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Articles in the May 2009 Edition
Adventures in Drag
Publisher's Column
I’ve been watching and photographing Drag Shows since I first met Steve. Before I understood what it was all about, I was a little put off by his apparent...
Suzanne Whang
Multi-tasking Entertainer visits The Comic Strip
To list the resume of Suzanne Whang would take up a full page of this magazine. So to sum it up, she is a comic, author, TV host on HGTV’s House Hunters...
Pimpin Ain’t Easy
An interview with Gay Pimp Jonny McGovern
It’s been a heck of a ride for Jonny McGovern. He gained a buzz in his early days in the clubs in New York City before becoming a viral sensation in 2003...
Out of Town
Taos, New Mexico
Remote and resplendent Taos, a diminutive town of about 6,500 nestled beneath New Mexico’s highest peaks, has long been a haven for artists, bohemians...
The Delisting of Hope
The controversy over the Stelmach government’s delisting of Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS) is fraught with what certainly appears to be “political”...
Creep of the Week
National Organization for Marriage
It’s no secret that anti-gay right wingers are obsessed with sex. No doubt folks like Tony Perkins, Don Wildmon and Maggie Gallagher think about your sex...
Q Scopes
“You need down time, Gemini!”
The Sun in Taurus leads us to sensuality and stubbornness. The latter is being shot to hell by aspects from Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. Find ways in which...
Leather Pride Weekend
Priape and Calgary Eagle Bring Major Fetish Event to Calgary
The movement of Calgary Pride to September has left a weekend open in early June that, this year, the Alberta Leather Scene has claimed as their own. “In...
Laramie Project
Misc Youth Network and AIDS Calgary Remember Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard would have been 33 this year. Instead, the 21 year-old University of Wyoming student who happened to be gay, is only a memory, a victim...
Deep Inside Hollywood
Lucy Lawless to Imprison Spartacus
Lucy Lawless to imprison Spartacus A perfect storm of gay TV is on the horizon, thanks to ancient Rome and Xena. The upcoming Starz series Spartacus:...
Cocktail Chatter
Building a Better Bloody Mary and Hangover Helper
Building a Better Bloody Mary You can tell a lot about a person from his or her choice in a Bloody Mary. Some people try a little too hard to butch up...
Entre Nous
Matchmaker or Money Maker?
Steve Martin once said “there’s someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.” For some people...
Trans Healthcare Nightmare
19 Cents Too Steep to Save Lives?
In the Alberta Government’s 2009 budget, the province announced it was cutting the Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS) program to save $700,000 a year. ...
Corner Gassed
A Slice of Small Town Life at Jubilations
If you were sad that Corner Gas wrapped up this year after 6 seasons, you still have the chance to visit small town Saskatchewan life one more time at...
Almost a Person
It came in as registered mail. This was good news of course, so when I’d received the notice, I ran down to the postal outlet to collect the envelope...
Letters to the Editor
Dear GayCalgary, I would like to thank everyone who attended Coronation 33: Absolutely Flawless. It was a great night, and was well attended both by...
The Buddy Holly Story
Stage West Tributes Music Icon 50 Years After his Death
I’ll admit to having some trepidation in the final show of the 2008/2009 Stage West season. My parents were just kids when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens...
Studies in Motion
Visual Treat Wraps Up ATP Season
The first thing you see when you walk into the Martha Cohen Theatre is a giant image of Eadweard Muybridge, the focus of Alberta Theatre Project’s final...
Music Review
Hide Nothing, Workout, Scream, Perfect World
“Hide Nothing” by Matt Alber Matt Alber grew up the gay, white choir boy, though his debut soul album Hide Nothing has little religious content. His...
Fairy Tales 11 Film Festival Guide
Fairytales INTERNATIONAL QUEER DIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL 11 May 28 – June 6, 2009 | Calgary, Alberta | www.fairytalesfilmfest.com FESTIVAL PARTIES Media...