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“When I see that my audience is happy and having fun then I’m the happiest and
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Mola. Born and raised in Belgium, Mola has excited gay boys all over Europe with his
hard, soulful house beats. He’s conquered Spain, Germany, Turkey and Russia; now
Mola makes his way across the Atlantic for his debut Toronto gig. March may be cold
in Canada, but Mola plans to release clubsters from the burden of T-shirts by turning
up the temperature on the dancefloor. “Toronto is totally new for me, but I like new challenges and culture,” he says.
“I’ve heard many good things about Toronto, including its party scene. And I also knew about fly from Queer as Folk, so
it’s a big honour to play there.” The honour will be ours when Mister Mola flaunts his musical talent, his hotness and the “Glee is worse than Grease and
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Slash admits to being an Olivia Newton-

Lovin’ the Laotians John fan.

“I walked into Woody’s for a beer and met a very unique individual,” says Roland “Are they going to let me die just
Drake, coordinator of To Laos with Love, a multimedia presentation and fundraising because they wouldn’t give me an
concert being staged at the 519 Community Centre. That fateful day beneath the Pierre invitation to the royal wedding?”
et Gilles prints, he shared a beer with Mike Yap of Port Hope. But instead of gabbing Nineteen-year-old Estibalis Chavez is
about antiquing or cruising, Drake says he was moved by Yap’s description of Adopt a staging a hunger strike outside the
Village in Laos, a humanitarian organization Yap co-founded with his friend Steve British embassy in Mexico City.
Rutledge. “I have become completely fascinated by their work. I have also become
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have done, and are doing, I have created this event, To Laos with Love.”
300
To Laos with Love is Fri, March 4 at The 519, 519 Church St. Info: tolaoswithlove.blogspot.com Percentage increase in male-on-male
romances, including a new imprint by
Harlequin, sold as e-books since
Gotta dance, gotta laugh January 2010.
Out and proud actor/comedian Leslie Jordan roars into town
for the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives’ Laughing out “When I was jerking off, I never
Loud… and Proud! fundraiser. The musical Billy Elliot is even thought about being fucked.”
taking audiences by storm in an open-ended run. Two Pornstar Michael Lucas is all top, on
incredible theatrical events, but which is fiercer? and off screen.

Laughing out Fierceness 81.59

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A diminutive gay man wants A diminutive coalminer’s son
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plot to act and make audiences wants to dance, dance, dance.
with hilarity, BE’s through should be taught in sex education.
laugh. And he does. And he does.
song and dance.
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gay disco classics. tuneful score. very catchy. Percentage of the same respondents
who have been bullied.
The Tony award–winning Leslie Jordan and Miss
A comedic force in her own “It must be a terrible thing to be
support creators plus a Conception vs a mob?
right: Miss Conception.
35+ member cast. An even match. exposed to that kind of hatred and be
hated just because of your sexuality.”
Leslie Jordan’s My Life Down the Pink Carpet is a tour de force that is hilarious, heartbreaking, raunchy and gossipy; Howard Stern speaks out on
whatever he chooses to do will be spellbinding. Billy Elliot regularly moves audiences to tears and standing ovations homophobic bullying.
— you will be touched. Too much fierceness for words: see them both. – Drew Rowsome

