Pride Calgary AGM Announcement
Pride Calgary’s Annual General Meeting is a little late this year due to unforeseen challenges and so as not to conflict with the two major conventions within our fine city (IGRA and IGBO). We are planning to have the AGM within the week of November 21st. In the meantime, Pride Calgary invites you to our website www.pridecalgary.ca to see the pictures from the 2005 Celebrations, to provide suggestions, let us know what worked and what needs work. We would also like to know who is interested in being a part of building next year’s Pride Celebrations. Many positions; small, medium and large commitments to help build a bigger and better Pride! Let us know who you are; we know you are OUT there!
Major GLBT Community Building & Outreach Plan
Today the Bi MEN NETWORK announced its most ambitious community outreach and GLBT community building program across North America with bi & gay men’s events - 10 “Coming Out” Wednesdays and 10 “QUEST” Sundays this Fall at 80 bi-friendly watering holes - GLBT bars, cafes, clubs, pubs and taverns - in 80 major North American cities.
COMING OUT WEDNESDAYS is an outreach program for gay, bi, and bi-curious men. These are set for 5pm to 7 pm on Wednesdays - October 12th, 19th and 26th - then every November Wednesday and then December 7th and 14th. The selected venues do nothing special other than be open and ask the staff to be as warm and friendly for all newcomers as possible.
QUEST SUNDAYS is a program for bi and gay men who are looking for a four leaf clover, love, lust, and anything else. This is set for Sundays 5pm to 7pm as well, on October 16th, 23rd and 30th - all November Sundays - and then in December the 4th, 11th and 18th.
The Calgary Eagle has been selected as Calgary’s venue for these events to occur.
10 Years of Robin Hood
His name may be Robin Hood but he looks nothing like the English bloke who stole from the rich to give to the poor. This Robin Hood weighs in at 222lbs of muscle, stands 6’4 and owns the longest running all muscle profile site on the net – Robin Hoods MuscleMen (www.rhmusclemen.com). October 2005 is the 10th anniversary of this hot muscle profile site. Since its conception in 1995, it has grown to host over 1900 muscle men profiles. From all around the world you may contact any muscle dude. And if you’re muscular yourself you may post your own profile for complete and free access to the site.
Now yes there are many sites with profiles out there but this one stands apart by far. It is the only one that maintains and guarantees that all profiles are muscular, shirtless and show face & torso. The range of guys is from 5’3” 130lbs all the way up to 6’7” 265lbs. Now that is a lot of muscle!!
There are also muscle galleries of Robin Hood’s exclusive models that you won’t find anyplace else along with live webcam of the webmaster and his very own galleries from the past 10 years. So come join in the celebration of one of the longest running sites on the net - rhmusclemen.com.
Canada’s “Blood-Stained Legacy” of Homophobic Violence: Author Kicks off 14-City Book Tour
On Friday, Douglas Victor Janoff, author of Pink Blood: Homophobic Violence in Canada, kicks off his Canadian tour in Victoria. Between Oct. 7 and Oct. 17, Janoff will visit Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg. Full details are available at www.pinkblood.ca.
_Pink Blood_, recently published by the University of Toronto Press, is the first Canadian book on violence against the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. The book analyzes 120 homicides and more than 350 gay-bashings that have occurred in Canada since 1990.
Friday, October 14, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
University of Calgary
Science Theatres 129
Sponsored by: GLASS
Info: glass@ucalgary.ca and Stephen Lock, stlock@nucleus.com
Friday, October 14, 2-4 p.m.
Mount Royal College, Calgary
Arts Building (East Wing 1)
Faculty of Arts Lounge EA3001
Info: Lee Easton, LEaston@mtroyal.ca and Stephen Lock, stlock@nucleus.com
Saturday, October 15, 3 p.m.
McNally and Robinson bookstore, Calgary
120 8th Ave SW, Calgary
Info: jesse@calgary.mcnallyrobinson.ca and stlock@nucleus.com
HGTV Superstar Challenge
GayCalgary.com’s own fashion and arts writer, Alykhan Velji, submitted a 5 minute tape of a space he had decorated to the HGTV Superstar Challenge. Much to his delight, he was chosen as one of the top 10 interior decorators across Canada! He will be flying to Toronto for a week to tape the reality TV show, where the finalists compete in front of a panel of 3 judges. One person is sent home every day, and the winner is given a chance to host their own interior design television show. Good luck Aly!!
