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May 2010

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Articles in the May 2010 Edition

I Heart Geeks

Publisher’s Column

Running a magazine, both Steve and I (and our writers) as individuals, take an interest in such a wide variety of topics. We do this for the sake of our...

VIDEO - The 2010 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo

Looking Back on a Fun “Geek” Weekend

I’ve always found it strange when a person sneers at a Trekkie for his hobby, yet if you questioned this person, you’d find out he has his own area of...

VIDEO INTERVIEW - Malcolm McDowell

A Class Act(or)

Mention the name of veteran actor Malcolm McDowell and most people remember him either as the protagonist Alex in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange...

VIDEO INTERVIEW - What the Frack?

Tahmoh Penikett and Aaron Douglas

Tahmoh Penikett In town recently for the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, Tahmoh Penikett is best known either as Karl “Helo” Agathon on the television...

Melissa Etheridge: Fierce and Fearless

Inside the rock legend’s life now – her personal awakening

If Melissa Etheridge’s music has seemed mellow lately, she’s about to show you. Back to her rock-out roots, the tough-and-gruff musician/mother/activist...

Gay Travel

Montreal: It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than Queer Quebec

Originally named “Ville-Marie” or “City of Mary” for you Anglophone bitches, Montreal is a sheik, sophisticated gay destination. The city is the second-largest...

Find Out!

LGBT Community Directory

GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine is the go-to source for information about Alberta LGBT businesses and community groups—the most extensive and accurate...

Mosaic Youth Group

Queer Youth Group Empowers and Takes Back Prom

Based on a desire to “do something queer more than once a month,” in March, the Miscellaneous Youth Network(MYN) launched the Mosaic Youth Group for gay...

Letter to the Editor

Dear GayCalgary, I originally intended on writing this letter to you last month, but with Telus disconnections and moving, that proved to be a challenge...

When is a Crime a Hate Crime?

Recent Attack on Lesbian Woman Sparks Controversy

On April 30th, the Edmonton Police Service’s LGBTQ Community Liaison Committee released an open letter to the community regarding an attack that occurred...

Wild Child: A Cherie Currie Q&A

Lead singer of the all-girl group The Runaways

Never did Cherie Currie think her life – the drugs, drama and debauchery – would be part of a movie. She still can’t believe it. But as Currie tells us...

Q Scopes

“Strut your stuff, Leo!”

With the Sun in Taurus, Venus in Gemini and Eris in Aries all in harmony one can hardly resist the urge to flirt and banter, even a bit competitively...

Deep Inside Hollywood

Ron Weasley explodes in Cherry Bomb

Turn kids into movie stars and soon enough they’ll want to start acting in movies about hookers and drugs to show you how grown up they are. Daniel Radcliffe...

Cocktail Chatter

Gearing up for housemates season

“They eat grasshoppers there.” This came from Kyle, one of “the puppies,” as the rest of us called them behind their backs. “You moron! It’s cicadas!”—the...

Out of Town

National Parks of the Southwest

Visitation at America’s best-known national parks has skyrocketed in recent years, so it’s no surprise that these monuments to natural scenery and wide-open...

The 12th Annual Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival

Something for Everyone under the Rainbow

From May 27th to June 3rd, Kensington’s own Plaza Theatre will be host to 47 award-winning and thought provoking films dedicated to exploring issues in ...

Adult Film Review

Rascal, Service Me

Rascal: A Toy StoryBy: Chi Chi LaRueFrom: PriapeGenre: Fetish/Dildo While “Woody” and “Buzz” would make excellent nicknames for dildos, this is definitely...

The Church of Rudd

Xavier Rudd Returns with New Album and Tour

A year ago I had no idea who Xavier Rudd was. When offered the opportunity to interview him for the July 2009 issue, I realized there was a musical gem...

Keep it Gay!

Well-produced Producers Fabulously Queer

I had a certain amount of trepidation going in to The Producers at Stage West. Having seen the Broadway touring production and hating it, I steeled myself...

Queeries

Kids at a Dinner Party, Lesbians in the Workplace and One-night

What to do about uninvited kids at a gay party? Q: I was completely shocked when two of our gay friends showed up for a dinner party with their twins...

The OutField

Wrestling Without Borders

At the 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver, wrestling was an afterthought. Organization was so haphazard, longtime devotee Gene Dermody paid $300 of his own money...

FairyTales Film Festival Guide

Music Review

Hear Me Out: Madonna Mania!

The Power of MadonnaGlee: The MusicGenre: Rock Glee, we were already crazy for you. But then you went even gayer and did an all-Madonna episode! With...

Here For Your Entertainment

Adam Lambert on Post-Idol Success, the Media, & Talented Tongue

In the week prior to my conversation with Adam Lambert, he performed sold out shows in Richmond and Coquitlam, B.C., appeared as a guest mentor on American...

Our Lady Peace Revisits Classics

Instead of taking the typical route in touring to promote their current album Burn Burn, Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace took a different, and somewhat...

Queer Eye - Community Events

ISCCA Coronation 34 Week Photos - Calgarytaken at the Backlot, Calgary Eagle, Money-Pennies, Texas Lounge and the Westin...

Online Articles this Month

Week four and so much more on

RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 2 Episode 4

Welcome back to my column! It's week four of RuPaul's Drag Race, and once again the competition has been taken up a notch. I recently got a chance to chat...

Another queen exits the stage on RuPaul’s Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 2 Episode 5

After a week’s hiatus, it’s wonderful to be with you again! It’s week five of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and if things weren’t competitive enough for you before...

Sex After a Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy, the removal of a woman’s uterus, is the second most common surgery among women in the United States. Approximately 600,000 are performed...

LGBT Home Seller Tips

Think like an Inspector

Every spring the real estate market shifts into higher gear as buyers take advantage of pretty weather to go house shopping. Homeowners also seize the...

Our Lady Peace Make Memorable Evenings

Seeing Our Lady Peace at the Jack Singer Concert Hall over two nights, May 10th and 11th, showed a lot of contrasts between the band and its fans. It may...

Hot, Sizzling or Steamy

Priape Summer Catalogue Released

You can call it what you want but Priape’s new summer collection is hitting the streets soon and is already creating a buzz. With the Summer 2010 catalogue's...

The latest queen rocks away on RuPaul’s Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 2 Episode 6

Being able to lip-sync is a crucial skill for any drag queen, but so is the ability to deliver a song in your own voice. This week on RuPaul’s Drag Race...

The Wedding Singer

Good 80's Fun

It is refreshing to see a theatre company do a new musical in Calgary; one can only see some of the "classics" so many times. So when Cappuccino Musical...

A Rodeo Entertainment Update

The Bud Light Canadian Rockies International Rodeo July 1st to 4th promises to be full of fun, entertainment and Wild West action. New this year...

The Calgary Men’s Chorus

Singing for Fans, Causes, and Themselves

For the past 16 years, The Calgary Men’s Chorus Society has been entertaining their audiences with their melodic talent. Their mission since inception...

Your life is an open book on Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 2 Episode 7

As I travel all around the country to promote my new single, so many people have told me that this season’s Jessica Wild reminds them of me. I told my...

Calgary’s Own Seventh Rain

Band Comes to Town with a Message

On June 4th, Alberta based Pop/Rock Group Seventh Rain will be playing an all-ages show at The New Black Centre for Music and Art in Downtown Calgary...

Who’s your drag Momma?

RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 2 Episode 8

Respect your elders and your history! That was one of the themes of this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and no one did that better than the very...