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Who’s afraid of
bitchy gay men?
“
P
lays about parties are always intriguing,” says Jonathan
Morton-Schuster (above) of his role as Emory in The Boys in
the Band. “It’s a heightened environment with so much at
stake. And with gay men it’s quadrupled.”
The Boys in the Band earned notoriety for being the first
commercially successful play to portray gay men in all their glory and
bitchiness. While the nasty banter in the play is uproariously funny, it
led to a perception that all gay men are self-loathing and vicious to
each other. “It’s cutting humour,” says Morton-Schuster. “There’s even
racist things. Political correctness evaporates in that space.”
Morton-Schuster should know: he describes his character as “the
most outrageous, flamboyant one in the play. He’s the queen. He gets
the sharpest lines, a lot of one-liners that we now use every day. It’s the
most fun part to play.”
Though The Boys debuted more than 40 years ago, Morton-
Schuster insists it is not a museum piece. “It’s surprisingly relevant,”
he says. “A cross section of gay men who still exist in our community.
They are dealing with internalized homophobia, the straight-acting
versus the flamboyant. And that’s still a major problem; 1969 is still
happening in 2011.”
Director Randie Parliament is pleased that no controversy has
resulted from this production. “It’s a gay piece, pre-AIDS, that just
speaks of human characteristics,” he says. “It’s classic theatre, like
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf or Noel Coward.” Parliament believes
that what was shocking (ie gay men have lots of sex and can be bitchy)
in the late ’60s has become humorous over time. “We all make snide
comments,” he says of the joys of being a gay man. “We joke about
everything. This is a piece about friendship. They go to a party as
friends, things go awry, but they leave as friends. A gay man can
appreciate wit and banter. This is a fun take, not a loathing one.”
The boys in the band are ready to party.
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Morton-Schuster agrees. “It’s about acceptance and the
freedom one has within a supportive gay space. One that’s
accepting but has a sense of humour about our differences and
has less limitations. Gay parties are always more fun because we
have that dialogue.”
Not all gay parties go as seriously “awry” as this one does, and
that is part of what has kept The Boys in the Band more stigmatized
than staged. “This is a piece I had shied away from doing because of
the controversy,” says Parliament. “No one could recall if it was ever
done in Toronto. There was a read-through years ago and I was told
it was done in the ’70s, but no record seems to exist.” The advance
ticket sales suggest there’s plenty of support for the play’s return:
“People are buying tickets in groups of 13,” says Parliament.
“When Boys in the Band first came out there was an
overwhelming response,” Morton-Schuster chimes in. “There
were lineups around the block. Hordes of gay men clamouring for
theatre that reflected their life. It’s still a slice of life we rarely see.
At Soulpepper you can see a slice of life, but it won’t be gay.”
Just as at a real party, the intimate confines of Buddies will
enhance the experience. “Everyone will be right in the thick of
things,” Parliament says.
“It does need to be an intimate space. And a gay space,” adds
Morton-Schuster. “It keeps it honest. Just going to Buddies is a
party — and you can drink with us.”
The Boys in the Band runs Tues, March 1 to Sun, March 6 at Buddies,
12 Alexander St. Info: ghostlightprojects.com
Drew Rowsome is an associate editor at fab and loves a bitchy gay
party where secrets and drinks are spilled.
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or sure my favourite new released feature to show hardcore sex, but damage, not to mention fading.
TV show is going to certainly not the last. The porn industry “They didn’t know about lighting, film
be Saturday Night at may be in trouble due to the internet, but speed or aperture settings, so rendering
the Bijou, HardTV’s vintage porn itself is never going away. and restoring many of these films is a
gay porn venture, which Saturday Night at the Bijou takes its title challenge,” says Toushin.
starts Saturday, March 5. from Bijou Films. The company has been
Host Richard Ryder will around for 40 years and is still run by its
take a page from Turner original boss, Steve Toushin. “These films
Classic Movies’ host Robert Osborne in that can never be duplicated in style, actor-type
he will have a guest each week, and the two and sexual interpretation,” he says. If anyone
of them will discuss the stars, directors and is aware of porn’s history, it’s Toushin. The
hairstyles of such ’70s and ’80s classics as man’s been arrested on obscenity charges 21
Centurions of Rome, A Night at the Adonis times, the first for showing Jack Smith’s
or The Bigger the Better. Imagine — Richard Flaming Creatures in 1969. Nowadays, he is
Ryder riffing on Lee Ryder. Saturdays will practically on a one-man mission to rescue
never be the same. the classics from oblivion. “I feel Bijou does
Vintage gay porn seems to be a very good restoration. I have an excellent
everywhere all of a sudden. The Black professional capture card, powerful
Eagle regularly shows the classics, and computers and dedicated technicians who
Bruno Gmünder just published a gorgeous demand quality.”
picture book called Porn: From Andy In the ’70s, porn was shot on film, either
Warhol to X-Tube, by Kevin Clarke. The 8mm or 16mm, very often on short ends or
book is a comprehensive history, jam- expired film stock, which was cheaper. In
packed with colour plates of many famous most cases, the negatives no longer exist,
gay pornstars. The title refers to Warhol’s and the best possible prints are often
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which also varies in format, from half-
inch to Beta to VHS. The old video
equipment was, well, shit, so many of
these videos look horrible. But the impact
was enormous. “Video created a
400-percent increase of gay films being
made,” says Toushin. The whole nature of
how porn was made and viewed changed
almost overnight.
The appeal of vintage gay porn seems
to be that these films were made in a time
before condom use became the industry
standard. Toushin says viewers appreciate
“the era of sexual freedom without harm,
sex without fear.” But pre-condom is not
the same as bareback, for which Toushin
has little use. “The objective of barebacking
films is to emphasize the non-usage of
condoms and to show cum dripping out
of an asshole and from a mouth,” he
explains. “There is nothing wrong with
cum, but I would rather see these young
men not exposed to HIV.” Despite his
strong stance against barebacking (his
Jack Wrangler (left) in A Night at the Adonis. website includes a lengthy diatribe
cautioning bareback filmmakers about the
inevitable lawsuits and government
intervention that loom in their future),
Dr. Elon Griffith Toushin would never entertain the idea of
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Dentistry says. “You don’t destroy history.”
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made porn ubiquitous, more popular
than ever, practically mainstream.
Even gay kids who live north of nowhere
can get it instantly, which makes it
even more important to remember
the time when gay erotica was a rare
and powerful thing.
Vintage porn is an important part of
our history. It’s what we looked like and
how we got off back in the ’70s and ’80s,
decades now long forgotten. The big
appeal for me is the men themselves, men
like Jack Wrangler, Al Parker, Chad
Douglas. I like them because they looked
like real men and not like the pumped-up
waxed fruits working in porn today. Some
of them even look drunk or high, just like
in real life. There was no manscaping, no
condoms and sometimes no erections,
either. It was a simpler time.
Toushin sent me a dozen films from
his 250-title catalogue, and some of these
movies are great. There’s Raw Country
(1972), which features guys who look
like they might be in some hippie band,
like America or the Allman Brothers.
There’s lots of applying of suntan lotion,
a glass mobile hung in tree branches, sex
on a swing and a rather brutal-looking
rape. Raw Country is artsy and horny at
the same time, a rare feat. Wanted
(1982) features Jack Wrangler as a nasty
prison warden who sodomizes guys on
the chain gang until two of them
escape. Screenplay (1984) stars Lee
Ryder as a drifter who happens across a
film set and has sex with just about
everyone before finally settling down
with the leading man. One scene shows
Ryder being masturbated under a table
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in a restaurant. No sucking, no fucking,
and yet it remains an incredibly real and
erotic scene. And A Night at the
Adonis (1982) actually feels more like a
real movie than a porno. Director Jack
Deveau cared enough to rent a Steadicam
for the opening shot. The characters
are distinct, the acting is natural, and
the script even references German art-
house director Fassbinder. That’s
highbrow smut.
There are some turkeys
in the bunch, like the
bizarre Michael, Angelo &
David (1979). David, a hick
from Italy, comes to New
York to visit his Uncle
Michael. In one gag, David asks
a stranger to show him the Empire
State Building; he shows David a
miniature version and then seduces
him. David sends home a postcard
that reads, “The Empire State Building
wasn’t as big as I thought it was.” At his
going-away party, his own uncle has sex
with him in front of everybody.
Those Italians. But the hot session is
interrupted by a phone call from Joan
Crawford. I am not making this up.
Then there’s the absolutely zany Lee Ryder in Screenplay.
White Trash (1980), which starts with
discordant piano music over a shot of a
zonked hippie smelling roses, and it
ends with two boys at a Led Zeppelin
concert blowing each other as Robert
Plant sings onstage.
Good, bad or indifferent, do yourself
a favour and watch Saturday Night at
the Bijou. You might very well love it.
At the least you’ll get a good laugh from
all those ridiculous ’70s haircuts.
A cowboy in Screenplay.
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 Josh Dare gets pumped up for a peek into padded underwear

W
ebster’s Dictionary defines an ass as “the fleshy part of the trainer taking a hacksaw to my dream with, ‘I’m sorry, honey, you
human body that you sit on.” Urbandictionary.com says just don’t have the muscle fibres for it. The best we can do is tone
an ass is “a place where courageous people do the nasty.” what you’ve got.’”
Some people, however, more accurately define their asses by their If you can’t make it, you can at least fake it. Similar to a padded
lack of definition. “Recently, I was told that I have a ‘bigh’ — a back bra, “enhancing” underwear comes with two foam pads that fit
that goes to thigh,” says Michael Hill, an over your ass to give the appearance of a
apparent assless wonder. plump bubble butt. Some styles come with
GREGORY FRYE

