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Brokeback Mountain: the tragedy of intolerance
Brokeback Mountain, the latest film of renowned director Ang Lee and adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story, is already a huge hit in the gay community and the world of cinema. Nominated in no less than seven categories for the Golden Globe Awards (including best motion picture, best actor and best director), the movie has been awarded the Golden Lion Prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
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A nice come back for Mylène Farmer
Six years after Innamoramento (2000), the french female singer born in Quebec, Mylene Farmer is back in our music stores with a new cd called “Avant que l’ombre…” (“Before the shadow…”). She began her carrier 20 years ago in France and soon became a gay icon, famous for the peculiar style of her songs dealing [...]
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Transgender Youth on Television
On October 13, 2004, an hour-long documentary aired on CBC television on the subject of transsexuality. The main subject of the documentary was Ayden, a 17-year old female-to-male transsexual living in Toronto. With great optimism and trust that the CBC would do a good job presenting this topic, word of the show was spread around the internet, advising people to tune in. Unfortunately, the interview focused on why not to transition, why it is a mistake, and why Ayden, specifically, is making a mistake.
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OUT at the ballgame?
Could this be true? Am I day dreaming? A major league baseball game, between the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, where celebrating Pride will be encouraged, not silenced?
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Don’t miss this unique concert on March 6th!
Artefact cordially invites you to a unique benefit concert event, in collaboration with AlterHeros, on Saturday March 6th at 8pm at the Théâtre National, located at 1220 rue Sainte-Catherine Est, in Montreal, Québec. As part of the program for this colourful night, young artists will create the acoustic ambiance of “Franc Café” presenting original songs, music, poems and choreography. Don’t miss this event!
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Fag Hags R Us
The relationships between women and gay men are varied and complicated no less varied and complicated than any other relationships between any two people. Though the reductive stereotype of the fag hag would appear all-encompassing, there are dynamics at play making it clear that not all straight woman/gay man relationships are the same.
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Margaret Cho
She is our woman warrior of the new millennium. Slicing through racial and sexual boundaries with a razor-sharp sword of wit, she’s transcended the traditionally-unremarkable trajectory of most stand-up comics, single-handedly transforming herself into a cultural force to be reckoned with.
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Margaret Cho
She is our woman warrior of the new millennium. Slicing through racial and sexual boundaries with a razor-sharp sword of wit, she's transcended the traditionally-unremarkable trajectory of most stand-up comics, single-handedly transforming herself into a cultural force to be reckoned with. A self-described Korean-American fag-hag, shit-starter, girl comic, trash-talker, Margaret Cho is one of those [...]
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Image+Nation 16: Montreal’s Queer Film Fest
The latest edition of Image+Nation, which takes place in Montreal from September 26th to October 5th, promises to be the best yet providing innovative and unique festival programming of feature films, documentaries, and experimental works for every taste and preference. To get your taste buds wet, here’s a little taste of some of the films being served up on Image+Nation’s platter of programming this year…
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Heart to Heart – A Stick in the Queer Eye
By now, every person in the US has heard of Bravo's newest reality show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Enjoying record breaking ratings success on the cable channel, and even some well-received runs on the parent broadcast station NBC, the show follows five openly gay men as they give aesthetically-challenged straight men a complete [...]
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Équipe AlterHéros
Julie-Maude Beauchesne
François Paquette
Dee Gamme
Samuel A.
Marion Téjédor