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Contents:
- WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
- RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- BEST GAY CANADIAN FICTION
WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
It's time we — pecially fellow gay men — start givg the Kid In The Hall the inic stat he serv. * canadian gay *
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It's not jt bee of s grty portra of life 1970s Toronto and Rsell's unnny impersonatns of everyone om Barbra Streisand to Judy Garland to Bette Midler — 's also simply the fact that a movie wh such unapologetilly gay ntent didn't jt get ma but beme an ternatnal sensatn. Queeri is a weekly lumn by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queri LGBTQ art, culture and/or inty through a personal a Canadian gay man, if someone were to ask me to name our untry's tt natnal treasure, I would have to say that — personally — there are three rrect answers to that qutn: Céle Dn, Carly Rae Jepsen and Stt Thompson.
RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
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Thompson, however, would be very unlikely to do the same — which ankly is a great gaynadian shame, bee he is one of the greatt gay ics of all time, anywhere. Thompson walked to the bookstore, full Buddy Cole garb, and ma clear we shared a mutual annoyance regardg how gay Torontonians were choosg to spend their eveng. But also, for me, the time that I grew up — the time that I me of age —was a very different time for gay people.
Especially for a gay man of my generatn the world today, bee thk of what we suffered through to get here. "As for how the world today treats openly gay ics, though Thompson is sure 's "1000% better, " there's still one major problem: there's still no openly gay male star edy. Like if a gay man is up there beg funny and he's not drag I thk most gay men feel like, 'Well, I'm as funny as he is.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
From Bottoms and Problemistas to theatre mps and gay wrtlers, this summer has somethg for everyone — pecially if you're queer. * canadian gay *
To me, 's somethg that I found very sad over my reer: how ltle gay men embrace me, and how ltle gay men embrace other gay men edy. "Personally, I thk a very good start for gay men ( the media or otherwise) would be by helpg Stt Thompson she as bright as he possibly n.
BEST GAY CANADIAN FICTION
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