Hill has every reason to be worried.
“A good ass is important,” says ass-
admirer Rob Anthony, “because there’s
something sexy and seductive about a
round, well-shaped ass. It ranks up there
with a defined chest and strong arms. It’s
perfectly positioned to be squeezed,
grabbed, admired and appreciated.”
Anthony’s fixation on pert asses
could just be a byproduct of gay culture,
according to psychotherapist Adam Segal.
“Unfortunately, in certain circles in our
community there’s a real emphasis on
notions of perfection,” he says. “Self-esteem
issues and body-image issues are reinforced
in parts of the culture where ‘this’ is what
makes you a desirable gay man.”
If you’re ass-challenged, why not do
something about it, like a million lunges at
the gym? “Long ago I accepted that no
amount of squats were ever going to give me
the bubble butt that I dreamed of,” Hill says.
“That, and some middle-aged personal
pads over the crotch, and designer Andrew
Christian has upped the panty ante by
releasing an anatomically correct Shock
Jock, complete with a bell-ended penis
mould. But hold up: won’t that make you
look weird and deliberately stuffed?
“Absolutely. Especially when it is cold
outside,” retorts Christian. “No more male
shrinkage necessary. Now you can keep
the shock in your jock with my Shock Jock
Flirt.” In apparent seriousness he explains,
“The Shock Jock Flirt really does work and
looks totally natural when you have it on.
No one is able to tell you are wearing
enhancing underwear.”
Silicone Body’s Pauline Rous believes
that padded underwear not only works, it
changes your appearance completely.
“Suddenly your manhood and butt cheeks
look raised and fresh. You get a chiselled
balanced body look, like you’ve been in
Designer Andrew Christian has his package inspected. the gym for months,” she explains.
If you’re worried that the pads will look

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unnatural, rest assured that the companies manufacturing your
new ass have done their homework — and your own butt may have
been an unwitting subject. Jack Timlock of Toronto’s own Bottoms
Up takes time out from staring out the window of the Church
St Starbucks with a notepad to tell me, “After studying
many butts, we realized that the left cheek is
differently shaped than the right cheek. So in our
desire to give the most natural look possible, we
had moulds made to produce the desired effect
we were looking for.”
Your butt may now look perfectly and
naturally pert with its new padding, but check
that your motives are healthy. “I imagine that
there’s some people wearing padded
underwear and it’s relatively helpful to them
psychologically,” says Segal. “But there might
be another group of people who are struggling
with body image issues and constantly feeling that
on some level they’re not measuring up.”
Rous doesn’t buy into that complexity. “There are
two main reasons men wear padded underwear,” she snaps. Inside the Shock Jock Flirt.
“One, they need them, and two, they need them.” Christian
agrees. “Men wear enhancing underwear because size does matter,
and it gives them more confidence to feel sexy.”
Assless wonder Hill sounds like he might be conflicted
about his situation and could use some padding — but would he
ever wear padded underwear? “Never to rope in the boys,” he
says, “’because let’s face it, that is just the height of false
advertising. How could anyone maintain their dignity when they’ve
picked up a boy who thinks he’s gonna have a night of eating
out a perfect ass only to find it hanging around the guy’s ankles
along with his jock?”

Add some wattage to your rear end.

“I don’t focus on whether it’s deceptive to other people,” counters

Segal. “I think more about the individual who’s wearing them and
whether or not, on some level, they’re lying to themselves and
whether they’re able to have a healthful perception of their body, or
if they’re only able to enjoy their body if it’s masked in that way.”
He also believes that the foam pads could deter a firm
connection because your new ass may lessen your appeal.
“Generally, people are drawn to authenticity,” Segal says. “It
might strike that person as inauthentic, and that might get them
wondering if there’s other ways in which you’re inauthentic. It
might make you less desirable in some ways: when people are
looking to make a connection with other people, they usually
want a sense of authenticity.”
Ass-man Anthony wouldn’t feel cheated if he brought a guy
home and discovered his ass was supported. “My thought would
be, ‘Well, isn’t that interesting,’” he says. “I would definitely
not feel cheated. The person obviously felt they needed to
enhance that area and they had the right to do it. Good for them.
Why do we wear clothes that make us look slim or toned?
It’s the same argument.”

Info: adamsegal.ca, siliconebody.com, bottomsup.ca,

False advertising? andrewchristian.com.
A sexy model in the
Shock Jock Flirt. Josh Dare is a writer curious about those in need of a little more.

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 6. How do you feel about the following sexual activities?

you’re you don’t you enjoy

curious enjoy
about
Welcome to fab’s third annual gay sex survey! anal sex (bottom)
Are you as curious about gay men’s sexual lives and fantasies as we are? anal sex (top)
Does fab cover the sexual frontiers you are eagerly exploring? bondage (dom)
Are your voyeuristic/exhibitionist impulses aroused? bondage (sub)
Are you ready to get deeper and dirtier? bukkake (giving)
The responses to our last two surveys were overwhelming, exciting bukkake (receiving)
and occasionally shocking. Please take a few minutes to fill out this cock and ball torture (giving)
year’s installment. Let us know your stats, kinks, desires and cock and ball torture (receiving)
curiosities. It’s totally anonymous, so don’t hold back. Tell the truth — crossdressing
it’s always better than fiction. The results and analysis will appear in cuddling
fab’s Sex Survey results issue, available Wednesday, April 27, 2011. electro-stim (giving)
The survey can also be filled out online at fabmagazine.com. electro-stim (receiving)
exhibitionism
voyeurism
The basics fisting (giving)
fisting (receiving)
1. You are (choose one) flogging (giving)
celibate in a monogamous relationship flogging (receiving)
in an open relationship in a polyamorous relationship foot worship (giving)
in a relationship that he thinks is monogamous foot worship (receiving)
married, in a monogamous relationship frottage
married, in an open relationship gangbang (giving)
single and searching for a long-term relationship gangbang (receiving)
single and gleefully promiscuous group sex
other/comments __________________________________________ hand job (giving)
hand job (receiving)
2. You have sex (choose one) kissing
biweekly daily monthly mutual masturbation
never weekly nipple play
filling out this survey is interfering with your non-stop sexual activity oral sex (giving)
other/comments __________________________________________ oral sex (receiving)
oral sex (mutual)
3. Which is more important? (choose one) pnp
companionship romance sexual heat rimming (giving)
other/comments __________________________________________ rimming (receiving)
role play
4. What is the most important component of satisfying sex? scat (giving)
(choose one) scat (receiving)
an adventurous attitude a big cock sounding (giving)
a hot body intimacy sounding (receiving)
kinkiness a sense of humour a tight ass spanking (giving)
other/comments __________________________________________ spanking (receiving)
sploshing (giving)
5. You are (choose one) sploshing (receiving)
a bottom a top versatile a versatile bottom a versatile top watersports (giving)
other/comments __________________________________________ watersports (receiving)
other/comments __________________________________________

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7. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever been asked to do 11. Describe the perfect ass.
sexually?___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

8. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever done sexually? Did you The beautifully bent
enjoy it? __________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ 1. Which sex toy...
would you gets the most would you
9. What is the most intense thing you’ve ever done sexually? (choose one) most like to use in your never want to
___________________________________________________________ own? household? use?

