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July 29 – August 4.

Aide aux Transsexuel.le.s du Québec (ATQ) and the Quebec Research Chair on Homophobia (UQAM) are inviting you to a wonderful closing party for the research and intervention project on Trans Elders.This event will take place Friday april 19th at 7 pm at the Central (4296 blv Saint-Laurent)

The competition is fierce for parties tonight and vernissages on Friday, but why choose? Can’t we just clone ourselves and do it all? If you survive until Sunday, you will be rewarded with a leisurely clothing swap and vintage fashion sale in Griffontown. Until then, may I suggest a Guru or Red Bull six-pack?

Stylist Garrett Naccarato has been invited as the guest director of the next MEWS event by D.Y.D.H. Productions Oct. 18. His basic motifs: black & white, emblematic in the clothes by Montréal designer Pedrum Karimi and some coveted items which will be credited as “stylist’s own.” We talked to the twenty-three year-old Calgary transplant – who styled these photos with his KRUHX project before coming to Montréal in January – about fall trends, and that not so trendy question: why go into fashion?

The month ahead is a choosey one for queer culture-lovers. The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma will present Joy! Portrait of a Nun (along with a few other gay-friendly treats); new gallery space RATS9 unveils JJ Levine’s new “Queer Portraits” and the crowd-pleasing Dan Deacon takes the mic at the SAT.

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.

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.

Part of our August issue’s “Camera Work” series dedicated to our favorite photographers of the moment, photojournalist Anna Grigorian is an exception in almost every way. A mother of two, and recent arrival from her native Armenia, Grigorian’s work is a testament to courage, pain, and resilience.

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 kinky and creative promises. Photos by Savon+

Out and proud Malaysian designers Voon Lai and Jonathan Cheng dared to toe the line of their conservative country’s morals with an underwear campaign that some thought was almost too steamy to print. We thought their “Of Uth and Brothers” collection for STUD/LA Jock would provide a welcome break from all those election articles! (With report from Max Jimenez in NYC).