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ANTI-GAY PASTOR FRED PHELPS DEAD AT 84, SON CALLS HIS DAD'S WORK "EVIL"
Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps died on March 19 at the age of 84Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps died on March 19 at the age of 84. He died just before midnight in Kansas,...
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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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MADONNA IMPERSONATOR JIMMY MOORE IMPRESSES MADGE, HEADLINES BUDDIES IN TORONTO
North America's premiere Madonna female impersonator Jimmy Moore of Montreal wowed Madonna's inner circle at the Bell Centre (All photos courtesy Jimmy Moore)I remember once sitting next to New York...
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FROM THE TDB ARCHIVES: AN AUDIENCE WITH PORN LEGEND TOBY ROSS
This interview with famed porn director Toby Ross originally ran in Three Dollar Bill on September 25, 2008. It has been updated. Ross has also just published his hugely entertaining Toby Ross and the...
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QUEER NATION ROSE: REMEMBERING THE MURDER OF JOSE ROSE 25 YEARS LATER
Joe Rose, who founded Dawson College’s Etcetera Club, was murdered on March 19, 1989.Click here for Bugs' original story on Joe Rose in The Montreal Gazette, and here for an expanded version in Fugues...
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FACING THE ENEMA: TAKING IT UP THE ASS (CLEANLY) - AND THE PORN STAR WHO DIDN'T
Bubble butt! How to face the enemaGay guys have been “manscaping” this since video revolutionized porn. But only after straight men got into the act (thanks to women demanding their boyfriends look...
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XAVIER DOLAN KICKS ASS - AND KISSES IT - AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
(Xavier Dolan. Courtesy of Ixion Communications.)Glory be! Proud Montrealer and 24-year-old film wunderkind Xavier Dolan finds himself once again rubbing elbows with filmmaking royalty at the Venice...
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THE TRUE COLOURS OF RAINBOW FLAG CREATOR GILBERT BAKER
The LGBT Rainbow flag was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 Bugs’ interview with Gilbert Baker originally ran in Daily Xtra.The Rainbow flag is recognized by millions of people around the world as a...
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NOTORIOUS UK ACTIVIST PETER TATCHELL ON A LIFE IN THE LGBT TRENCHES
Peter Tatchell getting arrested by Russian police at the 2007 Moscow Gay Pride march (All photos courtesy Peter Tatchell)Bugs’ interview with Peter Tatchell originally ran in The Montreal...
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JOHN GIORNO REMEMBERS WARHOL, GINSBERG, BURROUGHS AND KEROUAC
Bugs (pictured here with John Giorno) interviewed John Giorno for the January 24, 2008, cover story of Montreal's HOUR magazineJohn Giorno remembers the moment he met Allen Ginsberg like it was...
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BOWIE'S BISEXUALITY ON DISPLAY AT AGO: "I CAN'T DENY I'VE USED THAT FACT VERY...
Photo from the “David Bowie Is” exhibit at the AGO in Toronto. Album cover shoot for Aladdin Sane (1973), design by Brian Duffy and Celia Philo, make up by Pierre La Roche. (Photo courtesy AGO)Who...
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MONTREAL'S McCORD MUSEUM ACQUIRES KENT MONKMAN MASTERPIECE
The 24-foot long painting Welcome to the Studio: An Allegory for Artistic Reflection and Transformation by Kent MonkmanMontreal’s McCord Museum this week acquired Welcome to the Studio: An Allegory for...
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SHYAM SELVADURAI ON GAY LIFE, GAY LIT AND ADVICE OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ALICE...
Award-winning author Shyam Selvadurai (Photo by Richard Burnett)Bugs'interview with Shyma Selvaduria originally ran in the November 2013 issue of Fugues magazine The last time I interviewed author...
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HOW JANIS JOPLIN (ACCIDENTALLY) LAUNCHED CAREER OF IMPRESARIO DONALD K. DONALD
Janis Joplin (Wikipedia)With news this week that the long-awaited Janis Joplin biopic Get It While You Can will begin shooting in Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2015 starring Amy Adams as Joplin and...
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JOAN JETT AMONG 2015 ROCK HALL INDUCTEES
Jett's white Melody Maker guitar has been covered with various stickers over the years, including "Gender Fucker" and the black and blue Leather Pride flagShe may sing otherwise, but the truth is Joan...
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2014 HEROES AND ZEROES OF THE YEAR
My column on past year’s heroes and zeros originally ran in the January 2015 issue of Fuguesmagazine.Here is my 19th annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros. Hero Pope Francis, for...
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HOW GAY MEN DEFINED 20th CENTURY INTERIOR DESIGN
Montreal author John Potvin’s new book explores the homes of Oscar Wilde, Noël Coward and Cecil BeatonThis story was originally published in Daily XtraMontreal author John Potvin was researching his...
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DISHING WITH IRISH DRAG SUPERSTAR PANTI BLISS
Panti Bliss is the guest of honour at Toronto’s Green Space Festival’s all-drag Starry Night, co-presented by Pride Toronto on June 25This is an expanded version ofBugs’ interview with Panti Bliss...
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HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROB TAB HUNTER SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT
Tab Hunter's bestselling 2005 autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential has been transformed into a documentary film directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, and will screen at L.A.’s Outfest on Hunter’s 84th...
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2013 HEROES AND ZEROS OF THE YEAR
Vienna’s Leopold Museum courted controversy with its Nude Men from 1800 to TodayexhibitionHere is the expanded version of my 18th annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros which originally ran...
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