10. What is your ultimate sexual fantasy? Have you made it a anal beads
reality?_____________________________________________________ bondage rope
buttplug

The boys chastity device

1. What’s the first thing you notice in a man on the street?
(choose one)
build basket eyes hairstyle sartorial style
shapely ass smile
other/comments___________________________________________
2. What is the first thing men notice about you? (choose one)
build basket eyes hairstyle sartorial style
shapely ass smile
other/comments___________________________________________
3. What is the most attractive part of a naked man?
arms ass balls chest cock eyes face feet legs
nipples smile
other/comments___________________________________________
4. You prefer a man’s body to be (choose one)
garnished with tufts of hair gorilla-like, a full pelt manscaped
meticulously shaved into submission smooth as a baby’s bottom
other/comments___________________________________________
5. Do gentlemen really prefer (choose one)
blonds brunettes redheads shaved heads
other/comments___________________________________________
6. Is there an ethnicity that you find particularly attractive?
yes no
comments_ _________________________________________________
7. Which ethnicities do you find particularly attractive?
(choose as many as you like)
Asian Black East Indian First Nation Greek Italian
Latin Middle-Eastern Nordic Slavic
other/comments___________________________________________
8. What is the size of
the perfect cock ____ inches (length) ____ inches (width)
the average cock ____ inches (length) ____ inches (width)
your cock ____ inches (length) ____ inches (width)
other/comments___________________________________________
9. How do you feel about the size of your cock?
___________________________________________________________
10. Describe the most attractive cock you have ever seen.
___________________________________________________________
clothespins
cockring
costumes/uniforms
dildo
double-ended dildo
Fleshlight
handcuffs
massage oil
nipple clamps
penis pump
sling
snake bites
sounding rod
whip/flogger
other/comments __________________________________________
2. You consider yourself to be (choose one)
very kinky mildly kinky/exploring totally vanilla
other/comments___________________________________________
3. How many people do you like...
to have watch your sexual activities? _____ the more the merrier
to join in your sexual activities? _____ the more the merrier
to watch engaged in sexual activity? _____ the more the merrier
4. Which of these fantasy figures have you had sex with?
(choose one)
boss clergy member coach
delivery boy doctor fab writer
firefighter landlord mascot
personal trainer plumber policeman
politician pornstar pro athlete
relative straight man teacher
other/comments___________________________________________
5. Which of these fantasy figures would you most like to have
sex with? (choose one)
boss clergy member coach
delivery boy doctor fab writer
firefighter landlord mascot
personal trainer plumber policeman
politician pornstar pro athlete
relative straight man teacher
other/comments___________________________________________
6. Choose the celebrity you would
most like to have sex with ______________________________________
least like to have sex with ______________________________________

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7. Choose the pornstar you would online
most like to have sex with ______________________________________ adam4adam.com bear411.com
least like to have sex with ______________________________________ bigmuscle.com dudesnude.com
facebook.com findfred.com
8. You have had bareback sex gay411.com gaydar.co.uk
never once a few times many times always gayromeo.com m4m4sex.com
other/comments___________________________________________ men4sexnow.com manhunt.net
plentyoffish.com recon.com
9. In what situation would you have bareback sex? squirt.org twitter.com
any time never when in a committed relationship other/comments___________________________________________
when status is proven when status is disclosed
other/comments___________________________________________ public places
Cawthra Park Cherry Beach
10. Have you ever had an STD? David Balfour Park Hanlan’s Point
yes no High Park Queen’s Park
other/comments___________________________________________ Trinity Bellwoods
other/comments___________________________________________
11. Did having an STD or an STD scare change your sexual
behaviour? apps
yes — safer sex from then on no Boys Ahoy Grindr Jack’d Scruff
other/comments___________________________________________ other/comments___________________________________________

12. What is 3. What is the strangest place you have ever had sex?
the hottest thing anyone has said to you after sex? ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ 4. What is your best pick-up technique/line?
the hottest thing anyone has said to you during sex? ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________ 5. What is the worst pick-up technique/line you have ever been
the most disgusting thing anyone has said to you after sex? subjected to?
___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
the most disgusting thing anyone has said to you during sex? 6. What pick-up technique/line works on you?
___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
the most disturbing thing anyone has said to you after sex?
___________________________________________________________ 7. In an online profile, the biggest (choose one of each)
the most disturbing thing anyone has said to you during sex? turn-on is turnoff is
___________________________________________________________
the most hilarious thing anyone has said to you after sex? a cock shot
___________________________________________________________ a chest shot
the most hilarious thing anyone has said to you during sex? a face pic
___________________________________________________________ a full-body shot
a photo with personality and humour
The bearings romantic text
sexually explicit text
1. Your favourite place/way to pick up is a spread-ass shot
a bar a bathhouse a church text with personality and humour
the gym an internet dating site a nightclub
an internet sex site a phoneline 8. Have you ever met a sex partner online and agreed to meet
on the street a social gathering by using an app without exchanging photos?
other/comments___________________________________________ yes no
What was the result? _________________________________________
2. Where have you had the most success picking up? (choose one) ___________________________________________________________
bars/nightclubs
Alto Lounge The Barn The Beaver 9. Where do you most like to jerk off? (choose one)
The Black Eagle Boutique Bar Buddies in the bathroom in bed
Byzantium Crews & Tangos Flash on cam in front of an audience
fly Fuzion George’s Play in a group at the gym
The Gladstone Goodhandy’s O’Grady’s in public at work
Remington’s Straight WAYLA with someone else
Woody’s Zipperz other/comments___________________________________________
other/comments___________________________________________
10. What is the most atypical place you have ever jerked off?
bathhouses ___________________________________________________________
The Cellar Central Spa
Oak Leaf Steam Baths Spa Excess 11. What is the most times you have (during a day)
Steamworks Urge jerked off ______ had sex ________
other/comments___________________________________________
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12. At what age did you first 6. You have
masturbate? ________ ejaculate? ________ been filmed in a sexual act for fun
participate in oral sex? ________ participate in anal sex? ________ been filmed in a sexual act for money
come out? ________ been photographed in a sexual act for fun
other/comments __________________________________________ been photographed in a sexual act for money
been photographed nude for fun
13. How did it feel the first time you ejaculated? been photographed nude for money
___________________________________________________________ already become a star on XTube
___________________________________________________________
7. How do you feel about others viewing material of you nude or
14. How did it feel the most recent time you ejaculated? engaged in sexual activities?
___________________________________________________________ aroused ashamed
___________________________________________________________ eager to hear if it arouses them vaguely embarrassed
proud
15. What is the most atypical thing that has inspired/aroused other/comments __________________________________________
you to masturbate?
___________________________________________________________ 8. How do you feel when viewing material of yourself nude or
___________________________________________________________ engaged in sexual activities?
aroused ashamed
16. What consistently inspires/arouses you to masturbate? vaguely embarrassed proud
___________________________________________________________ other/comments __________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
9. Who would you most want to prevent from seeing material of
17. You masturbate because you nude or engaged in sexual activities? (choose one)
it feels good you’re bored you’re tense your co-workers your family
Glee is a rerun it’s a habit why not? your father your grandparents
you’re too lazy to have someone do it for you your mother your partner
no one else can handle your cock as well your priest your sugar daddy
other/comments __________________________________________ none of the above — everyone is welcome to enjoy
other/comments __________________________________________
The budget
1. How many different men have
The basics II
you had sex with so far in your life? ________ 1. What is your number-one sex tip for survey readers?
you had sex with in an average year? ________ ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2. Have you ever
paid for sex? yes no 2. What do gay men most commonly do wrong during sex?
been paid for sex? yes no ___________________________________________________________
other/comments __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

