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September 2014

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Articles in the September 2014 Edition

Why bullying is worsening, and how it can get better

Tad Milmine is a public speaker, a police officer, and a gay man. In his spare time he speaks to schools and other groups about solutions for aggressive...

Medicine Hat Pride

Young, Proud and Expanding

Medicine Hat is about to kick off Pride week for the third year in a row. When we called up Jason Johnson, the current chairperson for the event, he was...

Photos from ISCWR Coronation 39, Edmonton

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Talking About Devon Mills

Remembering Wayne Douglas McLean (1963 – 2014)

From Brent Rock (Wayne’s husband): "We met at the Odyssey (nightclub) in Vancouver. A friend of mine had dragged me out; a friend of Wayne’s dragged...

A Stigmatized Subculture in the Subcontinent

Gay Men and Lesbians re-criminalized in India

The world’s largest democracy, home of the Kama Sutra and ancient erotic temple carvings, has once again instituted a legal ban on gay sex, rendering it...

Discussing Community Safety

Comment on the situation in Ferguson

Hello again everyone. Hopefully you have enjoyed a great summer culminating in the recent Pride parade and festival. All I can say is, "WOW!"...

Alberta Gets Moving

Scotiabank’s AIDSwalk for Life

CALGARY HIV/AIDS is a serious issue but, under its shadow, HIV Community Link is going to work hard this year to create a fun and dynamic environment...

Photos of Calgary Pride 2014

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Deep Inside Hollywood

Doing it for the kids

When celebrities aren’t performing, they have to fill their time. And it seems like most of them just take exotic vacations and sell the photo rights to...

Parenting Proud

What is Normal Anyway?

It was a truly gorgeous day for a parade in Calgary last weekend. My husband and I were so excited to take our two-year-old to his first ever Pride Parade...

Sample this Year’s CIFF

2014 Puts a Focus on Local, Hard-Hitting, and Favourite Directors

If there’s one thing to cleanse the bitter taste an impending winter might put in one’s mouth, it has to be September’s international film festival. This...

Andrea Martin Comes Out

Canadian legend reveals she is a closet-American

Whether you know her from her work on the Canadian comedy institution SCTV, her roles on films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Wag The Dog and Hedwig...

Queens & Cowboys

A Heartfelt Glimpse at the Stars of Gay Rodeo

Every once in awhile a documentary is produced that so wonderfully follows its subjects, one feels that a genuine friendship is forged between viewer...

Bringing Comedy to Edmonton for a Noble Cause

From humble beginnings, growing up on a Manitoba farm as one of the only gay people in his town, to starring on MuchMusic’s Video on Trial, to touring...

This is Melissa Etheridge

Iconic Singer on Married Life, Music and Flying Solo

There is a great deal of happiness in the voice of Melissa Etheridge. With two and a half decades in the music industry and over 20 years as an out lesbian...

Harry Sutherland’s project brings queer history out of the proverbial closet

Harry Sutherland has been making documentaries for the queer community for quite some time. Over his years of conducting research he has stumbled across...

X Marks the Start

Third Street Theatre opens new season with candid multimedia feast

Opening September 16th, and running to the 22nd, transgender artist Sunny Drake’s one-man show X will launch Third Street Theatre’s exciting 2014/15...

Back to School: 10 Gay-Friendly College Town Getaways

The next time you find yourself seeking a gay-friendly, reasonably priced, manageable vacation destination that would be ideal for a two- to three-day...

Paint the Town Red

Mix and Mingle for a Fantastic Cause

Jazzy folk, emotional piano and raucous comedy top the menu of entertainment that will greet goers to the second annual Paint the Town Red Gala this October...

Riding Out One Last Time

Drea De Matteo talks Sons of Anarchy

(Warning: This article contains spoilers from previous seasons of Sons of Anarchy) Drea De Matteo has built a successful career in TV. Best known as...

Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie takes on Westboro, talks ‘gay’ past and lapsed Mormonism

Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie is on the Westboro Baptist Church’s shit list – who isn’t? – and he couldn’t be happier about it. Laughing...

