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Pride Sign Kaleidoscopes

March 14, 2026

A mini-series of kaleidoscope prints, each based on one of my photographs from the Toronto (Ontario) LGBT/Q Pride Parades. Below I show just the top right quarter- click the image to see the full piece, and the various options available from my Fine Art America [read more]

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Today in Canadian Queer History

February 5, 2023

Reposted, because whatever progress we (some of us, at least) have made is far from secure. In 2016 I marked the 35th anniversary of Operation Soap – the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids that became our “line in the sand“. This was just one in a [read more]

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Pride Posts

June 2, 2019

June is celebrated as Pride Month in many places. I have picked out just a few posts from the hundred+ in my LGBTiTQQ2S category to highlight. Today in Canadian Queer History looks at “Operation Soap” – the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids that became our ‘line [read more]

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Pride 2017 Digital Art

June 25, 2017

PRIDE 2017 Digital Art by Brian Gryphon A bright pink triangle bleeds over dark, muted, streamers, eggs, pride beads and water drops. I created this piece as a response to the changing political and social landscape. The text in the centre is drawn from this [read more]

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Politics And More

Femme Fashion

May 15, 2017

In response to British chain stores selling t-shirts emblazoned with femme, self-proclaimed ‘aspirational celesbian’ H Beverly took to Twitter, and spoke to Britain’s Daily Mail. She complained the stores were turning an identity into a fashion statement: “I think the shops don’t realize what the [read more]

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Pride, Protest, Party

May 29, 2016

June is celebrated in much of the ‘western world’ as Pride Month (or Day, Weekend, or Week). Most often identified as “LGBT Pride” – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans. Sometimes with Q for Queer. There are plenty of other letters added to the acronym at times- [read more]