3. How much 3. How old are you? ________

would you want to
would you pay for be paid to perform 4. Your postal code is __________________
anal sex (giving) _____________ _____________
anal sex (receiving) _____________ _____________ 5. Is there anything else you’d like to
a blow job _____________ _____________ tell us or that you think we should
fisting (giving) _____________ _____________ include in future sex surveys?
fisting (receiving) _____________ _____________ ________________________________
a massage _____________ _____________ ________________________________
a romantic night out _____________ _____________ _______________________________
watersports (giving) _____________ _____________ ______________________________
watersports (receiving) _____________ _____________

4. What do you think of sex workers?

they provide an essential service you envy their career choice
Thank you for filling out the
you pity their career choice fab gay sex survey.
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 BELLINI AT LARGE
My boyfriend’s bad
and there’s gonna be trouble
I
just read How to Raise a Boyfriend by Toronto writer Rebecca
Eckler. It’s a funny how-to manual aimed at women who have
to deal with loutish straight guys, often referred to as
“husbands.” “My daughter is so easy to raise compared to the
boys I’ve been with,” claims Eckler. So wouldn’t the same
techniques she uses in raising her six-year-old daughter work on
the men in her life?
“Straight women invest too much time in thinking,” she
admits. “We often believe that if he’s supposed to call at 10pm
and it’s 10:02 then he’s fucking someone else.” Eckler divides her
book into easy-to-digest sections about such things as why guys
don’t say “please” and “thank you” or apologize for being late or
forgetting birthdays, or their inability to pay a compliment or do
the dishes.
“I learned through this book,” says Eckler. “I learned that my
expectations are high, but I’m attracted to the types of men who
might not necessarily meet them.” It’s a common
thing with women. “I would get groups of girls
together on a patio in Yorkville, and I’d say, ‘How
does he dress? Go!’ And they would rant. It was
almost a competition as to who had the worst
husband.”
Eckler also spoke to her own ex-boyfriends,
with fascinating results. “When confronted, they
would say, ‘That didn’t happen.’ And I’d say,
‘This is why we’re not together.’”
“How do you think they’ll respond to reading
about themselves in the book?” I ask.
“They’ll just have to man up. You feel bad
for them, huh?” she asks. “I don’t feel bad for
them at all. It’s a character flaw to not remember
someone’s birthday. They wouldn’t behave like
that with their bosses.”
The very busy Eckler is also releasing a
novel, The Lucky Sperm Club; she blogs every
day and she once even hosted a TV show
called Modern Manners. A few years ago, she
Paul Bellini
wrote a book called Knocked Up. It was about how she got drunk
and got pregnant at her own engagement party and decided to
keep the baby but not its father. Then one day she saw the poster
for a movie called Knocked Up, starring Seth Rogan. Same title,
same visual image of a martini glass with a soother instead of an
olive and many of the same ideas. Had she been ripped off?
Intellectual appropriation is very hard to prove in court, and the
only thing Eckler can say is that “it was settled to the mutual
satisfaction of both parties.” Let’s hope the same thing doesn’t
happen with How to Raise a Boyfriend.
Eckler is in the enviable position of making use of her own
advice, as she is just starting a new relationship. “He’s still in the
stage of buying me flowers and calling five times a day,” she says.
“But he’s never read a book before in his life. Maybe this will be
the first book he ever reads.”
But not everyone gets the joke. A straight female friend of
mine dislikes the book. “She needs to relax,” my
friend says. “If I was a guy, I would never
go out with her no matter how good she
looks. As a woman, reading it, I felt like I
was really past this type of thinking.”
So what does Eckler’s book have to do
with gay men? “Gay men have boyfriends,”
she says. “This book is for anyone in a
relationship.” My assumption is that most
men are always looking for a mommy.
They’re on their best behaviour when the
chase is on, buying flowers and not farting in
front of the beloved, but once settled, they
fall into slobdom.
More than anyone, Eckler would like the
book to fall into the hands of new mothers.
“Why? Because one day their sons might be
dating my daughter, and I want them to be
nice.” Or their sons might be dating her son.
paul@fabmagazine.com
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 DEEP DISH Rolyn Chambers photos by Tony Fong and Wingo Du

