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GayCalgary® Magazine

February 2013

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Articles in the February 2013 Edition
Trademark Trials and Tribulations
Publisher’s Column
We are very proud and excited this month to finally let the cat out of the bag; it’s regarding something coming to fruition that we have been working toward...
Not Just for Fun
Guitarist Jack Antonoff on LGBT activism, the band’s Ally Coalition and being straight with ‘lesbian chemicals’
If Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost have taught us anything, it’s this: You can be fun. and still stand up for something serious. The breakout...
Edmonton Pride Centre
A chat with new Executive Director, Mickey Wilson
Mickey Wilson took time from his busy schedule running the Edmonton Pride Centre to chat with GayCalgary Magazine about changes to the centre, plans for...
Lindi Ortega
Toronto’s best kept secret comes to romance Calgary
"I’d rather have you still beside me than have you always running through my mind... Oh look out California, I’m coming for my lover’s heart tonight." Pretty...
Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art
The Art Gallery of Calgary Gives Voice to an Issue too Often Mute
Not all art paints a pretty picture. But what it can do, instead, is offer an impactful prospective on a subject that needs to be asserted. Off the...
Alberta Positive Voices Conference 2013
The Alberta Positive Voices Conference (APVC) is a bi-annual event that brings together people living with HIV/AIDS from across the province to learn about...
Brandy Will Always Love You
Singer talks gay following, her zero tolerance for hate and why Frank Ocean’s coming out is a ‘gift’
The ’90s wouldn’t have been the same without Brandy. The plucky then-teen, who was just 16 when she released her 1994 debut, dominated the charts with...
The Tegan and Sara Interview
Quin sisters on pop evolution, advantages of having a lesbian sibling and why more artists should come out
They’ve been on the verge of straight-up pop music for years, but Tegan and Sara are going all in with Heartthrob. Don’t think they’re all happy and...
Sexual Orientation and the Influences of the Womb
For those of us who grew up gay or lesbian, and who often knew ‘something’ was different about us from an early age, a study by neuro-scientist Simon LeVay...
Offence as a Virtue
A controversy has ricocheted across the comment pages of the daily newspapers across the U.K. which has raised questions about free speech, decorum and...
Sharon Needles Injects her Way to the Top
A chat with RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4 Winner
"Someone do a shot with me, no way I can drink all this by myself!" It was after this statement that I found myself downing a glass of whisky, after raising...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Logo turns back time for Cher
Did you know Cher could write? Neither did we. But the Oscar-winner is working with co-writer Ron Zimmerman on a drama pilot for gay cable channel Logo...
Cocktail Chatter
The Rusty Nail and the Pickleback
I’m still on a chestnut-colored drink kick, long past the restoration of power after Hurricane Sandy made it possible for us to drink cocktails on the...
Out of Town
Austin: Where to Eat, Play, and Stay
Austin isn’t just liberal by Texas standards - it’s one of the nation’s most progressive cities, as well as a luminary in live music venues, cutting-edge...
Michael Lucas Undresses Israel
When many people think of Israel, it is often in terms of modern war or ancient religion. But there is much more to the Jewish state than missiles and...
Out Destination
Memphis
Known for Blues, BBQ and Elvis, Memphis is a city steeped in culture and tradition. There are many things to do and see in Memphis, but one of the largest...
Out Destination
Nashville
Creative, diverse, friendly and welcoming are words often used to describe Nashville. It has long been a destination rich in culture, music and food and...
Let’s Get Franco
Breakout star Dave Franco talks new coming-of-age film, his sex appeal and getting gay with brother James
James Franco isn’t the only one fearlessly exploring homosexuality in his career. His own brother, Dave, is too. With himself, even. The 27-year-old...
New Year, New Gear!
Photos of COLT Men of Armour, featuring Priape Leather Gear
VIDEO INTERVIEW - Brent Corrigan
Former “Twink” porn actor on growing up and going Mainstream
Back in the days when I had the bandwidth to review porn films every month in this magazine, I recall seeing Brent Corrigan as a big name in the Twink...
