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June 25, 2012

Q & Ass with Rahim Thawer

June 25, 2012/ Denise Balkissoon
Q & Ass with Rahim Thawer

Speaking with Denise Balkissoon, sexual health counsellor Rahim Thawer discusses HIV prevention, fetishes, stereotypes and, most importantly, keeping the ass fun.

 

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    The Ass Issue
    brown people, coming out, ethnicity, family, Fetish, gay, HIV, queer, religion
    June 24, 2012

    Of Mice and Faceless Men

    June 24, 2012/ Jaime Woo

    Jaime Woo reveals the most shocking thing about being a faceless torso on Grindr.

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    June 24, 2012/ Jaime Woo/ 2 Comments
    The Ass Issue
    assumptions, diversity, ethnicity, gay, Grindr, interracial dating, queer, sex
    April 23, 2012

    Contents Under Pressure: A Queer Muslim Unsilenced

    April 23, 2012/ Rahim Thawer

    “Being both Muslim and queer always seemed like mutually exclusive identities to me.” Rahim Thawer explores how he came to see queerness and Islam as compatible, at least in himself.

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    April 23, 2012/ Rahim Thawer/ 4 Comments
    The Religion Issue
    brown people, family, gay, homophobia, Ismaili, Muslim, politics, queer, religion, representation
    June 28, 2011

    Whatever Happened To My Homophobia?

    June 28, 2011/ Jef Catapang

    Jef Catapang figures out where his own homophobia went.

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    The Queer Issue
    gay, immigrants, lesbian, queer, suburbs
    June 28, 2011

    Down a Different Kind of Aisle

    June 28, 2011/ Jaime Woo

    Jaime Woo imagines his wedding day (fun!) and muses on the idea that ethnics are always weird about queers (smart!).

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    The Queer Issue
    chinese, family, gay, lesbian, marriage, queer
    June 28, 2011

    Love Letter to Juan Gabriel

    June 28, 2011/ Kelli Korducki

    Kelli Korducki interviews two Latino pop experts--her parents--about Mexican crooner Juan Gabriel, the Johnny Mathis of mariachi.

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    The Queer Issue
    assumptions, gay, Juan Gabriel, lesbian, Mexican balladry, queer, representation
    June 28, 2011

    In Defence of Minority Homophobes (Sorta)

    June 28, 2011/ Navneet Alang

    Navneet Alang comes to the defense of minority homophobes.

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    June 28, 2011/ Navneet Alang/ 1 Comment
    The Queer Issue
    assumptions, gay, immigrants, lesbian, queer
    June 28, 2011

    Coming Out of the Cupboard: Q&A with my cuz

    June 28, 2011/ Denise Balkissoon

    Denise Balkissoon has got a huge family: 50+ first cousins, of which exactly one is openly gay.

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    June 28, 2011/ Denise Balkissoon/ 1 Comment
    The Queer Issue
    diversity, family, gay, lesbian, queer
    June 27, 2011

    Open Secrets

    June 27, 2011/ Renee Williams

    Renée Sylvestre-Williams discusses the "open secret" of sexuality among her parents' extra-fabulous friends.

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    June 27, 2011/ Renee Williams/ 1 Comment
    The Queer Issue
    diversity, gay, lesbian, queer
    June 27, 2011

    Pride and (Gay) Prejudice

    June 27, 2011/ Canice Leung

    Canice Leung talks about the day her parents came home wearing t-shirts that read "Man + Woman = Marriage.

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    The Queer Issue
    chinese, elections, family, gay, immigrants, Jason Kenney, lesbian, politics, queer, religion, representation, very ethnic
    June 10, 2011

    Link: Post-Mos and the Dangers of Privilege

    June 10, 2011/ Jaime Woo

    Over at Torontoist, Jaime Woo responds to The Grid piece "Dawn of a New Gay" (which is, apparently, all-white and all-boy).

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