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Rentboy.com’s International Escort Awards Show, better known as “The Hookies,” will be held in New York City in March. Some of the biggest names in the adult industry will compete for people’s choice awards celebrating all aspects of the oldest profession including Biggest Cock, Best Daddy, and Best Ass. 2011’s top weiner… uh… winner was Rafael Alencar. Herewith, an interview with the always curious Mark Gray from NYC.

“Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.” – Oscar Wilde

Drasko Bogdanovic has been a favorite photographer of mine since I started at 2Bmag last year. Whenever I want to show something sexy that pushes the envelope, I know who to call. Based in Toronto, but with a raw, European sensibility, Bogdanovic is one of those workaholic photographers who just can’t get enough—as his published work in DNA, Blu, Ticketohell (Spain’s answer to BUTT magazine), and even the Globe and Mail attests. He is currently working on a on a new book and large exhibition of kink and s/m photos for spring and summer 2012.

When Michael Lucas came to town in May of this year, he had already scouted who he would be putting his made-in-Montréal All Star Studs and Backdoor, and Brandon Jones was one of them. Along with his real-life boyfriend Adrian Long, and local porn-star Pierre Fitch, Brandon Jones has been catapulted into the gay adult video big-leagues with more than just his sculpted frame and beautiful butt to show off. He’s been anointed as a scout and producer for Lucas Entertainment in the 514.

As Montréalers we know that we live in a city filled with sin, not only because of what is done here but also because of what can be done here. Thousands of gay and not-so-gay men flock to Montréal to let it all hang loose and do so free of shame. Some come to drop hundreds at the feet of strippers that show them more than the thought they ever could, while others come to enjoy the hundreds of rub ‘n tug joints that speckle the city and function in a semi-legal limbo. Tom McGraw spoke to a team of local masseurs about their thriving, not-so-underground little business…

Few do cool as hot as high-octane celebrity-fashion photographer and star of A List: New York, Mike Ruiz. With a unique approach to the exploration of visceral brilliance, his finely crafted celebrity images have appeared in Vanity Fair, Italian Elle, and Spanish Vogue. Troy Ordami sat down with the studly photographer in advance of his new self-published PRETTY MASCULINE photobook.

“Met up with you again in the shower and this time we gave each other a tug until it got too crowded.”
Scroll through the craigslist m4m missed connections in any major Canadian city and you are likely to find a few ads like the one above: posts dedicated to the discreet gym hook-up. Contributor Matthew Harris investigated the soap-dropping exhibitionists who need to pull it out after they work out…

Naked is photo-art publisher Bruno Gmünder’s latest contribution to the library of books you will want to consider adding to your best friend’s coffee table collection this season. The 8.5×11” inch tome is chalk-full of stark, erotic and effortless photos of Adonis-like hunks that remind me of the famous Dieux du Stade calendar of French rugby players, only perfect-er.

Mr. Leather Ottawa 2010, Mike Tattersall, will be head judge at the 2012 competition, taking place this Nov 11-13. After participating in the International Mr. Leather competition in 2010, he has judged competitions in Boston and San Francisco. But what does it take to become Mr. Leather Ottawa? “Honesty and charisma” he replies.

Gay media in Québec have a long tradition of creating spaces for (homo)sexual freedom. Since the first edition of the Guide gai du Québec in 1979, and then of Rencontres gaies (since renamed RG magazine) in 1981, gay media have allowed us to break isolation and to come together to live our sexuality in spaces made by and for us.