Brad
@brademes.bsky.social
Teacher, actor, record collector, gay lit, Madonna obsessed, theatre going cat dad. Married 👬. Toronto, Canada. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
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Brad
@brademes.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Rainy Sunday afternoon? Time to go thrifting for some records and CDs!
I hate jean shorts but I love cutoffs. Is that weird?
August 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I hate jean shorts but I love cutoffs. Is that weird?
You’ve inherited a movie theatre, what’s your first double feature?
July 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
You’ve inherited a movie theatre, what’s your first double feature?
Tonight, I hit my 50th live show in 2025! We’ve spent the summer so far running all over Ontario trying to see as much theatre as we can find. Should I share this journey? Let me know!
July 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Tonight, I hit my 50th live show in 2025! We’ve spent the summer so far running all over Ontario trying to see as much theatre as we can find. Should I share this journey? Let me know!
It’s the perfect balcony temperature! Iris and Oliver agree!
July 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It’s the perfect balcony temperature! Iris and Oliver agree!
And like… that’s bad, but the thing that I found more upsetting was the woman who started to cheer him on.
Tonight on transit, a man started yelling about how abortion and gay marriage were signs we were doomed.
July 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
And like… that’s bad, but the thing that I found more upsetting was the woman who started to cheer him on.
Tonight on transit, a man started yelling about how abortion and gay marriage were signs we were doomed.
July 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Tonight on transit, a man started yelling about how abortion and gay marriage were signs we were doomed.
The doctor also called me young. It’s been a great morning!
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The doctor also called me young. It’s been a great morning!
An older woman just came up to me and said, “Those are the nicest hands I’ve ever seen on a man. They’re like beautiful baby hands.”
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An older woman just came up to me and said, “Those are the nicest hands I’ve ever seen on a man. They’re like beautiful baby hands.”
Oh…. Fumbling. Hands down.
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy by FAR!
Both of these Sarah McLachlan albums are classics, but which one do you enjoy more?
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album.ink/SMSurfacing
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album.ink/SMSurfacing
July 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Oh…. Fumbling. Hands down.
I’ve started watching Ugly Betty for the first time. I’m only a few episodes in. I think I’ve found my new obsession. Well, that and looking at labubus.
July 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I’ve started watching Ugly Betty for the first time. I’m only a few episodes in. I think I’ve found my new obsession. Well, that and looking at labubus.
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I’m on the cover of @metroweekly.bsky.social this week with a piece about Brokeback Mountain’s profound personal and political importance.
20 years after its initial release, the film still reminds us why we refuse to live in loneliness, and why we fight.
Read my piece and the whole issue here:
20 years after its initial release, the film still reminds us why we refuse to live in loneliness, and why we fight.
Read my piece and the whole issue here:
July 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m on the cover of @metroweekly.bsky.social this week with a piece about Brokeback Mountain’s profound personal and political importance.
20 years after its initial release, the film still reminds us why we refuse to live in loneliness, and why we fight.
Read my piece and the whole issue here:
20 years after its initial release, the film still reminds us why we refuse to live in loneliness, and why we fight.
Read my piece and the whole issue here:
Now that I’ve seen F1, I’m an expert and, as an expert, have decided this shall be my next book.
July 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Now that I’ve seen F1, I’m an expert and, as an expert, have decided this shall be my next book.
Second show in our two show day is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! It’s been 20 years since I first saw this on Broadway!
July 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Second show in our two show day is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! It’s been 20 years since I first saw this on Broadway!
Always time and space for a sweet li’l treat. 😊 🍨
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Always time and space for a sweet li’l treat. 😊 🍨
Seated for our first of two shows today at the Stratford Festival!
July 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Seated for our first of two shows today at the Stratford Festival!
But this also hit pretty hard too. Ice cream is always the bestest of treats.
July 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
But this also hit pretty hard too. Ice cream is always the bestest of treats.
Saw the 20th anniversary screening of Brokeback Mountain tonight at The Revue here in Toronto. It certainly hits me different than it did back in 2005. What a masterpiece.
July 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Saw the 20th anniversary screening of Brokeback Mountain tonight at The Revue here in Toronto. It certainly hits me different than it did back in 2005. What a masterpiece.
Last night was incredible.
June 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Last night was incredible.
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These people are heroes
Budapest Pride to go ahead amid Orbán pushback
Budapest Pride to go ahead amid Orbán pushback
Some 70 members of the European Parliament taking part in the parade have been advised to carry their diplomatic passports.
dlvr.it
June 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
These people are heroes
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Possibly my favorite summation of Pride
June 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Possibly my favorite summation of Pride