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PRIDE: A look at three queer-owned Hamilton tattoo shops

By Molly Simpson
Lowk’Ai, Inkcantations, and Sleepy Bones Studios create safe spaces for the city’s 2SLGBTQIA+ communities to express themselves with ink as artists and clients. Hamilton is a home to many queer communities. Though not as crisply defined as neighbourhoods, the city is still a pull for queer populations who…
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PRIDE Q&A: Sarah Barnhart, primary dreamer at FruitSalad

By Molly Simpson
The events series for ‘lesbians, 2SLGBTQIA+ women, femmes, gender non-conforming folks, and their friends’ turns five in August. Sarah Barnhart (she/they) describes herself as the primary dreamer of FruitSalad. Originally from Burlington, Barnhart created the Hamilton-based FruitSalad after a visit to Montreal in 2021. FruitSalad is a…
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Book lovers can find the romance in Hamilton

By Molly Simpson
Steel Town Love, a one-day festival dedicated to romance books, is coming to the Central Library on July 11. Hamilton will be right up there with the romance capitals of the world, when the Hamilton Public Library central branch hosts the second annual romance book festival Steel…
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PRIDE: Queer and crafting in Hamilton

By Molly Simpson
QUARTZ: Queer Art Hang at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and Queer Craft Club at Hamilton Craft Studios offers an oulet for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to gather and create. If you are queer and into crafting, you have two options to let your creative flag fly and…
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PRIDE: The Approximators donate BIA grant to Speqtrum

By Molly Simpson
Live karaoke band made the contribution because ‘our regulars and our shows are by definition and by design extremely inclusive.’ Hamilton-based live karaoke band The Approximators will donate $1,000 to Speqtrum, a program for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in the city. The grant will be donated to Speqtrum and the…