10%-Qtv season six, episode four (2001.01.23)

episode four		season six
	original broadcasts	Tuesday, 2001.01.23 Saturday, 2001.01.27
	repeat broadcasts	Tuesday, 2001.07.24 Saturday, 2001.07.28 Sunday, 2001.07.29

	Bear Buddies Toronto Queer folk come in all shapes and sizes. Formed seven years ago this month, Bear Buddies Toronto is a social group for gay and bisexual men of the hirsute persuasion. Bears join us to talk about the group and fill us in on their 7th annual "Bear Bacchanal," coming up this February 9-11 at Gryffin Lodge in northern Ontario. You know, come to think of it, Yogi and Boo-Boo were always quite chummy...

	"Making Porn" with Blake Harper and Jason Branch Gay porn generally isn't much of an intellectual exercise, but the two stars (and real-life partners) from the Toronto premiere of Making Porn prove to be not just sexy but smart... and genuine sweethearts too. Blake Harper and Jason Branch give us the dish on the Ronnie Larsen play about the industry's twists and turns in the '80s. They also share their thoughts on those enigmatic "gay for pay" porn actors who not only maintain that they're really straight, but sometimes dis the very audience that buys their movies. Jason and Blake have a web site which because they're porn stars is well, pornographic (duh!). If you're interested in that, check it out. If you're not, don't (isn't freedom of choice a great thing?).

	Homo History - Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Rights in Ontario Seen here as the honored group in the 2000 Toronto Pride Parade and celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO) has a storied history of working for queer equality. Their long-fought battles include getting sexual orientation added to the Ontario Human Rights Code (which happened in 1986) and the omnibus "Bill 5" that added "same sex partner" to 67 laws in the province in 1999.

	"Mantee & The ShyGuys" There's live entertainment every night at Gatsby's, our "studio" home in the heart of Toronto's queer village. That includes our monthly show tapings which last shoot featured the smooth stylins of Mantee Murphy.

	Toronto Pride 2001 sneak preview Pride co-chair Kim-Ellen Hurst also stopped by to share some of the early plans for 2001's Toronto Pride Week. Perhaps thoughts of a sweltering week in June will help warm your frozen butt on a freezing evening in January.

	"Aimée & Jaguar" A new movie opened in town on January 19th called "Aimée & Jaguar." It's based on a true story told to writer Erica Fischer about a love affair that forms during WWII between two very different women - one a "Nazi ideal" mother, the other a member of the Jewish underground - and we've got a preview.

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