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ride season is still in full swing as the Québec election was announced in early August, when a large percentage of the general population (journalists included) were on vacation, and the heat wave made it seem like we might never get our brains back. Slyly calling the vote for Sept 4, the day after Labour Day, Jean Charest made his strategy all too clear: the PQ was “allied with extremists”, the Liberals were the only party with a functional economic platform, and if voters are on vacation (and gays are busy partying) and don’t care, all the better! Catering to the gay vote is a relatively recent strategy for politicians and one which the Liberals seem to have all but mastered. Just days after the election was called, the office of Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier finally announced the names of the 24 gay organizations which will benefit from the largesse of his Bureau de lutte contre l’homophobie. The organizations had themselves known since March that they were getting the funding, but the Ministry conveniently decided to wait until after the election call to tell us who was getting what amounts, and for which projects. Unsurprisingly, Gai Écoute was the recipient of one of the Bureau’s largest grants, to the tune of $60,000, used for the creation of their registre des actes homophobes (RAH), which they launched in June. Unsurprising because the director of the Fondation Émergence, Laurent McCutcheon, was a major player in the adoption of the anti-homophobia action plan and Bureau from the beginning, and because the project was tailored to one of the action plan’s stated goals, “to document and prevent homophobic and transphobic violence.” The RAH’s main purpose will be to better understand the extent of homophobic violence in Québec, and to share information with police to better combat it. Now, we know that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people (as well as those who are seen as queer in any way) are at least 2.5 times as likely as other people to experience hate 8

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motivated violence. For trans people, the vulnerability to violence is even greater. With the RAH, the police become the answer, again. And when the police become the answer, the real money winds up going to the police. Take for example the $10 million that the City of Montéal spent on police overtime to corral, beat, and jail protesters during the student demonstrations of the spring and summer. Police beatings, tear gasing, and treatment of every demo as if it were a riot (which none were), resulted in hundreds of hours of overtime earned by officers which now the City expects Québec to pay for. (The Montréal police force’s lust for overtime pay was also a widely acknowledged motivation for raids on gay events such as the infamous Sex Garage party in 1994). By contrast, the entire budget of the anti-homophobia action plan for five years is only $7.1 million, which is being given to non-profit organizations for short-term projects that they cannot use for their core operations. After two terms in the National Assembly, Charest’s Liberals are faced with a gigantic deficit, and have decided to rake back the funds they need by attacking students, traditionally the demographic least likely to exercise their democratic freedoms by voting in such an election. I am not bringing this up because I think that Gai Écoute’s online register is bad idea. I am not bringing this up because I think that all police are as bad as those who needlessly beat and arrested peaceful demonstrators in the spring. I bring this up because, as we head into this election, we need to put into perspective what the Liberal government’s perceived support for LGBT community projects really means. Before you cast your vote this September 4, ask yourself if you really agree with most of what your candidate’s party stands for, or if your ballot is just being bought. - Jordan Arseneault 2B Magazine

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D;8"#84A7E*4 ,30#$40"1903$1452$4C63/# by 2B Staff Almost 100 people turn out for LGBT Pride in Entebbe, Uganda, with only three arrests reported last weekend. A first-hand report by The New Yorker’s Alexis Okeowo reveals their hope and bravery against all odds. For years now, Uganda has been the focus of international attention as possibly “the world’s worst place to be gay.” On top of the government’s attempts to pass brutal discriminatory laws which would further criminalize homosexuality, Ugandan “ethics and integrity” minister Simon Lokodo has been orchestrating raids and arrests of activist meetings where human rights and non-discrimination are simply being discussed. “LGBT Ugandans were tired of hearing a story that ignored their nuanced experiences of both joy and hardship,” Alexis Okeowo reported from the Pride march in Entebbe. In order to avoid police and hooligan attacks, the Uganda Pride organizers chose to hold the celebrations in the lakeside city of Entebbe, several km outside of the capital, Kampala. The festival was planned over three days and nights, from August 2 to 5, culminating on Saturday with the pride parade. Almost 100 marchers proudly walked with a van blasting loud music and holding signs. Many chanted “We are here”, a defiant statement in a country whose leaders often deny their existence, or dismiss homosexuality as a symptom of “Western decadence.” In response to Simon Lokodo’s raids, Ugandan activists have filed a lawsuit against the minister, adding to the bravery of their demonstration. Renowned lesbian activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesara was in attendance, covered in glitter and neon body paint, sporting a pair of crafted angel wings, The New Yorker reports. Nabagesara came to prominence after the 2011 murder of Ugandan gay activist David Kato, and featured in the documentary Kuchus of Uganda. The forthcoming documentary Call Me Kuchu, slated to be shown at the Image + Nation festival this fall, was likewise filmed in the context of heightened fear around homophobic attacks and government repression in 2010-2011. Police raided the Entebbe event hours after the parade, arresting three participants and detaining a photographer. However, the four were released before the end of the night and were able to join the celebration that continued in Kampala. “Next time, we begin the march from the police station,” gay activist and Pride attendee Frank Mugisha told The Advocate. Katherin Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s documentary Call Me Kuchu will be screened at the Image + Nation festival this November. 10

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In the middle of an election campaign, just days before the student strike was to resume, 2B met with Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier to recap his work in the fight against homophobia and talk about the road ahead. that of the Research Chair. And I continue to think that of everything that we’ve done, this will be the most formative... many people have said it’s the right solution. It’s a 2B: This could be the last time you march in the Pride parade as minis- good step forward because everything that the Chair will do will be with groups that ter in charge of the anti-homophobia plan. How would you describe your are working on the front lines. rapport with the gay community in the last two and half years? JMF: I’ve been lucky enough to have partners who were very open when I solicited 2B: Do you have an election promise for LGBT groups? JMF: I’d have to say it’s more of a governmental promise. If I made a new promise them for advice. Because in reality, who are the actors in this day to day? It’s the community groups who are involved in the struggle. It was without question that we today, they’ll ask why I didn’t put it in my action plan and why I haven’t done it come would work together. We had a very good working relationship and I valued their point March. The question is fair, though. We worked hard to develop this action plan, and we scraped together what we could to find funds for it. We looked at all of the recomof view; I have to say, I learned something as well. mendations that the Human Rights Commission had made. Going forward, I want us to put forward the best plans. I don’t want this to be ”the” five-year plan, but rather the 2B: What did you learn? JMF: It’s no secret, I even said it to Steve Foster’s collective when they came and first five-year plan. transgender and transsexual representatives were there. It was a world that was unknown to me. Transsexuals live with twofold discrimination, and I have to admit that 2B: Is there a political bent to the parade this year? JMF: I do the parade for the parade’s sake, and for the reasons that go with personally, I knew nothing of that reality, and I was touched by [hearing] what they it. I’ll let people bring whatever issues they have that they may wish to mix in went through. with it. I would tell them simply not to distract from the goal of the march. The 2B: Only 24 organizations received funding for their projects from the parade is meant to gather more and more people, and not to lose people who Bureau de lutte contre l’homophobie. Is that enough given the magnitude are involved with it. This parade is a sign that we send to the populace to come together not only to recognize diversity, but also to cherish it, so I am going of their task? JMF: That question is really easy to answer [laughs]. The challenge of fighting ho- for that. mophobia is such a large task that I don’t know when it will be enough. I think that the five-year plan will run its course. This year there will be a national campaign launched 2B: So the only flag that matters that day will be the rainbow flag? JMF: Usually that’s the case [smiles]. in October. It’s another step. In the past year, the most important announcement was by Jacinthe Dupuis

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&2-3:24L41585$4;8";4-946"4 ;8<140"4DM380"$ The build-up to this year’s EuroCup soccer championship shone an unexpected spotlight on the darker side of its host nation, the Ukraine. Along with co-host Poland and its onetime ruler, Russia, the former Soviet state has never been known for its tolerance towards LGBTs, but this time the rise of neo-Nazism and religious homophobia stood in bold relief: over a hundred thousand people viewed a video online of Kyiv’s Gay Pride organizer, Sviatoslav Sheremet being beaten, kicked, and stomped on by masked thugs during and after a press conference to announce the cancelation of their pride march by police. 14

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related to LGBT issues, this anti-gay law would be a convenient instrument for them for censorship and disruption of any visible LGBT activities. Another important and disturbing factor is engagement of the few religious right Parliament members with “pocket” religious or “pro-family” NGOs (which attack LGBT organizations) under the guise of allegedly voicing concerns of civil society. These politicians would be interested in drawing attention to individual “anti-gay propaganda” showcases in order to win conservative votes.

As hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from across the continent gathered in “stadiums of hate,” where racist slurs and homophobic thuggery were not uncommon, the extent of the Ukraine’s rabid intolerance came to the fore. While its government has since tabled their “bill to ban homosexual propaganda,” after it was condemned by the European Parliament and rights groups across the globe, activists are in a pitched battle for basic civil rights. As we prepare to enjoy our own Pride celebrations in Montréal and Ottawa, we spoke to Ukrainian feminist activists and gender researchers 2B: Is the anti-gay movement in the Ukraine seen as a result of increased Galina Yarmanova and Lesya Pagulich about the rise of extremism and the Russian influence? Are there any political leaders at all who have taken challenges they face. a pro-human-rights/anti-Russia stance? GY + LP: There is not so much critical discussion on anti-gay movement either 2B: The rise of homophobia in nations like the United States, Hungary, from the Ukrainian LGBT activists, human rights groups or in the academia. We think Nigeria and Russia are often linked to religious orthodoxy and increased there is a very strong link between this anti-gay movement and Russian influence; involvement of religious leaders in the state. After so many years of however, there have been already Ukrainian anti-gay initiatives in the last few years secularism, have Orthodox Churches become more powerful in your when influence of Russian Orthodox Church was much weaker. These long-standing country? anti-gay interest groups, such as the notorious “Love Against Homosexuality” (which GY + LP: Yes, the Ukrainian orthodox church has become more powerful in recent are still intact) are connected with Protestant churches and seem to have links to the years. There are different denominations of Christian churches in Ukraine, which religious right in the United States. Additionally, the ultra-right wing party “Svoboda” have complicated interrelations and compete over believers, financial resources, land (Freedom), which has strong leaning toward Ukrainian Christian churches, is another property and influence over public opinion and state decisions. However, they unite visible actor in the anti-gay movement. in their condemnation of homosexuality and women’s reproductive and sexual rights, as in the recent draft law to ban abortions. In the recent years, the Russian Orthodox 2B: Is there any hope, in your opinion, of getting help from the EU in Church has initiated a number of illegal constructions of new churches in public areas opposing political homophobia in the Ukraine? such as children’s playgrounds, parks etc. There has been a notorious case when GY + LP: We have already received a lot of support from international organizations Kyiv Monastery of the Caves has been trying to take away the property from the only and individuals, such as ILGA-Europe, Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without National clinic for HIV/AIDS. Borders, UNDP in Ukraine, Amnesty International, the General Secretary of the Council of Europe, group of members of Europarliament, members of German Green Party, 2B: Have LGBT activists been targeted by the police or the state? and others. However, there are controversial attitudes in the Ukrainian political arena GY + LP: There used to be a database of gay men in the Soviet times, and there toward European integration. There is no legislation against hate speech in the Ukraine. are reasons to believe that such records still exist and are being regularly updated. The anti-discrimination law that is being debated at the moment was developed as There have been a few police raids to the gay clubs, when the police have checked a reaction to the recommendations of Europe. They have had the first reading in and recorded the IDs and detained the rest of the visitors who did not have an ID Parliament on this anti-discrimination law, but it does not have sexual orientation with them, and also recorded all phone numbers from their phone books and took or gender identity as possible grounds for discrimination despite of the attempts by their fingerprints. Such raid was made in Kyiv gay club “Androgyn” in 2009, but LGBT and human rights groups to include it. In this context violations of LGBT rights unfortunately no one was willing to file a complaint against this illegal detention. There unfortunately do not seem as a priority in the European-Ukrainian relations. were also other similar individual detentions. To help take a stand for LGBT people in the Ukraine, go to: 2B: What do you think was behind the proposed anti-gay law? www.allout.org/ukraine GY + LP: In our opinion, taking into account the rapidly growing influence of churches on state decisions, their significant financial, informational and media Editor’s note: formerly spelled “Kiev”, the Ukrainian capital is now spelled “Kyiv” by resources, and the fact that religious organizations closely monitor any public activities the UN and by English-speaking activists in the country. 2B Magazine

D"05$#4&6/6-31 For its sixth edition, the organizers of Québec’s largest LGBT event wanted to reunite the family, in spite of our quarrels and differences. Billed as being particularly political, the 2012 Pride is reaching out further than ever before. Get ready to see Montréal draped in the many colours of the rainbow flag. by Antoine Aubert

with political personalities as well as the opportunity to give a positive image of Pride,” though the organizers did express With a hint of sarcasm, one might be tempted to dub this some disappointment at the meagre resources offered by the celebration “United Colours of Montréal Pride”. But all jokes city of Montréal and the government of Québec (Harper’s fedeaside, it is rare to see an LGBT event in Montréal reaching out ral government gave nothing). to every part of the community. Our Flag, our Pride Éric Pineault and Jean-Sébastien Boudreault are eager to While taking time to answer some of the tougher questions, please. “Good organizers are logically good diplomats,” ex- the Fierté Montréal Pride team hopes to put the emphasis on plain the two men. “We don’t have a choice. There is nothing the events that rally people together with this year’s theme: quite as diverse as the LGBT community. For some, Pride has “Our Flag, our Pride”. to maintain its political mandate. For others, it’s about culture and the festive side.” This symbol of the fight for LGBT rights and recognition throughout the world “is not visible enough [in Québec], even Their team is very familiar with past criticisms of Pride in the Village,” says Éric Pineault, who contacted businesses Montréal’s first five editions (notably in the pages of our sis- in the Village so that the flag would be more visible. “This is ter magazine, Etre). Not political enough? “This year, Pride is how we raise awareness. There are so many things that we more political than ever,” replies Pineault. take for granted,” he adds. Political cameos The program, which for the first time will include miniconferences on human rights, reflects this evolution. Spokesperson for Pride Montréal 2012 (alongside soccer player David Testo, academic Line Chamberland, artist Kat Coric, trans activist Julie-Maude Beauchesne, and television host Jasmin Roy), French politician Jean-Luc Roméro, one of the few openly-gay politicians in his country, explains that it was the opportunity to be able to speak, over the course of the week-long event, about stigmatization and the battles that are still to be fought in the fight against HIV/AIDS, that convinced him to accept the organizers’ invitation.

From August 13 to 19, all of the colours of the rainbow will be represented. Montréal’s first ever Dyke march will be held on August 18 at 11am, on Sainte-Catherine Street, from Champlain to Place Émilie-Gamelin. Organizers decided to make the march relatively short since it will be a “first experiment.” “We have always had events for women, but it was difficult to reach the lesbian community. This year, we found the right people to change that,” says Pineault.

