There’s been a big change at the Queer Acts Festival, but funnily enough, audiences aren’t going to notice it. “Queer Acts has become its own entity,” explains festival director Adam Reid. “In previous years, it’s been under the management of the Halifax Pride board. But with this change, we can be partners with Pride while […]
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Scenes from growing up gay in small-town Nova Scotia
[Image-1] In the opening scene two fairly fit, athletic, working-class boys from New Glasgow (but it can be any small town in Nova Scotia) are caught holding hands out in the local park by a group of local toughs, and are accused of being “faggots”. The group of boys are furiously homophobic. They set upon […]
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Check out Halifax Pride’s new logo and event lineup
[Image-1] Halifax Pride today debuted its new logo and 2015’s lineup of events during a media event at Pier 21. Festivities will run ten days, kicking off on July 16. Included this summer are a rainbow of activities, featuring the Queer Acts Theatre Festival, cosmic drag queen bingo, Pride’s second annual dog show, nearly naked […]
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In memory of Raymond
[Image-1] It’s an early Christmas gift to The Youth Project from Raymond Taavel. Yesterday, Taavel’s partner Darren Lewis presented a cheque for $3,113 to the local non-profit which offers support services around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity to those under 25. [Image-2] As we reported a few months ago, the funds are from […]
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Have you hugged a straight person today?
[Image-1] “Have you hugged a straight person today?” That was the announcement students heard at Millwood High as the school kicked off its first ever “straight pride month.” The first of its kind event at the school is the creation of the Millwood High gay straight alliance. The 20-person group is trying to encourage other […]
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bare with them
Opening Tuesday, July 24 (to July 29, 8pm, $18/$15) for Halifax Pride is bare, a musical theatre production by Left of Centre Theatre telling the complicated story of two star-crossed high school seniors at a Catholic boarding school coming to terms with their sexualities, identities and beliefs. Director Tina Gallant dubs it a “Romeo and […]
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Lee-Anne Poole Splinters off
Don’t let the plot fool you: Splinters is not based on a true story. It’s just a story that happens to be true. “The actual events of the play are not autobiographical,” insists playwright Lee-Anne Poole. “Besides the fact that, you know, I have experienced some of them.” She calls Splinters, opening at the Plutonium […]
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Yes, I’ve been broken-hearted: Mamma Mia postponed to Saturday
Here I go again: Although we were under the impression that AlFresco FilmFesto‘s new Pier 20 location would take away our rain-delay woes, tonight’s screening of Mamma Mia is postponed to tomorrow night. Same time (9pm or dusk), same price ($5). I have a dream that the skies will clear tomorrow, for all the Pride […]
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Product of the week: Venus Envy rainbow pet collars
See Spot. See Spot’s pride with rainbow-coloured accessories like Gayssential collars ($12) and collar/leash sets ($20). Pick up something nice for yourself too: All rainbow merchandise and toys are 20 percent off, Saturday from 10am-6pm, and the first 25 customers receive a free gift.
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Fighting to Clik into place
On a bitter March evening, a few dozen folks huddled into Venus Envy on Barrington Street to listen to Lucas Silveira play an acoustic set. He previewed a few tracks from The Cliks' then-forthcoming album, Dirty King. Silveira revelled in the intimate setting, cracking jokes about pictures popping up on Facebook of him playing against […]
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Trans-forming Halifax
Pride Week is all about…well…pride, right? But what kind of pride are we talking about? Most people commonly associate Pride Week with a celebration of sexual diversity—a celebration of the freedom to be with whomever we want, male or female. But Pride Week is not just about sexual orientation. It’s also about the expression of […]
