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Bijan Ahmadian steps back from Odyssey
Owner hires new general manager and floor managerOdyssey owner Bijan Ahmadian says he is stepping back and taking a “much needed vacation.”On Feb 3, 2016, Ahmadian announced that Sebastian Ankiel had...
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Queer Bollywood dream
“I kind of feel like the party started in our living room,” says Imran Nayani, one of the organizers of Rangeela. “On the weekend, sometimes we would blast Bollywood music and dance and enjoy our time,...
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On the hunt for Vancouver's next drag superstar
Queens and kings gather at Celebrities for a night of talentRuPaul may be the biggest huntress for drag talent, but that’s not stopping Vancouver from looking for some homegrown talent of its own,...
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Out in Vancouver: Feb 11-17, 2016
Thursday, Feb 11Come watch Joe Pretty get soaking wet. (Facebook/Odyssey Nightclub)Shower PowerFor those of you who like their men super buff, clean and smooth, I say: wtf? But to each their own, and...
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Say love with Speedos
The Rideau Speedeaus spread the joy this Valentine’s DayThere are some benefits to having an LGBT swim club in the city. Sure, its members can teach you how to swim, and make you feel welcome in ways a...
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Out in Toronto: Feb 11-17, 2016
Thursday, Feb 11LGBTQ Laughing Like CrazyWe could all afford to take ourselves a little less seriously. It does us no good to dwell on things and sternly frown past any opportunity to make light of...
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Vancouver's Next Drag Superstar heats up
The numbers dwindle as the competition gets fierceIt’s a week before the semi-final round in Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar, and the contestants are stepping up their game. This week, the queens and...
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Out in Ottawa: Feb 16-29, 2016
Tuesday, Feb 16Gaymer Night at Swizzles While everyone else is out racing fast European cars and committing mass murder, a bunch of very wholesome nerds gather to play Telestrations After Dark, a sort...
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Out in Vancouver: Feb 18-24, 2016
(Comedian Wanda Sykes headlines the JFL Northwest Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Feb 24, 2016./Roger Erickson photo) Thursday, Feb 18TimberlineIt’s time to pull out your sleeveless plaid...
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Out in Toronto: Feb 18-24, 2016
Thursday, Feb 18Steers and QueersThere’s nothin’ gayer than a gay cowboy. Unless it’s florists, back up dancers or Daily Xtra’s arts editor. But cowboys are pretty gay too. Homos on the range head out...
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Arabian Knights, a gay Toronto party with heart
Support, and celebrate, Middle Eastern culture and refugeesIt’s being billed as a night to “dance to amazing Arabic music,” but this dance party’s ultimate goal is unity. Arabian Knights, taking place...
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Out in Vancouver: Feb 25-March 2, 2016
(Celebrate the fifth anniversary of Absolut’ly Dragulous, Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 at the Junction, with the one and only Carlotta Gurl, seen here in this Youtube video performing for her birthday in...
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Out in Toronto: Feb 25-March 2, 2016
Thursday, Feb 25Rhubarb FestivalEach year the local queer theatre puts on a two-week festival of new works — dance, music, performance art and more. The 37th year includes such pieces as Lil Blk,...
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Out in Ottawa: March 1-15, 2016
Tuesday, March 1Anton in Show BusinessThe Three Sisters Theatre Company brings lady love to an Ottawa stage with its production of Anton in Show Business, a play about a theatre company putting on...
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Out in Vancouver: March 3-10, 2016
(Joan Jett and The Blackhearts join Heart at the Orpheum on March 8, 2016./Instagram @joanjett) Thursday, March 3The Junk YardIf one man’s junk is another man’s treasure I must be packing Fort Knox in...
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Out in Toronto: March 3-9, 2016
Choice events in the city this weekFriday, March 4V is for Variety Maggie Cassella of the late Flying Beaver Pubaret (and a whole bunch of other things) hosts a variety show with Shannon McDonough. It...
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Out in Vancouver: March 10-16, 2016
(The annual Rubbout weekend will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the end of March. Join some of the guys for their advance kickoff party at the Pumpjack on Friday, March 11, 2016./Chris Mongrain...
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Out in Toronto: March 10-16, 2016
Thursday, March 10A Man VanishesA man disappears without a trace in Montreal, Quebec, in 2013. Two months later he reappears, looking worse for wear, at Videofag, a performance space in Toronto. The...
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Out in Vancouver: March 17-23, 2016
(Vancouver’s Empress XLIV Babette Co-Taylor, crowned in 2015, will step down at this year’s annual Coronation ball on Saturday, March 26, 2016, where Vancouver’s next Empress will be crowned./Victor...
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Out in Toronto: March 17–23, 2016
Thursday, March 17A Man VanishesA man disappears without a trace in Montreal, Quebec, in 2013. Two months later he reappears, looking just awful, at a performance space in Toronto’s Kensington Market....
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