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Articles in the September 2007 Edition
The Pains of Being Media
Letter from the Publisher
Okay, so the first part of my letter from the publisher last month really sucked. As one of our writers kindly put it, “it’s good to challenge people,”...
Richard Newman
Edmontonian Gay on Big Brother UK
A gay man born and raised in Alberta will unquestionably face assumptions about the so-called gay experience because of where he lives. Environment is...
Calgary Stampedes to Vancouver Pride
View from a Broad
Yeehaw! My trusty assistant T and I jump on an early Friday morning flight to the biggest to-do at the top of August: Vancouver Pride 2007! This year...
Press Releases
Munkaspeni presents: “Censored… The Rubber Duck Revolution” A Lowbrow Art show in Calgary, Alberta @ Looks Could Kill Art Boutique September 6th, 2007...
Adult Film Review
Muscle Bear Motel, Tap Out, Side Effects, A Night at the Ramrod
Okay, so with Bear Bash coming up at the end of this month, I was told to choose pornos appropriately. “Get ones with hairy guys in it,” you say? Bend...
Transsexuality
The Stigma of the Current Medical Model
The email notices come in quite regularly, from sources around the world. The latest one in my inbox is calling for Spanish residents to join a demonstration...
Bearbash 2007
Rocky Mountain Bears Holds Annual Gathering
There is something to be said in a world where an expanding city cannot see the virtue in providing basic needs such as shelter and food to those suffering...
Cell Phone Fiasco
Don’t Get Boned by your Phone!
It’s no secret that the phone companies are out to make money. Some earn it in exchange for providing a reliable quality service, while others think up...
8th Annual Calgary International Film Festival
With summer winding down, the time to seek out some engaging indoor activities is drawing near. Luckily September is the month in which the Calgary International...
Sharing the “Gift” of Death
“Travelling POZ delivery service who prefers other poz guys, but will do it with consenting and sober neg dudes who want to enlist in our ranks. . . [I...
A Party To Murder
Vertigo’s Season Opener Will Keep You Guessing
Six relative strangers gather in a cabin on an island for a fun weekend of thrills and murder mystery. When ghosts from the past haunt the proceedings...
30 Years of “The Roost”
Very few bars, gay or straight, can claim thirty years of business, but The Roost nightclub in Edmonton can proudly boast that they are the longest running...
Letters to the Editor
Dear GayCalgary, On Sunday August 5th, 2007, Vincent B. Richards passed away suddenly at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. He was also lovingly...
The Rabbit Hole
Tragedy explored in ATP Season Opener
The 2007/2008 season for Alberta Theatre Projects kicks off with the Canadian debut of one of the most critically acclaimed new shows of the past year...
Edmonton Walk for Life
Put on your shoes! Yes, the annual AIDS Walk for Life is here again – though for some, “again” only means the time spent reading about it. That is about...
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Theatre Junction explores Aparthied at The Grand
In apartheid-era South Africa, migrant worker Sizwe Banzi is getting desperate. To survive and support his wife and family, he needs a job. But to get...