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The Grammy nominations were announced last week. There were some highlights (queer hip-hop artist Frank Ocean’s plethora of nominations) and some lowlights ("Call Me Maybe" as song of the year!?). Additionally, I'm very happy Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel is nominated, although I wouldn't call it an alternative album.   The

Queer sing-songwriter Lisa Bozikovic's sophmore album, This Is How We Swim, further explores the theme of loss she first examined on her 2010 debut. Yet, This Is How We Swim is also about love. Mostly written during a stay at the Gibraltar Point Artist Residency on Toronto island, the album

The board chair of the Centre For Inquiry (CFI) says the Ugandan "kill the gays" bill is a modern form of genocide.

Kevin Smith organized a protest outside of the Ugandan High Comission in Ottawa, Mon, Dec 3, the day Uganda's parliamen…

Several studies claim that, while the pre-holiday season is lush with holly and hopeful children, late-November through mid-December is the time of year most of us will ditch or be ditched by our significant other.

One 2010 study by David Mccandles…

Mega-church pastor Rick Warren recently appeared on Piers Morgan Tonight and reinforced many queers' opinion that he is a mega-douche.

As if watching the uncharismatic Piers Morgan isn't cringe-inducing enough, Warren says he thinks the jur…

What A Drag follows Selena Ho-mez, a relative newcomer to Ottawa's drag scene, as she makes the transformation from average college student to sexy showgirl. The short documentary, directed and produced by John Petti, also features the more establ…

A recent video by College Humor encourages straight American men to endorse marriage equality.

The fake public service announcement-style video features attractive gay men explaining to their hetero friends why they are better equipped to marry thei…

Recently out newser Anderson Cooper had a close call while reporting in Gaza. A bomb exploded nearby while he was reporting Nov 19, causing the veteran to duck and exclaim "woah!" Cooper said it was the loudest bomb he'd heard in the pas…

Queer choir Tone Cluster, which has been adding a touch of harmony to Ottawa's performing arts scene since 1994, will stage a concert called Red on Saturday, Nov 17.

Red is the colour of Remembrance Day poppies and AIDS ribbons, and the concert…

Looking for a casual way to start your Ottawa weekend?

Every second Friday of the month local DJs Hobo and Sweet Cheeks host a Kitchen Party.

Featuring the best in disco, soul and hip hop, Kitchen Party harkens back to an old-school rav…

Legendary queer poet and experimental artist John Giorno has worked with the likes of Patti Smith, Jasper Johns and William S. Burroughs. A former lover of Andy Warhol (he was the subject of Warhol's film Sleep and has said the pop art provoc…

Director Mike Buonaiuto has followed up his short film adressing gay marriage in the U.K. with Invisible Parents. 

This new film was produced as part of queer advocacy group AllOut's push for the recogniation of same-sex parents w…

Oshawa quartet Verra City Waves bring thier blues-infused sound to the Elmdale Tavern Fri, Nov 2. The band started as a duo, comprised of singer Kiera Amyot and vocalist/guitarist Keith Dean, before recently adding Kiera's bro Conor on bass and drummer Tervor Dewit.  The addition of Conor and Tervor has

A recent study by the University of New Westminster in the U.K. found that watching 90 minutes of a horror movie can burn off up to 113 calories. So what better way to shave off calories caused by candy than watching a scary movie this Halloween night? Here are five

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry read an open letter to Republican Indiana Senate candidiate Richard Mourdock Oct 27, criticizing his comment regarding rape and abortion. "I believe life begins at conception… The only exception I have, to have an abortion, is in that case of the life of the mother," Mourdock

Cellist Marion Arthur-Kiss and pianist Nicolette Lagacé released several respective solo albums before joining forces to form Thorn in 2010. Now with their debut album, Electric Motherboard, the duo has enlisted Anti-Studios' Stephane Arthur-Kiss (who yes, is also Marion's husband) to bring a voltaic edge to their gothic-inspired sound. Electric Motherboard

Add a musical mindfuck to your Monday with this new album from laptop DJ Flying Lotus. Flying Lotus, real name Steven Ellison, started out providing bumper music for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim before releasing his avant-garde 2006 debut 1983.    His latest, Until the Quiet Comes, draws upon psychedelic and

Since Ottawa songtress Ana Miura founded Babes For Breasts (B4B) in 2003, the musical collective has raised over $50,000 for breast cancer charities. Miura enlisted fellow Ottawa singer/songwriter Amanda Rheaume to join the ranks of B4B in 2007 and the two musical mavens have staged concerts all over Canada. "We all have