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Artists In The 416: Thomas Haskell, Trinbagonian sculptor and proud Caribbean queer

“Much colder and more white people” were the two most obvious observations that the quirky Thomas Haskell, a “Trinbagonian sculptor and proud Caribbean queer”, described when he first moved to Toronto from Trinidad and Tobago in 2008. Just over 10 years later, I met up with him in his rented corner of a Distillery District studio space.

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Artists In The 416: Pickles LaVey, sex clown and drag thing

Pickles LaVey

Characterizing themselves as a Satanic Sex Clown and Drag Thing, Pickles LaVey instantly won my heart over when I first witnessed them performing at Oasis Aqua Lounge. It was a burlesque routine with a twist: A sideshow act where they stuck needles in their chest, popped balloons in a state of tranquil lunacy and hammered nails in holes where nails haven’t ventured before.

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Mark Wilson: Grace in the face of an HIV epidemic.

A few moments after entering Boutique bar, my go-to martini lounge in the heart of Toronto’s gay village, I was instantaneously captivated by a man whose beard of white complimented a thick set of dark eyebrows that every man over the age of 60 would be envious of. I soon began to realize that his distinguished look harmonized well with a humble persona that could be spotted a mile away – or at least a few feet away, in a dimly lit room full of bona fide regulars.

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