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INDIGO GIRLS STILL FRESH AFTER 30 YEARS ON THE ROAD
The Indigo Girls are touring North America, with stops in Toronto and Montreal.(All photos by Jeremy Cowart, courtesy Indigo Girls)Richard Burnett's interview with The Indigo Girls originally ran in...
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WADE DAVIS SPEAKS ABOUT BEING A GAY MAN, CLOSETED IN THE NFL
Former NFL player Wade Davis now speaks publicly about what it was like to be closeted in the National Football League (Photos courtesy Wade Davis) When Wade Davis came out as a gay man last summer and...
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POP ICON ALISON BECHDEL IS STILL A DYKE TO WATCH OUT FOR
Newspaper legend, cartoonist, author and LGBTQ icon Alison Bechdel (Photo by Elena Seibert)I’ve interviewed Lambda Literary Award-winning cartoonist and author Alison Bechdel – whose groundbreaking...
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WILL US SUPREME COURT JUSTICES RUBBERSTAMP GAY MARRIAGE IN AMERICA?
Time magazine's April 8 issue had two different coversThis op-ed originally ran in The Cornwall Free News.The last few weeks have been a pretty intoxicating time for LGBTQ Americans, as the gay civil...
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HOW 1970S DISCO QUEEN FRANCE JOLI BECAME FIRE ISLAND GAY ICON
Montreal singer France Joli became an “overnight success” at the age of 16 back in 1979 when she replaced Donna Summer at a legendary beach concert performance for 5,000 gay men on Fire Island now...
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NBA PLAYER JASON COLLINS COMES OUT ON THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
NBA center Jason Collins has come out on the cover of the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated."I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay."Those are the very first words by 12-year NBA...
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MONTREAL PHOTOGRAPHER JJ LEVINE's CRITICALLY-HAILED "QUEER PORTRAITS"
Internationally-acclaimed, Montreal-based Canadian transgender country and indie singer-songwriter and author Rae Spoon (above) is one of the subjects in photographer JJ Levine's Queer Portraits...
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LES McKEOWN OF BAY CITY ROLLERS ONE IN LONG LINE OF QUEER BOY-BAND SINGERS
Les McKeown’s Legendary Bay City Rollers headline new 12-concert cross-Canada tourI remember I was chatting with 1980s pop star Samantha Fox the day after Les McKeown,frontman for 1970s heartthrobs the...
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WHY QUEER AUDIENCES LOVE BILLY BRAGG, IN HIS OWN WORDS
Brit punk alt-rock legend Billy Bragg is still fighting establishment “Tooth & Nail”(Photo by Andy Whale, courtesy Rubin Fogel Productions)Bugs' current interview with Billy Bragg originally ran in...
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EDMUND WHITE ON BAREBACKING, GAY MARRIAGE AND GORE VIDAL
"There is this dumbing down of gay culture, and nobody reads or cares," says Edmund White.Bugs' interview with Edmund White originally ran in Xtra Literary lion Edmund White is well known to gay...
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PETER RAUHOFER's FINAL TDB INTERVIEW, ON DIVAS, DRUGS AND GAY LIFE
Peter Rauhofer in 1994 (Photo via Peter Rauhofer's official Facebook page)Pioneering DJ, producer and remixer Peter Rauhofer died on May 7 after a long battle with brain cancer. The iconic blond was...
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50 YEARS OF LGBTQ HISTORY IN 5 MINUTES
"WWII Concentration Camp, Pink Triangle Prisoners, 1930s" is one image from The Fortune Teller (Photos courtesy Leo Herrera at www.homochic.com)NYC-based gay activist/artist Leo Herrera has edited...
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2013 BLACK & BLUE FESTIVAL MOVES TO L'ARSENAL FOR NEW "UNDERGROUND" FEEL
B&B has generated more than $320 million in local economic spin-offs, plus donated $1.8 million to various AIDS and LGBT groups (All photos courtesy BBCM)The BBCM is revamping its Black & Blue...
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MONSIEUR MONTRÉAL: HOW FORMER TRUDEAU CABINET MINISTER CHARLES LAPOINTE PUT...
The Right Honourable Charles Lapointe (Photo courtesy Tourisme Montreal)Bugs' story originally ran in Daily Xtra.Charles Lapointe was just 17 years old when he stepped into his first gay bar, La Rose...
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GAY COWBOYS READY TO WRANGLE THE AMAZING RACE CANADA
Photo courtesy CTVOpenly gay Alberta natives and best friends Jamie Cumberland and Pierre Cadieux say they will “represent our towns, represent our province, and represent our tribe” in the debut...
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JOAN RIVERS STILL RUFFLING FEATHERS 50 YEARS ON
Joan Rivers returns to Montreal to headline Just For Laughs Festival (Photos by Charles William Bush) Bugs' new interview with Joan Rivers originally ran in Daily Xtra on July 19Hollywood myth has it...
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AN AUDIENCE WITH QUEBEC LITERARY ICON MICHEL TREMBLAY
Michel Tremblay (Photo courtesy Talonbooks)Bugs' February 2010 Daily Xtra interview with Tremblay was reprinted July 26, 2013 by TalonbooksQuebec literary and gay icon Michel Tremblay divides his time...
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VIDEO FOOTAGE OF MONTREAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL OUTSIDE RUSSIAN CONSULATE
Fierté Montréal's candlelight vigil in front of the Russian Consulate in Montreal on August 13 (Photo by Lyle Stewart)Despite rain, over 1,000 people showed up for Montreal Gay Pride organization...
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HURRICANE BUGS ROCKS NEW ORLEANS!
Tara in Gone With The Wind was modelled on Houmas House in New Orleans (Photo by Richard Burnett) I blew into New Orleans with my buddy Bicente two days before Halloween 2008 and scared the bejezus...
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MORE! MORE! MORE! AUTHOR JAMES ARENA PAYS TRIBUTE TO FIRST LADIES OF DISCO
Bugs' interview with James Arena originally ran in Daily Xtra on Aug 31 Gay audiences had torrid love affairs with disco divas well before the mainstream even heard the first strains of Donna Summer’s...
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