by Admin | Jun 3, 2025 | Advocacy, Art, Community, Community Organization, Event, Festival, Film, Music, Pride Month, Pride Organization
Voices of Solidarity features filmmakers, musicians, poets, artists, and advocates from Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe and the Americas Los Angeles, CA (May 30, 2025) As the LGBTQIA+ community faces increasing challenges and threats, Rainbow Advocacy, a partner...
by Admin | Jun 1, 2025 | Advocacy, Allyship, Blog, Community, Pride Month
More than celebration, it’s a vital act of resistance. Each June, cities, towns, and communities across Canada and around the world come alive with rainbows, parades, and celebrations of love and identity. But Pride is more than a party—it’s a protest, a...
by Admin | May 24, 2025 | Alt Pop, Music
Photo credit Haley Bowland After announcing her forthcoming album earlier this month, Brooklyn-based indie artist Gemma Laurence shares the second single off the album: Hedonist, an anthem about falling in love with yourself. Sexy, beguiling, and a little...
by DuskArts | May 24, 2025 | Music, Music Review, Pop, Rock, Singer Songwriter
photos by Oceanna [This article was originally posted on July 6, 2022 and has been reposted with minor edits.] Little-known fact: there’s a version of FOMO that’s much worse than any other. It’s called FOMOOD: “fear of missing out on...
by Admin | May 19, 2025 | Acting, Advocacy, Art, Comedy, Community, Community Organization, Literary, Music, Visual Arts
The Q Creative Network launches province-wide initiative to gather insight from 2SLGBTQIA+ artists and creatives The Q Creative Network (The Q) is hosting community consultations to gather insight from 2SLGBTQIA+ artists working in Nova Scotia. Input will inform a...
by DuskArts | May 18, 2025 | Alt Rock, Alternative, Music, Music Review, New Release, Pop Punk, Review, Rock
[This article was originally posted in 2021 and has been reposted with minor edits.] Queen Cult bang out a timely hit on their latest single “Show and Tell,” which describes the utter superficiality of demagogues past and present. To paraphrase the lyrics,...
by Admin | May 17, 2025 | Music, New Release
Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist Oteanankanduro has unveiled LGBTQ+ Africa, a seven-track album that transcends traditional musical boundaries. Described by the artist as a “sound archive of queerness, grief, joy, defiance, and legacy,” this project...
by DuskArts | May 17, 2025 | Alt Pop, Alt Rock, Alternative, Ambient, BIPOC, Electronic, EMO, Folk, indie, indie pop, Indie Rock, Music, Pop, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, Singer Songwriter
[This article was originally posted on 8/2/2021 and has been slightly revised to respect the change in pronouns of at least one artist and may now have a slightly different format and different images as compared with its original upload.] At the time of this writing...
by Admin | Apr 3, 2025 | Comedy, Event, Tour, Trans
Photo Credit Loretta Meyer The GayAF Comedy Tour is hitting the road once again, bringing its signature brand of queer joy and hilarity to Moncton, Charlottetown, and Halifax this April, 2025. Led by comedian and creator Robert Watson, GayAF Comedy is on a mission to...
by Admin | Mar 23, 2025 | Film, Interview
A reckoning of a nation’s democracy, identity, and hope. One woman’s leadership quest (Hendrika Mayora Kelan) unites broken voices, uncovering forgotten queer histories, and fighting against patriarchy for the true Nusantara spirit In the heart of Indonesia’s...