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Heroes and Zeros of the Year 2016

Here is my 21st annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros.

Le Top 10 des chroniques de l’année 2016

Trailblazing queer comic Bob Smith on Life with (...)

Comedy legend Bob Smith is perhaps best-known for opening closet doors as the first out gay comic (...)

Marc Hall’s Journey and Prom

Marc Hall didn’t quite know what he’d really gotten himself into bac (...)

The Godfather of Gay Literature

I call literary icon Felice Picano the Godfather of Gay Lit because (...)

The Pope of Trash

The iconoclastic John Waters, who wrote and directed everything from (...)

All-Time Top Gay Anthems

I will never forget the time pop icon Cyndi Lauper opened for Cher a (...)

All-Star Queer Comics at Just For Laughs

Montreal’s famed Just for Laughs Festival has been blazing a trail f (...)

The Triumphant Montreal Homecoming of Rufus Wain (...)

Elton John once famously said Rufus Wainwright is the best songwrite (...)

Comic Kate Clinton’s State of the Union

Without out American comedy legend Kate Clinton, there is no Rachel (...)

Cameron Carpenter Plays To The Tune of His Orga (...)

Concert-hall organist Cameron Carpenter is a feast for the eyes and (...)

Classic New York and Atlantic City road trip

There is nothing quite like strolling along a boardwalk on the Jerse (...)

Heroes and Zeros of the Year 2015

Here is my 20th annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros.

Sacre bleu! Toronto rocks!

It’s that time of year again, when Montrealers get a little restless (...)

Camilla Gibb’s long and winding road

One of the finest writers of her generation, British-born, Tor (...)

The literary odyssey of Neil Smith

Bestselling Montreal author Neil Smith has been down this road befor (...)

On the road with Melissa Etheridge

If there is one sure thing in the world, it is that Montreal loves M (...)

Clinton for President

I was checking out trailblazing queer stand-up comic Kate Clinton’s (...)

LGBT civil rights and her Just For Laughs Gala

An award winning writer, actress and comedienne, Wanda Sykes came out publicly in 2008 at a Propo (...)

Margaret & Michael in Montréal

Montreal really is an amazing city where many queer folks have launc (...)