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Mr Gay Canada
MGC Mission
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The primary purpose of the Mr. Gay Canada (MGC) is to identify leaders who will take responsibility not only in his own community but on a global stage speaking out for equal rights. MGC is a positive role model and will work on humanizing being gay in the media both queer and mainstream.
PLEASE NOTE: The Mr Gay Canada Competition is a 3-day, indoor/outdoor series of events to help our judges identify a strong spokesman or Ambassador to tell the world about our mission. The Competition includes physical tests and interviews with a panel of international judges. Only 15% of the judging points are assigned to appearance, which means 85% of the points are for qualities other than appearance.
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We want to prove that “gay is not a stereotype.” So, we’re looking for all types of guys. Seriously! Okay, so you probably think you need a pink boa and attitude to sport a sash competitively, but really we’re in search of everyday guys from gym-bunny to math geek with a passion to lead.
Sure, six-packs are hot, but so are great smiles, sparkling personalities and funny, down-to-earth guys. We get dozens of applications from guys with headshots that are fast on their way to being the bitchy gay guy on reality TV. What we’re really looking for are the future leaders of the gay community. You don’t have to be up on a float in the gay pride parade in a pair of Speedos and body glitter to stand out in our eyes. We like regular guys who want to make a contribution by being outstanding in whatever they do in their everyday life—the unassuming average Joe who just may be spectacular precisely because he will inevitably say “this is not my thing.”
The Mr. Gay Canada Competition is especially concerned with gay men being viewed as the “other,” as outsiders to the rest of the world. Humans have a natural propensity to distrust “the other” and tend to project negative feelings away from themselves. The media has easily established the ‘gay stereotype’ – quick, think of what it is in your mind – and we know that limited image does not represent all of us.
We have for too long allowed society, especially the media, to label us only by our extremes, painting ‘us’ as the ‘other’ and, thereby, pitting us against ‘them.’ We seek guys who don’t shout-out their membership in the ‘other’ groups or provide easy targets for society’s hatred. Our activism is much more subtle. We feel that gay men who excel at school, sports, the arts, or in their careers demonstrate to the world the ability and humanity of gay men. Our delegates excel in their everyday lives beyond the gayborhood. They are Mr Gay Canada because already they have unknowingly established themselves as a face of the gay community to the rest of the world.
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Mr Gay Canada Spa Day
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Mr Gay Canada Weds Gay Top Model see the photos here.
Mr Gay Canada BLOG
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 Mr Gay Canada delegates choose their own clothing for public presentations and do not have to pay fees to enter this competition. If you are interested in being a part of the experience for 2009, please send your CV/resume and photo to info[at]mrgaycanada[dot]com
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