The photo exhibit Transgeria will also be coming back to Montréal for Pride. LGBT parents will have a place to take their kids on Kids Day on August 16 during the day at Parc Émilie-Gamelin, with inflatable games, guest artists, face painting LGBT people who wish to show their support for the stu- and more. Even teens will have their space at the party with the dents on strike will also have their place at pride at the parade Queer Prom on August 16. taking place on August 19 (though not at the front of the Pride parade as some had hoped for). Student leader Gabriel NaCulture will also be a big feature of the week-long event, deau-Dubois, who has become an icon for some gays, who with the Café des Arts back for the fourth year. For nightadmire him as much for his ideas as for his boyish good time events, Arc-en-ciel d’Afrique is on board this year for the looks, will be there. Black & White Party which will be held for the first time at the Hôtel des Gouverneurs Aug 17. If you can afford it (and you You can also expect to see some Québec Liberals in the pa- don’t mind being a wreck for the parade the next day), check rade, who also participated last year, as well as PQ leader Pau- out the Platinum Party at the Marché Bonsecours Sat. Aug 18 line Marois. Seeing as an election has just been called, some with DJs Alberto, Danny Verde, and Joe Gauthreaux. might wonder if we should be worried about these politicians using the event for political opportunism? According to Éric See you at the parade! Pineault, there is no need to worry. He sees their presence at For more information: fiertemontrealpride.com the parade as “the possibility of having informal conversations Translation by Michael Hawrysh 16

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Parade marchers float a giant rainbow flag at Capital Pride 2011.

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The fetish continues well into Sunday with the Leather Pride Brunch at the rustic and delicious Atomic Rooster. In the last few years, media picked up on the financial Switching gears and moving from doggie style to puppy struggles of Pride, although the situation looks much prancing, unleash your four-legged best friend at the first brighter today and this year’s lineup echoes it. “Thanks puppy competitions in the back patio of Centretown Pub. to years of building strong foundations, Capital Pride is in a very solid and stable position,” explains Mark No dog? No worries: the Mason Theatre will be showPower, Vice Chair of the Capital Pride Committee. “Our casing a production of “Mary, Mary” from 2 to 4pm (13 projections are for us to be in great shape at the end of Victoria Street, in nearby Perth). It’s a comedy on marthis Pride season and for next year.” riage, divorce and second thoughts leading to second chances. Half the proceeds will go to PTS. The evening Pre-celebration begins on August 11 with the selec- ends with the Capital Kings’ “Little Shop of Horrors” funtion of Mr. and Miss Capital Pride at the good ol’ Loo- draiser at the Lookout. kout. A few days later, a very special party for seniors aged 50+ will rock your socks off at BOM Burgers on Weeknight madness Main. Jer’s Vision Pre-Pride Boat Cruise will take you Monday August 20’s events must be the brain-child around the Rideau Canada on Thursday night. The of someone who cannot resist a man in uniform: it kicks voyage should be a memorable one with refreshments off with the Police Services pancake breakfast/flag raiand scrumptious appetizers. The boat departs at 7pm sing, followed by the Paramedic Services flag raising at the Centre Docks, across the Convention Centre, so ceremony and barbeque. If you aren’t going to these two don’t be late! Is there a better way to kick-start Capital flag raising events then maybe you’ll show up at the OfPride than with a dance under the stars, gentle waves ficial flag raising ceremony followed by the Capital Pride rocking under your feet? sponsorship reception in the Councillor’s Lounge at City Hall. Otherwise, crawl out at night for the Kiss the C.O.D. Weekend 1: leather + puppies! Newfire Night at The Lookout. Then mark your calendar for Repo! The Genetic Drag Show on Friday, August 17 at Club Saw. Or, if you’re into On Tuesday, come out to the free Venus Envy Seminar, something more swanky, dress up for the Awards Gala Sex Toys for Queer Boys. The night ends on a high note which will be held at classy Arc Hotel. And if neither of with Pride Week Karaoke at The Lookout. Wednesday these options match style, then you might find yourself at 7:30pm, watch a projection of beloved gay musical kinking it out at the Freaky Fetish Latex and Rubber Party RENT at the Corner of Bank and Gilmour. Venus Envy at Centretown Pub, or keeping it low-key at Shanghai will be hosting a seminar titled Trans-Queering Your Sex restaurant with the Retro Funk Disco Bingo. If not for the with Ignacio Rivera from NYC. The games are on Thurbingo, then come for China Doll. sday with a special exhibition at MediaStyle, examining gender and queerness in video games. You can play or The first Saturday of Pride coincides with Montréal’s just chill at the reception which will be held the next evePride Parade, so before you come out to play with your ning, Friday August 24 at 7pm. local friends, drive up and help carry the flag with Montréal’s LGBTQ community. In the meantime, Ottawa will Also on Thursday (Aug 23) the whole community be all about the leather. You’ve been told: break out your is invited to meet up at the Human Rights Monument Harnesses and Vest, Codpieces, Boots and Caps for the on Elgin for the Human Rights Vigil, lest we forget the 2012 National Capital Leather Competitions which starts history and current international struggles of the LGBTQ at 10 pm at the Centretown Pub. community. For the literary soul, Venus Envy will be

hosting Reading Out Loud 7! at 8pm. The night will end on a high note with the Thirsty, OH! Boy party at the Lookout. It wouldn’t be the Capital’s Pride if, on Friday, we didn’t have our very own Public Service Pride at Pier 21. The closing weekend is the pearl of the week, featuring a line up of musicians that can make us all proud. “We are very excited to feature several amazing local talents, both emerging and established,” said Power. “We are very excited about this year’s line-up!” The alternative stage comes to life on Saturday while the main stage will be held on Sunday: the line up is amazing on both days. Lots to chose from on Saturday night, including the Central Canada Mr. And Mrs. Olympus Leather Contest and Kinky Cabaret featuring the Tranny Best Legs contest at Swizzles. Then get into your costume and come back to the bar and grill for Everyday is Halloween 5.5 goth-industrial party. But that won’t be the only party in town, choose from the Divas Live!!! Drag Show at the Lookout, the Homme Love Whores at Mercury Lounge and end it at the After Hours Party at the BPM Nightclub. The Parade Rendez-vous at 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 26 for the Pride Parade. The route begins at the Garden of Provinces, right across from the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington. If you’re late, the march will then move east on Wellington, turning south onto Bank Street and then east onto Laurier Avenue, finishing with a splash at City Hall. After the parade, take it easy at the picnic and info fair before moving to the main stage at the Marion Dewar Plaza. The line up is varied in genre and style. “Shangela from Rupaul’s Drag Races will also be performing, presented by OutTV,” adds Power. The closing party will be held at The Lookout with hostess Markida Brown and DJ Isabelle. Capital Pride August 17–26, 2012 For a complete listing of location, dates and times of all events:

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P6-";48"#4Q$K$30124 Capital Pride’s two outdoor music events bring out Young Empires, Fevers, and Shangela! This year Capital Pride presents two days of music at the Marion Dewar Plaza located at City Hall. “Our Saturday Alternative Stage is in its second year and we are very excited about this year’s line-up!” said Mark Power, Vice-President of the Capital Pride Committee.