The World According to John Lithgow

‘Love Is Strange’ actor on his ‘defiance of prejudice’ and humanizing gay rights

There’s a beautiful moment in Ira Sachs’ indie hit Love Is Strange involving two older men – a New York couple, forced to live apart after one of them...

Mindfully Jason Mraz

How the musician is changing the world one label at a time

I won’t tell you what Jason Mraz told me during our interview in early 2012. Realizing after the fact that a political remark could potentially shake up...

Finding Her Rimes and Reason

Country superstar LeAnn Rimes on not giving a ‘f-ck,’ dancing with queer cowboys and how husband Eddie ‘works it’ at gay clubs

LeAnn Rimes can’t fight the moonlight, but she can fight the spotlight – or, at the very least, shift it. Ready to divert attention from tabloids back...

Chatting up Chi Chi LaRue

Invisible condoms, changing times, and working for a living

Anybody who has seen anybody fuck on film over the past quarter of a century has almost certainly been privy to some of Chi Chi LaRue’s work. She has worked...

Washington D.C.’s hunky, mature gift to porn

David Benjamin is a bit of an oddity – a newcomer to porn at 40 years old, but with a physique and vitality that would look right at home on a much younger...

INTERVIEW: Batten Down the Snatches!

Hurricane Bianca Del Rio blows into Edmonton September 19th

She is one of the most successful queens to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race, having never been in the bottom two for the entire competition. Since being...

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A Couple of Guys

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Mz. GayCalgary September 2014 - Mystare Divine

Mystare Divine has been a well-known name in Calgary’s drag scene for the past 20 years, dating back to the days of Detours and Boyztown where she got...

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...

Online Articles this Month

Nordstrom Comes to Calgary

Excitement builds for U.S. retailer opening in city

There won’t be a ribbon cutting but early anticipation indicates U.S retailer Nordstrom doesn’t need one. They will be a welcome addition to the city...

In Love With Jann Arden

Hometown show a love-fest

There is something special about seeing Jann Arden live in concert at home here in Calgary. There is so much love in the room it is palpable: the audience's...

Editorial Cartoon

Christian Bullying

Creep of the Week

Michele Bachmann

Okay folks, let’s get a couple of things out of the way here. First, Michele Bachmann (R- Minnesota) is still a member of the United States House of Representatives...

Gay Games come to Cleveland – and Akron too

Gay Games 9 took Cleveland by storm this month. Oh, and Akron too. Hold your snickers. Cleveland (and Akron) may not be San Francisco, Vancouver, New...

Amy Grant, La Roux, Angus & Julia Stone, Jenny Lewis

Amy Grant, In Motion: The Remixes When you’re grinding up against a shirtless prospect in the thick of a gay dance orgy, nothing sets the sexy-time mood...

Creep of the Week

Conservative commentator Tim Dunkin is raging mad that "sodomites" are allowed to adopt children, and he’s not going to take it any more! In...

Editorial Cartoon

Deep Inside Hollywood

Two and A Half Men to exploit gay marriage

Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher are getting married. Or, rather, their alter egos on the long-running CBS sitcom Two and A Half Men are getting married. No...

Editorial Cartoon

Creep Of The Week

Have you been feeling a bit under the weather lately? Maybe your head feels like it’s been used as a soccer ball, your throat is sore, your back aches...

Barbra Streisand, Banks, Spoon, FKA Twigs

Barbra Streisand, Partners Joined by a plethora of esteemed men on Partners, Barbra Streisand duets with one in particular who stands out above the rest:...

Editorial Cartoon

Creep of the Week

Here’s a little history lesson: Title IX passed 35 years ago and mandates that males and females be treated equally in education programs that get federal...

Editorial Cartoon

Worst Ice Bucket Challenge Ever

Inspirational in Dome Debut

At just 22 years of age, Demi Lovato has lived an incredible roller coaster of a life. From her start on Barney to Camp Rock to two seasons as a mentor...

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