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Sam Smith’s Proms performance will be ‘appropriate’ after ‘Satanic’ backlash

Fans can kiss goodbye to Sam Smith’s raunchy on-stage moments – at least, for now – as the BBC has vowed the singer’s upcoming Proms performance will be “entirely appropriate”.  Smith was announced as a headliner for this year’s BBC Proms on 2 August under the pop programme. However, the broadcasting company was forced to […]

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Liz Massiah – Edmonton’s Lesbian Community Leader Extraordinaire

Most foundational LGBTQ+ organizations in our city were influenced by Liz Massiah, Edmonton’s lesbian community leader extraordinaire. From GALA to Womonspace, the AIDS Network of Edmonton, and the Liaison Committee, Liz was there for it all. Her steady head has worn many hats as a community leader, civil rights activist, social worker, and psychologist. Liz was an out lesbian when she moved to Alberta from Ontario in 1983 after graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University with her MSW. Like many lesbians of her time, she married a man before coming out later in life. Years earlier, she and her husband…

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Who should be crowned winner of Drag Race season 16?

And then there were three. RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 has named its top three queens, but who deserves to walk away with the crown? We’ve broken down the each of the queens’ challenge successes, track records, social media numbers and story arcs. After 14 episodes, not including a still-to-come lip-sync for the gods, the […]

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Why Taylor Swift named one of her new songs after a possibly bisexual 1920s star

Taylor Swift thrilled her fans during her acceptance speech at the 2024 Grammys by announcing that she will soon be releasing a new album, The Tortured Poets Department – and one of the tracks, “Clara Bow”, has caught people’s attention. What’s more a surprising track list inclusion has caught a lot of eyes – the […]

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‘Plane Jane is the reality TV villain Drag Race has long been missing’

Plane Jane has made it to the top three of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 by sheer charisma, uniqueness, nerve, talent – and the embodiment of that acronym. And the show has been all the better for it. We freely admit that Sapphira Cristál or Nymphia Wind should probably take home the crown. Their storylines […]

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