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and truly one of a kind dancing. Pandaleon will also be there to rock your ears off to what’s best described as abstract and Saturday’s Alternative Stage kicks off with brute protopunk effervescent sounds, with a truly original voice. sounds of Ottawa-based Ornaments, followed by the blackskied folk of Jack Pine and The Fire. Then, Mastik delivers Local band Young Empires, who describe their sound as reggae and rock melodies while local band Fevers serve inde- “World Beat / Haute Rock” will also be there. The first label pendent, electronic pop. Fevers has put Ottawa on the interna- refers to the array of tribal and Latin American percussion emtional radar for electronic music. Made up of four guys and a phasized in their beats, the latter referring to the philosophy of frontwoman Sarah Bradley, the band has literally been on fire their music: making the listeners feel like the sidewalk is their since she joined them on vocals last year, playing for Bluesfest personal runway. and Pride this summer. “Young Empires is a coincidence. A chain of synchronistic “We played our first show last August and it’s been a steady events led us to meet and begin making music together,” said progress,” says Jim Hopkins, one of the two guitarists in Fe- Jake Palahnuk, bass-player of Young Empires. “The journey vers. “We wanted to do Capital Pride last year but didn’t. This so far has truly been unbelievable; every day is a little bit of year, Mark Power contacted us out of the blue and offered it.” miracle. We’ve gotten to see a lot of the world and discover our place within it, as a result of writing a handful of songs.” “It’s a great opportunity, a great crowd a great line-up,” he adds. “We love these festivals; we get treated very well. We’re “We are certainly honoured [to play at Capital Pride],” said really looking forward to it.” Palahnuk. “We’ve always been embraced by the LGBT community and have numerous friends and family members who The list of artists playing Saturday is long, and it includes are part of it.” those polished pansies The PepTides as well as drag sensation, SHANGELA, The Debutantess of the Deep South (aka DJ Don’t miss Shangela, Fevers, The Peptides and Young EmPierce), from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2 & 3. pires outdoors at Capital Pride! The Sunday line up is varied in genre and style. If you couldn’t make it Saturday, some of the bands will be there again, like The PepTides. They are a must-see if you haven’t heart them already: the 9-member troupe is always a spectacle featuring kitschy costumes, awesome vocals, swanky videos 20

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onto Laurier Avenue, finishing with a splash at City Hall. August 26 at 1pm GAYBASH w/ Cazwell Garden of the Provinces Cirque Bizarre in bringing GAYBASH to Ottawa—escapitalpride.ca tablished alternative parties from Montréal. The line up will feature DJ BUGO, Still Not Famous, MST STR and The Game of Love and Chance icon of NYC’s underground scene, Cazwell. A not-to-beWritten by Marivaux and directed by Andy Massinmissed-party for Ottawa, this is Cazwell’s second time in gham, this comedy about high stakes, deception and the city and one of the highlights of the Cirque Bizarre’s romance will be performed under the stars at Strathcona week-long celebration on the grounds of the old jail hos- Park. This is a classic tale of hide and seek in which tel, located right besides SAW Gallery. verbal wit and the quest for true love collide with class prejudice, not to mention a good opportunity to enjoy a August 24th 6:00 PM – 2:30 AM live play al fresco. Ottawa Jail Hostel houseofsas.ca To August 26 Strathcona Park (Laurier Ave. at Range Rd.) Capital Pride Parade odysseytheatre.com Rendez-vous at 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 26 for the Pride Parade. The route begins at the Garden of Provinces, PTS Book Fire Sale right across from the Supreme Court of Canada on WelPink Triangle Services is moving this summer and its lington. If you’re late, the march will then move east on Queer library is being reorganised. As the largest and Wellington, turning south onto Bank Street and then east oldest queer library in Canada, it’s full of old treasures 22

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and well-kept secrets. And about 2,000 to 3,000 books that are considered outdated will be free! There will be music; there will be literature. Your nerd-mate may even be waiting for you… you never know. August 13 to 17 251 Bank St, Suite 301 ptsottawa.org Arnaud Maggs: Identification Through his photographs Maggs gives us the opportunity to look twice at our surroundings to see the unusual beauty in the commonplace—in the shapes of people’s heads, the markings of time in old books and paper ephemera, as well as the different typography we encounter in our everyday lives. Each item in this collection can be interpreted as mirroring an aspect of the artist; each has a distinct elegance and aesthetic that is his trademark. To Sept 16 National Art Gallery gallery.ca

I6>.3$40"452$4I6-1$ You wouldn’t normally expect a man who’s getting the kind of buzz and attention DJ Alberto is enjoying to be a sweet, smiling teddy-bear. Not that he’s a bear in that sense, but as the man behind the Macho nights at Katacombes, Alberto Pérez is unexpectedly boyish and bubbly. He’s also easy on the eyes, and the ears! by Boísin Murphy Before Alberto Pérez immigrated to Canada eleven years ago, he had barely heard any house music at all. Accepting the harsh 3-year exile imposed on Cubans who defect to other countries, Pérez left his boyfriend in Cuba and chose Ottawa originally over Montréal, where he studied and worked in software engineering. “I fell in love with Canada! I came in the middle of the winter. I loved the snow and the multiculturalism. There’s a lot more acceptance here,” he says, sipping on a fruit smoothie in a quaint vegetarian café. But it wasn’t just cultural openness to club music and job opportunities that Cuba lacked: the island nation is a hold-out not only for communism, but also for discrimination against LGBTs.

me and asked me to spin, it all came together,” he says, describing the origins of the now ‘de rigueur’ monthly for men who like men, who like men... “I like wearing leather, I’ve done Black Knights and PIG, and by extension a lot of guys think MACHO is a leather night,” he says, clarifying that Macho has no official dress code, unlike other Katacombes events where he’s a favourite at the decks as well. And while the cuddly Cubano likes to have his manly nights, he’s certainly not discriminating when it comes to his musical taste (see sidebar) and friends. “When my friends come to town from New York, we like to say that we’ll go mujering down Ste Catherine’s,” he jokes, adding a welcome element of camp humour to a scene that too often takes its “masc for masc” too seriously.

“In Cuba being gay wasn’t easy. Now there are legal gay bars in clubs in Cuba, but only 5 years ago, the government would take a truck and round gay people up from parks and bars, just for being at a gay party,” Pérez recounts. Canada was a safe haven from the numerous “public decency” arrests that plagued Cuba’s gay community in the 1990’s and early 2000s. But there was something about Canada that still felt like home, as well. “There are more social benefits than in the American system. I don’t mind paying more taxes when it’s for social progress,” the dual citizen says proudly.

For the Platinum party at Fierté Montréal Aug 18, Alberto’s crowd will be adorned in “Rock Glam with a Touch of Grrrrrr!” as suggested in the “Hollywood-Glam” concept for the first third of the all-night event designed by Jason Noel. Although he’ll be playing at Toronto’s Fly Nightclub just the night before, the Fierté gig at Marché Bonsecours is one of the biggest events he has DJ’d in his career. The DJ-du-moment’s exciting upcoming projects include a remix of the track “Caliente” by French dance music producer Bruno Kauffmann (Beatport/Kult Records). Through the magic of social networking, Kauffmann contacted Alberto even though the two had never met or In 2009, Pérez made the leap to Montréal, where he’s become a hit for spinning at played together, because he liked what he heard. Seems to be a common theme for DJ Parking, Apollon, Circus Afterhours and Katacombes, which is now his home base. Alberto’s growing number of fans. Macho (macho?) Man The September 22nd MACHO event will exceptionally be a fundraiser for AIDS chaAlberto had already earned a lot of male and female friends alike from spinning at rity the Farha Foundation, leading up to their Ça Marche charity walk (Sept 30). the Hyatt’s Hola Ola pool parties, but the leather aficionado had an itch to host a boys’ party that would have a gayer, hornier vibe. “When a bunch of people approached me http://soundcloud.com/thedjalberto to ask that I host a party just for guys, I made a Facebook group one weekend. By MonFierté Montréal: Party Platinum day morning, 500 people had joined the group and I had DJs asking me if they could Sat. Aug. 18, 10pm-8am play!” he says with his signature broad smile. “The first MACHO night happened in the Marché Bonsecours, 333 rue de la Commune Est winter at a space called Mecca, but when Pascal Lefèbvre from Apollon approached www.fiertemontrealpride.com 24

