Toronto talk-rad host hot water over gay jok | Xtra Magaze

Contents:

• GAY, LBIAN-TARGETED STATN HS TORONTO RAD DIAL
• MEET MARK TARA, HOST OF A ‘LTLE GAY RAD SHOW’ SERVG UP A B OF EVERYTHG
• GAY RAD HOST OPENS UP ABOUT NEGATIVE REACTN TO ENGAGEMENT: 'IT MA ME EMOTNAL'
• TORONTO TALK-RAD HOST HOT WATER OVER GAY JOK
• TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• TORONTO GAY PODSTS
• CRTC GIV THE NOD TO GAY RAD STATN TORONTO
• TORONTO GAY ARTISTS PODSTS
• DIVAS AND DRAG SHOWS: GRAB YOUR GLTER FOR THE ULTIMATE TORONTO GAYTN
• GAY RAD HOST HOLDS BACK TEARS AS HE STALLS PRI BAS WH HIS SUPPORTIVE DAD

GAY, LBIAN-TARGETED STATN HS TORONTO RAD DIAL

9 PROUD-FM is the world's first and only mercial rad statn to ter exclively to the Lbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgenred muny. EntertamentA new statn, billed as Canada's first mastream, mercial rad statn aimed at a gay and lbian dience, h Toronto's airwav and lnched on the ter Monday.

MEET MARK TARA, HOST OF A ‘LTLE GAY RAD SHOW’ SERVG UP A B OF EVERYTHG

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GAY RAD HOST OPENS UP ABOUT NEGATIVE REACTN TO ENGAGEMENT: 'IT MA ME EMOTNAL'

” He greenl the show, and two weeks later, the Orlando shootg happened [where 50 people were gunned down a gay nightclub]. I label as a gay show, but try to keep the ntent universal.

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Cheri DiNovo’s ‘The Queer Evangelist’ div to her fight agast homophobia. Maybe they don’t know gay people, or they don’t have any gay iends, and they’ll hear someone sharg their views about somethg, and that person will happen to be a member of the LGBT muny. They would say, “We were already rryg a gay rad show.

TORONTO TALK-RAD HOST HOT WATER OVER GAY JOK

Beg a gay person, " Burns said. "She me out as gay when she was about 18 years old and was met wh negativy her she first got to rad, around 2013, she ed genr-ntral terms when talkg about her personal life, for years. Shannon Burns"I cid one day to make the announcement that I'm gay, and was met wh all posivy, and was really wonrful.

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TORONTO GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

The rad host’s homophobic b on the rad statn, and his possibly promisg the se, was brought to light by a Toronto Star vtigatn.

TORONTO GAY PODSTS

Not only is wrtlg gay, n kill you. CBSC cisn: “What should have simply been a news em about an unfortunate cint, and remaed so, was transformed to a flat-out attack agast homosexualy.

CRTC GIV THE NOD TO GAY RAD STATN TORONTO

June 25, 2009: Blunll v his iend Jeff on for the now semi-equent Gay Jeff segment, which they discs Jeff’s failed relatnship wh a man who he paid to fly om New York; the man now sells gym memberships. Blunl puts on a Mexin accent to say, “I told you somethg: Facebook is so gay, they’re hangg people om the bridg Mexi. Toronto Gay District: The Village.

The charmg cy of Toronto on Canada’s east ast has many thgs to be proud of: a liberal attu, strong multiculturalism, and the largt gay muny Canada. Charmg cy of Toronto on Canada’s east ast has many thgs to be proud of: a liberal attu, strong multiculturalism, and the largt gay muny Canada. While most gay life is centered around The Village, var other gayborhoods are poppg up about town.

TORONTO GAY ARTISTS PODSTS

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DIVAS AND DRAG SHOWS: GRAB YOUR GLTER FOR THE ULTIMATE TORONTO GAYTN

Queer Wt reflects a slightly younger, more alternative vibe, and while the venu here are not explicly gay, they are open enough to attract a diverse LGBTQ crowd.

GAY RAD HOST HOLDS BACK TEARS AS HE STALLS PRI BAS WH HIS SUPPORTIVE DAD

Rabow Country A Syndited, weekly, 2HR GAY rad show & #1 LGBT Podst workg to give voice to the LGBT Communy & BEYOND. #GayTalkRad.