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Archived web pages for QT stories are listed on the main archive page by title. Story summaries are listed as Entertainment, People or Society & Culture.
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Entertainment
 Season One web page with video archived at Planetout.com
 Season Two web page with video at QTonline.com
Raise the Rufus
Cigarettes and chocolate milk may be the only vices Rufus Wainwright will admit to on his latest CD release but we know the queer crooner has more stories to tell. Lovely Rufus gives QT the musical score.
Give 'Em The Inch
The queerest musical in decades has become a feature film. It's a story of stardom, betrayal, love and a (ahem) tremendous loss. QT takes a mile with John Cameron Mitchell, star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and finds out what fires the fury.
Bi His Writes
Superstar author E. Lynn Harris wields his pen the way some men wield their…well, never mind. Let’s just say he seamlessly melds bi and black cultures and sexuality in new ways…just like the rest of his life. QT gets a signed copy of his latest best seller.
It's Reigning Dykes
Grab your evening gowns and tiaras, it’s time for the Images Film Festival’s ART DYKE 2001 Pageant! QT waves to the contestants and finds out how dyke art will bring peace to distressed lesbians and babies the world over.
...And the DJ
Forget Madonna, QT picks up the phone for Junior Vasquez. The legendary DJ tells QT what keeps his turntables spinning after all these years and remixing for all those stars.
The Ring...
Bodyslams and leg locks are about as far from the Gay Kama Sutra as pleasure is from pain. Ponder that one a little as QT gets ringside seats to the play Piledriver about the boys who hit the mat and hold each other.
Super Queers!
They Pow! They kablam! And…they're queer! QT flips through the colourful world of comics with the former editor of Marvel Comics...find out why he leapt from the business to tackle the webbed world of queer comics!
Too Closet For Comfort
He has done battle his whole life for acting so queer. Actor Jim J Bullock pulls up close and centre-square, to tell QT what producers - some of whom were gay - had to say before he told himself what's best.
It's Raving Men
One thing gays and straights love to do is party... gays go on the Circuit, and straights to Raves. QT bumps with rave and circuit queen, author Mireille Scott, and cuts through the spin on how these two worlds fill with sound and fury.
Queer As Duck
What does the very first staff writer of The Simpsons do when the TV biz ruffles his feathers? He goes on quack, of course! And the product of his new headspace is the "okay, fey and openly gay...Queer Duck!" Mike Reiss gives QT a case of web feet, explaining how his internet cartoon hatched.
Stand By Your Manchester
Meet the real star of Britain's Queer As Folk miniseries...the neighbourhood! QT goes probing around the famous Canal Street to see if the party scenes and screams were for REAL....
Queer Muslims: Duty and Desire
Surrender to love or to Allah? Zimbabwean filmmaker Celine Gilbert's latest work shows one young Muslim's man struggle with family duty and his desire for another man and how he manages to have both.
Virtually Famous
Have web cam, will pose? Calgary's Bruce William is star of his own BruceTV, where you can spy on his activities 24/7. It's an experiment that reveals as much about the audience as about the creator. QT discovers what life's like in an electronic fishbowl where sex is NOT the main attraction. (Oh, watch anyway.)
Utter Nunsense
From London to New York to Toronto, Sing-A-Long "Sound of Music" is playing to sold-out houses. But without a 'Sweet Transvestite from Transylvania' (remember Rocky Horror?), QT asks why these hills are alive with queer audiences...
Basking in Sundance
Every year, Mormon country becomes queer nation when the Sundance Independent Film Festival takes over Utah. Thing is, Sundance doesn't have a gay and lesbian focus. So why do such flicks hold court? QT watches and learns... and, oh yeah, gets bloated on buttered popcorn.
Raising the Bar
Most gays go to bars to booze, cruise, or both. But not at New York City's Blu. There, the games people play are nothing short of hilarious. Case in point: "Faggot Feud." And don't be slow at the buzzer, 'cause you don't wanna mess with this Richard Dawson...
Cruisin' with Portia
You never know who you'll meet in Sydney's gay village when your tour guide is Portia Turbo, party girl extraordinaire! QT straps on a seatbelt and goes along for the ride.
Confessions Of A Pope
She ain't a saint -- which is why Rough Trade lead singer Carole Pope defies so many rules of being a famous Canadian woman. QT gets confidential with the new author, long-time rocker and self-professed Anti-Diva.
Miss Universe
Q (that's cue) the music and hit the lights! Lily Tomlin's classic play, "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" has returned to Broadway. Shortly after our interview, Ms. Tomlin came out. But what she said during our interview offers an even better glimpse of this wise specimen. Oh yeah, you'll laugh, too.
Easy Listening
Famed queer author Armistead Maupin tells tales about his pioneering career, his new book The Night Listener, and how he has made it the first novel ever to be "heard" on the net.
Future Shock
The world's most popular computer game, The Sims, doesn't feature bombs, but families -- including same-sex families! QT "hard drives" to the West Coast for a dose of diversity that's more real than virtual.
Soap Box
A QT scoop! The drama queens of "All My Children" are about to hit new highs of tears and turmoil as Bianca Montgomery prepares to come out to her arrogant mother, played by Susan Lucci. QueerTelevision gets on the set -- and gets the Canadian exclusive
Honest Edna
When theatre promoter "Honest Ed" Mirvish brought Dame Edna to Toronto, something was missing -- Edna's manager and alter ego, Barry Humphries. QT investigated and found Edna's behaviour as fishy as it was funny...