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Cirque Bizarre is bringing in performers and DJs from Party Calendar all over the world, including DJ Cazwell from NYC and Wednesday August 22, 6pm–2:30am Ainslie is the general manager of the Mercury Lounge. Erez Ben Ishay from Tel-Aviv. WE LOVE 2 HUMP “I slept my way to the top,” she jokes. “My boyfriend has With Dick Party & the House of Darlings. been the owner for the past twelve years. I’ve been doing “We’re using the Ottawa Jail Hostel as our location programming slash booking, so it has been my baby.” because it’s something that’s never been used before,” Thursday August 23, 6pm–2:30am explains Ainslie. “It’s very cutting edge, underground, A Night at La Cage The idea came to Provost and Ainslie while sitting on undiscovered and we would like to bust it open. It has a Followed by DJ Lady Miss Kier, lead singer of Deelite. the couch and discussing how to make Ottawa’s Pride unique feel; it’s something that is not created, it’s authenweek a destination for out-of-towners. As we speak, I am tic,” she says of the historic venue. Friday August 24, 6pm–2:30am caught in the wave of two professionals who are not only GAYBASH (MTL) with DJ Cazwell (NYC) extremely experienced, with years of successful events The interior and exterior of the old jail will be used, inIncludes Montréal’s hottest: DJ BUGO, Still Not Fa under their belts, but also in the company of unique cluding the parking lot and courtyard as well as the eighth mous and MST STR. personalities who are charming, passionate and dange- floor “Death Row”—or what used to be death row. Rain or rously charismatic. shine, the party will go on as tents will be installed on the Saturday August 25, 2-7pm exterior grounds. Plus it’s central, near the market. Ladies and the TRAMPS T- Party (free event) Their enthusiasm is contagious. Montréal’s DJ, singer and songwriter Sandy Duperval “If you look at what Toronto and Montréal are doing, Asked to pick one and only one special event that’s & Capital Tease Burlesque. or even Winnipeg, which has a Pride that’s three times got them tickling with joy, without much hesitation bigger than Ottawa with a smaller population,” explains Ainslie said “it is of course A Night at La Cage because Saturday August 25, 7pm–2:30am Provost, previously co-owner and events manager at there is so much programming and it’s all for the ladies.” House of SAS Under the Big Top Flamingo. “We just didn’t see the level of sophistication They’re starting off at Mambo for a meet and greet for DJ’s Sandy Duperval, Erez Ben Ishay (Tel-Aviv), Miss that would entice out of town people to come to Ottawa.” what feels to me like a geisha atmosphere before hitting Honey Dijon (NYC) + cirque and drag performers. Cirque Bizarre for a night of dancing with DJ Lady Miss While Cirque Bizarre is not part of Capita Pride, their Kier, lead singer of legendary 90s duo Deelite. Saturday August 25, 10pm–2:30am events compliment Pride’s programming. “We’re not (Located on Death Row) competing with Pride. We’re doing the parties, the enProvost had a harder time picking one event, though The SleazeBall tertainment,” adds Provost. “Whereas Pride’s focus has he did settle for Saturday night’s House of SAS Under Steve “Bear” SAS & Dan Valin. always been community-based, we decided to do what the Big Top for the international and regional selection we do best and that’s throw parties.” of musical delicacies. Ottawa Jail Hostel / 75 Nicholas Street / houseofsas.ca 26

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+53-:5-3$#4T$11 “Everybody is the show” at Tyler Clarke and Saladin Khireche’s GayBash events. After years of salivating over their party photos, we learn how it all started, and what keeps them going. By Jordan Arseneault When Bruce LaBruce Facebooks you to ask if he can host one of your parties, you now you’re doing something right. Four years after embarking on their mission to bring underground glamour back to Montréal’s homo nightlife scene, Saladin Khireche and Tyler Clarke’s GayBash party is having a banner summer. Kicking it off with LA up-and-comer AB Soto in June, the pair co-hosted the official Apocalipstik afterparty with LaBruce for Divers/cité. Then, on Aug 24 they’ll bring a busload of party people to Ottawa for the Cirque Bizarre GayBash with sexy NYC DJ Cazwell. And, luckily for us, they aren’t letting up. Reading an event description for a GayBash party is like a look at a twistedly funny lexicon from a couple of gay boys who live for irony and pop epithets. In a good way, as evidenced by their helpful outfit suggestions for last May’s Supermodelthemed party at favoured gay-ish venue Le Belmont. “Kate Moss @ 5 am, Thierry Mugler naked on Manhunt, KATE MOSS @ 9AM, Cindy Crawford’s mole” read like an incantation, a kind of spell of references that the pair rely on to encourage party-goers to become the party, and not just attend it. “The name of the event intrigued because it’s very politically incorrect,” iconic Canadian queer filmmaker Bruce LaBruce told 2B, explaining why he asked to host their Aug 3 party. (Make no mistake, Tyler & Sally will be the real hosts, LaBruce just needs to show up.) Their almost-monthly events have become de rigueur for the fashion/queer/art-fag set who were like orphans in the long, sad years after Joffrey Dumas’s Overdose nights ended at Parking. Held in umpteen different venues since 2008, GayBash can attribute its staying power to a sibling-like friendship between two zombie-loving party-artists and their extended network of DJ’s, videographers, MC’s, performers, and, of course, all those pretty faces that make it into photographer Daniel Payette’s coveted albums. Twisted sisters Sitting on Khireche’s quaint plateau back porch, Clarke arrives and pulls out a fauxplaster trophy urn that looks like it’s either going to make one bad-ass pendant, or perhaps an award for one of their next theme nights. “I don’t know yet,” Tyler says as he hands it to Sally nonchalantly. The two reminisce on the night they met, at Stereo Bar five years ago. “I was dressed up in exercise outfits like Jane Fonda, but I was the Exorcist girl ‘exorcizing’ the demons, with all these back-up dancers dressed as nuns,” Tyler recounts. “It reminded me of ten years prior when I was in London, when I used to perform for Torture Garden and a party called FIST,” Sally says as he looks at his partner in crime. “I told myself I need to know this kid who was puking all over these nuns, and right away we knew we had to do something together.” (The ‘puke’ was a mixture of vegetable soup and oatmeal, Clarke explains.) The two quickly realized they were falling in Platonic love – “we were attracted to each others’ brains,” they both agree 28

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– and set out planning parties for themselves and 400 of their closest friends at a loft on Montcalm. Their first party (which was BYOB), was entitled “Trash Funk Dumpster Fun” for the occasion of Sally’s birthday in 2008, and it contained the seeds of the duo’s thematic obsessions with gore, the grotesque, and a mischievous rejection of the masculinist/prep/jock aesthetic that dominates so much of the gay-boy mainstream. “People wore garbage bag couture, with pieces of cabbage on their heads,” Clarke recalls. “When the cops showed up I would come down in my underwear drenched in fake blood with a Jason mask on.” They realized then and there that they they had to work together. Précieuses ridicules “The way we always hold our parties is the ridiculous. We like to take the piss out of ourselves,” Khireche explains. Originally from France, Khireche moved to Montréal for love in 2000, after spending the 90’s in London. It was there that he cut his teeth on the fabulous and fickle ways of big-city nightlife. “My best friend in London gave me my girl name, Sally,” Khireche says, nodding to the camp habit of gay men christening their younger protégés with women’s names. The embracing of camp femininity, fashion, and the grotesque is part of almost every party they throw, as seen most recently in their “Butch Queen” – not to mention the anti-fashion caricatures Rose and Rhonda, their “Still Not Famous” alter-egos. Always playful, the two keep their high-low aesthetic properly mixed up (evidence: Olivier Lessard’s exquisite video for Butch Queen). Unlike Khireche, Clarke came to Montréal from Vancouver in 2001 to put a bad relationship behind him, and found a vibrant city that had all the appeal of Europe without the hassle of immigration. Before he started collaborating with Sally, he was known to make an entrance as “suicide girls” with scene queen Jordan Fox, (now the host of New York City’s VAN DAM weekly). “I think that the grotesque is beautiful,” says Clarke. “You can take a construction worker, which is generic, throw some lipstick on him and make some blood come out of the helmet and you’re glamourous, darling!” As if they didn’t have enough going on, look out for Tyler & Sally’s less ironic OCHO events, in collaboration with DJ favourites A-Rock and Shaydakiss in September. Whether or not you can tell they’re joking, these boys are up to something seriously, homosexually, hot. Not 2B missed: Cirque Bizarre presents GayBash w/ DJ Cazwell Fri, Aug 24, 6pm – 2:30am (Free entrance 6-8pm) Ottawa Jail Hostel, 75 Nicholas Street (Byward Market) www.houseofsas.ca GayBash w/ Lady Miss Kier Sat. Sept 1 @ Le Belmont (4388 boul. St-Laurent)

