THE MUPPETS SING HOTSTUFF BY DONNA SUMMER
Donna Summer - the Queen of Disco - died the morning of May 17 following a battle with lung and breast cancer. Summer believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New...
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QUEEN LATIFAH PERFORMS AT GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL - BUT DID SHE ACTUALLY COME OUT?
Queen Latifah headlined the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival in Californiaon May 19“I've been waiting to do this for a long time,” Oscar-nominated actress and recording star Queen Latifah...
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HAS QUEEN ELIZABETH II "TURNED HER BACK" ON THE GAY COMMUNITY?
As Britain celebrates the Jubilee anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, British LGBT activist and OutRage! founder Peter Tatchell takes the queen to task for her silence on gay issues, in an op-ed...
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KILLER COCK! PICS FROM LUKA MAGNOTTA'S GAY PORN SHOOT FOR BADPUPPY
Luka Rocco Magnotta stripped for Badpuppy.comI don't think I need to explain who Luka Magnotta —dubbed the "Butcher of Montreal" by the European media— is. But if you think the media frenzy over this...
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FRINGING WITH "RICHIE BITCH" AND MADO LAMOTTE - 2012 MONTREAL FRINGE PICKS
Richie Bitch and Mado La Motte at the 2011 Montreal Fringe Festival Drag Race Some pretty amazing stand-up comics have come out of Montreal over the years and one of the best is legendary drag queen...
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Gad Beck, Last Known Gay Jewish Holocaust Survivor,...
World War II queer underground resistance superhero Gad Beck - the last known gay Jewish survivor of the Holocaust - passed away on June 24, 2012, in BerlinI scoured Israel and Germany in 1998 to find...
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THE DEVIL'S MUSIC HONOURS DYKE AND POP ICON BESSIE SMITH AT MONTREAL JAZZ FEST
Bessie Smith, February 7, 1936When I first met rock singer Sass Jordan some years ago, it was at the opening bash of the gorgeous Nelligan Hotel in Old Montreal after way too many glasses of Moët &...
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"SUGAR BEAR" - ROD AND ELTON REMEMBER MENTOR, GAY BLUES ICON LONG JOHN BALDRY
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Rod Stewart, Elton John, Paul Myers and Long John Baldry's life partner Felix "Oz" Rexach pay tribute to Baldry (pictured above), who died...
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REMEMBERING GUILDA: TRAILBLAZING MONTREAL DRAG QUEEN DIES AT 88
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Jean Guida – a.k.a. legendary Montreal drag queen Guilda (or "transformist" as Jean Guida insisted he be called) –died on June 27, 2012. He was 88.There is a chapter in...
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MARTHA WASH CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY OF "IT'S RAINING MEN"
Martha Wash performs It's Raining Men with Paul Shaffer on the October 1, 2012, broadcast of The Late Show with David Letterman, to mark the classic song's 30th anniversary (All photos courtesy Late...
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THE 2012 GREAT BITCH DIVA QUIZ - SO JUST HOW FABULOUS ARE YOU?
Is Canadian Tory Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird a bitch?Summer has faded and it’s now time to show off your new wardrobe during Montreal’s über-hot autumn cocktail season. But do you possess...
View ArticleDRAG QUEENS REVEAL WHY "REAL WOMEN VOTE FOR OBAMA"
With just days to go before the U.S. presidential election, some American drag queens - including RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Willam Belli - tell it like it is in this hilarious new video.
View ArticleCANADA'S RCMP FILMS NEW "IT GETS BETTER" VIDEO
Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police has filmed a new 10-minute “It Gets Better” video to help queer youth confront homophobia. The video features 20 Mounties who talk about the challenges they faced...
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FELIPE ROSE AND VILLAGE PEOPLE STILL MAKING THE WORLD DANCE
Village People publicity stillI was a 12-year-old disco bunny when I saw the Village People perform live at the Montreal Forum back in 1978. The opening act was none other than Gloria Gaynor, who won...
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FACEBOOK YANKS CARTOON OF BATMAN TAKING A PISS
Facebook has a problem with this cartoon drawn by comic book illustrator Alessio SlonimskyWhen is a cartoon of a man taking a wiz pornography, and when is it art? Evidently, according to Facebook,...
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BROADWAY'S NEW QUEEN? PLUM POSTING FOR FORMER PQ LEADER ANDRE BOISCLAIR
Quebec’s newly-appointed delegate-general to New York, Andre Boisclair (wearing black suit, standing next to Pauline Marois), attended the Dec. 14 Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal premiere at NYC’s Joyce...
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THREE DOLLAR BILL's 17th ANNUAL COLUMN OF THE YEAR's HEROES AND ZEROS
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Canadian superhero Northstar married his boyfriend Kyle in Marvel Comics' June 2012 issue of Astonishing X-Men.You can read the original version of my 17th annual...
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WYNNE WINS LIBERAL LEADERSHIP - BUT WILL ONTARIO VOTE FOR A LESBIAN PREMIER?
Kathleen Wynne (pictured here at her campaign launch) won the Ontario Liberal leadership convention to become Canada's first-ever lesbian premier (Photo courtesy the Kathleen Wynne Campaign's Flickr...
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PUBLIC OUTRAGE, HUGE CROWDS GREET "NUDE MEN" EXHIBIT IN VIENNA
The Leopold Museum added red tape to exhibit posters throughout ViennaHuge crowds numbering over 2,000 daily file past a four-metre (12-foot) high full-frontal photo of a naked young man, set up near...
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K.D. LANG TO BE INDUCTED INTO CANADIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME, CLASS OF 2013
k.d. lang will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of FameRichard Burnett's interview with kd lang originally ran on Curtains TV Queer music icon k.d. lang will be inducted into the Canadian Music...
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