Y'ALL Come Back Now!
Cross-dressers at the Grand Ole Opry? There is a tradition, and QT meets the strings-strumming duo - Y'ALL - who want to continue that tradition. Problem is, the Opry won't let them in. Does that stop our boys? Take a wild guess.
Do Ask, Do Tell
Everybody loves celebrity dirt - especially when it comes from E! Online’s nationally recognized dish diva, Ted Casablanca. The hunk whom Hollywood fears finally puts down his phone to pick up on QT’s incessant curiosity...
Skeletons in the Closet
A vampire draws blood from the jugular of his male victim: innocent holiday horror or serious queer erotica? QT sucks new meaning out of Hallowe'en by preying on insights from the world's first anthology about queer fear. Get ready for the skeletons in your closet to be set free. Or at least rattled.
Storm Before the Colm
film festival hit, The Perfect Son busts myths about AIDS and families. But maybe the real eye-opener is why Canadian actor Colm Feore, an internationally rising star who has worked alongside Al Pacino and Samuel L. Jackson, felt no choice but to play the gay lead. What does it say about him -- and about "making it" in the movie business?
Hip Hop Homos
You've heard of homophobia in hip hop. But have you heard of homosexuals in hip hop? You will with QT. In its first episode of the new season, QueerTelevision hangs with the openly gay editor-in-chief of Vibe magazine -- and some of New York's finest "faggot ass" rappers -- to chart the music industry's phat foray beyond Eminen and Lil' Kim
This Ain't Archie & Veronica
Alison Bechdel is a "dyke to watch out for." Fans of her syndicated comic strip already know this - including straight men. How does a soft-spoken, crew-cut cartoonist bust long-held labels? Let QueerTelevision draw you the picture
Enqueering Minds
David Ehrenstein's new book, Open Secret takes a provocative peek into Hollywood's closets, past and present. He illuminates why celebrity culture is outta control.
Be warned: the fans may deserve to be more exposed than the stars...
Dressing Down
Everybody knows RuPaul -- leggy drag queen, supermodel, MAC girl, diva, actor. But what you probably didn't know is that the world's most famous drag queen has been working hard to wow you with his two new summer films. What he wants most of all is for you to take him seriously as a performer.
Queer's Folk
Indigo Girls have been singing and strumming for almost 20 years, and using their exposure to help out countless causes along the way.
Turning a New Page?
QT sits down with queer author and icon Edmund White to talk about the difference between American and European queers, and his newest book, The Married Man.
Musical Mystery
Mamma Mia, a musical based on the songs of ABBA, is set to conquer Toronto & Frisco. QT snuck into the Toronto premiere to ask Bjorn, "Why do queers love ABBA so much"?
Who Wants to be a Cable Star?
America's longest running cable access show launched the careers of Lady Bunny and RuPaul. Airing in Atlanta, it is hosted by a couple of drag queens; "QT" sits in on a taping of the show.
Kurt n' Rising
She paid her dues doing "straight jokes". Now she's come out and it's paying off. QT chats with rising comedienne Elvira Kurt about gay jokes, her current projects and her rapport with Ellen Degeneres.
Please Police Me
He plays the openly gay and extremely efficient secretary on "NYPD Blue." Billy Brochtrup talks with QueerTelevision about his role on the show and the grudging respect between his character and the increasingly tolerant Sipowicz.
Reel Queer
From obscurity to Oscar Night, "QT" takes a look at the landscape of queer filmmaking and gets a sneak peek at the Inside Out Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Causes and F/X
QT takes a look at three very big funders for three very important causes - Equality Rocks for the Human Rights Campaign, Fashion Cares for the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation, and We're Funny That Way for the AIDS Committee of Toronto.
To Die For
A QT exclusive with Guinevere Turner, screenwriter of American Psycho, the film based on the 1991 bestseller by openly gay writer Bret Easton Ellis. Though lesbian and feminist, Turner takes on political correctness in bringing to the big screen a novel rife with violence and protested by the National Organization of Women, among others.
Picturing Progress
Every year, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) hands out awards for progressive media depictions of queers. With Elton John being honoured this year, and other stars coming out in full regalia, QT gives viewers the red carpet treatment.
First Lady Hilary
Hilary Swank is on top of theworld after her Oscar-winning performance as transsexual Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry. We spoke with her about why she took on such a consuming role and how she passed as a girl playing a boy.
Will has Grace
Grace is a straight woman, Will Truman is her best friend. The schtick is that they are perfect for each other, except that she's a woman. QT talks with Eric McCormack about his success playing the first American post-Ellen lead gay character.
Sub-urban Myths
QueerTelevision managed to track down Alan Ball, right in the middle of what is becoming American Beauty's award season, to talk exclusively about what this movie personally means to him.
Age of Wonder
What's so queer about Wonder Boys? The queerest thing about this film is it doesn't wear its gay subplot on its sleeve.
Fag Hags
QT sits down with Rupert Everett to chat about his new movie and the "fag hag" phenomenon.
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- CHUM Television’s bold leadership took on the mantle of probing into the Q world in 1998. We were the first in the world to do this sort of show — along with two specials.
But for a number of reasons, QT- QueerTelevision is now on indefinite hiatus. Please enjoy encore presentations of our first two seasons, now airing on Sextv The Channel and Pridevision.
QTonline.com remains available and full of valuable and entertaining information that continues to be relevant to the queer world.
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