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*2$4'099/$4(QQ$:5?4 Montréal Fetish Weekend empowers kink community As the students are taking back the streets and the politicians are preparing to seduce you with promises, promoter Eric Paradis and his team are getting ready for Montréal’s 8th Fetish Weekend on Labour Day. They too plan to take over the city and to seduce you, but, as opposed to the mastermind of our province, they will keep their promise, their very kinky and creative promises. By Jacinthe Dupuis “My strategy is very simple: we listen to what the attendees want and we provide it to them,” says Paradis, founder and producer of the event. Even though the strategy seems simple, in these times of financial uncertainties, it has proved to be a necessary and highly successful one : the pre-sale already has doubled since last year. “Our public is faithful and since we have no subvention, we have to adapt,” adds Paradis. Fetish aficionados are polymorph creatures, and so is their weekend: this year’s event will have more play area then last year and, actually, than ever. “It’s completely different than anything I’ve even been too. Just the fact that we’re making the patrons part of the show…actually, they are the show. It’s all about them, to the max. We are there to serve them, I feel very submissive in that kind of sense,” says Mistress Irony, the sideshow coordinator and professional dominatrix, laughing. Inside out If the Fetish Weekend is a good occasion to dress up in the most creative way (and get a good spank if you want to), it is also a way for many people to be themselves. “There are such strict guidelines in life, in a vanilla way. People are told growing up you have to be a lawyer, you have to be a doctor, you have to be a teacher. Well some people are like: well I don’t want to do that. I want to put on a pretty dress and swing on a swing you know!” says Irony followed by Paradis, who adds that the event is a way for people to be like super heroes “like an extension of their better self.”

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And what ever people feel like they are inside, they find ways to express it with a max of creativity, as Montréal is a hotpot of imagination when it comes to fetish fashion. Crafters and artists will have at least three big nights to show off

their unique sense of style. On Saturday, Kabaret Kink will receive patrons for a fetish fashion experience in a Moulin Rouge-themed party accompanied by the music of DJ Xris Smack. “This is the night where the curious come and they are like : oh, I want to do that!” says Irony, who will be hosting the fashion shows and giving a good rub to people wearing latex at her Lube booth. On Saturday night, the famous Latextacy will be held, with a retro kink vibe from the sixties to the eighties, in a changing visual landscape set by Athanore. Sunday, the experimental Night of Masks will be held at the Olympia. “This year the theme is steam punk, so retro-cyber-post apocalyptic. If Friday is a more open night, the Sunday is meant for a more specialized clientele,” says Paradis after naming all the possibilities of what steam punk involves. “It’s a really open theme, from time traveling to tank girl,” adds Irony. Montréal, a true fetish lady This year will also be the 4th edition of the Fetish photo walk, a dressed up tour of the city that will prove to citizens that fetish lovers don’t melt in the daylight. This event, that allows bonding between the partiers and the spectators, is one that helped change the people’s perception of what fetish is. In fact, it changed so much that the name of the event is no longer called the Exhibitionist Photo Tour. Organized by Tanis and Stéphane, this walk is the staple of the weekend. “It’s also our way to say thank you to the city because it empowers not just the attendees but it empowers the city. Thousands of photos are being taken and we stop at strategic points where the landscape is recognizable,” says Paradis, who, in the future, wishes to see more activities on the street level, “maybe we will even have a fetish pride parade!” he adds. 2B Magazine

So as the mainstream world may be looking grim, Fetish Weekend is getting bigger, better, closer to itself and to its people. “People want to get closer to themselves and to other people. We are in a society where there’s a screen separating everyone, a computer screen or a facade. It’s a very empowering event and it allows you to get down the basics of humanity,” says Irony, very seriously. “Human contact is a powerful thing,” concludes Paradis. “I always think of the ripple effect of the crazy things that we do at the fetish weekend. What could be the repercussions? And in my opinion there is beautiful creativity expressed rather 322B Magazine

than harsh politics or territoriality. This is what we’re about. Opening the channels of creativity. And it happens.” So get away from your screen, dress up your body, strip down your soul, wear a mask to show your real face, get in touch with yourself and, mainly, go touch get touched by many beautiful people. Montréal Fetish Weekend August 30 -September 3, 2012 Various locations www.fetishweekend.com 2B Magazine

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Imbued with vulnerability and queerness, the work of these five photographers has been an inspiration and delight to our eyes this year. While we’ve made so secret of our appreciation for Cody Caissie, Tristan Harris, and David Romero in past issues, this time we’re also happy to introduce two new arrivals: queer-friendly Jérôme Bertrand, and photojournalist Anna Grigorian. We hope to see a lot more of all of them in publications and galleries near you. - Jordan Arseneault GV'WT(4E('*'=B) - Ill Project “Patient 2” This thoughtful (and queer-friendly) Montréal photographer’s work took a dramatic “hyper-real” turn in 2011 after a hiking accident saw him survive a near-fatal 100ft fall. Luckily, a pine tree broke his descent, and he escaped with only a broken heel and vertebra. “Being at the hospital was an intense process, such a sci-fi environment, really creepy, with all this technology,” such as pace makers and screws that called into question how organic we are as 21st -century humans. With a background in illustration, Bertrand applied his skills to a series he dubbed Ill Project, which explores themes of prosthesis, robotics, and a cyborg aesthetic that we found totally captivating. www.jeromebertrand.com

*'!+*=B4I=''!+ - “Father’s Workshop” Born and raised in Prince Edward Island, model and stylist Tristan Harris has come a long way from his sometimes trying childhood. A member of Glam Gam Productions, and a photographer in his own right, Harris is often seen as the muse of Montréal photographers César Ochoa and Damian Siquiéros. Breaking out on his own, Harris did this series of haunting self-portraits during a winter storm while back in PEI. “Father’s Workshop”, for which he wore his sister’s 90’s prom dress, his conveys simultaneously the alienation and possibilities for empowerment when we occupy patriarchal spaces as queer men. Harris recently became engaged to DYDH/Montréal Street Fashion photographer Danik Yopp, making him half of a Plateau power-couple 2B reckoned with. tristanasdimitri.blogspot.ca

)=J!)4'FT('F - “Vanilla Sideways” from Studies of Red in Colour and Black & White “It’s basically artsy-porn,” the brilliant and eccentric Montréal-based imagist tells me of his latest series of nude photos of his new muse, Monegasque grad student Jérémy Feret. Already a familiar name in these pages from our very first Lifestyle issue (April 2011), David Romero has been published in North America and Europe and his work exhibited in group shows, but this year saw a him kick it up a notch. The 30 ft-long photo installation he created for Concordia’s FOFA gallery display window in May was his most ambitious and zany project yet: using friends for models and his own baroque personal mythology, Romero remade Jan van Eyck’s 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece along with an in situ performance for the vernissage entitled “The Service”. His latest project with Feret will feature “HD videos, sound recordings, golden showers, and some old-fashioned grooming and trimming... all that jazz,” he says of the series he hopes to show in Europe later this year. We like the play on words, even if there were some more explicit shots that could not be published here... davidjromero.tumblr.com

