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Matt Thomas
Matt Thomas is an associate editor for fab Magazine, formerly their Twink and Film columnist. He's also done other stuff like curating Backalley Jukebox (a travelling GLBT music video festival), writing on-air scripts for Much Music for shows like Totally Untrue History Of, making short films/documentaries and reporting for outlets like BlogTO, Torontoist, Broken Pencil, Wavelength and Xtra. Thomas is also the host of Out@TIFF, a yearly queer special for OutTV covering the Toronto International Film Festival, which has allowed him to interview folks like Oprah, Mary J Blige, John Waters, Julianne Moore, Tom Ford, Valentino and Lauren Bacall.

For articles published before 2011, please visit: archive.fabmagazine.com

Matt Thomas Archives

  • Gaymers unite
    Mar 10 2012 | "Originally we were received with a lot of raised eyebrows and scratched heads,” says David Edison, the 34-year-old editor of gaygaymer.net. “But if you’re a man trying to talk about how hot brawny Kratos from God of War is on a regular gaming website, you are acutely aware of
  • Fresh-faced party children
    Feb 22 2012 | “I never go out without looking like I just stepped out of Vogue,” says scene queen turned promoter Aeryn Pfaff, who got his start putting together hot parties as part of the twink army that made Sodom a success. On his favourite night, “I had Nina Arsenault drip a h
  • Judgmental queen
    Feb 19 2012 | Known for her high hair and filthy mouth, Lady Bunny is a New York City nightlife institution who helped bring drag to the masses way back in 1985 when she started the East Village festival Wigstock. Never afraid to speak her mind, she’s the perfect choice to be a celebrity judge at Crews and
  • Only 175 days until Pride: 519's hot promo video for TreeHouse 2012
    Jan 06 2012 | While the winter weather in Toronto has been kind, I think we're all still yearning for the hot, sweaty days of summer. Last year one of the biggest events of the year was the TreeHouse parties that took place at The 519 during Pride. Eager to get people excited about next year's events, The
  • Three dimensions of ass
    Dec 27 2011 | “I made a mistake printing and then kept experimenting with different ideas until I fine-tuned it; I’ve been working on the development of the 3D underwear for nine months,” says Superstein designer John Walke. “I guess I was barefoot and preggers and I didn’t know I wa
  • Editorial: Gifts that keep on giving
    Dec 16 2011 | Everybody likes getting presents during the holidays, but that magic we felt when we were kids and got the perfect gift is a rare thing in adult life. The best Christmas gift I ever got was a Nintendo system my parents hid in a closet until I’d unwrapped everything else. While I loved my new t
  • A very glamorous princess
    Dec 13 2011 | “The princess mystique is a powerful one for gay men, and for drag queens she’s one of the best iconic looks,” says Noah Cowan, artistic director of the TIFF Bell Lightbox. “It doesn’t hurt to get name-checked by Madonna in ‘Vogue,’ either.” Silver-scr
  • Mariah Carey holiday dance routine = viral video joy
    Dec 12 2011 | Cynics beware: this viral dance video (done in one take in a dance studio on 42nd St in NYC, set to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas") is a guaranteed heart melter, even for the Grinchiest of gays. Choreographed by and starring dancers Alex Karigan and Zac Hammer, members of
  • Next gay review: Lana Del Rey at the Mod Club (Video)
    Dec 01 2011 | Lana Del Rey is a unique pop phenomenon. Her real name is Lizzie Grant and she's a textbook New York gal with a voice to die for. After years of struggling to break into the music business while living in a trailer in New Jersey, she was discovered and signed to a small label only to produce an
  • Sucking back the season
    Dec 01 2011 | Traditionally low-culture foods like doughnuts and mini corn dogs have been interpreted into gourmet restaurant menus, and that mentality springboards the Jell-O shooter into becoming the jelly shot,” explains Michelle Palm, the brainchild behind the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen blog and cookbook.
  • Cazwell and Peaches unzip together - MUSIC VIDEO
    Nov 22 2011 | Peaches and Cazwell are a perfect match on their new track "Unzip Me." The new video features standard fare from these two, including hot boys, crazy costumes and filthy phrases. As the weather cools outside, heat yourself up with this new video and think about the next time you'll get
  • Editorial: Not by any other name
    Nov 10 2011 | As a teenager I thought Elton John was just that famous old Lion King guy who was a sequin-covered hot mess during the tacky disco era. Despite how painfully gay Wham! seems now, I had no idea that George Michael was gay until he got arrested for washroom sex and released the super-homo video for &l
  • Next gay review: Love Lies Bleeding
    Nov 09 2011 | This is not your grandmother’s ballet. Alberta Ballet’s new show is very loosely based on the life of Elton John and uses the singer’s famous tunes to create a truly contemporary pop-rock ballet. I don’t think I have ever seen a ballet audience cheer, clap along to or cat-cal
  • Madonna demo leaked in full: Give Me All Your Love
    Nov 08 2011 | So Madonna's newest single has leaked. It's not the finished version -- it's a demo that's missing some additions from MIA and Nicki Minaj, but this sounds pretty close to being finished. Thoughts? Kinda sounds like . . . well, like a lot of other stuff and old Madonna. I'l
  • Gay penguins forced straight at the Toronto Zoo - VIDEO
    Nov 07 2011 | These two dashing young gay, or "same-sex pair-bonded," penguins brought to the Toronto Zoo for a recent exhibit are going to be broken up and forced to be straight. The Toronto Star reported: They have top-notch genes, so the zoo intends to separate them from each other and pair the
  • This Rapture was a party - VIDEO
    Oct 27 2011 | Saturday, Oct 22 was Rapture, this year’s Northbound Leather fetish night/fashion show, and it brought out the kinky and the curious in droves for one of Toronto’s most bizarre and wild parties. This year’s theme centred on the state of ecstasy or rapture that giving in to our plea
  • Editorial: Open to everyone, UB2
    Oct 25 2011 | Life is full of disappointments, especially when things don’t match up to your expectations. I’m thinking of the first time I saw Madonna live in concert and the moment I realized university was as much of a joke as high school, except I had to pay for it. Most of the time we just have t
  • God, in his It Getteth Better video, says he's 10 percent gay
    Oct 24 2011 | This is hilarious. This viral video is a plug for God’s memoir, The Last Testament (ghostwritten by Daily Show writer David Javerbaum), and it helps to clear up many religious misconceptions. The most glaring being the fact that if we are made in his image, then that clearly means God is, like
  • Scooter & Alexandre
    Oct 13 2011 | Scooter and Alexandre may be two troublemakers from different cities, but they didn’t let that get in the way of a major crush. “We met on a dancefloor at Stereo in Montreal,” Scooter explains. “I was perving on Alex, and my best friend said, ‘Don’t slut yourself
  • VIDEO: Azis turns the gay up to 11
    Oct 11 2011 | You gotta give credit to Bulgarian pop star Azis: he certainly is a shameless performer. Even Lady Gaga would be impressed. And he was voted the 21st greatest Bulgarian of all time by the country's citizens to boot. He ran as an openly gay candidate for Bulgarian parliament, performed in the Eur