INTERVIEW - Buck Angel
FtM transsexual activist, pornstar, and educator in Calgary to talk sex
In surprising fashion, female-to-male transsexual porn star/activist/entertainer/educator Buck Angel’s most commonly asked question is which bathroom he...
Queer Eye
Queers Never Die at New City, Edmontonphotos by James BirkbeckDayzis Trippin into the 60sphotos by Cheryl Telles and Rob BrowatzkeISCWR - Turnabout at...
A Couple of Guys
Mz. GayCalgary February 2013 - Roxy Riccochet
Roxy, aka Ken, has been out in Calgary’s LGBT community for nearly 20 years.  Ken is proud to have worked at Source Adult Video for 22 years now...
FIND OUT!
LGBT Community Directory
GayCalgary Magazine is the go-to source for information about Alberta LGBT businesses and community groups—the most extensive and accurate resource of...
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Online Articles this Month
The Tenors Return To Calgary
4 Piece plays Jubilee February 18th
I first saw The Tenors, then with "Canadian" in their name, at a fundraiser at the Jack Singer Concert Hall a few years ago. Remigio Pereira, Victor Micallef, Fraser...
Political Cartoon
Citizen Barney Frank Adjusts to Retirement
Creep of the Week
James Dobson
To say that the horrific murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14 stunned the nation is an understatement. And in...
Hear Me Out
Girls Soundtrack, Solange
Girls Soundtrack, Volume 1 Robyn’s sad-but-liberating "Dancing on My Own" already made life infinitely better, but then HBO’s groundbreaking series...
Screen Queen
Girls, Pitch Perfect, Beasts of the Southern Wild, ParaNorma, Sparkle, Dark Knight Rises
Girls: The Complete First Season Did Sex and the City make you feel bad about your own life? Who’s got the money for a Louis Vuitton bag, anyway? Not...
GayTravel.com crowns the next Gay Travel Guru!
Traveling the world is the dream of a lifetime. This dream is made even better when traveling is your job- and when, as a member of the LGBT community...
Deep Inside Hollywood
The Biggest Gay Entertainment Stories of 2012
Rachel Maddow is the boss of election night 2012How great is it to have a brilliantly smart, rational, funny lesbian leading the pack of TV political pundits?...
Thinking Out Loud: At the Bottom of the Barrel
Do I really have nothing more to say about LGBT issues?
If you are a regular reader of mine, perhaps you noticed that I was MIA last month. A dedicated procrastinator, l can’t blame last month’s absence on a...
Political Cartoon
Senator Chuck Hagel
Creep of the Week
John Boehner
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but national approval of Congress is down. Like, way down. You know what’s more popular than Congress right now? BP during...
Political Cartoon
Kansas
Creep of the Week
The Boy Scouts of America
Look, I’m no Boy Scout and I never have been. Like, literally. I’m not a boy, for one. I’m also an "avowed homosexual," which means the Boy Scouts don’t...
Hear Me Out
Tegan and Sara, Holly Williams
Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob Let the loyalists who like their Tegan and Sara all emo-rocky make a big fuss about the girls’ complete shift into super pop...
Screen Queen
For a Good Time, Call …, Keep the Lights On, Killer Joe, Game Change, Ted, To Rome with Love
For a Good Time, Call ... For a Good Time, Call ... keeps the dirty-girl trend going with a sweet/sexy story of two college foes – they hate each other...
Tegan & Sara Come Home
In concert this week
There is something unique about seeing an artist in their hometown. Whether the familiarity, the feeling of civic pride, or just being a fan when someone...
Political Cartoon
Imaginary Dead Girlfriends
Creep of the Week
Peter Sprigg
As I write this gays and lesbians are celebrating the fact that President Obama called for equal rights for everyone, not just straight people, during...
Don’t Burst my Cloud
Indie-lesbian film has it all
It has been described as an indie lesbian romantic comedy but Thom Fitzgerald’s lovely film Cloudburst is much more than that. Cloudburst is written and...
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