&F)P4&=!++!( - “Frank Wolf, Summer 2012” Readers may already be familiar with Caissie’s work from the “Leap of Grace” photoshoot that made the over of our 10th anniversary issue in April. An admirer of superstar photographer Annie Leibovitz, Caissie’s fashion portraits strive to convey some of the same gravitas that captures the person behind the mere moment. His sleek finish and flashy lighting are deliberate elements that he wants to develop as a fashion photographer “to create something beautiful.” His idea of the perfect shoot? Canadian model Coco Rocha in New York City. In the meantime, were are proud to present a teaser image from a superb series he took of 19 yearold web personality, androgynous Japanophile and self-made model Frank Wolf. We hope to keep seeing more of Cody Caissie’s work everywhere this year. www.codycaisse.com

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This smart, sensitive photojournalist recently immigrated to Montréal from Yerevan, Armenia, after her home country started to look scarier for LGBT people. She had already come to Canada when Armenia’s only gay-friendly bar, the DIY, was bombed overnight in May. The fact that the bombing suspects’ bail was paid personally by a member of Armenia’s nationalist Dashnak Federation Party highlighted the endemic cultural and religious prejudices that Grigorian was afraid would affect her two young children growing up. “You see very vividly how society treats a new member when your children are young. Intolerance and homophobia are not built in one day, it’s a series of bricks that get built up,” she says astutely. “Intolerance, labelling, and gender norms are the bricks that it is built upon. I realized I needed to give [my children] a choice to find their identity, not just ‘you’re a boy or you’re a girl and that’s it,’” Grigorian says, adding that corruption and military hazing are further parts of Armenia’s increasingly inhospitable environment for civil liberties. Before the DIY bar bombing and ensuing homophobic political scandal, “all of us open-minded people in Yerevan lived in a bubble, thinking the situation was greatly improving,” she says of the period before the recent backlash. During the time of that bubble, Grigorian took this exquisite photo of David, a young gay friend of hers, in a decrepit building in a tucked-away part of the city. “We went to a half-destroyed building and hid so as to take more intimate photos,” she says of the Rainbow Project series. It captures the fragile but unconquerable power of defiant queer youth in a country that seems reluctant to embrace all of its children.

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ratic costumes, and their signature Kiss-meets-kabuki stage make-up. “As Buddhists, we are interested in non-dualism,” alaskaB explains, giving more insight into the “maximalist” style for which the band is known, and that makes it stand out on the short-list that includes solo artists Feist and Grimes. “As mixed-race people we don’t see the world in dualistic terms. We’re really interested in how repetition and forms can shock you out of your habitual life,” hence the high-drama vibe of much of their work. “We’re a psychedelic band, but without the drugs,” she says with a smile. There’s a lot to process, but when you listen to the track “Queens” from the eponymous album that won them the nomination either live or on Bandcamp, you feel the music’s power even if you don’t fully grasp the elaborate socio-cultural back-story.

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Saying Noh to dualism YT//ST stands out in the indie scene, which can be leftleaning and generally open-minded, even if its journalists (and concert-goers) lack the interest and ability to talk about trans and queer identities. Still, alaskaB contends, when you look at the success in recent years of artists like Rae Spoon and Big Freedia, it bodes well for our up-and-comers. “This is the best time to be a queer or trans artist, because there actually is mainstream support; trans people in the media are being paid attention to and the conversation is being shifted more to tolerance and support... so it’s kind of an interesting time.” The critical acclaim the band has received from No Wave demigod J.G. Thirlwell, Pitchfork and This Magazine have come with an increased exposure to negative criticism of YT//ST’s sometimes dancing around that ever-touchy topic of cultural appropriation, which is something even Much Music has asked them about. “As mixed race people, you’re [told you’re] not Asian enough, you’re not white enough. These lines are drawn be-

cause of very obvious lines of oppression,” but, she nuances, “when you look outside of racial lines the world is more of a smear.” As a Chinese-Irish Canadian trans woman working in a newly-made genre that mixes everything from Confucian rights to death metal, alaskaB will meet you head-on if you want to pick the cultural appropriation bone. “We want people to think about race in a different way. I want to be the one with the pots and pans screaming in the middle of the conversation,” she adds, perhaps with an intentional reference to the casseroles in the demo earlier that day. Being queer and hailing from various Asian backgrounds in a way gives the group “carte jaune,” we joked, even if the topic is one that she takes very seriously. “We’re not just kitschily throwing this together. As a band, we’ve formed a culture for ourselves. And that’s the best part of the collaboration, creating a mythology related to our identity of experience.” And that might be the queerest and most beautiful part of what Yamantaka // Sonic Titan is doing, reminiscent of the re-mythologization and culturejamming of visual artists like Kent Monkman. They may be the “dark horse” of this year’s Polaris Music Prize, but for all of the Montréal queers rooting for them, YT//ST are already a sparkly kabuki/Kiss Noh-drama unicorn from the land of the sublime. YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN will perform their “drag opera” entitled 33 (as in RPM and “the age of Christ”). It’s about two warring drag queens (“one has become disillusioned with life and the other plots to kill her and take over”). Not 2B missed! Sept 21, 2012 @ the Rialto for Pop Montréal www.ytstlabs.com

Drummer/vocalist alaskaB’s 7-piece “Noh-wave” band Yamantaka // Sonic Titan just broke through the glass ceiling of the Canadian music world by appearing on the short list for the prestigious Polaris Prize, making the hearts of queer fans swell with pride. With a drag opera planned for Pop Montréal and a new album in the works, alaskaB talked to 2B about YT//ST and “making a culture for ourselves.” By Jordan Arseneault “What impresses me the most is that people are taking the time to listen to our album,” alaskaB says of her band’s Polaris Prize nomination, which is a big step when you’re an unsigned, experimental pan-Asian/Indigenous and “diasporic art collective,” as YT//ST describes itself. If you saw the band perform at Pop Montréal last year in front of an adoring crowd, you knew that alaskaB and co-founder singer/keyboardist Ruby Kato Attwood had unleashed something spectacularly new onto the music scene.

in the closet about, but doesn’t want overemphasized either. “When I first started in the music industry with a band called Lesbian Fight Club, we received death threats for being out, queer [and] people of colour,” she confides. The statement reveals an embattled spirit that stretches back to her punk roots. She started YT//ST in 2007 with Attwood, and the project has since expanded to six additional musician members, and collaborators for their elaborate sets and performances, including queer visual artist Walter Scott.

