeremy Willard

Peter de Rome’s gay porn legacy

The British film director’s racy films unravelled in long-awaited documentary

Created for Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Arts

A voyeur’s defense of exhibitionism

Alistair Newton’s photography show features 50 triptychs of beautiful men

By Jeremy Willard

Arts

Five queer picks for SummerWorks 2015

Our choices for the hottest tickets at the Toronto arts festival

By Chris Dupuis

Arts

Dionisio Heiderscheid goes beyond porn

Performer takes his turn behind the camera with his new accessory line

By Nicolas Kazamia

Arts

Cage-free Davie Street Party a success, say attendees

Slideshow captures Vancouver’s first fenceless block party for Pride

By Danny Gray Fox

Arts

Dayna Danger racks ’em up

Photo series examines the way hunting degrades women

By Jeremy Willard

Arts

Countertenor tribute to early gay composers at Queer Arts Fest

Black gay opera singer feels unwelcome by gay community at home in US

By Shauna Lewis

Arts

Toronto’s big gay patio guide

Eleven of the city’s greatest and gayest outdoor spaces

By Ryan English

Arts

Young hip-hop dancer says Queer Arts Festival a ‘safe haven’

Proximity: Remix explores queer youth expression through dance

By Mark Robins

Opinion

‘Backslid and went weedy’: the rest of the Ian Robertson story

Beloved Canadian dancer lovingly remembered in all his careening glory

By Kevin Dale McKeown

Arts

Out in Ottawa: Aug 1–15, 2015

Choice events in the city

By Jeremy Willard

Out on Screen and in Vancouver

One of the West Coast’s largest queer arts events celebrates the best in LGBT films

Created for Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Arts

Out in Toronto: July 30–Aug 5, 2015

Choice events in the city this week

By Jeremy Willard

Books

Queer, without apologies

Gay books for teens get happy

By Scott Dagostino