Queer sex on the edge

It's easy to get sucked into the Village in Montreal — with several blocks of clubs, bars, bathhouses and cafés, the wandering eye may not want to leave Sainte-Catherine's East end.

At first glance, the Village shows streaks of commercialism and mainstream culture, which is not necessarily the most accurate representation of the queer community in Montreal.

"I like the underground queer community in Montreal; it's powerful, strong and hard to find elsewhere in other cities," comments Nora Rohman, an active member who coordinates the weekly event Faggity Ass Fridays and gives BDSM workshops. "[It has] a lot of overlap with social justice issues which you don't always find in queer spaces."

Rohman, a Concordia University student in Sexuality Studies hailing from Los Angeles, and her partner Kate Lamothe are arguably one of the most dynamic and creative couples in the local queer community. Together they write "Cuntmunch," a weekly queer, trans and sex-positive column that appears in the campus newspaper, The Link and are both active volunteers with Queer Concordia and many other organizations both at the university and in Montreal.  Queer sex on the edge