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With fall in the air, there are bound to be changes. This holds especially true for several of the Homorazzi.com cast members. It’s only been 6 months since the site was launched where 16 gays began sharing their ramblings and views of the world around them. We’ve gone through some content and design changes but [...]

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“I’d like to ask for your daughter’s hand in marriage.” How can a question so seemingly simple become so complicated, convoluted, and conflict-ridden? Well, after watching the Vancouver Arts Club Theatre’s “Black Comedy” and the short curtain-warmer “The Marriage Proposal”, it begins to make a little more sense. The father-daughter-son-in-law triangle is explored in both [...]

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Topher and I watched the premiere episode of OUTtv’s Tops & Bottoms over the weekend, and we had quite the laugh. Tops & Bottoms is an improv comedy show featuring the best in queer improvisers, from our very own back yard. Each week, host David C. Jones releases a few more Bottoms from “the closet” [...]

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Many people have seen the Laromie Project (play originally by the Denver Theatre Company OR the HBO movie written and directed by Kaufman) or at the very least heard about the terrible hate crime/murder of Matthew Shepard that took place 11 years ago (October 12, 1998 to be exact) in Laramie, Wyoming.
Now, his mother, [...]

TweetShareLast week I had the pleasure to attend my first Vancouver Queer Film Festival showing – ever. Honestly, I didn’t know much about the film (or short films, as it turned out to be), but I was excited nevertheless. It turned out to be 4 short films: Dinx, Q-Case, King County, and Boycrazy.

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Dinx [...]

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This week, on August 21st, a unique ceremony will be held in Ottawa to mark the 20 year anniversary of a gay-bashing, which ultimately led to the death of Alain Brosseau.
Brosseau was attacked by four individuals on Aug. 21, 1989, when walking home from a late night shift at the Chateau Laurier Hotel. He was [...]

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Celebrating it’s 21st anniversary this year, The Vancouver Queer Film Festival begins it’s 11 day run starting August 13 til August 23, 2009. The VQFF celebrates the best in independent queer film making and is the second biggest film festival in Vancouver. During this 11 day festival, there will be performances, workshops, panel [...]

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Prolific director, John Hughes, passed away unexpectedly today. He suffered a heart attack during a morning walk while on a trip to Manhattan. I’m totally dating myself here but I grew up watching Hughes’ movies and quite saddened by his death. Though most of his iconic movies were released over 20 years ago, his [...]

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The HSBC Celebration of Light is a fireworks festival that is held in Vancouver over four nights every summer. It has been an annual event since the early 90s and the event has grown into one of the largest fireworks festivals in the world where almost 2 million people over four nights reportedly take in [...]

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Having been raised by eternal hippies definitely had a few upsides. For one, there was somehow always a pair of small scissors kicking around the house. A second benefit, was that I was exposed to natural foods and medicines from my conception. When you get organic carrot muffins with carob for your [...]