The announcement yesterday that popular downtown city councillor Adam Vaughan is seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Trinity-Spadina is a “game changer” that puts the Grits back into major contention…
It seems hatemonger Peter LaBarbera’s temporary detention by Canada Customs at Regina’s airport last week was quite justified, considering what the bigoted troublemaker got himself into on the University of…
What joyous news this Sunday morning! The insanity in Calgary West / Signal Hill is finally over! Rob Anders – the longtime homophobe, social conservative dork, with a penchant for…
I’ve watched this week’s events in Trinity-Spadina closely, mostly appalled at the hypocrisy on display. Let’s briefly start with 22-year-old diva Zach Paikin, unqualified to be a MP due to…
Now that Olivia Chow has officially entered the race for Toronto’s next mayor, the stage is set for an epic battle. The field of candidates is crowded, but it will…
I’m very pleased that John Tory has stepped forward to run for mayor of Toronto. This offers our city a clear chance of ridding itself of Rob Ford’s reign of…
Very glad to hear this news today. Plus she’s cute. Makes me wish I were a lesbian 😉 “In a speech at the Time to Thrive conference Friday, actress Ellen…
Kathleen Wynne’s Ontario Liberals got decisively whipped in yesterday’s provincial by-elections in Niagara Falls and Thornhill. Their result in Thornhill, which was slightly stronger than their 2011 result in the…
I will not be watching Russia’s disgusting celebration of itself tomorrow. The opening ceremonies for the Sochi Games will not be playing on my TV at work, nor at home…
“Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in “Capote” and created a gallery of other vivid characters…was found…
I’m hooked! HBO has posted the first episode of its new 30-minute gay drama, ‘Looking’, set in beautiful San Francisco, on YouTube. Genius marketing. I’ll be watching this one all…
How horrible it must be to be LGBT in Russia these days. My heart truly goes out to all LGBT people living in Russia and their allies. Next month’s Sochi…
I’m excited about seeing this documentary this year, the only Canadian feature to make it to the Sundance Film Festival, which opened this past week. ‘My Prairie Home’ follows a…
Filmmakers (including myself on occasion) struggle greatly for years to get their stories on the big screen, from writing dozens of screenplay drafts, to finding money, to shooting, to post-production,…
The Niagara Falls result in the 2011 Ontario provincial election was one of the narrowest wins by a Liberal incumbent in that election. Former MPP Kim Craitor, the incumbent since…
It was startling late last night hearing the news that Christopher Peloso, husband of George Smitherman, was missing again, just a few short months after a similar incident that ended…
As an avid cinema lover, it was a great year in film viewing. I haven’t shared a list of my favourites in a few years, so I thought I’d do…
U.K. diving star and Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley has confirmed what many gay men around the world had hoped. In a frank, five-minute YouTube video he posted today to…
After many years of support from the federal Department of Canadian Heritage for the annual Rhubarb Festival, which will celebrate its 35th year in February, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre…
Monday’s by-election day in Toronto Centre, and three other federal ridings in Canada. I’ll be out pulling the vote all day in Toronto Centre, where I live. If you’re a…