Matt and

“ A
ll the world’s a stage, and all Sze-yang is Jeffrey are • On the vogue stage, “Eyes,
the men and women merely a supermodel Alessandro and on a manhunt skin, teeth, structure, face. G’Zelle.
players,” wrote Shakespeare. @ Superstein Charles are giddy @ Release Polaris,” are the chants I hear upon
On the dramatic stage, the 23rd fashion show with ass anticipation entering the Hugs & Kisses Kiki Ball
Artur and
annual Rhubarb Festival kicks Brandon are @ Release held at the 519 Community Centre.
Matthew, Billy and Andre
off at Buddies with some diverse runway ready prove everything is better Instead of the darkness of a club, the
performances. Run Like Hell is an @ Superstein in threes @ Release fourth-floor space is brightly lit and
oft-confusing two-man play and fashion show packed with contestants and observers
video installation, which leaves my sitting around several round tables
head hurting. Time 2b Famous takes arranged around the room to create
a poke (literally) at pop culture as Ian a large runway. Vogue balls have a long
Mozdzen channels an overly excited Tom history, and in Toronto the tradition is
Cruise. He exposes his dick, eats peanut nurtured by one man in particular:
butter sandwiches and has sex with a blow- Travoy Monroe-Hall, aka Father TKO
up doll while Mia van Leeuwen, the host Steve and G’Zelle. Dressed in red, pink and white,
of a fictional talk show, Shaw are contestants take to the runway and
Sofonda and Gairy
waddles out in Depends boy-next-door compete for prizes and trophies in
are wild animals
undergarments, a rubber Sheldon is stylishly hungry for meat realness categories like Virgin Runway, Virgin
Madonna mask and pouting in pink @ @ Release @ Kiki Ball Vogue, Male Figure School Boy Realness
proceeds to eat Cheetos Superstein fashion show and OTA Face. “The virgin balls are
while clinging to an places where new runway performers
inflatable pool. Seriously. can compete,” DJ Blackcat says. It’s an
Stay Here, Don’t Go with John and Ken are the brains and balls experience that should not be missed.
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Jelani brings his
Spaziani explores body best blue-steel Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance.
movement and sound; my editorial pose to Lenny and Ryan are • On the stripper stage, the lineup to get
favourite scene involves a the bar @ Xavier and Frantz in to Prism’s Release party at Flash is long
dressed to the 69s frolic with the fruits
transition from farting to sex to Superstein @ Superstein fashion show and impressive. Inside, the coat-check line
fashion show @ Rhubarb 2011
orgasm to childbirth. Brilliant. is just as long but far less impressive. This
Before the afterparty, Detroit fairly new men-only “strip
Time Machine, a band that Pinklady and club” has likely never seen this
leaves one in awe of its magical Shmar bring number of people. “This will
music and unique hand-crafted Ryan and be the first of many events
it to the floor
Hi-may get
instruments, performs for the first @ Kiki Ball here,” Prism creative director
bashfully
time. I would never have known it. bromantic Gairy Brown beams. “We love
• On the fashionable stage, a small @ Release working with the owners
group of die-hard fans gathers in the dining [George Pratt and Gilles
room of The Drake Hotel, and the other Berthelot] because they give
diners become unsuspecting witnesses to Brian, Iner and Alan of back to the community.”
a sartorial showdown. As a specially created Seven is freaky, Detroit Time Machine Charming bartender Scott
crazy nightmare-
cunty house remix complete with samples of are into getting plucked Fordham is all smiles as
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talk-show host Wendy Williams’ infamous gorgeous faces, including
@ Kiki Ball
tag line, “How You Doing?” plays, four fierce Mathieu Chantelois, his partner,
ladies prance out with no announcement. All Marcelo Gowi, and the always
eyes turn and the focus is on them. Following head-turning Biko Beauttah,
them are four fit fellas. Prance, prance, prance. take over his bar. The music, by
Pose. I’m not sure if anyone knows quite what’s DJs Dwayne Minard and Jamal,
happening. Is this a flash mob? No, this is becomes background beats as
designer John Walke’s Superstein fashion two fully erect performers take
show at its best. Walke brings his fashion to the stage for a sultry sex
right to the people. Oversized jackets, DJ Blackcat show involving an ice cream
shirts, leggings, shorts and even hats are makes the cone. Vanilla-flavoured treats
flaunted by dancing models, including voguers aren’t the only thing they’re
Hollywood Jade and performers from Ill Na bounce sucking back. Curtains
Na Dance Company. “These animal prints are @ Kiki Ball down and lights out.
totally on point right now,” stylist Maha says of
Superstein’s neon futuristic animal print line. deepdish@fabmagazine.com
It’s sure to be a hit come spring. Corey, Chy and Sam are Scott and Shawn are heels
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Porn style remixed

