It's time we — pecially fellow gay men — start givg the Kid In The Hall the inic stat he serv.
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- WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
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WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
Queeri is a weekly lumn by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queri LGBTQ art, culture and/or inty through a personal a Canadian gay man, if someone were to ask me to name our untry's tt natnal treasure, I would have to say that — personally — there are three rrect answers to that qutn: Céle Dn, Carly Rae Jepsen and Stt Thompson. I highly spect if I took a poll of say, 1000 other gay Canadian men, Ms. Thompson, however, would be very unlikely to do the same — which ankly is a great gaynadian shame, bee he is one of the greatt gay ics of all time, anywhere.
— wh Buddy Cole that timate settg would be somethg I uld easily fd a gaggle of fellow gays to e wh me.
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Thompson walked to the bookstore, full Buddy Cole garb, and ma clear we shared a mutual annoyance regardg how gay Torontonians were choosg to spend their eveng.
There's no other explanatn for gay men g out to see another gay man! "The gay men who ma that choice were not disappoted. "I feel sorry for young gay men today, " Cole screamed as he opened his monologue, marti hand.
But also, for me, the time that I grew up — the time that I me of age —was a very different time for gay people. You uld not really be an openly gay ic and fely not an openly gay stand-up edian.