Made up of artists and musicians from various backgrounds – Chinese, Japanese, Irish, Mohawk, Swedish, “North AmeBand of outsiders rican,” just to name a few – the group emphasizes the Asian/ “I think I’m maybe the first trans person nominated for a First Nations influences through drumming styles, glorious Polaris Prize,” alaska says, which is something that she’s not black & white “NEVERFLAT” sets, kimono and Chinese ope-

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*2$4;30548"#452$4;/63< Kids on TV frontman, DJ, and Canadian queer icon John Caffery unpacks his sexy Working Conditions at Nuit Blanche and comes to Pop Montréal the night after. By Jordan Arseneault John Caffery’s pedigree is one that most Canadian queer artists could only dream of. A long-time go-go dancer at the legendary Vaseline parties in Toronto, Caffery was a close friend and acolyte of the late artist/curator Will Munro, and inhabits a vivacious scene in the Queen’s City peopled by the likes of Diamond Rings and Austra. His art-rock trio Kids on TV has been a culturally inventive romp ostensibly valuing outfits over output, having taken a significant break from the recording gambit between their 2007 Mixing Business with Pleasure and their hotly anticipated Pantheon album which is slated for release this October. In the meantime, the 31 year-old lead singer of this muchloved group got a job in a nonprofit, earned a DJ reputation, and began a fruitful friendship with (who else?) Ottawa gay gallerist with balls, Guy Bérubé. Over a year after Caffery had performed at favourite Bérubé haunt OverKill Bar and DJ’d at La Petite Mort, the two got talking about what to do for the capital’s very first Nuit Blanche (Sept 22). Their conversation revealed a side of Caffery’s personality that you might not see if you’re distracted by the music videos, the Mighty Real party persona, (and well, look at him!). Behind the exhibitionistic queer dance music and pop-rock aesthetic fireworks lies a thoughtful empath with a defined politic and a surprising facility with art-speak. Who was this other John Caffery?

bums and publications. So it wasn’t that Bérubé was surprised by Caffery’s ideas: it’s that his ideas were unrelated to music and video, the artforms for which the hunk in trunks is known. Caffery’s proposal for the Nuit Blanche show revealed a witty awareness of the stodgy moral context of Harperian Ottawa, and a smart take on the boundary between performance art and sex work. Trade barriers The inspiration for his nightlong performance installation Working Conditions came from seeing the art that would be on display in September at LPM. “It was happening at a time when two photographers, Mimi Chakarova and Scot Sothern, were exhibiting in his gallery, both of whom look at sex work. One is more celebratory and the other [Sothern] is looking at the grit,” Caffery explains. “It needed to be something that was complimentary, but that would also engage with the general public and be playful.” The concept emerged that LPM would be transformed into a kind of holistic sexual commerce utopia, where burlesque artists, go-go dancers and massage therapists perform services for one another, and for the general public over a six-hour period. Dance, burlesque, and massage are “types of work that sometimes cross over into the sex trade, but they don’t necessarily,” and as such provide a “safe entryway” for the general public to observe or participate “in ways that make their practice more sustainable,” the guest curator contends. In other words, the masseurs might get a dance, the dancers a massage, or members of the public might choose to give one or either to the workers on-site.

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living off the avails, which are to be decided by March of 2013. “It could give people in the capital the chance to have fun and think about the bigger picture after they leave,” he hopes. Somehow, despite the fact that porn is everywhere and sexuality is supposedly liberated, the taboo of sex and money is one that endures in Canadian society, cloaked in silence. “I think on so many levels, silence does equal death,” the youth worker and long-time go-go boy affirms. One element he finds completely unjust is the article in Canada’s criminal code that forbids communication, or in other words, soliciting or talking to a potential client in public about remunerated sex. “So you can’t negotiate what you’re gonna do, how much it costs, or safe sex. The way that the current laws are affecting people on the street, indigenous and trans people, further marginalizing them – that needs to change,” Caffery adds, spoken with a genuine knowledge of the reality on the street, but also an awareness of what people need to hear. Thus, Working Conditions promises to “look at how things are celebratory and how things are gritty and unfair, and incorporate both themes into the project,” he says. Going til dawn But will the Nuit Blanche really go all night in Ottawa as it does in Toronto and Montréal? “We might get shut down before, but I’m ready to go til dawn!” he enthuses, adding that

he’ll also be at the decks DJ’ing the event – and maybe giving a good old go-go dance to some lucky attendee. His band’s first EP was, after all, entitled Hustle! Whether he has to rest all the next day or goes to bed early in the end, Caffery will have to save his energy for the next night, when he and his Kids on TV buddies Minus Smile and Roxy Luchak headline a queer night at Pop Montréal hosted by eccentric ex-folk musician Rae Spoon. KoTV will be playing songs from their as-yet unreleased album Pantheon and filling the Cagibi with a hungry audience of fans who have been deprived of their live shows for over two years. In both cities, John Caffery is sure to be welcomed with open, ahem, arms. Working Condtions w/ John Caffery @ Nuit Blanche Sat. Sept. 22, 8pm – 2am La Petite Mort Gallery, 306 Cumberland Street, Ottawa lapetitemortgallery.com Kids on TV w/ Rae Spoon Sun. Sept. 23 Le Cagibi, 5490 boul. St-Laurent, Montréal popmontreal.com 2B Magazine

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a very “non-traditional” LGBT destination. It’s not contradiction for this hospitality advocate, however. Essentially, “gay people love what straight people love, which is If VIP’s and afterparties aren’t your idea of pride, you may have found a new choice good food, fun, beauty, scenery and great experiences.” destination in ultra-quaint Burlington, Vermont. Known to Montréalers mainly for its conveniently located airport, the Green Mountain State’s main city is also an emerging Pre-fall colours foodie capital. Hence the reason why Vermont Gay Tourism director Willie Docto embarked on an ambitious new event for this year’s Pride celebration, entitled “Northern Pride Vermont is exceptionally being held in September this year to make sure Decadence.” that the many college students in the area will be able to take part – smartly, this also means they won’t be competing with any other major gay events in A food and travel expo promoting Vermont’s culinary tourism to New England. In addition to the traditional lake cruise, community the LGBT traveller, the inaugural year of Northern Decadence has all events, and parade through downtown Burlington, this year’s “Equaof the right elements: an emphasis on local produce and cuisine – lity Equinox” themed Pride will get heightened attention for occurring expect a lot of lamb, preserves, maple products, and ice cream – as during a gubernatorial election year. Democrat Governor Peter Schuwell as some rare Vermont vintages and brews. “The expo targets the mlin, a strong ally of the LGBT community in Vermont, was instruLGBT foodie, with a big tent where they’ll be giving away food, beer mental is creating an LGBT landing page on the State Department of and wine samples,” says organizer and innkeeper Willie Docto. Along Tourism’s website, and will be present to show his support. Agit-prop with the very popular Decadent Cupcake Competition and a Silent video-makers NOH8 will be also be on-site with their extremely poAuction, the whole event will only set you back $5 and will give you pular photo booth (Sept 22, 1-4pm). a chance to meet some of the most Canadian-like Americans you’ll Vermont Gay Tourism President Willie Docto ever see. Although the Vermont Gay Tourism association is made up of only about 1/3 gay-owned businesses, Willie Docto confides that there are “Vermont has this very progressive attitude when it comes to social and political doubtless a lot of “family members” in the New England Culinary Institute and in the issues,” Docto says. “It’s very live-and-let-live. It’s in our history: we were the first Ben & Jerr’s ice cream company, which are also a members. “We’re so integrated here state to abolish slavery in the 19th century and the first state to have gay marriage laws and not ghettoized, we’re part of a community,” he adds. That would explain why, uncreated by the legislature and not forced by the court system,” which was a huge boost like Québec, (which is also known for its high level of LGBT acceptance) Vermont has to gay tourism in the past decade, since the state approved civil unions, and then full two major winter ski weekends in addition to the end-of-summer Pride. Stowe’s Winter marriage for same sex couples. Docto’s Adirondack-style Moose Meadow Lodge in Rendez-Vous (Jan 23-27, 2013) and Winter Pride at Killington (Feb 1-3) are two of the Waterbury hosts up to 24 weddings a year, keeping up Vermont’s reputation as one of biggest events of their kind on the East Coast, and one worth planning for, especially the top five wedding destinations in the US. if the après-ski fare is as delicious as the nibbles promised at Norther Decadence... And the feedback from visitors is always positive: “When the couple to be married visits shops in the area, locals are very excited for them and open-minded,” Docto recounts, adding that nonetheless, Vermont’s gay tourist appeal is rather special, since it is one of only two US states that does not have a full-time gay bar, which makes it 54

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