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ince the explosive growth of the adult film industry in
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 TUNES Phil Villeneuve
March thawed by musical heat
Cut Copy in the zone
Tim Hoey talks about the
band’s epic new dance
album, Zonoscope
Phil Villeneuve: I’ve read the word “tribal” a few times in
people’s descriptions of the album... Have you guys all turned
into wild jungle animals of pop?
Tim Hoey: One of the major influences for this record was Werner
Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo. In particular the scene where they pull the
steamboat over the mountain in the Amazon. We actually brought
that film into the studio and projected it onto the wall and
composed music for it. Most of those sessions ended up becoming
the interludes on the record. It was about capturing the rhythm
and sensuousness of the jungle.
PV: You have a huge gay following…
TH: Our music is for everyone. From the gay community to bored
middle-class housewives to Goth kids who take a guilty pleasure
in pop music. We don’t discriminate in real life, so we’re not
about to start doing so in our art. We have a lot of love to give.
Plus, we’re big fans of disco music, which was seen as a lynchpin
to gay liberation. We completely understand the discrimination
the gay community has been subjected to over the years, and
we’re strong supporters of the cause. Hopefully our music can be
some kind of soundtrack to such a thing.
PV: One of the things I love with this album is you sign off with
the absolutely massive song “Sun God.” How do you know when
to stop when creating a 15-minute opus?
TH: “Sun God” was all about creating a totally immersive listening
experience, where time becomes irrelevant. The idea was that the
record begins as this transcendental meditation, “Need You Now,”
and ends in this euphoric hedonistic freak-out, “Sun God.” In this
iTunes generation it feels like career suicide to create a 15-minute
opus. We know it’s not going to be for everyone, but we felt like
“Sun God” deserved every 15 of the minutes that are on the
record. Hopefully we can release the 45-minute version one day,
which was its original length.
Cut Copy performs on Thurs, April 7 at the Sound Academy,
11 Polson St. Info: cutcopy.net
Fiery
femme:
Adele
C
lose your eyes and listen to Adele’s new album, 21, and
you’ll swear it is Aretha’s horny, illegitimate British
daughter, just crawled out of some humid Louisiana
swamp for some lovin’ and forgiveness.
Adele’s got more blues than a jeans store, more soul than
any other 22-year-old I know of, and she also writes a damned
good love song. She killed at this year’s Brit Awards with
“Someone Like You,” a heart-wrenching ballad about an old
boyfriend (it’s also a number that’s praying for a giant club-
anthem remix).
So what if she credits her North American success to
Sarah Palin? (Adele was the musical guest on Saturday Night
Live the same night Palin appeared next to her infamous
impersonator, Tina Fey.) At least this UK songstress knows a
thing or two about love, which is more than Palin can say
about politics.
Info: adele.tv
Live
shivers
For some reason someone decided to have one of the city’s
biggest music festivals, Canadian Music Week, from March 9 to
13. As insane — and cold — as that sounds, there are shows
worth checking out. The Queer Showcase on Wednesday, March
9 is a night of gays at the Gladstone, including performances
from golden-throated indie-cherub Gentleman Reg, Montreal’s
sassy Creature, sexy synth-trio Rouge, soulful folk-rock cutie
Chris Velan and piano-pop wunderkind Kevin Wong.
Another CMW must is MEN at Sneaky Dee’s on Saturday,
March 12. Gay activist JD Samson and crew threaten to cave in the
dancefloor with a set that will showcase songs from their new
album, Talk About Body. The same night, android-soul-princess
Janelle Monáe will throw it down.
Info: cmw.net
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Wed, March 2
The PFLAG Monthly Support Meeting
is a great time to meet people, make
friends and share experiences. 7:30pm.
Kimbourne Park United Church, 200
Wolverleigh Blvd. pflagcanada.ca
Jock Night. The best baskets around.
4pm–4am. Steamworks, 540 Church St,
2nd level. Regular rates apply; specials
for men in — but soon out of — jocks.
steamworksonline.com
Outgames Info Session. Get the details
on participating in the 2011 Outgames in
Vancouver. 6:30pm. Pizzaiolo, 461
Church St. vancouver2011outgames.com
Mighty Real. House, disco and weird
tunes with DJs John Caffery and The
Robotic Kid. 10pm. The Beaver, 1192
Queen St W. $5. beavertoronto.ca
Thurs, March 3
The Wills Project is an information
session where law students and lawyers
work pro bono on wills and powers of
attorney with low-income individuals
living with HIV. 3–6pm. 519 Community
Centre, 519 Church St. the 519.org
Queer Social, after an unsociable hiatus,
returns in a new venue. With DJs 4est
Cassandra @ The Barn
on Fri, March 2
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John Crouch, Ryan English, Michael Lyons,
Drew Rowsome, Eduardo Sabate & Jonathan Valelly
and Peachy Keen. 9pm. Clinton’s, 693
Bloor St W. $5.
Spoiled Rotten, hosted by Katherine Dior
and Nikki Chin, leaves all the Boystown
brats wanting more. Vocal Rehab
Karaoke, hosted by Elyse, will give those
pipes the workout of a lifetime. Dance Till
You Drop as DJ Arif spins dance and pop.
9pm. Crews & Tangos, 508 Church St. No
cover. crewsandtangos.com
Fri, March 4
To Laos with Love. Learn about two gay
Canadian men making an impact in rural
Laos with their Adopt a Village in Laos
campaign. 7:30pm. 519 Community Centre,
519 Church St. No cover. the 519.org
Dirty Sexy Party features pornstar Tyler
Torro from nextdoormale.com performing
up close and very personal. Hosted by
Joseph Patrick and Sofonda Cox, with
DJ ViVi Diamond spinning for pornstar-
Tyler Torro @ Goodhandy’s
on Fri, March 4
quality go-go dancers.10pm.Goodhandy’s,
120 Church St. $10. goodhandys.com
Rocket! Video Dance Party has VJ/DJ
Sumation spinning top-40 dance-music
vids. 10pm. fly, 8 Gloucester St. No cover
before 11pm, $5 before midnight, $10
after. flynightclub.com
College Night Friday has DJ Cajjmere
Wray spinning house, the Go-Go Boys
making detention fun and Cassandra as
teacher’s pet. 10pm. The Barn, 418
Church St. $5, students free before
midnight. thebarnnightclub.com
Gaga vs Madonna features performances
by Donnarama and Lady Fame. Express
yourself, ’cause you were born that way.
DJ Craig Dominic spins. 10pm. Annex
WreckRoom, 794 Bathurst St. $12.
theannexwreckroom.com
Besharam Sutra: Colour. DJ Amita
spins Bollywood, bhangra and dance-
club hits for an upscale Eastern-
influenced crowd. Featuring the debut
performance of Zahra’s School of
Bellydance. 10pm. Courthouse, 57
Adelaide St. $20. besharam.ca
Sat, March 5
HOPE Rainbow Dance raises funds for
the Halton Organization for Pride and
Education. 8pm. Carrigan Arms Pub,
