Glad Day

Glad Day The world's oldest LGBTQ Bookstore, established in 1970 in Toronto. https://linktr.ee/gladday
Wed-Friday 3pm-8pm
Sat 12pm-8pm
Sun 12pm-6pm
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Glad Day Bookshop is the oldest LGBTQ bookstore in the world. Serving the q***r community since 1970, we specialize in offering the widest possible selection of le***an, gay, bisexual and trans literature, both in and out of print, as well as magazines and novelties. Glad Day is also COFFEE SHOP, RESTAURANT & BAR serving fair trade, local, handcrafted and delicious drinks.

TOMORROW! Montreal-based drag-pop artist Big Sissy returns to Toronto, joined by local talents R. Flex and Kaleb Fluffy ...
09/10/2026

TOMORROW!
Montreal-based drag-pop artist Big Sissy returns to Toronto, joined by local talents R. Flex and Kaleb Fluffy for a gay ‘ole time.

8pm Doors, 9pm Show
$15-$20 but no one turned away for lack of funds
32 Lisgar St, Toronto

Tickets and more info on the Glad Day Eventbrite

Big Sissy is a pro Black, pro-sex, multidisciplinary, drag-pop artist from Black Starr Planet. Known for her signature green hair and unique style of presenting social issues through a camp lens, her music incorporates 80s drum machines and electric guitar with a little bit of new jack swing.

R. Flex crafts art-pop for in-between spaces. Desire blurs, time bends, turning confession into propulsion. Their past EPs FLEX WITH BENEFITS and ONCE UPON A FLEX received critical acclaim from Exclaim!, Bandcamp Daily, and CBC Arts.

Kaleb is a jack-of-all-trades, famous for hosting the award-winning children’s show Fay and Fluffy, as well as Toronto’s Steers & Qu**rs night. Best known as a curator of joy, he is also the lead singer of the band Peanut Butter and the Jams.

WIN TICKETS TO MEATY RIVALTYInspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock straps and meaty pa...
09/09/2026

WIN TICKETS TO MEATY RIVALTY

Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock straps and meaty packages. With 8 or more bodies taking their shot, it’s a night filled with offsides, cherry-picking, spearing, dangling and face-offs.

This SATURDAY Sept 12th, 8pm
At 32 Lisgar (near Queen West and Dovercourt)

To enter into this draw for two seats, just answer the question below. Everyone who comments will be put into a draw for two tickets (and there will be at least 3 winners!)
This is a 19+ event.

(You can find out more about this event by googling “meaty rivalry”)

QUESTION:
What song would you like to see Shane and Ilya dance to?

Join award-winning author Darren Greer for the launch of his new novel ‘The Range Rules’.Tuesday Sept 22nd5pm-7pmGlad Da...
09/08/2026

Join award-winning author Darren Greer for the launch of his new novel ‘The Range Rules’.

Tuesday Sept 22nd
5pm-7pm
Glad Day Lit
32 Lisgar St, Toronto
(near Queen West and Dovercourt)

This is a FREE event - everyone is welcome to attend!

About ‘The Range Rules’:
When Ryan and Shawn Sullivan’s socially ambitious father enrolls them in the prestigious Novato Towne School for Boys, the brothers unwittingly uncover the strange legacy of Charles Steven Kaye, a student who, expelled two decades prior for “lewd and disgusting acts,” became the notorious and universally reviled q***r pornographer John Dark. Obsessed with the enigmatic figure of Dark, Shawn rejects the stifling expectations of his upper-class upbringing, leaving his affluent family home and disappearing into the underground q***r scene in California. Ryan follows his older brother into this hidden world, seeking to capture Shawn’s life on film and make sense of his unravelling.
Set against the backdrop of a parole house, to which Ryan was released after three years in jail, The Range Rules is a daring, defiant, and darkly wondrous exploration of transgressive q***r po*******hy, prison culture, twelve-step recovery, and a search for redemption, connection, and compassion in spite of the invisible laws that govern our lives.

It’s our legendary SAPPHIC QUESTIONABLE with your fave hosts chaodykes !It’s a great way to meet new people. Always tra...
09/08/2026

It’s our legendary SAPPHIC QUESTIONABLE with your fave hosts chaodykes !
It’s a great way to meet new people. Always trans and enby inclusive.

Wednesday Sept 23, 7:30pm
at Ground Control Ground Control

Info and tickets on Eventbrite.

