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What an incredible whirlwind of a week!  For me, it all started a bit early as I flew into Philadelphia on Saturday, May 2nd to attend the Equality Forum Dinner that Saturday night.  As Malcolm Lazin of Equality Forum has always been such a great friend personally and such a great supporter of IGLTA over the years, I really wanted to attend this event prior to arriving in Toronto for the IGLTA Convention, and I'm so glad I did.  The evening's reception was such a pleasure and I had the opportunity to hang out with Bruce Yelk and Jeff Guaracino of the GPTMC, as well as run into old friends also flying in for this event such as Janice Mahlmann of the NGLCC-NY, John Kenyon of Proud FM in Toronto, and Rodney Hameroff of Columbia Fun Maps. That evening, Gavin Newsom, our potential future governor of California, got up and gave an eloquent speech to cap off a truly remarkable evening. The next day, after waking up with a Philly cheesesteak sandwich still in my stomach (I ordered a ...

Made famous by Showtime’s Queer as Folk , Toronto has one of the strongest gay & lesbian communities in all of Canada. The first, Church Street , between Gloucester and Carlton Streets , has some of the most famous gay bars and establishments including Woody’s & Sailor , Zelda’s and Priape . Additional gay neighborhoods developing in Toronto include the College/Parliament area and College West. In terms of business, including finance, tourism and advertising, Toronto is one of the primary business centers of Canada with an incredibly diverse population from all over the world. Toronto also has a very mixed community in terms of age, with a large population of young people attracted to the region’s universities including the University of Toronto adjacent to Church Street. Toronto has taken some strong steps in marketing itself to the GLBT community, including hosting the IGLTA Convention in 2009 . Tourism Toronto is also making outreach in marketing to the ...