2025 Upper Middle Rd, Burlington. $5.
haltonpride.org
Big 3 @ The Big Z is hosted by Clint
Lyckher, Daytona Bitch and Heroine
Marks. As well as the triumvirate of
talent there are cheap martinis, contests
and giveaways. 9pm. Zelda’s, 692 Yonge
St. No cover. zeldas.ca
Northbound Leather Fetish Night with
DJ Jimi LaMort is for the hardcore, with
a fetish-wear-only door policy. 9pm.
Goodhandy’s, 120 Church St. $5 before
10pm, $15 after. goodhandys.com
Reality Bytes. ’90s nonsense with DJs
4est, Lindzrox, Jrox. 9:30pm. Augusta
House, 152 Augusta Ave. $2 after
midnight.
Sinful Saturdays, hosted by Walther
Aguilar, is a night for the men, not the boys.
Rawkey @ Goodhandy’s
on Fri, March 11
10pm. Alto Lounge, 582 Church St. No
cover before midnight, $5 after.
Tequila Nights. Lime, salt, Latin beats,
Latino boys: the shots go down very
smoothly, as do the patrons. 10pm.
WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. No cover.
whatareyoulookingatbar.com
Sofonda brings a squad of Mardi Gras
Studs to the Southern Comfort Mardi
Gras Event at 10pm. Then she persuades
everyone to drop their drawers for beads
and prizes in squirt.org’s Best Men’s Ass
Contest at midnight. DJ Chris Steinbach
spins. Woody’s, 465 Church St. No cover.
woodystoronto.com
Sun, March 6
Drag Queen Trivia hosted by Fabulous
Amanda has nightly prizes and a chance
to win a trip for two to Montreal for Pride.
8–10pm. The Bishop and the Belcher,
175 Bloor St E (entrance at Church and
Hayden). No cover. bishopandbelcher.com
Soul’d OUT, DJs Cozmic Cat and Sandy
DeAlmeida spin all soul, all night. 10pm–
3am. Churchill, 1212 Dundas St W. No
cover.
Latin Fever, hosted by JLo and Sabrina,
heats up the dancefloor and keeps the boys
sweating. 11pm. George’s Play, 504
Church St. No cover. playonchurch.com
Mon, March 7
M Factor Mondays, hosted by Elana
Harte, has special guests Sonia Funk
and James Struthers in a night of live
music and $5 martinis. 7pm. The Old
Nick, 123 Danforth Ave. No cover. old-
nick.com
 Leslie Jordan @ Hart House on Sat, March 12
Tues, March 8
Boyoboy is a bimonthly drop-in for gay guys,
with discussions, games, movies and more.
7–9pm. Central Toronto Youth Services,
Suite 300, 65 Wellesley St E. cyts.org
At Naked Swim with TNT!men, you
might get more than just a workout.
8:30–10pm. Harrison Baths and
Swimming Pools, 15 Stephanie St.
$5 members, $8 non-members.
tntmen.org
College Night has specials on shooters
and Amsterdam draft the whole night
long. 9pm. Pegasus, 489B Church St. No
cover. pegasusonchurch.com
Wed, March 9
Red Party is a voyeurs’ delight. 9pm.
Spa Excess, 105 Carlton St. Regular
rates apply. spaexcess.com
Snakepit. DJs Light Fires (Reg Vermue and
James Bunton) spin at this weekly queer
dance party. 10pm. Henhouse, 1532 Dundas
St W. No cover. henhousetoronto.com
Thurs, March 10
Urge. Toronto’s downtown sex maze. 8pm–
2am. 199 Church St. $9. urgetoronto.com
Flashers of the Week Contest with
host Dan the Man. 9pm. Flash, 463
Church St. Full or day membership
required. flashonchurch.com
Red Light Thursdays has DJ Mike
Vieira spinning smooth house. It’s oh so
cool and stylin’. 10pm. lo’la, 7 Maitland
St. No cover.
Fri, March 11
“What would you do if I sang out of
tune?” Queer Idol: The Beatles Round
is hosted by Cajo and features local
talents getting by with a little help from
their friends. 9pm. Goodhandy’s, 120
Church St. $9. goodhandys.com
Anthem has DJ Craig Dominic blasting
out the best in pop anthems. 10pm.
WAYLA, 996 Queen St E. No cover.
whatareyoulookingatbar.com
Grapefruit Rhythm Nation. DJs Shane
Percy and Aural spin Janet Jackson
hits and remixes; Mahogany Browne
performs. 10pm. fly, 8 Gloucester St.
$10. grapefruit4u.com
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Jimi LaMort @ Goodhandy’s on
Sat, March 5
Donnarama @ Annex WreckRoom
on Fri, March 4
Sofonda @ Woody’s on Sat, March 5
Do You Remember? A night of classic
’90s Euro dance and freestyle with DJ
Cajjmere Wray spinning the retro beats
and a surprise live performance. 10pm.
The Barn, 418 Church St. No cover before
11pm, $5 after. thebarnnightclub.com
Unleash your inner HER. Hosted by Peg
Zilla with DJs Kris Steeves, Mikey Apples
and omgblog.com. 10pm. La Perla, 783
Queen St W. $5. herherher.com
Shake & Pop with DJs Sumation
and Blackcat filling the night with dance,
house and top 40. 10pm. Zipperz-
Cellblock, 72 Carlton St. No cover.
zipperzcellblock.com
Bear Prom. David Kraft’s
Prom Night supersizes with
performances by the Prom
Night Gang and special
guests. DJ Boychick spins
before and after. 10:30pm.
Buddies, 12 Alexander
St. $7, $5 in costume.
buddiesinbadtimes.com
Sat, March 12
Celebrating the Body
Erotic is a two-day
hands-on/clothes-off
sex workshop for men
by the Body Electric
School. $395 sliding scale.
thebodyelectricschool.com
Jock Night @ Steamworks on
Wed, March 2 & Jock @ Laughing out Loud… and Proud! A
Goodhandy’s on Sat, March 12
fundraiser for the Canadian Lesbian
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and Gay Archives, hosted by Miss
Conception and starring Leslie Jordan of
Will & Grace fame. 8–11pm. Hart House, 7
Hart House Circle. $125–200. clga.ca
Jock, hosted by Charles Pavia and DJ
Geoff Kelleway, is a night for jocks,
jockstraps and their admirers. 10:30pm.
Goodhandy’s, 120 Church St. No cover
before 11pm, $5 after for team members,
$10 for sports fans. goodhandys.com
Delice Dream Festival Pre-Party with
DJs Mister Mola from Brussels, Jeremy
Khamkeo and Cole Stanley. 10pm. fly,
8 Gloucester St. No cover before 11pm,
$10 before midnight, $15 until 1am, $20
after. flynightclub.com
Pitbull, with DJs Shane Percy and OC,
has more bold, bearded babes than a
truckstop. 10pm. Fuzion, 580 Church St.
$5. fuzionexperience.com
Leather Night is hosted by Connor
(MBE 2011) and sponsored by
Northbound Leather. Strict dress code
in effect; much undressing will result.
10pm. The Black Eagle, 457 Church St.
No cover. blackeagletoronto.ca
Sun, March 13
The Rainbow Room Cabaret features
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Statlers, 487 Church St. No cover.
statlersonchurch.ca
Hola’s Monthly Fundraiser is filled
with fiery drag queens, spicy men and
lots of Latin beats. 11pm. George’s
Play, 504 Church St. No cover.
playonchurch.com
Mon, March 14
Moose Knuckle Disco. Hosted by Miss
Margot and her crew of DJs. 10pm. Sweaty
Betty’s, 13 Ossington Ave. No cover.
Live Karaoke, hosted by Shark Week,
brings all the pretty people the best rock
around and lets them slaughter it. 11pm.
The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St W. No
cover. thedrakehotel.ca
Tues, March 15
Express is SOY’s space for newcomer
and immigrant queer youth to share
ideas, questions, support and fun
every week. 6–8pm. Sherbourne
Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne St.
soytoronto.org
So You Think You Can Strip? A weekly
amateur night. 9pm. Remington’s, 379
Yonge St. $5 cover, students free.
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