Glad Day DRAG BRUNCH continues at Piano Piano on Bloor WestSeptember’s line-up:Sept 13 - Carlotta Carlisle & BOASept 20...
09/07/2026

Glad Day DRAG BRUNCH continues
at Piano Piano on Bloor West

September’s line-up:
Sept 13 - Carlotta Carlisle & BOA
Sept 20 - El Experimento & Lady Nova
Sept 27 - Baby Bel Bel & Marina Delia Konstantinopolis

Tickets and info on the Glad Day Eventbrite

MEATY RIVALRYBurlesque! Drag! N@ked Readings!Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock st...
09/06/2026

MEATY RIVALRY
Burlesque! Drag! N@ked Readings!
Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock straps and meaty packages. With TEN or more bodies taking their shot, it’s a night filled with offsides, cherry-picking, spearing, dangling and face-offs.

Featuring power plays by
WRONG NOTE RUSTY
TUCKER
PØLTERGUY
NEWFOUND LAD
KAGE WOLFE
EL EXPERIMENTO
and surprise guests
Make sure to get in the slot and buy your tickets now,
All funds go to the performers or to support the free programming Glad Day Lit runs for our communities.
Saturday Sept 12th
8pm doors, 8:30pm show
Tickets and more info on Eventbrite (link in our linktree)

Montreal-based drag-pop artist Big Sissy returns to Toronto, joined by local talents R. Flex and Kaleb Fluffy for a gay ...
09/05/2026

Montreal-based drag-pop artist Big Sissy returns to Toronto, joined by local talents R. Flex and Kaleb Fluffy for a gay ‘ole time.
Friday Sept 11th
8pm Doors, 9pm Show
$15-$20 but no one turned away for lack of funds
32 Lisgar St, Toronto

Tickets and more info on the Glad Day Eventbrite

Big Sissy is a pro Black, pro-sex, multidisciplinary, drag-pop artist from Black Starr Planet. Known for her signature green hair and unique style of presenting social issues through a camp lens, her music incorporates 80s drum machines and electric guitar with a little bit of new jack swing.

R. Flex crafts art-pop for in-between spaces. Desire blurs, time bends, turning confession into propulsion. Their past EPs FLEX WITH BENEFITS and ONCE UPON A FLEX received critical acclaim from Exclaim!, Bandcamp Daily, and CBC Arts.

Kaleb is a jack-of-all-trades, famous for hosting the award-winning children’s show Fay and Fluffy, as well as Toronto’s Steers & Qu**rs night. Best known as a curator of joy, he is also the lead singer of the band Peanut Butter and the Jams.

MEATY RIVALRYBurlesque! Drag! N@ked Readings!Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock st...
09/03/2026

MEATY RIVALRY
Burlesque! Drag! N@ked Readings!
Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock straps and meaty packages. With TEN or more bodies taking their shot, it’s a night filled with offsides, cherry-picking, spearing, dangling and face-offs.

Featuring power plays by
WRONG NOTE RUSTY
TUCKER
PØLTERGUY
NEWFOUND LAD
KAGE WOLFE
EL EXPERIMENTO
and surprise guests

Make sure to get in the slot and buy your tickets now before they sell out.
All funds go to the performers or to support the free programming Glad Day Lit runs for our communities.

Saturday Sept 12th
8pm doors, 8:30pm show

Come with your supplies and draw our model: DOTTIE DANGERFIELDThis is for artists at every level of skill. Come be part ...
09/02/2026

Come with your supplies and draw our model: DOTTIE DANGERFIELD

This is for artists at every level of skill. Come be part of an inclusive, relaxed and q***r environment. Everyone welcome!

This is a FREE event, support is appreciated but not expected.

MEATY RIVALRYBurlesque! Drag! N@ked Readings!Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock st...
09/01/2026

MEATY RIVALRY
Burlesque! Drag! N@ked Readings!

Inspired by Heated Rivalry, it’s a night filled with sweaty bodies, jock straps and meaty packages. With TEN or more bodies taking their shot, it’s a night filled with offsides, cherry-picking, spearing, dangling and face-offs.

Featuring power plays by
WRONG NOTE RUSTY
TUCKER
PØLTERGUY
NEWFOUND LAD
KAGE WOLFE
EL EXPERIMENTO
and surprise guests

Make sure to get in the slot and buy your tickets now before they sell out.
All funds go to the performers or to support the free programming Glad Day Lit runs for our communities.

Saturday Sept 12th
8pm doors, 8:30pm show

Info and tickets on Eventbrite (link in our Linktree)

Address

32 Lisgar Street
Toronto, ON
M6J0C7

Opening Hours

Thursday 3pm - 8pm
Friday 3pm - 8pm
Saturday 12pm - 8pm
Sunday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+1 416-901-6600

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