Entertainment, Recreation, and Travel
- Cinema, Literature, and Art:
- The GLBO-Centered Film List
- Queer Cinema
- The Gay-Centered Domestic Film List
- Films on Homosexuality and AIDS from the National Film Board of Canada
(available for rent from the Arts and Culture Centre Library) - Frameline
- Gay and lesbian films from Vancouver's Moving Images Distribution
- Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Issues in Art, Film, and Literature
(including E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News) - The Isle of Lesbos - A place of art, culture, and learning for women-oriented women
- stonewall Inn Publishers
- Gay Literature and Gay Scribe
- Wit's End Literary Cyberzine and The Lavendar Salon Reader
- Blithe House Quarterly - A site for gay short fiction
- The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
- The Art of Canada's Steve Walker
- PopcornQ
- Popular L/G/B/T-Themed Mainstream Films:
- Wilde
- The Object of My Affection
- Love and Death on Long Island
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- The Hanging Garden
- In & Out
- Love! Valour! Compassion!
- The Birdcage
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Jeffrey
- Philadelphia
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
- Wigstock
- The Celluloid Closet (and its History of Homosexuality in Film )
- Television:
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(Find channel numbers in your area from the Cable Atlantic website.)
- Gay Television Listings and PQ's Queer TV
- On The Air from The Washington Blade
- Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Television Characters
- The Gay Media Resource List
- Gay TV in Canada: Davie Street Productions and 10%-Qtv (formerly Cable 10%)
- Gay Entertainment Television
- Gay-themed programs are often telecast on WTVS (PBS) on Sunday nights at 12:30 AM (eg. In The Life), Newfoundland time.
- Locally-seen TV shows with recurring queer content/characters/information:
- Documentaries/Health:
- In The Life [PBS] (Next Air Date , Detroit time)
- The Sunday Night Sex Show with Sue Johanson [WTN]
- In The Life [PBS] (Next Air Date
- Dramas:
- Melrose Place (Matt, Jeffrey, Allan, Paul, Valerie, John, David, and Dan) [NTV/Fox]
- All My Children (Michael, Rudy, Kevin, and Brad) [ASN/ABC]
- Chicago Hope (Dr. Robert Lawrence) [CBS/ITV]
- NYPD Blue (Abby Sullivan) [NTV/ABC/ITV/Bravo!]
- er (Dr. Maggie Doyle) [NTV/NBC/ABC]
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (Mike Ryan) [NTV/ITV/Fox/WSBK]
- Party of Five (Ross) [NTV/ITV/Fox/Showcase]
- Nash Bridges (Stacey) [CBS/ITV/ONtv]
- Profiler (Fraley) [NBC]
- Science Fiction:
- Comedies:
- Will & Grace (Will and Jack) [NBC/ITV/ONtv]
- Codco [The Comedy Network] and This Hour Has 22 Minutes [CBC] (several characters)
- A page on the late, great Tommy Sexton
- A page on the late, great Tommy Sexton
- Kids in the Hall (several characters) [The Comedy Network]
- Are You Being Served? (Mr. Humphries) [PBS/YTV]
- Absolutely Fabulous (Justin and Oliver) [CBC]
- The Simpsons (Smithers, and Bart?!?) [NTV/Fox/ITV/CBC/Teletoon]
- Roseanne (Leon, Scott, Bev, Joyce, Nancy, and Marla) [WTBS]
- Spin City (Carter) [NTV/ABC]
- Mad About You (Debbie and Joan) [NTV/NBC/ITV/ONtv/WSBK]
- Veronica's Closet (Josh?) [NTV/NBC/ITV]
- Suddenly Susan (Pete and Hank) [NTV/NBC/ITV/ONtv]
- Friends (Carol and Susan) [NTV/NBC/ITV]
- Dream On (Mickey and Roger) [The Comedy Network]
- The Larry Sanders Show (Phil, and Scott Thomson as Brian) [The Comedy Network]
- Will & Grace (Will and Jack) [NBC/ITV/ONtv]
- Documentaries/Health:
- Drawn-out Humour and Drama:
- L/G/B comic strips from Open Prairie Syndicate (including Dykes to Watch Out For)
or even Ducks to Watch Out For - Doc & Raider, Canada's Most Famous Gay Male Couple
- A Couple of Guys and Ingrid MacVie
- Fags in Space
- Gaytoons
- OH - A Comic for Her
- Such is LIFE
- Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse strip about Lawrence's coming out
and recent storyline panels
- L/G/B comic strips from Open Prairie Syndicate (including Dykes to Watch Out For)
- Follow the on-line soap opera Gay Daze
- The L/G/B Sports Page and Gay Sport
- Out on the Slopes annual ski week in Whistler, BC
- See the Gay Games: 1998 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and 2002 in Sydney, Australia
- The Gay and Lesbian Day Directory of Amusement parks and Attractions
- Gay Day at Canada's Wonderland in Toronto
- The Lambda Amateur Radio Club
- Popular Musicians with the Gay Community:
- Mainstream Artists:
- Canadians: k.d. lang and Ashley MacIsaac
- Indigo Girls
- Melissa Etheridge
- Elton John (and the Elton John AIDS Foundation)
- George Michael (and his coming-out interview on CNN)
- Madonna
- David Bowie
- ABBA
- Queen
- Erasure
- Pet Shop Boys
- The village People
- RuPaul
- Liberace
- Bette Midler
- Barbra Streisand
- Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli
- Canadians: k.d. lang and Ashley MacIsaac
- Pansy Division (and 50 things they like about Canada), plus Other Queer Musicians
- The Lilith Fair - A Celebration of Women in Music
- Music for Boys
- GLAMA - The Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards
- Mainstream Artists:
- Local Nightlife and Cultural Events:
- Check out the club scene with Moonlighting, The Glo Zone, and Signal
- Find out what's playing at our movie theatres
- Take in a show at the Arts and Culture Centre or visit an Art Gallery or Museum
- Enjoy community theatre and art exhibits at the Resource Centre for the Arts (LSPU Hall)
- See unusual, controversial, and internationally-acclaimed movies with The MUN Film Society
- Explore these other Newfoundland arts links
- Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of John Cabot
- Have fun at the Royal St. John's Regatta on the first Wednesday in August
- Don't miss this year's Peace-A-Chord in late August
- Queer-Friendly/-Specific Travel Agencies, Destinations, Cruises, and Tours:
- Rainbow Destinations
- Creative Travel
- Q-Net (Ferrari Travel Guides)
- Damron Vacations
- Gay Travel
- Gay Holidays (Toronto)
- Lodestar Adventures (Procter, BC)
- Out & About
- Toto Tours
- Adlard Tours (Qu�bec City)
- GayTrip (Montr�al)
- Pride Travel
- GayScene
- Asgard Travel
- Specialty Travel
- Alyson Adventures
- RSVP Vacations
- Prisma Tours
- Olivia Travel for Women
- IGLTA - The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association
- Our World Travel Magazine
- Gay-MART's Travel Page
- Visitors from away:
- Learn more about St. John's, Newfoundland, and Labrador
- Read Downhomer, the muse, The Telegram, The Express, and other news headlines
- Check out our current weather conditions and overall climate
- Tune in to local radio stations CBN , CHOZ-FM, VOCM-AM and CHMR-FM, or TV station CJON/NTV
(free RealAudio/VideoTM player required)
- See a near-real-time view of St. John's harbour from NTV's SkyCam
- Don't miss our Business Directory of gay-friendly bed & breakfasts, restaurants, stores, etc.
- Click here to see an animated zoom-in map showing where we are.
- You had to ask: Yes, Newfoundland does have a town called Dildo. :-)
